March 2009
Julie Doiron – Spill Yer Lungs
I really like the...
February 2009
Akron/Family – Everyone Is Guilty
I don’t...
I got the 3 rings of death on my Xbox. It’s a good thing I have plenty of backup video game options.
There is a 85% chance I buy a sewing machine this weekend. Seriously.
WatchDimitri Martin - Greatest Minds
What is the biggest problem in your life? →
The GOP Problem Solver uses fundamental principles of the Republican Party to solve your toughest problems.
I am off to see The Mountain Goats.
Thao with The Get Down Stay Down – Bag of Hammers
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I had a great day doing in-home customer visits.
I just finished re-reading some American Splendor anthologies. The older I get, the more I appreciate Harvey Pekar.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-22) →
Neko Case (85)
Acid House Kings (72)
Mount Eerie (55)
Jens Lekman (49)
Destroyer (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The more time I spend in Seattle, the more convinced I am that I will end up living here someday.
I am a little terrifed at how fun shooting guns was.
I am headed to Seattle for the weekend to escape the oppresive mild weather of SF.
I am absolutely loving the new Neko Case album.
Drinking cough syrup for breakfast kind of makes me feel like a hobo, in the best possible way.
If Wii bowling prepared me so poorly for real bowling, maybe I’m not as prepared to fight real zombies as I had assumed.
I am flying to Utah to go bowling. Seriously.
I watched 20 minutes of the first episode of Battlestar Galactica and realized I’m just not a big enough geek for it. I’m kind of relieved.
I just about threw out 4 tickets for Indians/Red Sox at Fenway. No way I’m not losing these before October.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-15) →
Palace (67)
Django Reinhardt (66)
Mogwai (29)
Mount Eerie (25)
Built to Spill (24)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Ricola’s Green Tea cough drops don’t seem to actually be working, but they are so delicious I don’t mind.
Wiretap
It feels kind of funny to say this in the age of micro-blogging and lifestreaming and all kinds of new New Media, but I have a new favorite radio show - CBC Radio One’s Wiretap. I’ve been trying to think of a good way to describe it. The best I can come up with is a slightly funnier, Canadian version of This American Life but that’s not quite right. It is safe to say though that...
I am spending a nice romantic evening with Gears of War 2.
I just used up all 100 of my monthly eMusic downloads in less than 15 minutes. I am the reason they can’t offer an unlimited plan.
I made you a Valentine's Mixtape →
I never like to let a chance to make a good mixtape pass me by, and since I clearly have no need for a Valentine’s Day mixtape this year I thought I’d let you use it.
I am wondering if my xbox is expecting me to get it anything for Valentine’s Day.
Photoshop is really starting to fail me as a web design tool. I wish there was something better out there (and don’t say Fireworks).
Working from home with a big box of home made candy my mom sent me is a recipe for disaster. Delicious, chocolaty disaster.
All my projects are in the phase where the big problems are solved, but lots of little loose ends need to be tied up. I suck at that part.
Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
I haven’t been...
I spent way too much time googling prices for giant inflatable gorillas. Luckily for my enemies they are really expensive.
“Apple seems to subscribe to the the belief that visual simplicity equals actual...”
– Bruce Tognazzini – Apple’s Flatland Aesthetic, Part 1: The Mac
Built to Spill - Carry the Zero
You know what...
I can’t decide if I love or hate these Tretorns I got a few months ago: http://twitpic.com/1exaz
I am tempted by Kindle 2, but I don’t know if I’m tempted because I’d actually use it or just because it is new, shiny, and I don’t have one.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-2-8) →
The Mountain Goats (65)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (30)
The Replacements (29)
Clear Tigers (24)
Tender Forever (24)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The best thing about living on the top floor of my building is that rain sounds fantastic on my roof.
“We are overly obsessed with our own cleverness, and ability to enable change,...”
– Ethan Kaplan – It Seems We Forgot Something Along The Way…