tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91936352010-01-20T11:39:27.712-05:00Flannel EnigmaAn enigma surrounded by mystery wrapped in flannel.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.comBlogger538125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-35527209208004488412010-01-20T11:39:00.000-05:002010-01-20T11:39:27.718-05:00The Village Voice publishes it's 2009 Pazz and Jop list. Our top seven albums align pretty closely.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-53189694701311077162009-12-30T13:26:00.001-05:002009-12-30T13:27:30.665-05:00The 50 Albums of the DecadeAs promised, I’ve compiled my favorite albums of the “noughties” or whatever the powers that be have decided to call this decade. The original compact I had with my friends specified that each of us come up with a top 20 of the decade. Really, this was an incredibly hard exercise, so I had to start somewhere. So, obviously, I’ve erred on the side of caution, mostly because leaving so many worthy Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-20271419464963906792009-12-29T14:34:00.002-05:002009-12-29T14:34:50.976-05:00America at the Bat: thoughts on baseball and culture. (via Sportsfilter)Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-73489331820109945532009-12-29T14:30:00.000-05:002009-12-29T14:30:16.741-05:00My Year in Cities 2009I'm shamelessly stealing this idea from kottke.org. Here are the cities/places I visited in 2009:
Moline, IL*
Davenport, IA*
San Francisco, CA
Fenton, MI
Minneapolis, MN*
Raphine, VA
The rules: one or more nights had to be spent in each place. Those cities marked with an asterisk (*) were visited multiple times. It feels like I did a lot more travelling than that this year, but working on the Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-5984200832925776422009-12-21T13:38:00.004-05:002009-12-21T16:19:11.627-05:00Top 20 Albums of 2009It's the end of the year again--the end of a fabulous year in music. While I think the lower end of this list probably could stand some tweaking, time is running out. There are five more albums that I think could fit on this list; particularly the albums put out by The Low Anthem, St. Vincent, Passion Pit, Micachu & the Shapes, and Bat for Lashes. [Ed. Note: That was a sneaky way of getting Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-38235444226396456652009-03-31T16:50:00.001-05:002009-03-31T16:50:40.480-05:00The Facebook Aeneid. Pure awesome.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-28352975272395734212009-02-24T22:35:00.001-05:002009-02-24T22:36:40.436-05:00Do Republicans Think We're Stupid?Bobby Jindal just invoked hurricane Katrina as an example of when government got in the way.Really?Really!That is all.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-15283382429876399602009-01-22T13:26:00.003-05:002009-01-22T13:31:30.854-05:00Village Voice 2008 Pazz and Jop List Now OnlineThe 2008 version of Pazz and Jop, the annual best-of list produced by The Village Voice has been published. In this version, they continue their love of the Drive-by-Truckers, and surprisingly place R.E.M. at #25. So I guess this means I wasn't crazy listing Accelerate in my own honorable mentions. Nice to have the guys from Athens sounding relevant (and rocking) again.My own number one? It came Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-27233384548057755602009-01-20T23:09:00.002-05:002009-01-20T23:10:31.231-05:00My Hope on an Historic DayTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-76203832746074393482009-01-13T12:00:00.000-05:002009-01-13T12:01:03.934-05:00Top 25 Bushisms.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-88063172486919076792009-01-06T10:50:00.001-05:002009-01-06T10:51:26.022-05:00Photographs of abandoned London (Christmas morning).(Hat tip to Kottke).Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-24989474963409954942008-12-25T11:12:00.007-05:002008-12-26T20:34:13.455-05:00My Top 20 Albums of 2008No real introduction, but just the list:Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever AgoThis definitely reflects my predilections this year: a preference for mellow, low-key recordings. The songs are gentle and reflective, and I kept returning to the album again and again throughout the year.Shearwater: RookOK, so I’m in the tank for these guys. Something about music from Austin right now really speaks to me (seeTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-58422941443519003962008-12-22T14:33:00.000-05:002008-12-22T14:34:20.994-05:00More good music news. The Stone Roses are set to re-form.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-88297089012386790212008-12-18T21:40:00.001-05:002008-12-18T21:40:27.152-05:00The periodic table of awesomeness.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-28795072385016459632008-12-16T13:54:00.003-05:002008-12-16T13:55:51.313-05:00Project management lingo. Unfortunately, I hear a lot of these every day. UPDATE: Now with Bingo!Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-32152370962304697182008-11-25T12:15:00.001-05:002008-11-25T12:17:02.937-05:00Blur are reforming for rehearsals, and Graham Coxon is included. Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-81398134419128501372008-11-20T16:03:00.003-05:002008-11-20T19:49:12.175-05:00“It’s All Gonna Break”: Broken Social Scene + Land of TalkVariety Playhouse, November 19, 2008It seems like it’s been far too long since I attended a show of any sort, but what a perfect occasion to get back in the habit—Broken Social Scene at the Variety Playhouse. (The tickets may have been the most creative wedding gift we received.)We arrived shortly after the opening act, Land of Talk, took the stage. I had heard of Land of Talk, a three-piece fromTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-53229876974082231182008-09-14T00:02:00.004-05:002008-09-14T00:10:19.273-05:00David Foster WallaceRest in peace. Why is it that the brilliant ones are taken so soon. Damnit.I will be reading Infinite Jest again.So yeah, I'm shattered.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-67689263722838369872008-07-02T12:45:00.002-05:002008-07-02T12:51:12.461-05:00101 20-Minute Dishes for PicnicsFrom the source of 101 20-Minute Appetizers and 101 10-Minute Meals (from which I have used a number of recipes), comes 101 20-Minute Picnic Dishes. Of the dishes he lists (and many of them are quite tasty sounding), I definitely think this one may enter the repertoire:8 COLD PEANUT NOODLES Cook Chinese egg noodles or regular spaghetti. Drain and rinse. Toss with sesame oil, peanut butter (or Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-62336739560729420232008-06-25T23:05:00.005-05:002008-06-25T23:11:51.940-05:00Yeah, I Did ThatSorry for the poems and such for those that aren't interested, but I just had an urge. Of course this is going to look a bit silly and backwards to those without an RSS reader, but oh well. I thought long and not so hard about how to post this since the sequential nature of a blog gives you the latest first, even though there is a clear sequence (in my head). But, in the end, I decided to get Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-6241423577416921812008-06-25T22:56:00.004-05:002008-06-25T23:14:51.814-05:00Interstate: NotesApologyIn addition to Bartram’s Travels, I had many other works in mind when writing this section. One other is Henry David Thoreau, especially his essay, “Walking.” On the highway today, one is certainly a saunterer in one of the senses that Thoreau delineated in his essay “Walking.” All travelers upon the interstate are at the very least saunterers insofar as they are sans terre while Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-36526309952680009042008-06-25T22:54:00.001-05:002008-06-25T23:02:24.417-05:00Interstate: EpilogueVirginia, I-81: Mile 205Muting snow blankets the ground savethe still warm pavement; melting in smallpuddles, it gathers, reflects opacity. Still, only one sound can be heard. A distant highway shears through night's sound-proofing batting, now less pressing: poor conditions inevitablyslow the endless careen of trucks some.I miss the silence's totality that past greeted those in snowstorms:birds Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-10895215880919593482008-06-25T22:53:00.001-05:002008-06-25T23:02:24.419-05:00Interstate VII: North Carolina, I-77 SouthDriving a darkened highway, desertedthough before midnight, only the brokenlines, jumping into the headlamps’ halo,as if on a dare, and sprinting past,regularly relieve a landscapepainted too heavily in shades of black.Save for the distant red wink of brake lights,those ravenous eyes leering from trucks whosedrivers incessantly chat on radioswith others whom they have never met,and lit billboardsTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-21587568527656224822008-06-25T22:51:00.000-05:002008-06-25T23:02:24.420-05:00Interstate VI: Tennessee, I-40 EastReturning is a skill not forgotten;the road itself knows the way; sights long seenthe eye notices but still does not see,as they slide past on the road's side,flattening themselves as those who glideto and from the bar on a Friday night.Against window's and mirror's screenwe play our lives, each unfolding scenesubsumed by the foreground as it scrolls past,seen but not heard. Does a river Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193635.post-58938143787582043772008-06-25T22:49:00.001-05:002008-06-25T23:02:24.421-05:00Interstate V: Virginia, I-77 SouthThe old feeling returns again, risingin the throat, like mountainscrawling slow over the horizonand erupting into the realm of sight;nostalgia riding shotgun beside,traveling Interstate down from the hills,nausea—memories sit heavyon the stomach, coming unbidden.The lighted barrels point the way--bridge workahead. They highlight lost destinations: the dining room cluttered with collapsed boxes,aTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04447629718018884887noreply@blogger.com0