The financial juggling required by homeownership has put the kibosh on such frivolities, but before adult responsibilities choked off my disposable income in the fall of 2004, eBay and I had quite the torrid love affair going on. I bought a number of cool items through the auction site; it was an invaluable resource for tracking down various popcult artifacts that I had either missed out on in the past or had once owned and lost to the sands of time. Some of my more memorable purchases included: - various punk and new wave records that [...]
artwork: google will eat itself Acid is playing at my house. Somehow, more than 15 years later, it is more appropriate than ever. Perhaps it's the coming technological singularity . Often shortened to "the Singularity," it refers to "predicted future event believed to precede immense technological progress in an unprecedentedly brief time." Ray Kuzweil (who I incidentally saw speak not too long ago, and who was somewhat disappointedly coherent) apparently believes that it is coming in 2045, with the exponential growth of technological progress in the 21st century as a [...]
Pacific - 808 State A Day In The Life - Wes Montgomery La La Means I Love You - The Delfonics My Train Is Coming - Andy Partridge Oregon Girl - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin Plastic - Hot Chip [...]
The lovely Klah, Queen of Books, tossed out a challenge to me in her comment on yesterday’s oh-so-controversial post: What do I consider the five worst bands of all time? Lost in the all the snark and musical puppy kicking of my previous post was the point I was working toward but never got around to directly stating. It’s all relative, and the finger of condemnation can find pointing room in any direction. I just happened to direct it toward some targets with extremely defensive fanbases. If I were to make a list [...]
I'm building up to a big post, but to keep things ticking over, here are three echoes from yesteryear (er assuming you're about 15 anyway). for different reasons these songs never fail to make me smile. and lords knows I could do with a few reasons to smile at the mo. ah well. ::: the heart throbs - i wonder why ::: warren g - regulate ::: 808 state - [...]
Re-re-remix post ahoy. I've been going through all my old cd singles over the last few days in a clear 'em up and sort 'em out frenzy. And while it appears I've amounted a rather stonking amount of dross over the years, I also happened across some rather wonderful remixes that were, until now, hidden away on long unplayed singles. So I thought I'd share them with you. And, who knows, over the next few days I may share with you some of the non-embarrassing finds I [...]
Armagideon Time
home taping
Some Velvet Blog
the blackened air
to die by your side
Listen: Asher Roth – “Outside”
Music Singles Chart #109
Pazes - 'Rogue States' feat. Biblo
Radio 1's Essential Mix: Nicolas Jaar
