Blog: Fear of Arthropods

True to my word (and little else, I imagine). Linkage Wednesday: A little bit of Gandalf Love . Anticipation! Guess which of these parties I generally enjoy more? Dr. Pepper promises a free can of its soda to everyone in America if Guns n' Roses release Chinese Democracy before the end of year. Read this . (Kudos to Paul Thompson for saying both are prune-like. Ha.) I Guess I'm Floating give us Radiohead for Dummies [...]

This particular Monday has served up more of the bizarre than one would normally expect. Here are excerpts: My friend Christina's news piece about the always-sane Ryan Adams and his blog . The excellent quote Christina pulled: "KNUT. the ice bear. Rejected by his mother, loved and lifted up by germans, hairy, likes salmon……. I love him. There just is nothing not to love. I can't wait till he starts talking." A (very very disgusting) trailer for the movie [...]

It's funny what happens when you listen to a record a couple times through, put it down for a bit, then pop it back in again. I'm listening to Cold City by Eux Autres ("ooz-oh-tra") and wondering what it's reminding me of. Suddenly I realize that the tune I'm humming, frantically searching my brain for who it's by, is by Eux Autres. It's just later on the record. I haven't gotten there yet. [MP3] Eux Autres -"Anne Boleyn" That bodes well for this Portland brother and sister. Being [...]

• Eux Autres - Anne Boleyn