I've been doing a lot of serious thinking and reading lately. Last night I read Jeff Vail's A Theory of Power. I've had the link for a while now but just got around to finally reading it. Having done so I now feel confident in saying I have now become semi-enlightened. I do not claim this lightly. Jeff Vail has seen through to the very fabric ( Read more... )

Back in the day someone posted a commercial for an original Nintendo game. Well, I just came across this video from 1988. From "Inside Edition," Bill O'Reilly introduces the world to the Super Mario Brothers. Makes me reminiscent of a time when video games could be as bizarre and obtuse as they wanted and just left all the blank spots to the ( Read more... )

Did anyone catch it? I had the day off but didn't stop in. I did however go to Seattle today. Had a couple slices at Belltown Pizza and went to the Sub Pop 20th anniversary comedy show. Saw Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, Patton Oswald, and David Cross! They were all very funny. Swap Patton and David and you've also got the order of hilarity from ( Read more... )

detritus on table
diet Coke, loaf of white bread
box of pure sugar

I just got an e-mail from MoveOn.org with that subject line. Just reaffirms my choice not to accept a car from my dad on my birthday. Sure I could be driving, but I wouldn't be eating. I haven't paid for gasoline now in about a year and a half. Take that, Oil Barons! Good luck to you who do still require fossil fuels to travel. I wouldn't ( Read more... )

DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist were awe-inspiring this evening. They spun only 45s and only original vintage. Shadow yet again laying claim to King of the Diggers. The front of the house was so into it they kept bumping the stage and making Cut Chemist's records skip. "This is some houseparty shit right up in here. I love it!"

The following is a media centered overview of what I've been doing lately ( Read more... )

Did anyone else read that the Lakota Indians have seceded from the US?

I have a ticket for DJ Shadow in February. That is all.

Everything is just peachy with me, all things considered. I've mostly just been reading and hanging out with my friends in the area and from work. I've been reading through all 13 books of the newly extended Dune series of books, by Frank Herbert and later his son Brian Herbert and Star Wars writer Kevin Anderson. I'm on book 10, or what was ( Read more... )