Piano smugglers face the music

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese smugglers are suspected of dodging taxes to the tune of $1.3 million in the sale of thousands of imported pianos, with eight separate cases before Shanghai courts, a newspaper said Wednesday.

Police discovered a cache of nearly 5,000 unsold pianos, the China Daily said Wednesday. The ( Read more... )

Just reporting Evan's particularly astute observation that, upon discussing Woody Allen's genius apparent in "Crimes and Misdemeanors" in contrast with some glaring career-wide mistakes, the man is truly the Stevie Wonder of film.

Everyone should go and read the top listing on seven days's "wanted to buy" section.

Maybe it's the all-caps typeface but it just seems so serious. Well, I think it's funny. EDIT: On second thought, it's the ellipses. Definitely the ellipses.

(Tim! I interviewed for a job at G00d Times Cafe today. Pirate Pizza!)

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Working at B@rne5 & N0b1es I see hundreds and hundreds of books everyday as I pull them out of boxes. I've decided to note my favorite covers and also to share them here with you. Our first showcase installment:


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did you guess?

what's that you say? me?

NNNNNNNNOPE!

Pitchfork media.com, front page, top article about a beach boys tribute album called "do it again". The writer goes on to explain the tile as a reference to Wilson's perfectionist tendencies, often making studio musicians do multiple takes ( Read more... )

jesus it's almost six in the morning. my sleep schedule is pretty much switched around. im just not tired. wrote a new song today. almost complete, it's one of a few straight up pop tunes i'm working on. anywho, saw the books perform tonight (lastnight?). always an amazing show. i wish i had a ton of money to give those guys so they would keep it ( Read more... )

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the Beach Boys' "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" now firmly holds a place in my top-five favorite songs of all-time so-far which lately seem to be of the bittersweet-love variety, for which I'm a total sucker.

"listen to my heart beat, listen, listen, listen..."