so, we've been watching a ton of olympics of late, partly because, y'know, it's interesting and fun and only happens every four years, and partly because the twins keep going into extra innings and keeping us awake anyway ( Read more... )

typing seems like an awful lot of work right now, since i'm doing a whole lot of it for *actual* work, so here's my weekend in six photos ...

friday:


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say what you will about the republican convention, but the fact that it's in town means i get to see mos def, lupe fiasco, billy bragg, a daily show taping and rage against the machine, live, all over the course of three days. not to mention the strip clubs that are staying open extra hours ( Read more... )

i am currently mired in the midst of a project involving the most convoluted, poorly-thought-out, sloppily-coded website i've ever encountered, and, lest this sisyphean task bring me down anymore, i am taking a break to mention these ten very good things which have nothing to do with this horrible project ( Read more... )

a disappointing thing happened this morning. the evidence is as follows ( Read more... )

i believe that every weekend should be as full of hip-hop, baseball, lounging and bars as this one was. by the numbers:

1,000: approximate number of people surrounding us at the doomtree cd release show, which was intensely awesome even from our spot at the back by the bar.

950: approximate number of times i got hit in the kidney by a hipster ( Read more... )

http://view.break.com/546361 - Watch more free videosi cannot stop watching this. it's the best five seconds of video ever put on the internet. just ... run through it about six times and you'll find yourself in sort of a zen state, where you snort with glee every time it ends, then hit the replay button ( Read more... )

holy crap, dudes, it's been a while. and that can only mean one thing: HAIKU UPDATE.

friday
mom and dad and friends
in town, 612 bar-hop
well into the night

saturday
folks saw neil diamond
i did not join; seen him twice,
had no clean silk shirt

(photos instead, then
double whiskey coke with ice
at the triple rock)

sundayelbow-sweating heat ( Read more... )

here is a thing i did not know: the string of characters that represents a swear word in venues where actually typing out, say, 'fuckshitdonkeyassonarope' isn't appropriate? it's called a grawlix. thanks, brother of prominent music critic sasha frere-jones, for learnin' me this fact ( Read more... )

i'm back from moondance jam ( Read more... )