So I guess I'm retiring this blog.

Part of me feels like I need to make some sort of eulogy or something; part of me just wants to move on already.  It's nothing personal; it's not you, it's me.  Sort of.

I've been here since 2001.  I was 25 and had been wanting to do something like this for quite some time.  I met a lot of amazing people, read a ( Read more... )

The first sentence of this post was "Finally, some breathing room," and then as I was in the middle of the second sentence I got handed some work.

Anyway.  The point is, the last month has been a whirlwind.  Work has been absolutely crazy; all of my lawyers are busy with cases at the same time, which means that by the time I get home I'm totally ( Read more... )

Kinda hard to imagine Thomas Pynchon (and not, say, Tom Robbins) writing this paragraph, but there it is on p. 99 of "Inherent Vice ( Read more... )

Some things:

1.  Gig tonight at Rockwood, the official record release for Ali Hoffman.

2.  Feel like a total music fraud for not really being familiar with the Buzzcocks until earlier this week, especially since it took my younger brother watching an episode of "Entourage" and wanting me to cover "Why Can't I Touch It" to get me to take notice.

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I posted this on Facebook already, but it's too good not to share.  (Also, if we're not already Facebook friends, we should be.)  Happy Friday, everyone.


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Right, this thing is still here.

1.  Finished watching the complete run of "Firefly" last night with Kath.  Show started off great, then kinda petered out a bit near the end; can't really blame the show's creators for that necessarily, since the network was being a bunch of assholes (as usual) and didn't know what the hell they were doing with it.  ( Read more... )

Very tired; keeping this short.

So last night's Unwigged & Unplugged show was amazing.  Elvis fucking Costello came out to sing "Gimme Some Money."  I'm not even sure I can describe "Stonehenge" - I took a very shitty camera phone pic which does not do it justice.


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Was in the middle of a long recap of last week's staycation, and something got screwed up and it's all gone, and LJ didn't save the draft.  Phooey.

Staycations are wonderful, but when Monday finally rolled around it really just felt like a very long weekend.  Which is fine; we actually kept somewhat busy, even when we were slacking.

To wit:

Monday was ( Read more... )

I was stuck inside all day waiting for the FedEx man, who didn't show up until 6:30pm (!); my keyboard stand is still somewhere in the aether.  But at least my new baby arrived, safe and sound.  It is FABOO.


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