My only Oscar notes are thus:

1. Watch anything by or about Leni Riefenstahl. The documentary The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl is a truly wonderful document of a woman who was a true individual and produced some truly beautiful film ( Read more... )

Someone always says it better.

Ever have a dream that just felt real? You really get sucked into it and then... BAM! The alarm goes off and you have to wake up. It sucks. Yes, that's about all I can muster just before work.

Open your mp3 player, put all your mp3s in the playlist and write down the first 20 songs that play in random mode. That's it ( Read more... )

I didn't start really listening to music until I was 14 or so, and even then a Nirvana obsession kept me from really appreciating any other music. Nevertheless, I had heard of this band Throwing Muses and the stuff I had heard was good. On Sunday night I heard the lead singer's new band, 50 Foot Wave, on Seattle's KEXP (courtesy of ITunes). They ( Read more... )

On my extended weekend ( Read more... )

At 5:10 P.M. and 5:35 P.M. Pacific Time (8:10 P.M. and 8:35 P.M. Eastern?) flip from the Superbowl (or whatever you're watching over to CNN and watch the anti-Bush ad that CBS refused to air.

(taken from here.)

On All Things Considered today they profiled a couple that makes 20 video biographies for people for a few thousand each. This sounds like a great idea to me. It ranks right up there with being in a design/art collective or being a traveling exorcist.

( I'm not even done with these yet and I can tell I'll need a cut )