so, i thought i'd give a shout out to flowery_twat (hope you had a great bday!) and annakovsky as well as all the other LJ people whose usernames i didn't catch.(imagine that? finding out real names before user names)

the B-side lounge last night was great, and not packed at all like a typical Saturday night. unfortunately, darling_effect and i were stuffed so full of the delicious ( Read more... )

fluff news of the day - apparently, the family of a Marine killed in Iraq is petitioning Yahoo to get access to their son's email, citing it as an important record of his last words and thoughts.

the not-so-fluffy part is how they are claiming that this situation is *unique* without giving any real reason how it's unique or why they should have ( Read more... )

Wow. I'm not one to get misty-eyed over celebrities, but this is a sad day indeed.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1329685,00.htmlJohn Peel was that rare breed, both a legend and deservedly so, neither jaded nor irrelevant as many in music become. Even in his 60s, he stayed passionate about music and true to the spirit of punk and ( Read more... )

Wow, I just did an entire radio show without making a major gaffe, having big blocks of dead air, stumbling horribly over my words, or announcing the wrong song ( Read more... )

wow, this sounds like a parody. doesn't the AP have better things to write about? http://www.boston.com/dailynews/295/economy/Martha_Stewart_learning_microw:.shtml

wow, this is depressing

from http://www.cars.com/news/stories/101804_storya_dn.jhtml?page=newsstory&aff=bostonA 2003 study by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis suggested a very real safety problem exists when drivers are paired with cell phones ( Read more... )

I know what LBGT stands for, but what is LBGTQA ?

Swap Your PC, or Your President from Wired News, by Louise Witt, August 22, 2004

"Errol Morris, the documentary filmmaker who produced Apple Computer's well-known series of ads about discontented PC users who switched to Macs, had a similar idea on how to reach undecided voters. His new advertising campaign features Republicans who voted for ( Read more... )

Controller Controller - History
Pest 5000 - X-ing things
Yo La Tengo - Sudden organ
Christmas - Superheroes
Comet Gain - Say yes to international socialism
Bis - Everybody thinks they're going to get theirs
Lali Puna - 6-0-3
Kreidler - Weekend - click to check out the nifty video!
Seefeel - Spangle
Cocteau Twins - Cherry coloured funk (seefeel mix) - oh my ( Read more... )

Dulce de Leche 7-16-04

Piano Magic - Non-fiction
Magnetophone - Frankholmes Drive
Buddha on the Moon - 100,000 Fireflies
Portastatic - Josephine
Novak - Telephore
Quickspace - Quasi-pfaff
Delgados - Pull the Wires from the walls
Arab Strap - New birds
Lorelei - Mimesis
Chessie - Tourist Union #63
Couch - Heimweg 78 ?