*clears cobwebs, finds lightswitch*

Not sure anybody's paying attention anymore (I'm not, really), but I had to post this somewhere.

While perusing the Elvis Costello entry on wikipedia, I came across this question-begging snippet:

"Costello has inadvertently made himself capable of challenging Kevin Bacon's role in a musical version of the six ( Read more... )

Neil Young set to release surprise protest album

Well, it's late, I have a thousand papers to write in the next week, I have an exam tomorrow, and I'm not tired enough to sleep yet. Ideal conditions, no ( Read more... )

I gave up downloading music for lent ( Read more... )

Dick Cheney just shot somebody. Run for your lives.

"U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney has shot and wounded a 78-year-old fellow hunter during a Texas quail shoot.

Harry Whittington, a lawyer from Austin, the state capital, was alert and in stable condition at a Corpus Christi hospital after being sprayed with shotgun pellets late Saturday ( Read more... )

Thanks everyone who passed on their condolences for Gilly, I really appreciated it.

So I was foiled in my attempt to see The Constantines again last night. This is the third time I've tried to see a hometown show. Grr. Twenty minutes before doors and not a ticket to be had. Wandered around downtown a bit, then home. Had a couple of beers upstairs ( Read more... )

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Ralph Klein appears to be harpooning the Tories again. He said at a speaking engagement that Harper is too far right (kettle, it's the pot on line one) and that the Libs will get another minority. It seems he offered to help his party on the campaign trail, and they turned him down (because let's face it, would you want Ralph Klein campaigning for ( Read more... )

OK, since I have a 2000-word termpaper due today at 4 pm, which I have very little interest in doing, I've decided to respond to Nikki's tagging pasthaste ( Read more... )

We used to go up to the cottage blasting the Beach Boys the whole way. Then when I got lonely, I'd sit for hours listening to them at night. It's no small comfort that the Wilsons are still around to add some music to my day(night)/help me hide from essays.