By substitute on December 5, 2011
15. Joe Mantegna’s facial hair. Just squeaked in this time! 14. The five pound jar of Nutella. 13. Drakkar Nöir. The Baku metal scene had its high water mark in the late 90s, but nobody told these guys the grim grind party was over. We especially liked “Shashlik Midnight” but don’t stop before you get [...]
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By substitute on December 29, 2007
Don’t try to use the heart symbol in anything on the internet, ever ever ever. You instead will get a pipe: |. Also, you’re trying to use a heart symbol. Just stop! That thing that ships your twitter to LJ is pointless and a mild annoyance. Sentences beginning with “Check out…” are forbidden. When you [...]
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By substitute on December 21, 2006
This is me at 80, I hope: Young@Heart does Sonic Youth. Wow. Courtesy la_lisa They also do a fairly amazing “Fix You” by Coldplay, and I don’t even like Coldplay. Young@Heart’s website is at http://www.youngatheartchorus.com/. They also have a myspace page like everyone else in music. edit: url fixed thanks to salome_st_john Speaking of music, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged earworms, ha, listmas, lists, meta, tag, youngatheart, youtube | 10 Responses
By substitute on November 24, 2006
Driving down Chapman in Orange today I saw a woman in a witch costume. By “witch costume” I mean the full Wicked Witch of the West outfit with conical black hat, flowing black garments, weird shoes. I could not figure out what this meant on the day after Thanksgiving in Southern California. As a bonus, [...]
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By substitute on April 26, 2006
http://music.aol.com/home/blender/rock-6 #18 and #13 are dead on I’m sorry to say that #1 appears to be lil_om. Sorry, Adam. You’re a nice guy, but…YOU’RE WHAT’S WRONG!
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By substitute on April 15, 2006
So, Muriel Spark died after a long and illustrious career. I was reminded that the band Public Image Ltd. named themselves after a novel of hers, which then made me think about literary-rock connections. I started to make a list in my head of Musical Groups Named After Things Literary. Add any you can think [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged books, lists, music, nerd, obsess | 25 Responses
By substitute on March 19, 2006
Food note: Today I rediscovered the beauty of a whole fat fresh scallion sautéed just until the green changes. Geek note: It takes all freakin’ day to compile KDE. Drink note: The Macallan 12 year is a beautiful thing and on sale for $38 at Hi-Time. Car note: based on an observation in the Hi-Time [...]
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By substitute on March 10, 2006
My father was a true Southern California, born in Pasadena in 1921. Like everyone else he was car-crazy. Later in life after living in Europe he became crazy for tiny little European sports cars. He made this list for a piece he wrote in the Los Angeles Times late in life in which he talked [...]
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By substitute on March 9, 2006
1. Belch a lot 2. Talk to myself and the cat interchangeably 3. Listen to incredibly cheesy guilty pleasure music on repeat 4. Eat macaroni & cheese 5. Drink a whole bottle of wine and mumble to myself 6. Chase the cat around the house 7. Invent new recipes in the kitchen and often flush [...]
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By substitute on February 4, 2006
Going to IHOP during All-You-Can-Eat-Pancakes promotion and eating three servings of pancakes after being on a low-calorie, low-carbohydrate regimen for two years Trying — several times — to remove a contact lens from your left eye when the lens is in fact not there. Mixing an underlying neurologic injury, resultant ADD-like and emotional pathologies, long-term [...]
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