Do you remember that odd little Katrina story Jindal told as you watched him, half-listening, wondering why he was talking to the camera as if it were a three-year-old who’d just wet their pants? Well, keeping in the spirit of the whole thing, it was basically a fairy-tale. Or, to put it a bit more [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 25, 2009
NYC and the Use of Analog Binary Communication (i.e. Car Horns)
One of the more interesting cultural differences that I’ve noticed between New York and Los Angeles is the use of the car horn – and by extension, the middle finger. In L.A., where I grew up, traffic laws are much more strict. As opposed to New York, traffic lanes are not merely a suggestion, people [...]
February 24, 2009
Music That Makes You Dumb?
This chart is fucking retarded: (click link for full version) It’s bullshit and totally based on class. Notice how the music gets whiter as you move to the right? I love soca, gospel, Sufjan Stevens, and Beethoven, where does that put me? According to my SAT scores, I’m supposed to like The Shins. Fuck that. [...]
February 23, 2009
Great Moments in Auto-Tune Oscar-Edition
She sounds like she doesn’t really need it, odd that they would feel the need to use it. Highlight: The auto-tune glitch mordent at 2:22. Unintentional Ornamentation FAIL. UPDATE: The Academy has forced YouTube to remove the video of the performance (thanx for the tip Bandicoot), and are apparently pushing this studio version, which is [...]
February 23, 2009
Da Oscars
I actually watched pretty much the entire show last night – well, Bill and I did flip back and forth a bit between a quite humorous comedy on the Spanish station where the bleeped out words were scribbled out with what appeared to be marker in the subtitles – and yeah, what was I talking [...]
February 22, 2009
From the Files of WTF?
What in the holy hell is this all about: Is this what the conservatives have resorted to? That somehow, with an Obama administration, we are headed a new civil war and a Mad Max-style dystopia with roving motorcycle gangs (they actually discuss this as a very possible outcome!)? I’m sorry – and I hate to [...]
February 21, 2009
Like A Prayer REMIX at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater
Hey all, my good friend James Moore is playing my piece for banjo and track – Like A Prayer REMIX – tonight at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater at St. Mark’s Church. James is a collaborator on several projects with me – including The Little Death, Ensemble de Sade, and the upcoming New Music Bake Sale (more [...]
