"I pray to God and Chevy, lighten up the load that's heavy"
Max Stalling’s “Dime Box, Texas” is the most uplifting sad song ever.
That is all. Keep Reading
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Song of the moment: "Ain't gonna suck itself"
To be clear, I’ve never worked for Virgin Records. Nor have I ever stolen a master tape of Sticky Fingers. But somehow this Cracker tune summed up my mood on the drive home tonight:
Current unhealthy obsession: Fallout 3
I recently bought Fallout 3 for the Xbox 360 on the strength of its reviews. It may have been a mistake, as I haven’t been this addicted to a video game since Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. (I know that GTA 4 was empirically better, but I just never found it as engaging.) Keep Reading
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The fake economy really sucks too
As a new media guy, I suppose it’s heresy to say that I find some of the en vogue (or at least formerly en vogue) services to be utterly ridiculous. Twitter’s one example (but that’s another post).
I tried really hard to see Second Life as something more than a timesuck for gullible ex-dungeonmasters and marketing consultants with enough disposable time and income that they don’t mind slow, jerky, crashing animations of their alter-fauxegos. But I’ve come up empty. I mean at least WOW gives you the entertaiment value of killing stuff.
So I find news of a real estate crisis in SL beyond ridiculous. Keep Reading
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Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…
Coming to Sundance Channel. Almost enough to make me re-upgrade the DirecTV subscription. Thank gawd for bittorrent.
(And yes, I am padding to test out the new blog / theme / etc.)
Mod Mad Men wallpapers
There’s an illustrator who is doing sweet, stylized wallpapers themed around each episode of Mad Men.
Here’s a slideshow:
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