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Misfits - best show on TV right now. Seriously.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:58:59 -0500

Misfits - best show on TV right now. Seriously.

Misfits | 1x01 Pilot | Part 1 Wow. The US needs more shows like...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:55:11 -0500

Wow. The US needs more shows like this. Attention Channel 4, put this on iTunes here in the US and I will buy every episode. Great stuff - its like what Heroes wishes it was.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:23:49 -0500

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost

Apologize to the house

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:01:04 -0500

Apologize to the house

U2 - Elevation Live 2001 I’m not the biggest U2 fan out...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:20:18 -0500

U2 - Elevation Live 2001

I’m not the biggest U2 fan out there, but I love how they opened the shows on this tour - house lights on, walking out and starting to play.

You know what else I noticed - no one is missing the show to try to capture everything on their stupid cell phones.

The problem in today’s YouTube age is that this cool trick would be spoiled by videos being posted during the actual show. Lame. Leave your cell phones in your pockets at shows.

I love when this kicks in about 2:45 in.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:26:58 -0500

I love when this kicks in about 2:45 in.

2001: A Space Odyssey

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:09:58 -0500

2001: A Space Odyssey

Purity of Essene, Peace on Earth

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:02:09 -0500

Purity of Essene, Peace on Earth

Jets to Brazil - King Medicine

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:41:27 -0500

Jets to Brazil - King Medicine

Tenth Doctor

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:26:54 -0500

Tenth Doctor

tedr: Good Morning Hater, I got this smile for you! (via...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:23:22 -0500

tedr:

Good Morning Hater, I got this smile for you! (via chamillionairetv) via Mule Girl.

If We Can Do It, So Can You - bad banana blog

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:10:09 -0500

If We Can Do It, So Can You - bad banana blog:

I wish I had the courage to do this. Instead, I worry about stuff like the mortgage.

Greta - Is It What You Wanted?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:56:18 -0500

Greta - Is It What You Wanted?

Technology: Blessing or Curse

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:05:58 -0500

I’m working at home today (and getting a ton done, go figure) when there’s a knock on the door.

It’s someone from the Jehovah’s Witnesses offering me a booklet called “Technology: Blessing or Curse.” Nice meaning guy, but obviously not of the “know your audience” school of marketing.

I said I’d be glad to talk to you about the evils of technology. Let me do the following things first.

- Stop watching Netflix on my PS3.

- Turn off Slacker streaming radio.

- Stop writing blog posts for ErieBlogs.com

- Playing Bejeweled on Facebook

- IM’ing with my work colleagues in the office

- Writing a review of a cloud-based management app.

- Charging Evan’s iPod

He’s coming back next week. I think I’ll be in the office that day.

Smoky Bacon Crisps Thanks, Adam Palin, for the suggestion to get...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:46:30 -0500

Smoky Bacon Crisps

Thanks, Adam Palin, for the suggestion to get these. They were great.

(University of Essex, July 2009)

Pity Party - Overnight Success 6 (via chrisbrogan) This is an...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:21:20 -0400

Pity Party - Overnight Success 6 (via chrisbrogan)

This is an interesting series of videos.

Weezer Time Machine

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:57:16 -0400

I wish I had a time machine so that I could go back in time and sit down with Rivers Cuomo. I’d want it to be exactly the day before Pinkerton comes out. I’d sit him down and tell him what a masterpiece the blue album was, and Pinkerton is amazing - it’s deep and it sounds different, which is very good. The songs on Pinkerton are amazing and it takes a while to dig down deep into them and pick out little nuggets of fun, little bits of pop inside the jangly guitars.

Don’t be discouraged, I’d say. Pinkerton’s going to tank, initially. That’s going to be really hard for you. Trust me, I know disappointment. But in time, people are going to love this album. Whatever you do, don’t give up on making great pop tunes and wearing your heart on your sleeve.

To reinforce this, I’d take him in my time machine to the present day, and make him listen to what he’s created post-Pinkerton; show him he’d lost his way. I’d make him listen to “Beverly Hills” and I would force him to listen to the abomination that is a new song with Weezer and Lil’ Wayne. It’s so awful, it’s like you’re not even trying. Look at these lyrics:

Monday to Sunday I hit all the clubs
And everybody knows me when I pull up
I got the real big posse with me, yeah I’m deep
And if u lookin for me I’m in vip

That’s not even trying. Take El Scorcho. You’re trying and you’re telling stories in each of the songs. There’s no story to tell in “Can’t Stop Partying.”

I asked you to go to the Green Day concert
You said you never heard of them
How cool is that?
So I went to your room and read your diary:
“Watching Grunge leg-drop New-Jack through a press table…”
And then my heart stopped: “Listening to Cio-Cio San
Fall in love all over again.”

It’s too late now, but if I had my time machine, I’d tell him to keep on keeping on and write music that means something to you. If you are true to yourself, it will show through in the music and you will find an audience. Seeing what they are now is just sad.

‘Low Rising’ by Swell Season on Q TV This song on...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:17:15 -0400

‘Low Rising’ by Swell Season on Q TV

This song on the album sounds very Van Morrison-y. Which is good.

"Woman, your fine ointment, brand new and expensive could have been saved for the poor. Why has it..."

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:11:46 -0400

“Woman, your fine ointment, brand new and expensive
could have been saved for the poor.
Why has it been wasted? We could have raised maybe
Three hundred silver pieces or more.
People who are hungry, people who are starving
matter more than your feet and hair!”

- Everything’s Alright

Damien Dempsey - Sing All Our Cares Away

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:27:11 -0400

Damien Dempsey - Sing All Our Cares Away