December 2008
“I hated every minute I was in Kalamazoo.”
– some wmu grad at the bar in Chicago
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what...”
– As the ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus put it…
…“hell is other people” has always been misunderstood. It has been thought that what I meant by that was that our relations with other people are always poisoned, that they are invariably hellish relations. But what I really mean is something totally different. I mean that if relations with someone else are twisted, vitiated, then that other person can only be hell. Why?...
Apologies To The Queen Mary
This is probably one of my favorite albums. I’ve listened to it easily a hundred times. It took me awhile to get into and like all of the those that do, it has cemented itself in my musical history. At first, I wasn’t even sure there were two singers but it is now its most intriguing quality. It’s hard to imagine that these two guys are able to coexist in a seemless manner and...
Better All The Time #41 →
“Algenol only uses algae strains that do not produce human toxins. In addition,...”
– Disclaimer on the Algenol website. The technology sounds amazing. Capable of producing ethanol 10,000 gallons per acre of “unproductive” land. But this statement reads like an opening to a terrible sci fi flick.
Confession
The weather is pretty much the most exciting thing in my life. “Light Freezing Rain Ice Pellets”? Sign me up. Also, tomorrow we’ve got a combination of snow, freezing rain, sleet, regular rain, and ice accumulation in store.
The City Where the Sirens Never Sleep →
anthropophagous:
It happens, though, when you’re from Detroit. In the popular imagination, the Motor City has gone from being the Arsenal of Democracy, so named for their converting auto factories to make the weapons which helped us win World War II, and the incubator of the middle class (now leading the nation in foreclosure rates, Detroit once had the highest rate of home ownership in the...
A Day Of Quotables
“Snow…then snow…” - Weather Underground
“Go big or go home and touch yourself” - a desperate friend
“Did you get a haircut?” - roommate after admitting his absolutely retarded installation due to being “super fucking high”
“[redacted] is not sure how she feels about Sean’s results…he is NOT the biological...
12 of the Best Kids Show/Rap Mash-Ups →
Need to watch.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21)
No One Reads This (432)
And You Will Know Us By The Annoying Sundays (34)
Automation is Laziness (-98)
Proof I Like Music (1)
U2 (constantly)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
hold the fucking bus
Erin Andrews? Sex tape?
One Reason EST Is Better
Even on the shortest day of the year in which I have to work, the sun is still up at 5 pm. Back in Wisconsin, I felt like it was like 4 months straight of driving home in the dark. Maybe I was just at work later.
Oh and color me excited. If you can think a little narrow mindedly, from now on tomorrow will be longer than today. I think a celebration is in order.
Governor says Michigan will get through tough... →
How exactly is this print worthy? Is there any way she says, “Well, you know, I just don’t see this one ending. We’re pretty much downhill from here. All the way to the bottom.”
List of Unknowns →
Posing as a Bidder, Utah Student Disrupts... →
“Solitude is a healthy way of being alone with oneself. One engages in an inner...”
– But you said you didn’t like church.
WatchThis is the Nick Winters Show and I do the entertaining, thank you…
I'm Constantly Chasing The High Of New Music
Shankly is getting too big for his britches. Check the latest.
I need to figure out a way to listen to singles without adding them to my library.
Indie passion doesn’t care what you think.
I wonder if someone could work as a truck driver/music critic. Drive around the country, downloading new shit at way-points, and just plowing through reviews. The problem I see is that I need an anchor...
Songs I Would Post If I Were Posting Songs
Automatic - Less Than Jake (and I would talk about how it reminded me of all this shit from high school)
Summer Bonfire - Great Lakes Mystery Society
Love Is All - Rapture
Fascination - Alphabeat
Sweet Love For Planet Earth - Fuck Buttons
Random Song - Elbow
Nothing Ever Happened - Deerhunter
Why I Moved Back To Michigan
Woke up at 9 am, hustled over to a friend’s with my bro. Shoveled his pond for an hour until the weight of the banks created some cracks and water started bubbling through. Scrammed back to my house with the snowblowers, spent two hours moving a foot of snow off our lake. As soon as we had a playable rink, water started seeping through again but we said fuck it, we’re playing. Ordered...
At my parents’, watching stons, and I hear snowmobiles whipping down the road in the dark. That sounds so fucking fun.
Thursday Night T.houghts
‘Actually tired after a shower. Officially out of shape.
‘my last boss once requested that I become a “hero”. I would pay so much money for a pic of my face at that moment. Tonight my new boss asked that I achieve the impossible. Where the fuck do these people learn management skills? I’m just trying to suppress the urge to commit seppuku, not save the goddamn world....
Moving To New City To Solve All Of Area Man's...
Let’s just say I’ve decided to accelerate the timetable.
I haven’t read a sf/fantasy book in over two years. You could name any pre-2000 author of that genre and I could tell you exactly where they were on the shelf in my hometown library (yah, it’s alphabetical but still). Maybe it’s one of those things you outgrow and only enjoy nostalgically but I’d love to find a new longer series to tackle this winter.
MSU Is Playing A Dangerous Game →
It’s not even about sports, it’s about real shit! Wish I could write a response, LOL!
The Drag - Ty Segall
Alright, Rest Year’s...
Two years in Wisconsin have changed me. I can’t say pop. It sounds wrong. Losing it didn’t take long and I don’t think I’ll ever get it back. I remember in elementary school we all laughed at the lunch lady that drawled “soda” and to think, I’m now on her side.
Can not wait to cook again. Been on a protest of the kitchen for like a month but once I move...
“…it was a kind of unspoken code: “alternative” means...”
– i
Middles of June - The Capstan Shafts
Sorry.
avenues:
The Lucksmiths - “The National Mitten...
newsound:
Plants and Animals - Feedback in the...
noeyeinpirate:
Parts & Labor will release...
WatchMelody Day - Caribou
One reason why drugs are bad: your friends will take them and force you to leave a festival early and you’ll miss out on plenty of awesome.
fat:
Bowerbirds - In Our Talons
dilaudid:
born ruffians - foxes mate for life.
...
“Brewer fan from Wisconsin here. I go to school in the UP and trust me, they are...”
– Well done
Random Thursday Night Thoughts
It makes me a little sad that people who eat out in Portage skip by all the struggling local diners and eateries to wait in line for some crappy fast food that ends up taking longer than the local place would. I’m no corporate hating hippie but I like supporting people who give me some diversity in choices for lunch. Petty I know.
One thing I think will be an important part of our economy...
