December 2007
In honor of seeing Buffalo Tom last night, I am listening to Mistle Thrush, who, I am happy to report, actually sound pretty crazily awesome in the year 2007. ultra5000, I think it’s time for a reunion. Seriously.
Closer at hand, a dreary showing for the Globes would bode ill for the Oscars, which follow six weeks later on Feb. 24 and are scheduled for broadcast on ABC. The West Coast writers guild has already said it will not consider any request to let its members work on the show, though it stopped short of announcing plans to deploy pickets. The move has put extraordinary pressure on Jon Stewart, the...
This was an abject failure this year, no doubt about it. Like almost embarrassingly so. Ugh. My reading pile is pushing 90 books right now, and has been for years. It’s maddening. I need to retire. At this rate, if I didn’t buy another book, it would take me 4 years to read them all. As with last year, and the year before, I blame The Economist. Each one is 120 pages! Shouldn’t...
89 flight segments, 270,000 air miles. 40 segments on the Acela. The US, Canada, Norway, The UK and Iceland. And that’s my big beef. I got two new countries in that I’d always wanted to go to - Norway and Iceland - but I wish I had hit asia or something. That would have required a real vacation, though, I suppose. It’s also kind of shocking how many times I went to California -...
Rick wishes he didn't have wendy's for breakfast. →
1. What will you remember about 2007? Iceland Airwaves. Norway. Daft Punk. Meeting Bruce. Meeting David Lynch. Meeting Brian Louks. Meeting Vint Cerf. Webby Connect and meeting Sean, Skaff and Danielle. NBFs from SXSW. Portishead ATP. Coachella and Breakfast Burritos. Driving the richardson and stopping at all the old camping spots with Judi and flying around looking at glaciers with val at the...
Hey hey – I posted my top 25 albums of 2007 as well as my complete 2007 gig list over in my LJ. The total: 281 performances, four festivals, 3 countries.
Merry christmas everyone. Also, Merry christmas to me. Here’s to a year of blurry photos with even more shallow depth of field. World, I see your f 1.4 and raise you to f 1.2.
Happy Christmas everyone! Two christmas songs for you! First, we have, as always, my perinneal, will-some-day-be-a-hit christmas rap, “Christmas is Murder.” Man, this is in need of a remastering. Ha. Christmas is Murder, by Rick Next, we have A BRAND NEW MY DICK SONG - Just completed as of 11:43 PM last night. OMG this is a pretty amazing one. Do They Know It’s My Dick? by My...
As with last year, I think it’s smooth sailing the rest of the year for gigs - no plans, so I think I can go ahead and post this. The total - 281 performances, up from 246 last year, or one every 1.3 days. The difference in numbers is pretty much directly attributable to one additional large festival: Iceland Airwaves, bring the festival total to four: SXSW, Coachella, Iceland Airwaves, All...
Okay, So I’m making a top albums of the year list, only really because the pitchfork one was so ridiculous. It’s interesting. The Pitchfork lists are all vaguely worded - what is a “top” album? Is it the best? The one you liked the most? The most popular? The one you listened to the most? So, here is my methodology: Aside from the first two, which I think are pretty...
In a repeat of last year, the same crack three-person calling team has, once again, settled on the Cellar in Cambridge this year for our Christmas Eve festivities! We’ll be there maybe 10ish on. Come come come if you are around!
hey does anyone know of any good ness sites (NYT, Reuters, etc.) formatted for the iphone?
Riddle me this, dear reader: Here’s a little something that’s been batting around in my head lately. Recently artemis accused me of being a nostalgia junkie, which is certainly a fair accusation given my obsessive propensity for archiving and saving everything. I do love the past. I love the narcotic effect it has. I love the mind games you play with yourself about how you would play...
Ahh, the holidays. Where I only work four hours a day, and only surf the web for 12, but I actually get to blog a little. This time of year is so fun because I have enough time to do what i love - write - rather than just jot things down. It is, of course, ironic that the one time of year I get to do this is when no one is reading LJ, so, as in years past, I suspect my amazing year end entries...
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Jarvis covers the Chain, Eye of the Tiger, Purple Haze and The Boys are Back in Town. Man. MAN. Aug did you or any of your peeps go?
1) I got the new Magnetic Fields today, and the early word is it’s pretty solid. 2) Embrace fandom! Become a fan of 43 things, The Barbarian Group, Til We’re Blue or Destroy (best unsigned band ever), Box Magazine, and/or, The 2 Husbands! 3) I really need to keep a bottle of makers in this apartment for the odd new york nights in. 4) And how awesome are the odd New York nights in?...
Rick isn't going down without a fight. →
Thank you, everyone, for making our party such a smashing success. Surreally so. Like a party you read about. Like you see in the movies, only better because they can’t afford to pay that many extras. And thank you to every single person who came from out of town to come. And thank you to those that made it over on Saturday. And thank you those wacky people who kept things rolling to late...
