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August 30, 2005
Computer Geeks: You Are Free to Join Bands
Are OK Go the geekiest band around today? Not only do they blog and podcast, but lead singer Damian Kulash told the Austinist's Allen Chen that new guitarist Andy Ross also does programming while on the road:
Well, Andy’s a total nerd. If you think I’m a nerd, Andy’s a huge-o nerd. Andy was a professional computer programmer when we met him. And guess what?
He didn’t quit his job - he still does it from the road.
Posted by timothompson at 03:22 PM
August 29, 2005
Animal Butts on Flickr
"Animals from the southside, rearview only. The funkier the better!"Posted by timothompson at 03:37 PM
August 26, 2005
Howling Hex
If you're in the mood for absurdist cutting commentary, you won't go wrong with NMH & Co.Posted by timothompson at 02:54 PM
August 24, 2005
Spamity SPAM!
Gene Gable offers a visual history of everyone's favorite canned pork shoulder product.Posted by timothompson at 11:45 AM
August 22, 2005
"Gimme Fiction" VS "Mr. Brightside" VS "Arcade Fire"
"Gimme Fiction" VS "Mr. Brightside" VS "Arcade Fire"Posted by timothompson at 01:28 AM
August 19, 2005
Girl in Pink
Update: It was removed by CL, but reposted here and here. RANT: The girl in the pink Killers shirt at the Killers concertPosted by timothompson at 06:39 PM
Panties x3
Wow, the pantiespantiespanties people live here in Austin. Whaddaya know.Posted by timothompson at 11:16 AM
August 18, 2005
Kinky Friedman for Texas Governor
The New Yorker: Kinky Friedman on the Campaign Trail [via]:
"I'm for you," (Ace) Cook said, sitting down to write the campaign a check. "I'm sick of these assholes who don't represent me, or represent people." By now, this sentiment had become a common refrain. "They represent A.T. & T. and Enron. How you gonna come and beg for my vote and then have nothing to do with me? Did Enron elect you or did I? I'm paying your salary, hoss. How'd it be if someone went up to the capitol and did what they said they would?"
Posted by timothompson at 06:25 PM
I Tried
I tried to avoid Jude Law's penis, but bloggers have some odd fascination with posting it over and over and over again. It is in a neck-in-neck race with Phil Spector's afro for most blogged about body item of the year.Posted by timothompson at 04:07 PM
You May Not Believe This
Viewing this image will most likely surprise or sicken you.Posted by timothompson at 01:01 PM
August 17, 2005
Project Greenlight's "Feast": Is It Actually Good?
A report from Ain't It Cool News gives good marks for contest winner John Gulager's horror film "Feast." Though Matt Damon called "Project Greenlight" dead in the water, Maureen Ryan from the Chicago Tribune says Bravo is waiting to see what the reaction to "Feast" will be before they make the decision.Posted by timothompson at 12:33 PM
Black + Gold = Pittsburgh
Be A Design Group: "More specifically, it struck us as interesting that Pittsburgh is so closely associated with the colors Black and Gold. It is the only city in America whose professional sports teams share the same color palette — baseball's Pirates, football’s Steelers and hockey’s Penguins are all black and gold."
Update: Two more trivial facts learned from this logo history from the Steelers' site: 1) The diamonds in the logo are called hypocycloids. 2) The Steelers are the only NFL team that sports their logo on only one side of the helmet.
Posted by timothompson at 02:07 AM
August 16, 2005
Fifth Blogiversary
Was yesterday. I've now been typing "http://" into form fields for five years (with intermittent vacations).
Posted by timothompson at 03:03 PM
August 15, 2005
L.A. Times Article Explores Indie/Major Distribution Agreements
CalendarLive: Indies, majors tune into a new act [via].Posted by timothompson at 11:57 AM
August 14, 2005
Kelly Leak Today
Felt Up has a current photo of "The Bad News Bears"' Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley).Posted by timothompson at 05:36 PM
August 11, 2005
Steven Heller interviews "Punk" Magazine Founder John Holmstrom,
Holmstrom: "The battle over CBGB's is really–the astronomical rents, the elimination of crime in our beloved city and the suburbanization of our street culture, block by block–having the unintended effect of wiping out all the art and culture that made New York City an 'interesting' (although frightening) place to live. New York was the center of world culture for most of the 20th century. It's now becoming a gated community for the rich–ironically, the opposite of John Carpenter's vision in the film Escape From New York, where it was an out-of-control crime zone. Most of the reasons so many of us moved here in the 1970s, '80s and even the '90s was to be near the nightlife and the art scene and the culture. Now that culture is disappearing, and CBGB's has become the icon for this lost scene."
Isn't this what many U.S. urban centers, including Austin, are facing this decade?
Posted by timothompson at 08:37 PM
August 09, 2005
Another Berman Interview
Silver Jews site The Corduroy Suit features an October 1997 interview with David Berman by 5RP (aka Adalena Kavanagh).
Update: And now a web site. Will wonders never cease?
Posted by timothompson at 05:44 PM
August 08, 2005
China is tired of our tendentious jive (turkeys)
What a quote from Kunstler [via]: "We're a country with no discipline, led by fake scoutmasters, moneygrubbing ministers, chiseling accountants, and oversexed schoolmarms. The new national motto: Something for Nothing. The new spiritual capital: Las Vegas."
As well as: "China is tired of our tendentious jive. Pretty soon they are going to want to try to kick our ass."
Posted by timothompson at 02:08 PM
August 06, 2005
[This is bad]
Every Stones album (even the ABKCO) on iTunes for around $10 each = quite tempting.Posted by timothompson at 05:40 PM
Clothesline Saga
Various clothing styles worn by Bob Dylan.Posted by timothompson at 02:33 PM
August 03, 2005
"Situation: Comedy" Blog
Writer Mark Treitel of the Bravo reality show "Situation: Comedy" has a Typepad site.Posted by timothompson at 04:09 PM