Archive for October, 2007
wired
wired.com writes a piece about the resurgence of vinyl, and our band’s very own frontman gets the closer quote! oh, and by the way, don’t forget to come to our show at cafe du nord tomorrow night!! we look forward to seein’ ya!
Posted: October 29th, 2007 under music.
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flash
i can’t help it. i find this example of proper photography to be super funny.
Posted: October 23rd, 2007 under art.
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vinyl
come one, come all to the society of rockets record release party next tuesday, october 30th at cafe du nord! we’ll have our 12″ vinyl on sale and i’ll have my trusty 16mm projector and theremin in hand! hope you can make it!
Posted: October 23rd, 2007 under music.
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a35
i’m in love. nick park is auctioning off his austin a35 for charity. it was the inspiration for the anti-pesto van from wallace and grommit’s curse of the were-rabbit and it’s incredibly adorable. if i had a spare garage, a way to get it over the pond and a lot more money, i would totally [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2007 under animation, cars, movies.
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60
i was griping to a friend (she’s a doctor) the other day about the 60-hour workweeks i’ve been pulling lately. when she responded that she would love it if she could work only 60 hours, i shut my mouth. even at its worst, it’s always good to be reminded that i love my job… and [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2007 under aside.
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misquote
here’s a time-killing list of the top 15 misquotes from movies. my only gripe is that they’re misquoting the #1 quote. it should be “i vant to suck your blood!”
Posted: October 19th, 2007 under movies.
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balut
so, there i was, cracking up over this link about the 6 most terrifying foods in the world. when i got to the #1 most terrifying food in the world, i realized “oh, shit! i’ve eaten that!” i don’t find it too hard to imagine that my peoples eat some pretty gross stuff – secretly, i think [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2007 under food.
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slug
my sister forwarded me this hilarious link about our alma mater, uc santa cruz. i gotta say, i love it when my university pisses off a right-wing rag like frontpage. it sincerely warms my heart.
Posted: October 10th, 2007 under aside.
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