Making Days Longer

Inspired by Itunes playing 3 CA related songs back to back while on shuffle.

New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down - LCD Soundsystem
The Only Boy Living In New Your - Simon & Garfunkel
Going to California - Led Zeppelin
Come Back From San Francisco - The Magnetic Fields
Making Days Longer - RJD2
We Will Become Silhouettes - The Postal Service
Ever Fallen In Love? - The Buzzcocks
Return - Ok Go
Hotel California - Gypsy Kings
LDN - Lily Allen
Amsterdam - Peter Bjorn & John
The Rhumba - Digital Bobby
Latin Simone - Gorillaz
Daft Punk is Playing at My House - LCD Soundsystem (again, i know...)

heaven's just a funky moose....

Its been a few years since i've seen this classic but its about time to dust it off and show it the light of day again.

http://www.sillyape.org/trash/journey/

Mmmm..... forbidden donut

I was out drinking with a coworker and somehow we got onto the topic of allergies. She was allergic to shellfish, and as anyone who knows me is aware, I am allergic to peanuts. Some of my friends share some off these allergies, as well as allergies to gluten, tree nuts, egg protein, diary, etc. It got me thinking.....

When I lived in Japan, I had the opportunity to try fugu, the blowfish that can kill you if prepared improperly. See the Simpsons for details. Anyway, on the multiple times that I have had the opportunity to try it, I've been underwhelmed each time. It really didn't strike me as something to risk (even remotely given breeding and quality control) my life over. Obviously the appeal is in the danger. It got me wondering- do allergy sufferers share thre same fetishization with the foods that they are allergic to?
My reaction to peanuts & legumes is so mild I barely qualify to answer this question. But my lactose intolerant ex loved cheese, and I love me some thai food. To someone allergic to shellfish, would lobster oysters, clams, mussels or even escargot be an ethereally dangerous delight or a risky let down? Luckily, I don't know anyone brave/stupid enough to tempt fate and try it out. It still makes me wonder though.

Black Star

Another Playlist

Definition - Mos Def & Talib Kweli
7 Nation Army - Nostalgia 77
You Know I'm No Good (Remix) - Amy Winehouse & Ghostface Killah
Encore - Jay-Z & The Beatles (DJ Dangermouse)
Sabotage - The Beastie Boys
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
In the Future When All Is Well - Morrissey
Shoot Your Gun - 22-20s
Morse - Nightmares On Wax
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service
Remind Me - Royksopp
Here Tonight - The Flying Burrito Brothers
Something's Got to Give - The Beastie Boys
Earthquake Weather - Beck
Kicking the Heart Out - Rogue Wave
Photograph - Weezer
Black Star - Radiohead
Scorpio Rising - Death In Vegas

Happy Easter

Rock You Like A Hurricane

Quick question: what's the name of the University of Miami football team? Or for that matter, any varsity team at that school?

That's right, the Hurricanes. The Miami Hurricanes.

Now, teams with Native American-themed names like the Cleveland Indians get bashed all the time for being insensitive, politcally incorrect, etc.... There are people who think teams like the Indians, Braves, and Seminoles should change their names and remove stereotypical images from their uniforms. Yet nobody seems to have a problem with a team name that celebrates its hometown's worst feature.

You might point out that there are other teams named for dangerous natural occurrences, like the Colorado Avalanche or Tampa Bay Lightning (or perhaps in Steve Irwin's case, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays). But these are on a much less serious scale than hurricanes in Miami.

If you look up Miami, Florida on wikipedia, you'll find this interesting bit of information:

"Due to its location between two major bodies of water known for tropical activity, Miami is...statistically the most likely major city in the world to be struck by a hurricane..."

Also, you find out that before Katrina came along in 2005, Hurricane Andrew (which devastated Miami in '92) was the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.

This is what you want your team named after? I know there are the NHL Carolina Hurricanes, but c'mon, when was the last time Raleigh was wiped out by one?

It is fun, though, to imagine what it'd be like if other cities went this route. We might have teams like the San Francisco Quake, the Detroit Riot, the New Orleans Flood, the L.A. Smog, the Providence Corruption, the New York Sewer Gators...(I could go on forever)

Apologies for using so many singular team names...I know they suck and only belong in Major League Soccer. Also, apologies if I subconsciously used any team names from BaseKetBall.

All you need is BRAINS

3A33

Ukrainian for Zazz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZAZ

Oh My God How I Try...

Watch that.

Ok.

Now tell me that it's not just a coincidence that the generation of males that grew up watching He-Man is the one most likely to have participated in or identify with metrosexual trends and fashion.

This Playlist Will Change Your Life

In an effort to Zazz up this page, I'm going to be very pompous and self-indulgent by occasionally posting an iTunes playlist. It also to demonstrate my lame taste in music.

1) New Slang - The Shins (Oh Inverted World)
2) Basin Street Blues - Kid Koala (Some of My Best Friends are DJs)
3) Gigantic - Pixies (Surfer Rosa)
4) Dead Melodies - Beck ( Mutations)
5) 1976 - RJD2 (Since We Last Spoke)
6) Walk On By - Cake (Prolonging the Magic)
7) Coffee & TV - Blur (13)
8) How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead (Kid A)
9) Say It Ain't So - Weezer (Weezer)
10) Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers (Californication)
11) Coin-Operated Boy - The Dresden Dolls (The Dresden Dolls)
12) Girl - Beck (Guero)
13) Clocks - Coldplay (A Rush of Blood to the Head)
14) Boulevard of Broken Songs - Green Day v. Oasis v. Travis (Party Ben: The Indie Jive Bunn)

Yes its mostly alt rock heavy, and there are 2 Beck songs, a clear violation of Hornby's Mixtape Rules in High Fidelity, but it works for me.

Bollywood Squares

If you didn't already know it, Bombay TV is an awesome site. It allows you to make your own subtitles for a series of Indian television clips, which can be incredibly entertaining. Great for parties.

Here's one of mine that I'm particularly proud of.

Pork Buns

Who loves not alcohol, women and gyoza?


Just gimme some dim sum love.....

Squirting Mercury

Would be a great name for a band, right?

The track listing for their first album, "Toxic Load" would look something like this:

1. Toxic Load
2. Feel The Smell (Pennsylvania)
3. Beef Curtain Side Airbags
4. Suspicious Package
5. Absolute Zero
6. Fangboner Road
7. Qµïçksïlvêr
8. Spelunking for Raisinets
9. 10" Hg
10. Rasavātam
11. Hats off to Alexander Calder