Monthly Archives: April 2006

Union Square photos

Some shots taken after Uppercase Sound #1: (some of these are slightly photoshopped)

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Uppercase Sound #1

Last night, almost a year after the last time I made it out to absorb some local culture, CK, JMD & I (no TJICisphereans expressed interest) wandered over to PA’s Lounge for the first “Uppercase Sound” event (since people actually … Continue reading

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Undermining one’s own authority

Don Boudreaux writes: Economist Paul Craig Roberts has joined recently with the likes of Lou Dobbs and Sen. Charles Schumer to denounce so-called “outsourcing” — that is, the importation of services. Roberts is aware that, throughout history, free trade has … Continue reading

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He always tells the truth in D

The Luckiest Girl in the World breathlessly reports that On Wednesday, I was at work when I got a call for a Neil Young session the next day. Needless to say, I was excited about it – Neil Young is … Continue reading

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Outstanding

Really outstanding.

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Currently under consideration

If I manage to get out of the house for these: The Fun Years, April 18th, PA’s Lounge, Somerville. Mogwai*, May 14th, Avalon, Boston. Tag-alongs are welcome. *Mogwai’s new release is excellent, btw.

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Promises, promises

One thing that’s really grabbed my interest lately is East Africa (Somalia in particular). While I’m still waiting for Law of the Somalis to arrive, I’ve been bookmarking lots of interesting news items on the area, which I’ll try to … Continue reading

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Dear New York Times

Congratulations on your newly redesigned website! Alas, the top-of-the-page horizontal flash ads are displaying against a white background three times taller than the flash ad itself in my browser (Firefox 1.5.01 on Linux), obscuring the top couple of paragraphs in … Continue reading

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Four-color world

Showing on various movie channels (I’ve got RCN) right now are Batman, Superman, Spiderman 2, The Punisher, and Judge Dredd. WTF? Do these programming guys call each other?

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