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Monthly Archives: November 2006
Note to self
November 30, 2006 – 11:47 pm
Ulver’s “Not Saved”, from Teachings In Silence is very cool. So is Pan Sonic “Machinist”, from Wire Tapper 10.
And also:
Clint Mansell, featuring Kronos Quartet and Mogwai
The Fountain (Warner Bros/Nonesuch) £12.99
The collision of former Pop Will Eat Itself man Clint Mansell, the Kronos Quartet and Scots post-rockers Mogwai is intriguing. It is only three weeks [...]
Quote of the day
November 26, 2006 – 3:49 pm
Over at Rants and Raves:
It seems that the Republicans self-destruct by betraying their principles, the Democrats by following theirs.
LOL! It hurts because it’s true.
Where the banshees live and they do live well
November 22, 2006 – 11:19 am
The Sec. Ed. is an idiot. Blah blah blah- tell me something I don’t know. On to the good stuff:
Bonus fun fact for all the Spinal Tap fans out there: yes, there was a category devoted to Stonehenge; yes, the answer to the $1,000 question was “the Druids”; and yes, Michael McKean was [...]
Amen brother
November 20, 2006 – 11:32 am
I signed up for the online list for my hometown when I was living abroad . It got old fast.
The town used to be filled with Irish and Italians (and a few Greeks), a nice mix of blue and white collar. It has since been invaded and captured by socialist (pseudo)intellectual failures who can’t afford [...]
Nine planets without intelligent life
November 17, 2006 – 1:31 am
Comic genius.
(via TJIC, on a great comic-finding tear.)
UPDATE: fittingly, I almost shat myself reading this one.
Word of the Day: Homoposery
November 16, 2006 – 10:37 am
I was over a friend’s house this weekend. We were shootin’ the shit watching TV, catching up on various events that had happened since we last got together. I wanted to watch the Ultimate Fighter 4 final - I had been watching the series, and was looking forward to the final. [...]
Zing!
November 14, 2006 – 12:42 am
Ouch:
Mark Steyn: [...] I don’t want to get into the Andrew Sullivan, you know, “You must read this book,” says Andrew Sullivan of Andrew Sullivan’s fantastic new book. I don’t want to get into that kind of self endorsement, but I do think there is a lesson in this book for the Republican leadership on [...]
Get three coffins ready
November 9, 2006 – 11:07 pm
I think I’ll have to get Spaghetti Western Rainbow:
A salvo to Ennio Morricone, Spaghetti Western Rainbow stands testament to the Italian composer’s enduring influence. Morricone collaborator Sergio Leone established the spaghetti western genre in 1964 with A Fistful of Dollars. The director used Morricone again to score the remaining two films in his three-part account [...]
If you meet the Buddha on the road, remix him
November 9, 2006 – 10:50 pm
This sounds very cool:
The FM3 Buddha Machine is a low-fi loop playing device containing nine pre-recorded loops which cannot be changed by the user. Due to manufacturing imperfections, individual machines play the loops with a slightly different sound, pitch and duration. The built-in playback circuit, with its low sampling rate and bit resolution, produces a [...]
Pony express
November 9, 2006 – 6:17 pm
I’ve just stumbled across Matt Bernier’s comics - they rock! He’s got a blog, and a gallery (be patient - deviantART doesn’t seem to be on the speediest webserver) where you can check out various pages of his work (“SKY WORM!!”).
I’ll be buying Potato Autopsy, at a minimum.
Also, his 24 hour comic on our atmosphere [...]
Whether you like it or not
November 9, 2006 – 6:05 pm
All the wonderful uses your money is put to, on the Budget Graph.
Learn something new, etc.
November 9, 2006 – 3:37 pm
I forget where I read it (one of VDH’s sites, maybe?), but: 160 million Arabs export less, if you discount the oil under their feet, than 3 million Finns do.
Wow.
Given that a little technological progress in the West could make that black muck a lot less valuable, they’d better either start diversifying, or start brushing [...]
Euthanasia is sounding better and better
November 8, 2006 – 3:05 pm
WARNING - I have been a bit under the weather for the last three days, and am more crabby than usual.
I was driving to work this morning and was almost driven off the road by one of those giant vans with the fiberglass roofs to give people in wheelchairs headroom. After muttering a few [...]
From Vulcan half-breed to Vulcan half-pint in just 37 years
November 4, 2006 – 7:55 pm
Oh, The Horror.
Caught my ear
November 4, 2006 – 4:23 pm
Heard on RF: Kanding Ray.
You can hear four tunes on their myspace page. Perhaps co-blogger JMD can pick up the CD for me on his next excursion to the Fatherland?
Iran builds new fighter-bomber
November 2, 2006 – 12:13 pm
Quote from Iranian Authorities:
The bomber Saegheh or lightening is similar to (the American) F-18 but more
powerful. It was designed, optimised and improved by Iranian experts.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha [...]
F’n Brilliant
November 2, 2006 – 11:52 am
US servicemen show that they are sharper than John Kerry.
I’m not sure who decided to let Kerry campaign, but I bet he’s looking for a new job right now. The silliest part of this controversy is that Kerry could have ended it before it began if he wasn’t such an arrogant prick.