“Can you keep a secret? I’m trying to organize a prison break. We have to first get out of this bar, then the hotel, then the city, and then the country. Are you in or you out?”
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The Great Escape
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B Movie
“John Foster Dulles ain’t nothing but the name of an airport now.”
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I’ve Got Shows In Different Area Codes…
Does anyone want to go with me to see Jello Biafra and The Melvins at The Henry Fonda Theatre on the 16th or Henry Rollins at The Coach House on the 23rd?
On their last tour, Jello and The Melvins peppered Dead Kennedys covers in with their original tunes. Hopefully this time around will be no different. Rollins, on the other hand is going to be doing spoken word – which is always a good thing.
Either way, two of my heroes performing on consecutive Wednesdays is just too tasty to pass up. So who’s in?
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Apple Store, Brea Mall
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Exit
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King Kukulele
Wow, that’s a blast from the past…
Screenhead just pointed to a commercial for satellite radio featuring the locally infamous King Kukulele. The King was a staple at The Hub in Fullerton before they closed it down for renovations a little more than a year ago.
I remember spending countless nights watching him demolish the crowds with a well placed cover of “Folsom Prison Blues” or something as equally out of place. The looks on the faces of the unsuspecting people he’d throw his uke at before he’d snatch it back on its bungee cord. How uppity he’d get at the people on the back fringes of the audience who would dare to chat during his performance.
Come to think of it, he was sort of a jerk. I’m pretty sure that was just a schtick, tho. At least I hope it was.
I’ve lost track of him since The Hub closed down, but I’d love to know where he’s performing now. Anyone have any clues?
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Bit Rot – 11.10.05
+ Garrett went and got uppity about the web design buzzword du jour, realign. Seriously dude, right the fuck on.
+ Wikipedia’s List of British English words not used in American English ought to come in handy eventually.
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Jaffa Cakes
Brian: That’s chaos theory. The belief that the future is in fact a mathematically predictable preordained system.
Daisy: So somewhere out there in the vastness of the unknown there’s an… equation for predicting the future?
Brian: An equation so complex as to utterly defy possibility of comprehension by even the most brilliant human mind, but an equation nonetheless.
Tim: [in dawning realization] Oh my god…
Brian: What?
Daisy: What?
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Commiseration
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Always Coming Back Home To You
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The Fuckest Uppest
Apple just made my week by announcing that they’re opening their store in the Brea Mall this Saturday. Seeing as how I’m planning on attending the This Week In Tech taping at the Portable Media Expo later in the afternoon, it looks like I’m going to have a busy weekend.
Anyone want to come line up with me?
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Guilty Pleasures
Friends might laugh or recoil in abject horror when you drunkenly admit that one of your guilty pleasures is Gilmore Girls – but the ones really worth keeping around dismiss your confession with, “Well, at least you’re not addicted to EastEnders…”
P.S. I know my geek cred totally went out the window by confessing this, but fuck it. My crush on Lauren Graham knows no boundaries.
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While The City Sleeps
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Foosball
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How’s That For A Slice Of Fried Gold?
Oh. Fuck. Yes.
Underworld is apparently going to have new tracks available in their online shop sometime this week! This is quite possibly the best Monday I’ve had in at least a couple months.
I just hope whatever it is they’re selling is downloadable. Honestly, I don’t think that I can wait to get something shipped to me. And that’s sort of funny seeing as how I was doing fine before I read that there’d be new material dropping this week…
Update: It’s live! And as far as I’m concerned, it’s totally worth the £5.00.
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Bittorrent Your iPod
So Podtropolis seems pretty neat. I mean, a torrent tracker for iPod ready audio and video content makes a whole bunch of sense to me.
Wonder how long it’ll stay up though… Maybe I’m just jaded, but this sort of thing seems destined to get cease and desisted in short order. *shrug* Time will tell, I guess.
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Bit Rot – 11.06.05
+ It’s comforting to know that even Mickey Mouse has been suicidal.
+ Dude! Toothpaste For Dinner Fanfiction!
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It Weren’t Supposed To Be So Easy
I’ve been scrounging for the alternate cut of The Streets “Dry Your Eyes” featuring Chris Martin for some time now. And while I’m sure that I would have had it months ago if I made a habit of regularly reading Stereogum – or any other mp3 blog for that matter – I’m just happy to have found it on my own.
I’m not sure having Chris Martin on the track really adds anything to it, but I must admit that I rather like it. Even if it is the radio edit.
Anyhow, just thought I’d share the spoils of my hunt with the handful of people that actually manage to read this site. Perhaps you’ve been trying to get a hold of it too. Enjoy!
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Let’s Hear It For Silly Internet Memes!
I know it just got started, but Green Banana Hats is going to be one of the best Flickr groups ever. Just you watch.
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Walking With A White Stripe
I just heard the White Stripes cover of Tegan and Sara’s “Walking With A Ghost” and I must say that I rather like it.
So, uh, you wanna hear it? But hey, if the RIAA asks, you didn’t get it from me…