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06 Nov 09
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Vending Machines, No. 83 |
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06 Nov 09
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Latin Asscape If you don't like this, what the hell is wrong with you?Brownout-Latin AsscapeAlt. LinkSeriously, get the hell out of here. |
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06 Nov 09
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An Inquiring Mind Last night as my daughter was getting into her bed, I noticed her slip something under her pillow. When I asked her what she was doing, she pulled her hand out from under the pillow and showed me a tooth.Mildly surprised, I asked "did you lose a tooth... |
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06 Nov 09
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Birdman |
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05 Nov 09
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Aki no Taisai Matsuri (3) |
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05 Nov 09
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Stick |
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04 Nov 09
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Aki no Taisai Matsuri (2) |
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04 Nov 09
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Reflected Clouds |
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04 Nov 09
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Aki no Taisai Matsuri (1) |
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03 Nov 09
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Why I love Hockey, No. 1 I ask you, in what other sport could you see anything approaching the sheer awesomeness of this [image source]?It's been fifty years since the introduction of the goalie mask. A nice round-up of the goalie mask's impact on pop culture and hockey... |
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03 Nov 09
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Poker Face It's a holiday here in Japan. Please enjoy Christopher Walken's interpretation of Lady Gaga.[Via Cynical-C.] |
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03 Nov 09
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Drain with Leaves My daughter insisted that I take this picture... |
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02 Nov 09
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Wondering What Everyone Knows I'm afraid I must insist that you at least give this tune a chance. Lightning Dust-Wondering What Everyone KnowsAlt. LinkC'mon, when was anything from Canada ever bad for you? |
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02 Nov 09
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Sublunary |
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02 Nov 09
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I Want... ...a cigarette... |
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02 Nov 09
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Lost in Translation Last week some kind of virus or Trojan horse or some damned fucking thing disabled my computer at home (the one I'm using right now). All I know is that I was at work when it happened, and my wife was on the computer. I, of course, I'm not the type of guy... |
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02 Nov 09
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Lamp and Clouds |
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02 Nov 09
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Park Bench |
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01 Nov 09
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By the Water |
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31 Oct 09
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Vending Machines, No. 82 |
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30 Oct 09
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So Many Times Does it matter at allWho survives and who fallsWhen we live under darknessAnd hide behind walls--Stephen StillsI love this Black Crowes cover of an old Stephen Stills tune:The Black Crowes-So Many TimesAlt. LinkMaybe the best song I've heard this year. |
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30 Oct 09
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Alice Russell-Let Us Be Loving Last month I had a few words to say about the very excellent band Brownout, and about an email I received from their record company, Six Degrees Records. If you haven't already, I urge you to give Brownout a listen...Anyway, this week I received another... |
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29 Oct 09
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Water at Night While some might say that this is a pretty crappy photo, I look at it as being more like the "suggestion" of a photo...Actually it is a pretty crappy photo, but I like it anyway. |
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28 Oct 09
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Self Portrait w/Sunset |
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28 Oct 09
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Sanctuary |
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27 Oct 09
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Dead Hearts Last month I posted a couple of clips of Arthur Ganson's kinetic sculpture. Here's a stunning music video/short film (take your pick) featuring another of Ganson's creations, Machine with Wishbone.I'm not a particularly artsy-fartsy guy, but I so get... |
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26 Oct 09
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Triangles |
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24 Oct 09
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Vending Machines, No. |
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23 Oct 09
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Espers III The new Espers album is really quite good. Check this out:Espers-SightingsAlt. LinkWhat, you think I only post heavy metal-type shit? You really don't know me, do you? |
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23 Oct 09
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Night in the Park |
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21 Oct 09
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A Comedy of Terrors The biggest laugh I'm likely to have this week: 10 Horror Movies For Conservatives To Watch This Halloween:Halloween is almost upon us and you're probably thinking, "Gee, wouldn't it be great to kick back on the couch and rent a few conservative horror... |
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21 Oct 09
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Fronds |
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20 Oct 09
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Toilet at Night I wasn't always this cynical... |
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20 Oct 09
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Tree at Night |
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19 Oct 09
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Working Late |
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19 Oct 09
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Dark Hair |
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17 Oct 09
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Vending Machines, No. 81 |
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16 Oct 09
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You Talkin' to Me? Kinda goofy, I know, but that look... |
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16 Oct 09
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Last Monday Evening |
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14 Oct 09
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Kimono My daughter turns seven later this week, and shichi-go-san (lit. 7-5-3) is coming up next month, so it's time to go for the customary expensive-as-hell photos of her in a kimono. (Don't worry, this isn't one of them!) As usual, we were only permitted a... |
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12 Oct 09
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Kaki (Persimmon) Freshly picked this afternoon... |
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11 Oct 09
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Have you ever noticed... ... that when anyone in the band fucks up onstage they always look back at the drummer? It's worse, even, than the ball player who looks disgustedly at his glove, or the tennis player who gives her racket a dirty look, because we drummers are people,... |
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10 Oct 09
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A Quiet Place |
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09 Oct 09
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Vending Machines, No. 80 |
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09 Oct 09
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The Right Stuff I like heavy music. I Like heavy psychedelic shit. I like Monster Magnet. I'd go to a bar that played this kinda stuff (crappy vid, very good tune):Yeah. |
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09 Oct 09
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A Peace of Cake for Dessert I've been trying to come up with something clever and/or witty to say about Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize, but all I can manage is a somewhat maniacal cackle.I'll keep working on it.I don't know why, exactly, but this seems strangely... |
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08 Oct 09
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I Can't Help It, Stuff Just Comes Out of My Mouth The circumstances surrounding the incident are irrelevant, but today during one of my classes a student asked me how to spell the word "divorce." As an English teacher and would-be cultural emissary, and as an idiot who could never resist a "straight"... |
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06 Oct 09
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A Bigger Shrine |
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06 Oct 09
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A Small Shrine |
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05 Oct 09
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The Moon Last Night |