I should let the world in on this musical secret. Cursive is offering their new album, Mama, I’m Swollen, to you early as an mp3 download. The price is $5.00 today, and increases by a dollar each day until March 10th. I’ve already purchased my zipped collection of bits. I know, I should have told you sooner.
Happy Hollow was an amazing album. Though, some might consider it blasphemic. I certainly don’t mind.
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The PBS Nature episode Superfish was enlightening on how much overfishing of billfish has occurred. We’ve mapped out the points in the ocean where currents converge. These places are normally feeding and breeding grounds, but they’re also the perfect places to fish and haul in the biggest possible catch. Problem is, this makes it so much easier to overfish. When hundreds of boats haul up tons of fish every day, it’s easy to see this heading in a bad direction.
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I enjoy watching CBS Sunday Morning. It’s on from 9am to 10:30am, so if you extrapolate you can see that it’s not for church-going types. In one episode Bill Geist did a story about the adult entertainment awards … so you can see what I mean. It’s a perfect replacement for the hectic time that normally consists of trying to round up your kids and get them willing or, god-willing, excited to go to church.
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The creativity, lyrical quality and instrumental experiments of Bright Eyes.
Programmers that find my projects and consider them highly overlooked.
The way Grandaddy surprises you with their use of synthesizers; such depth. They’ve taken a cue from the jazz mantra that what matters most are the notes you don’t play.
The way it’s somehow still exciting to meet someone new.
The way the grass is always greener across state lines.
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I remember when I was a kid and someone once said that many collapsed societies did so after they no longer had a problem with public nudity. Of course this was coming from a religious person. Man I wish kids could slap adults for being stupid.
It’s official: Hair stylists put “product” in before you leave to hide the mess-ups. Beware.
Speculation about a profitable side effect: There’s never enough jelly in the Smucker’s packs at restaurants to cover your toast or even your English muffin so you end up using twice the number you would normally.
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“It says right here that you can skin a buck. You can run a trotline.” “That’s right. And all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight.”
I love Squidbillies, which plays during the Adult Swim segment on the Cartoon Network. It’s vulgar, crude and offensive, which is right up my alley. Sometimes extremes are a refreshing break from life, where one always has to hold back one thing or another.
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Guess what I found in my trash can? Yesterday a bit of fall was in the air so I decided to linger and do some yard cleanup. While near the trash can, which normally doesn’t smell at all, I looked inside to see if the trash bag had broken and left some trash behind. Yes. And then I looked closer, tipped the can and something moved in the bottom. Apparently I woke up a baby opossum, with a body about 7 inches long.
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Listen to this on one of the few weekends you’ve actually reserved for leisure: Charles Mingus’ “Epitaph”
Check the web extras for the real deal, parts 1 and 2.
Charles Mingus is a great composer, and I never knew it. I don’t remember learning much more about him than the fact that he was a bass player.
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It’s all just a game to your socks. You put them on the pile of clothes and start carrying it to the other room, but they always jump off. For spite.
I like it when coffee shops provide ad-supported internet access so you can get to the ad-supported internet.
On halloween, while handing out candy, some older man told me this house was once inhabited by a relative of Disney. I didn’t really care, but that would explain why our attic and walls are frequented by rats.
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The key to self-confidence might be to pick battles you can win. Then perhaps one day you’ll be far enough on the positive side of things to be able to deal with failure without going into depression.
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