Over the weekend I caught the HD broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera playing at the Opry Mills theater; they did an outstanding performance of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Though as I told Cory this morning, I will forever read that title as “Eugene OneMoGin“.
Word has it councilman Eric Crafton will be pushing through a proposal to [...]
It’s been a while since I posted any music, so here’s:
Encryptionite (Mediterranean Morphine).
Sort of a light and dancy song — by my standards.
The Shawshank sample I think centers the aim pretty well to target: “I think he did it just to feel normal again — if only for a short while”
Woot! 4 glorious hours in the Church of Jello. I am revitalized, my righteous obnoxiousness reinvigorated!
Seriously, he kicked some ass. Granted it was all preaching to the choir, but sometimes the choir needs to rally.
For those who don’t know him, here’s the brief — former singer for the Dead Kennedys, made a second life as [...]
I’m still in a trance … what a phenomenal performance. The Philip Glass Ensemble greatly exceeded my expectations, which were quite high to begin with. I closed my eyes and let them take me on a voyage deep into the crevices of the composer’s nimble mind.
I didn’t realize Glass himself would still be performing and [...]
Today we’re celebrating Losar, the Tibetan New Year. I understand that today is also the Chinese New Year. So I guess they’re on the same calendar, or is it just a coincidence? Maybe Tibet should adopt the US calendar just to say fuck you to China*.
* Yes, I’m still reeling from some of the things [...]
Well I was going to post this earlier in the day but our office Tubes were broken all morning.
Anyway, early this morning the new colleague commented on the Tibetan Prayer Flags I’ve got hanging from my rearview mirror. This reminded me that I wanted to mention that Kundun, Martin Scorsese’s film on the life of [...]
Hear that? Well it’s NOT the sound of my kitchen faucet dripping. I got all Mr-Fixit on it this weekend. Go me!
OMG OMG OMG OMG! The rumours were true — The Police are touring! Looks like I’m going to Bonnaroo.
The Richardson campaign seems to be making progress.
I’m not sure what to do here. Remember my [...]
I hear tell there was some sort of sporting event last night. Me? I was wrapped up in some powerful 1957 Soviet cinema. Good stuff.
Lots of good stuff this weekend actually. Friday night I watched a DVD called The Lathe of Heaven. It was an apparently acclaimed sci-fi novel that PBS made into a movie. [...]
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I don’t want to sound like a spoil sport — I do appreciate the humor regarding the whole Aqua Teen brouhaha, and especially the way they handled the press conference. And I agree with the general consensus that the authorities who thought <shudder>terrorism</shudder> was to blame were idiots.
But, that said — OnTheCommons points out an [...]
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