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I can’t condone actions like this: fireland: Utah...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:19:56 -0600

I can’t condone actions like this:

Utah Saints / Something Good

NOTE: It’s a really bad sign when I start listening to this song on repeat while driving to work, eyes cold and empty.

"My back-of-the-envelope calculations (explained in a footnote below) suggest that if you drive one..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:02:10 -0600

“My back-of-the-envelope calculations (explained in a footnote below) suggest that if you drive one of the Toyotas recalled for acceleration problems and don’t bother to comply with the recall, your chances of being involved in a fatal accident over the next two years because of the unfixed problem are a bit worse than one in a million — 2.8 in a million, to be more exact. Meanwhile, your chances of being killed in a car accident during the next two years just by virtue of being an American are one in 5,244.”

- Robert Wright via rc3.org. I was pretty sure all this Toyota hysteria was just that. On the upside, it’s probably a great time to buy a Toyota.

D-N-A, that spells DNA!

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:54:12 -0600

D-N-A, that spells DNA!

It’s 4:30, time for milking.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:21:52 -0600

It’s 4:30, time for milking.

"I do not proposition women. I don’t have to. Women usually proposition me. God has blessed me..."

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:30:15 -0600

“I do not proposition women. I don’t have to. Women usually proposition me. God has blessed me like that.”

- Chicago Fire Commissioner John Brooks defending himself against sexual harassment charges.

Go Midwest! I knew you could do it!

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:40:43 -0600

Go Midwest! I knew you could do it!

copycats: Cousins by Mumford & Sonsoriginally by Vampire...

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:07:34 -0600

copycats:

Cousins by Mumford & Sons
originally by Vampire Weekend
(posted by bunkercomplex)

I guess being an adult means finally paying for your software.

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:07:42 -0600

I guess being an adult means finally paying for your software.

tuneage: The Canon Logic - “Avenue Of Criminals” Brooklyn...

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:56:25 -0600

tuneage:

The Canon Logic - “Avenue Of Criminals”

Brooklyn based band, The Canon Logic, will release FM Arcade this coming Tuesday. Jam packed with layers upon layers of harmony, melody and everything in between, FM Arcade is a collection of anthemic piano driven indie-pop songs in the same vain as The Hush Sound and The Killers.

I love this song for two reasons. One being the arpeggiated guitar and piano melodies that swirl around in the background and two, the name “Amy” is in this song. What can I say, I’m easy to please!

If you’re in the NYC area, The Canon Logic will be playing their CD release show at Mercury Lounge tomorrow night (3/5). — Amy

Suck it, Edward!

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:33:05 -0600

Suck it, Edward!

This is too perfect! squashed: azspot: Tom Toles

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:22:37 -0600

This is too perfect!

squashed:

azspot:

Tom Toles

Cookies are here!

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:43:47 -0600

Cookies are here!

This mix is just what i needed today! meritdemerit: 046 by...

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:14:19 -0600

This mix is just what i needed today!

meritdemerit:

046 by taylor

Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (Memory Tapes remix)

Coyote Clean Up - dumbassthings

Small Black - Despicable Dogs (Washed Out remix)

Phillip Oskar Augustine - Internal Combustion

Pictureplane - Goth Star

Toro y Moi - Master of None

jj - My Swag, My Life

Best Coast - When I’m With You

The Drums - Let’s Go Surfing

Real Estate - Saturday Morning

Surfer Blood - Swim

The Beach Boys - California Girls

Memory Cassette - Surfin’

Neon Indian - (AM)

copycats: It Ain’t Me Baby (Hub Sessions) by Fleet...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:21:03 -0600

copycats:

It Ain’t Me Baby (Hub Sessions) by Fleet Foxes
originally by Bob Dylan

(via Stereogum, thanks to a heads up by mikesbrainleakage)

What a brave corporate logo!

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:06:16 -0600

What a brave corporate logo!

Catchy and noisy - Good Stuff! tuneage: Best Coast -...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:46:10 -0600

Catchy and noisy - Good Stuff!

tuneage:

Best Coast - “Something in the Way”

With good fuzz-rock, there’s something in the way (see what I did there?) the melody sneaks through the feedback and the noise that I just love. It’s almost like the music wants you to work a little harder to really get something out of it. And Best coast play good fuzz-rock. More accurately, the band combines their good fuzz-rock with the feeling of surf-rock and summer, and the title track from their latest 7”, Something in the Way, epitomizes this combination. The drums that might as well be hand-claps, the simple, surf-rock hook hiding just below the surface fuzz, and the 60s, girl-group-inspired heartache lyrics…I’m into all of it. I’ve been singing the chorus in my head for days, and after my third listen already this morning, I’m showing no signs of stopping. — Bill

I spent a lot of time in Utah. I grew up there. I love it...

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:20:54 -0600

I spent a lot of time in Utah. I grew up there. I love it there and sometimes I feel bad for not giving my children a place like Utah to grow up in. Suburban Chicagoland is a fairly different place than suburban Salt Lake, much less a Logan, Utah.

So, anyway, I listen to the PRI Radio West podcast from Utah Public Radio over the Internet. It helps keep me in touch with my inner Utahn while allowing me to keep my distance from the truly Utahrded. It’s a great show and talks about issues with a Western frame of reference, which I appreciate.

This clip is from a show where they discuss marriage. This is an actual caller, from Utah expressing her opinion about how pay equity for women and men is inherently unfair.

So, yeah, there’s that. Sometimes I don’t feel so bad for raising my daughter from outside the Zion Curtain.

Curling Basics

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:42:48 -0600

Curling Basics

This is perhaps the geekiest thing, I’ve ever seen. ...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:02:22 -0600

This is perhaps the geekiest thing, I’ve ever seen. It’s The Who’s Baba O’Reily entirely played on items from Think Geek. Thanks Wilw!

I guess that’s one thing the big guy and I don’t...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:40:19 -0600

I guess that’s one thing the big guy and I don’t have in common …