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Bishop Allen

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:58:39 -0800

Bishop Allen

Throw Me the Statue

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:48:35 -0800

Throw Me the Statue

The case for a pay cap

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:57:48 -0800

The case for a pay cap:

When people say to me “the Yankees bought the World Series again,” my initial reaction is always, “but they had the same payroll last year, and they didn’t even make the playoffs.” But with 27 World Series wins, WAY more than any other team in all of baseball, Joe Posnanski makes some very good points about their payroll and how it affects the game. (via @drewpickard)

"Where there is happiness — friendship, adventure, affection, security — there is also, inevitably,..."

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:32:00 -0800

“Where there is happiness — friendship, adventure, affection, security — there is also, inevitably, disappointment. That’s life.”

- A. O. Scott, NYTimes Film Critic, from his article, Unleashing Life’s Wild Things on Screen, a great review of a fantastic movie, as well as a full genre of complicated kids’ movies that I feel the world needs a lot more of.

Michel Gondry is god.

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:03:00 -0800

Michel Gondry is god.:

Kottke has embeds from Gondry’s treatment for the Chemical Brothers’ Star Guitar video, as well as the making of it. I wish I thought like Michel does.

(via @zephyrbunny)

Once again, Chris Ware has forced me to stop everything I’m...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:10:00 -0700

Once again, Chris Ware has forced me to stop everything I’m doing and relish in every beautifully colored, fantastically-detailed isometric frame. This time, through a 4-page + cover story in this week’s New Yorker. (via Kung Fu Grippe)

"You’re probably thinking, Why in the world would I text someone while jumping off a high dive?"

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:51:52 -0700

“You’re probably thinking, Why in the world would I text someone while jumping off a high dive?”

- Seriously funny. McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Five Other Activites During Which Texting Can Be Dangerous.

Blind Pilot in San Francisco

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:49:44 -0700

Blind Pilot in San Francisco

Jonathan Coulton and crew cover TMBG’s Flood in its entirety....

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:30:41 -0700

Jonathan Coulton and crew cover TMBG’s Flood in its entirety. Their cover of Minimum Wage is a wonderful thing in and of itself. (via @ironicsans)

"If you really want to know why the financial system nearly collapsed in the fall of 2008, I can tell..."

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:40:47 -0700

“If you really want to know why the financial system nearly collapsed in the fall of 2008, I can tell you in one simple sentence.”

- From a brilliant — and brilliantly short — op-ed piece by Calvin Trillin in the NYTimes. I’m not smart enough to know if it’s true or not. via Daring Fireball

Way cool animation created with cardboard. Give it a few seconds...

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:00:34 -0700

Way cool animation created with cardboard. Give it a few seconds before giving up on it — it takes a while to really kick in. via @zefrank

Beautiful, no matter which way you slice it. The Mountain Goats...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 23:16:33 -0700

Beautiful, no matter which way you slice it.

The Mountain Goats - Woke Up New (via Kung Fu Grippe)

Ah, Autumn

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:44:23 -0700

Ah, Autumn:

The few months of the year, when I seemingly listen to nothing but Neutral Milk Hotel nonstop for days on end, are upon us.

Let Love Rule — Justice Remix. Who takes a twenty (!) year-old...

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:00:00 -0700

Let Love Rule — Justice Remix. Who takes a twenty (!) year-old song and remixes it, makes a crazy early-90s seeming video, and yet somehow makes it all watchable? A French duo, of course. I used to like this song, back in the day. Can’t say it really holds up now, but this video is pretty interesting. (via MBV)

"Truly two of the best calls of the year."

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:21:15 -0700

“Truly two of the best calls of the year.”

- This prediction by Mariners’ Announcer Mike Blowers before the game, where he nails the hitter, pitch count, and location of the hit ball well before the start of the game, is sensational. via @matthewbaldwin

Life magazine archive

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:12:20 -0700

Life magazine archive:

The entire Life magazine weekly, archived and free for viewing at Google Book Search. Love it.

"I’d never heard the Herrmann/Psycho influence. Until now. And now it’s all I can hear. Which, in its..."

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:21:38 -0700

“I’d never heard the Herrmann/Psycho influence. Until now. And now it’s all I can hear. Which, in its way, is kind of awesome.”

- Merlin Mann, on the Psycho / Eleanor Rigby connection. This is quite fascinating. Listening to the strings from Eleanor Rigby alone, without any vocals, is really really fun. It’s much darker than I ever gave it credit for. And now, noting the similarity between them and the Psycho score, it will forever influence my view of this song.

HBO Imagine

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:01:46 -0700

HBO Imagine:

It’s not TV. It’s HBO. On the Internet.

I’ve only watched 27% of these parts, but I’m hooked. Hope I have time to watch more later.

I’m going to want to watch this later, but don’t have the time...

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:58:54 -0700

I’m going to want to watch this later, but don’t have the time to for now. 30 minutes of St. Vincent and Andrew Bird has got to be good.

I’ve got to go do a #14.

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:51:27 -0700

I’ve got to go do a #14.:

List: The Other Bathroom Numbers.