From CityPages.com… The man who once sang, “Anyone can play guitar” often chooses not to on his solo debut. Instead, Thom Yorke and producer Nigel Godrich build The Eraser on the same surround-sound circuitry that bolstered the last few Radiohead albums. The solo project is hardly a sign that the singer will abandon his mates…
Gnarly
The Gnarls Barkley collaboration didn’t bring producer Danger Mouse to the top of the British charts for the first time, but it did mark his debut as the pilot of a hit record. Mouse, born Brian Burton, first gained the ears of discriminating listeners when he concocted The Grey Album, a bootleg that mashed the…
Ben’s Machine
check out this of a kinetic wood sculpture with aspects of steam technology that my cousin made in Bellingham, WA. you wondered if being a bit “odd” was a family trait? here’s proof! seriously, tho, that is COOL, Bennie. nice work, cuz. next stop, perpetual motion sculpture through the eyes of the proletariat. ; )…
the Triple rocks
you love it, it’s yer favorite, it’s the friendliest, best-sounding venue in Minni IMHO, especially for a movin’ punk show like A and i checked out last night! if you likey, check out some slow-shutter-speed snappies of the Two Minute Tantrum show. also playing were Menace to Sobriety and a couple other bands, but we…
Ween
These boys are coming to the State Theater August 1st. Get tickets while you can (if you care). Will we be there? You know we will. = c
Quiz: The world’s cities
The above pic is of our fair city, Minitropolis. But would you have been able to tell if I hadn’t just told you? Take this quiz and see how your world-view fares against the BBC. = c
Youth goes marching on…
don’t wanna get caught texting in class??? NPR : Teens Turn ‘Repeller’ into Adult-Proof Ringtone = c
Thanks, Pierre!
Homer Simpson would love the newest taste sensation in minor league baseball: the doughnut burger. We kid you not. The Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League promised to create “Baseball’s Best Burger” in time for the team’s opener in late May. And they appear to have succeeded. The ballpark sandwich will include a hamburger topped…
Simple kicks ass
sometimes the simpler it is, the better: http://www.ominousdev.com/games.htm = c
What would you want hypnosis to do for you?
i knew a dude once who used to toast to hypnosis and another dude who toasted to acupuncture. they both, however, toasted to each respective discipline as a cure for alcoholism… …dunno that i could help from at least giggling after anticipating the hypnotist softly saying stuff like “alllriiiiiiiiiiiiiight, now you’re going to relaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaax every…
buttwhack.net : genius has limits, idiocy doesn’t.
buttwhack.net has *officially* launched. please stop by and register if you’d like to contribute to the idiocy that has no limits: buttwhack.net – c
Polish Harriett hits it big!!!
Band prepares to book larger venues as they draw huge, mad-dancing crowds into theaters night after night with such style and wit you just can’t resist. – c
Coffee makes us yes men?
Australian researchers say a caffeine hit improves our ability to process information and increases the extent to which we listen to and take on board a persuasive message. They tested this by quizzing people about their attitudes to voluntary euthanasia and abortion before and after either the equivalent of about two cups of coffee or…
Hard Candy breaks teeth
well, Arturo’s film left us feeling so unsatisfied we took off across the city seeking redemption…the kind that only a GOOD film can muster. we found ourselves at the Lagoon Cinema waiting in line to buy tickets for Thank You For Smoking. that is, until the ticket gal told us it was nearly sold out…
steady as she goes…
A and I stopped by the space on Friday to take some snaps as construction progresses on our future home base. The building is up and running on the new electrical infrastructure and without any problems thus far. Here’s hoping the rest goes as smoov. – c
Charles
generally speaking, cinema brings either childhood to the audience or the audience to childhood but i’ve heard that many agree Charlie captured American cinema by returning audiences to the age of puberty when attraction was fresh and new and the simple is made funny but also innocent and true. like the Idiot, who in in…
9. Dead Man
Out of the Top 100 Under-rated movies of the 1990’s. Jim Jarmusch took his bizarre indie surrealist show to the Wild West when he cast Johnny Depp as an accountant heading out across country in the mid-to-late 1800’s to take a job in the frontier town of Machine. When said accountant arrives at the town,…
Daddy, I want a laser!
and i want it nowwWWW!! good thing the ones a kid could use to burn another kid with are REALLY expensive. prolly not for long, tho, and then our billy-the-kids’ll be slinging penlight laser guns at high noon. -sigh- not nearly as cinematic. – c
Lynch
Filmography Inland Empire (2006) (post-production) Rammstein: Lichtspielhaus (2003) (V) (video “Rammstein”) The Short Films of David Lynch (2002) (V) Darkened Room (2002) Rabbits (2002) Mulholland Dr. (2001) … aka Mulholland Drive (France) (USA: closing credits title) The Straight Story (1999) … aka Une histoire vraie (France) Lost Highway (1997) Lumière et compagnie (1996) (segment “Lumière”)…
Moon Power
This summer a Gristedes store on Roosevelt Island in New York will get half of its power from six tide-powered turbines in the East River. Unlike dam-based hydroelectric generators, which depend on rain or snowpack to keep current flowing and which shut down during droughts, newer “hydro- kinetic” systems exploit less capricious natural forces. “Lunar…