Archive for November, 2008

Sunday Mix Tape – Number 121

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

“Everyone has AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS!” Louise had a lovely birthday dinner (she made traditional Danish foods, and also there was a bowl of macaroni and cheese with hot dogs!), we played a rousing game of Apples to Apples, [...]

Extra Teeth, Avoiding Germs, Conspiracy Theories, Beer & More

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Don’t trust the veggies, this market is one of the world’s twenty most dangerous places, apparently.
Have you heard the one about the boy with the extra set of teeth? His mother wrote a piece for MSNBC about the prevalence of this unnatural occurrence. Reading about the discovery of the extra teeth reminded me of a [...]

Twink – The Lost Experimental Recordings

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

“This astonishing release from the Pink Fairies, Pretty Things, and Deviants drummer Twink will be a welcome addition to any psychedelic collection. A legendary figure of the U.K. psychedelic scene, he recorded these rock experiments in London’s Wizzard Studios in the late ’60s to early ’70s. Legend has it that Twink had all but forgotten [...]

The Week I Spent $0

Friday, November 28th, 2008

This guy embodies how I feel all the time…
If any of you actually pay attention to my self-centered ramblings, you might remember my 105/1001 list, which I post at the beginning of 2008. I’m challenging myself to reach at least 105 goals in 1,001 days. One of the goals I set for myself was to [...]

The Top Ten Things I Am Thankful For This Year

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Today is Thanksgiving. Although I consider myself a budding gourmand, I honestly couldn’t care about this holiday for the first twenty-two years of my life. My crippling fear of food (and a brief dalliance with the twisted disease known as “manorexia”) curbed my appetite to the point where all I could eat was a thin [...]

Why LIFE Sucks

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Wikipedia claims this is the most current version of the game, but it is not. It’s much worse.
Even the preeminent online encyclopedia can’t keep up with LIFE’s bullshit.

“LIFE, also known as THE GAME OF LIFE, is a board game originally created in 1861 by Milton Bradley, as THE CHECKERED GAME OF LIFE. The modern version [...]

Various Artists – The John Peel Sub-Pop Sessions

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

“Radio show host John Peel is known for his great taste in music and open forum for musicians to showcase their music. This compilation of Sub Pop artists performing songs on his British radio program is a great example of the strong performances he can get in his studio setting. Mudhoney starts with the magnificent [...]