Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
also Boston folks if you exist
I'm DJ'ing at River Gods in Cambridge tonight, along with Martin from Reports. Starts at nine, runs 'til whenever. I'll probably play some music! Or maybe just read aloud the first half of my awesome top ten video games of the year list!
I'm DJ'ing at River Gods in Cambridge tonight, along with Martin from Reports. Starts at nine, runs 'til whenever. I'll probably play some music! Or maybe just read aloud the first half of my awesome top ten video games of the year list!
ten games that I liked this year
Hi there. I hope you had a great Christmas, all of you, even the heretics. Or a Hanukkah, or whatever. Holidays, and all that. Good ones.
I've written up a list of my ten favorite video games of the year, and Creative Loafing is putting it up on their site in two parts. The first part is up now, the second will be up tomorrow. Feel free to read it, if you like video games.
I'm also pretty sure I've had some stuff in the Flagpole and Weekly Dig lately, but I don't care enough to track down the links. Rest assured that shit is fantastic, though.
Hi there. I hope you had a great Christmas, all of you, even the heretics. Or a Hanukkah, or whatever. Holidays, and all that. Good ones.
I've written up a list of my ten favorite video games of the year, and Creative Loafing is putting it up on their site in two parts. The first part is up now, the second will be up tomorrow. Feel free to read it, if you like video games.
I'm also pretty sure I've had some stuff in the Flagpole and Weekly Dig lately, but I don't care enough to track down the links. Rest assured that shit is fantastic, though.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
my only thoughts on Pitchfork's best songs of '08 list
1. MGMT's "Time to Pretend" was on their 2007 list too
1b. Kanye's "Flashing Lights" is totally 2007 too, right?
2. I've only heard two of the top ten songs, and only one of those two would be on my list. "American Boy" might be the pop single of the year.
1. MGMT's "Time to Pretend" was on their 2007 list too
1b. Kanye's "Flashing Lights" is totally 2007 too, right?
2. I've only heard two of the top ten songs, and only one of those two would be on my list. "American Boy" might be the pop single of the year.
refurcal: a brave again?
We finally change Elliott's bio on the right just before Furcal returns? Bad timing on our part.
This is cool. I am all for dudes returning, if they're still good. I'd even be for Andruw coming back, if the Dodgers cover like 90% of that salary and take nothing of great value in return. But so maybe now they'll use Escobar or Kelly Johnson to get a top-flight starter? Obviously Peavy or Greinke would be nice. I hope their interest in Ian Snell and Paul Maholm of the Pirates is overstated, though; I'd rather they trade Escobar for an outfielder than deal either him or KJ for either of those Pirate pitchers. I mean, I'd be all for getting either of those guys, but not if it costs Escobar OR Johnson. Snell could still be good, but they don't need to acquire promise right now, they need to get proven dudes. Hell, maybe keep all three, move KJ to left, sign Sheets to as reasonable a deal as possible (he's not that worse of a risk than Burnett, frankly), resign Smoltz, and maybe trade for Millwood (it shouldn't take a lot) and hope for the best. Between Jurrjens, Vazquez, Millwood, the injury prone Sheets and Smoltz, and last year's ineffective / historically unproven guys like Campillo, Morton and Reyes (at least one of whom I assume will be dealt), they'd have a potentially solid, if completely unexciting, rotation.
We finally change Elliott's bio on the right just before Furcal returns? Bad timing on our part.
This is cool. I am all for dudes returning, if they're still good. I'd even be for Andruw coming back, if the Dodgers cover like 90% of that salary and take nothing of great value in return. But so maybe now they'll use Escobar or Kelly Johnson to get a top-flight starter? Obviously Peavy or Greinke would be nice. I hope their interest in Ian Snell and Paul Maholm of the Pirates is overstated, though; I'd rather they trade Escobar for an outfielder than deal either him or KJ for either of those Pirate pitchers. I mean, I'd be all for getting either of those guys, but not if it costs Escobar OR Johnson. Snell could still be good, but they don't need to acquire promise right now, they need to get proven dudes. Hell, maybe keep all three, move KJ to left, sign Sheets to as reasonable a deal as possible (he's not that worse of a risk than Burnett, frankly), resign Smoltz, and maybe trade for Millwood (it shouldn't take a lot) and hope for the best. Between Jurrjens, Vazquez, Millwood, the injury prone Sheets and Smoltz, and last year's ineffective / historically unproven guys like Campillo, Morton and Reyes (at least one of whom I assume will be dealt), they'd have a potentially solid, if completely unexciting, rotation.
Friday, December 12, 2008
dumb things I have done and might do again next week...
I just DJ'ed our office karaoke holiday party. It was very awkward. Now another department is asking if I can do their's on Tuesday. I guess I am now officially the company karaoke guy. Maybe that makes me indispensable.
I just DJ'ed our office karaoke holiday party. It was very awkward. Now another department is asking if I can do their's on Tuesday. I guess I am now officially the company karaoke guy. Maybe that makes me indispensable.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
you will know every time I accidentally swallow a beard hair
Anybody here Twitter? It seems so unnecessary and self-indulgent, so I set up a page here.
Anybody here Twitter? It seems so unnecessary and self-indulgent, so I set up a page here.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
photos of last night's show
great night. Crystal Stilts were really good, and Love Is All are the most fun thing ever. And I didn't fuck up too much, which was nice.
great night. Crystal Stilts were really good, and Love Is All are the most fun thing ever. And I didn't fuck up too much, which was nice.
somebody pooped in our driveway
and it wasn't an animal.
I mean it was an animal, 'cuz everybody's an animal, but it was a human animal. Y'know what I mean.
and it wasn't an animal.
I mean it was an animal, 'cuz everybody's an animal, but it was a human animal. Y'know what I mean.
Monday, December 08, 2008
my wife now likes the city
Allyn always hated New York. She'd only ever been for work, and usually the people she'd work with would drop everything at five and return home to Connecticut or Long Island or wherever, leaving her alone in the city. The only time a co-worker took her out he spent the whole time texting his girlfriend (who apparently was related to the guy who did Mother Goose and Grimm, which is kind of awesome). So she got royally screwed by folks who should've been showing her what's good about that place, and thus always hated New York.
Last week she had to go down for an awards ceremony, and basically got to live like a really rich middle-aged woman for a few days. They put her up at the W on Lexington and 50th, she attended functions at the Waldorf-Astoria and the Rainbow Room, saw them putting the tree up at Rockefeller Center, got to hit up the big department stores when they were relatively uncrowded, etc. So, y'know, not the type of New York shit that we would normally experience (or even want to, even if we could afford it), but still maybe the best possible reintroduction to the place. The only thing that would've made it better is if she got to land a helicopter on a skyscraper.
She dug it so much that we drove back down on Saturday for an overnight trip. We stayed with some friends in a very livable part of Brooklyn and did all the touristy Christmas in New York stuff, mostly for my benefit. We saw that tree (this year it's from Georgia), toured Saks Fifth Avenue's legendary bathrooms, had Dr. Zizmor take a look at my rosacea, did a bit of shopping in Soho, etc. We also went to the Upright Citizens' Brigade Theater and saw an improv troupe featuring Scott Adsit from 30 Rock, Jason Sudeikis's wife Kay Cannon, and a couple of writers from 30 Rock or Colbert or something. It was, um, affordable? A way to kill an hour or so? A decent enough way to divert your attention while resting your feet? Yeah, it wasn't very funny, and actually kind of embarrassing in spots (at least for one of the women, who was just awful), but still, a good experience, and nothing I regret.
Anyway, we then went and got drunk in Brooklyn and went to sleep. The next day we met some awesome dogs and bought Oscar a present at a dog store and then drove home. It was a great weekend and Allyn's newfound respect for and appreciation of New York was solidified. We have no intention of moving there, but we now feel we could probably live now without hating it too much.
Allyn always hated New York. She'd only ever been for work, and usually the people she'd work with would drop everything at five and return home to Connecticut or Long Island or wherever, leaving her alone in the city. The only time a co-worker took her out he spent the whole time texting his girlfriend (who apparently was related to the guy who did Mother Goose and Grimm, which is kind of awesome). So she got royally screwed by folks who should've been showing her what's good about that place, and thus always hated New York.
Last week she had to go down for an awards ceremony, and basically got to live like a really rich middle-aged woman for a few days. They put her up at the W on Lexington and 50th, she attended functions at the Waldorf-Astoria and the Rainbow Room, saw them putting the tree up at Rockefeller Center, got to hit up the big department stores when they were relatively uncrowded, etc. So, y'know, not the type of New York shit that we would normally experience (or even want to, even if we could afford it), but still maybe the best possible reintroduction to the place. The only thing that would've made it better is if she got to land a helicopter on a skyscraper.
She dug it so much that we drove back down on Saturday for an overnight trip. We stayed with some friends in a very livable part of Brooklyn and did all the touristy Christmas in New York stuff, mostly for my benefit. We saw that tree (this year it's from Georgia), toured Saks Fifth Avenue's legendary bathrooms, had Dr. Zizmor take a look at my rosacea, did a bit of shopping in Soho, etc. We also went to the Upright Citizens' Brigade Theater and saw an improv troupe featuring Scott Adsit from 30 Rock, Jason Sudeikis's wife Kay Cannon, and a couple of writers from 30 Rock or Colbert or something. It was, um, affordable? A way to kill an hour or so? A decent enough way to divert your attention while resting your feet? Yeah, it wasn't very funny, and actually kind of embarrassing in spots (at least for one of the women, who was just awful), but still, a good experience, and nothing I regret.
Anyway, we then went and got drunk in Brooklyn and went to sleep. The next day we met some awesome dogs and bought Oscar a present at a dog store and then drove home. It was a great weekend and Allyn's newfound respect for and appreciation of New York was solidified. We have no intention of moving there, but we now feel we could probably live now without hating it too much.
Friday, December 05, 2008
monday night: Reports play with Love Is All and Crystal Stilts
Reports is down a man this Monday, so my organ'll be handling the bass duties. And please don't sully my impression of y'all by dropping any obvious double entendres in the comments here. But so it's next week at Great Scott on Monday December 8th and will be a fairly awesome night all around.
Reports is down a man this Monday, so my organ'll be handling the bass duties. And please don't sully my impression of y'all by dropping any obvious double entendres in the comments here. But so it's next week at Great Scott on Monday December 8th and will be a fairly awesome night all around.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
