A Movie, Made For TV

I’m sure you’re thinking I’m just some sappy dad who writes about his kids and you wish I’d get back to writing about metal, misogynistic rap, or some combination thereof, but I have to share a milestone in my nineteen month-old’s development: singing songs from Pulp’s This Is Hardcore. That’s right, she doesn’t just like [...]

Yeasayer and Man Man Have Way More Than 1000 Fans

[foto by Bryan Bruchman, found on Flickr] Yeasayer – Wait For The Summer Buy MP3s at Amazon I’ve been using Yeasayer as an example of the power of music blogs for a few months now. Last night my claim got a nice, unprompted validation from the band’s tour manager. Yeasayer is a great example of [...]

The Miracle of Science

Hello from the Miracle of Science Bar and Grill, Cambridge, Massachusetts. I’m drinking a Fisherman’s Ale, waiting on a veggie burger, Black Keys are coming from the ceiling, and my feet are aching. I found shelter just in time, moments before the third downpour of the day. Zoe and I are in Cambridge/Boston for MIT’s [...]

Flickr Video Finally Launches

Flickr Video finally went public today. I’m a big fan of Flickr Video. Now I can stop using Facebook for all the little videos I shoot on my Sanyo Xacti and put them where they’ve belonged all along. Flickr video is not where you put the videos you ripped from your old VHS tapes of [...]

Future of the Left

A couple of random notes since I’m still way short on time but I’d promised (myself) I’d post a little more frequently… Glen E. Friedman sent the above photo of Mark Gonzales tonight. He shot it with his wife’s iPhone earlier today. I love The Gonz and even bought a Gonz board two weeks back [...]