a personal weblog,
or “blog,”
by Merlin Mann
Groucho Marx - “7 Cent Nickel” (from Animal Crackers, 1930)
But, after all, we must remember that art is art. Still, on the other hand, water is water, isn’t it? And East is East, and West is West. And if you take cranberries and stew them like apple sauce, they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh…now, you tell me what you know.
“Baby Butlers” by the You Look Nice Today Orchestra.
As alluded to in the YLNT episode entitled “The Tux Age”, everything we know about the tragic lives of Baby Butlers comes from cuneiform-like scratches on furniture and the very, very, very small wax cylinder recordings of the period’s mocking novelty songs about the be-tuxed urchins.
Wonder of wonders, earlier this week, Sandwich was sorting through some old beard trimmings and blue sweaters when he came across his Aunt Sally’s old “wax spinner sound apparatus,” as they called it at the time. Apparently, she had briefly played sousaphone in an early incarnation of the YLNT Orchestra and had elected to steal the unsuccessful group’s extant audio archive in lieu of the opportunity to ever take a proper 16-bar sousaphone solo.
At any rate, at significant expense and trouble (neither of which we need more of just now), the three of us chipped in to have the recording remastered and converted to an “MP3,” and present it here (with apologies to Scott Joplin) for your ear-related edification.
Fireball: The John Gruber Story
It’s an honor to have been involved in Dan’s project. Frankly, this is the kind of role every actor waits for his whole life. What a cast. And, Kubrick made us reshoot the drinking scene almost 300 times.
Well done, Dan.
One of my all-time favorite songs, and I had no idea there was a video.
Work those 7th chords, Mark!
All the time,
And all the day,
Into your eyes, deeper the day.
Perfect teeth in ‘94!
Kiss me more, and I will kiss you….
Morning Coffee, Google Street View by veen
(Former Google employee) Jeff Veen, waves to the Google camera van as he enjoys his morning coffee. Awesome.
Mr. Show- “Dr. X Doomsday Telethon”
An all-time favorite with half a dozen quotes I’m forever cribbing.
…I got a Chinese guy going, “We got no soup! So sorry!”
I couldn’t begin to estimate the impact that a VHS copy of Urgh! A Music War had on me in 1983.
This, for example, was the 16-year-old version of me’s introduction to The Cramps.
YouTube - 28 Days Later: East Hastings (HD)
I can’t think of a better intro to Godspeed You! Black Emperor than 28 Days Later…. ^This HD YouTube clip^ is a pretty good (fan-made?) montage from the film, although it necessarily incorporates many more scenes than the very moving sequence early in the film, in which East Hastings is actually excerpted to such stunning effect.
Great fucking song, and an underrated movie. Move fast to catch the HD link above. For any number of reasons, I can’t imagine it will stay up for long.
And, if you’re a GY!BE fan already, be sure to check out their free live music on Archive.org.
A Vodka Movie by Zach Galifianakis, Tim and Eric
I will never, ever, ever get sick of watching this. I’m in the midst of a giant Tim & Eric thing right now, and seeing their crazy up against Zach’s deadpan is…gold.
In case you hadn’t heard the story:
Zach Galifianakis, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim were commissioned by Absolut Vodka to make a film for their website. They were told they could do anything they wanted as long as they mentioned the product. Edited by Ben Berman.
Gold.
Eric: Your chair was too big, so we got you this small one, and you’re not even happy with that.
Tim: We put all this wicker up. Just for you.
In which I help you learn several of the lesser known traditions of the Chinese New Year.
Happy Greens, and Bong Chow Maggie Cheung!
Playlist: Murder in the City + Covers
Still obsessed with this song, and apparently I’m not alone. Given that the tune was released in 2008, there are already a remarkable number of cover versions on YouTube.
Love Ken Middleton’s ukulele version; performed by a cozy fire.
Considering Some Things - Jim Fairness and “The 14-Second Work Year”
The 14-Second Work Year changed the way I think about pretty much everything. Nice to hear the author expand on some of the concepts on QPR.
Previously on QPR:
CryingStore® - Episode: “Cold Tulips”
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