counting backwards

Milk of Magnesia

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:58:00 -0500

I think I fell asleep on the ferry. At the very least, I was in that semi-lucid state between...

nevver: My Sharona I look at this, and I can almost taste the...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:54:05 -0500

nevver:

My Sharona

I look at this, and I can almost taste the Cheetos.

luro: dorkvader: (via flickflickflicker) Dude. Fucking owls,...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:43:09 -0500

luro:

dorkvader:

(via flickflickflicker)

Dude. Fucking owls, bro.

comicbooks: Fear-Fraught First Fridays: the Swamp Thing I...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:29:07 -0500

comicbooks:

Fear-Fraught First Fridays: the Swamp Thing

I really wish DC would just let me write a new Swamp Thing series. I’d even pay them to let me do one. If I had money. Actually, I’d prefer to be paid, but I work cheap!

Polk 3

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:44:51 -0500

The people I work with at the polling place are becoming extended family. They’re people who...

My interview with Dane Cook

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:05 -0500

My interview with Dane Cook: When Dane Cook flaked for our first interview time, I figured it was a...

I got about 80 pages into Needful Things while working the door...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:24:51 -0500

I got about 80 pages into Needful Things while working the door at the polls yesterday. I would’ve gotten further if it hadn’t gotten so dark outside (our polling site has no exterior lights, save for one at the top of the walkway, so around 6 I have to scrounge around for a string of rope lights and lay it down along the sidewalk; still, people complain like it’s my duty to install more adequate outdoor lighting to a 150-year-old church). I’m a notoriously slow reader, and Needful Things is about 1,000,000,000 pages, but I’m going to do my best to get to the end, because so far, it’s really good. I haven’t read a King novel since high school, and I’d forgotten how easy it is to get immersed in them.

Helloween - “Halloween” The true majesty of this...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:39:00 -0400

Helloween - “Halloween”

The true majesty of this song is in the album version, which is over 13 minutes long. It contains a multitude of guitar solos, a variety of movements and a call and response section between the lead singer and a demon (probably not an actual one). Still, the video version has its perks.

nerdgasms: (via lolerature) BEST. Halloween only comes once a...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:08:11 -0400

nerdgasms:

(via lolerature)

BEST.

Halloween only comes once a year, but Stephen King is open for scary 24/7.

Thanks to Music Critic and future children’s book...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:33:30 -0400

Thanks to Music Critic and future children’s book co-author Althea Legaspi for sending this to my Facebook Internet Web Page on this, the eve of my birthday.

I will soon be very old and very drunk.

ianbroyles: my costume is set. Has the Three Men and a Baby...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:14:53 -0400

ianbroyles:

my costume is set.

Has the Three Men and a Baby ghost been debunked yet? I’m afraid to look it up on the Internet. This one holds a special place in my heart next to ol’ Nessie.

Interview with Mike Skinner (The Streets)

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:08:08 -0400

Interview with Mike Skinner (The Streets): I had a good time interviewing Mike. I’ve only...

Talk to Me

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:30:00 -0400

Last night, I realized that Reality Bites had a strong hand in forming the person I became in my...

nevver: Listen: Witch, “Rip Van Winkle” All I want to do this...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:55:13 -0400

nevver:

Listen: Witch, “Rip Van Winkle”

All I want to do this Halloween is lock myself up in my room with some whiskey and horror movies and music that sounds like this. Or, go to the parade in the Village. Haven’t decided yet.

The Wasteland

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:27:53 -0400

This month, I’ve had visits from Californians and one Chicagoan; went to Baltimore for a...

The River Styx

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:03:34 -0400

I have a ferry wait time limit: never more than a half-hour. In the salad days before the end of...

Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:23:55 -0400

Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life: science: Europa has more liquid water than the...

icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse: ICSNYCFMH Official Club...

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:11:12 -0400

icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse:

ICSNYCFMH Official Club Anthem*

Major Lazer - Keep It Goin’ Louder ft. Nina Sky & Ricky Blaze

*If we were the sort to frequent clubs**. But more importantly this marries our marginal counter-culture legitimacy to our deeply rooted New Jersey (and outer borough) bloodlines. Also, it’s really nice to see Nina Sky getting work.

**Then again, if they were to start playing this at Luna or Hunka Bunka or Hell Will Swallow This Dance Floor One Day, I might go.

I get the feeling that if I started bumping this out of some unnecessarily large, copiously sub-woofered (I made it up) car stereo while rolling down Forest Ave. on a weekend night, I’d be sort of like the Pied Piper.

nevver: Listen: PJ Harvey, “One Time Too Many” It’s not...

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:41:48 -0400

nevver:

Listen: PJ Harvey, “One Time Too Many”

It’s not like you had to twist my arm…

Lou Rawls, “Love Is a Hurting Thing”...

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:16:59 -0400

Lou Rawls, “Love Is a Hurting Thing” (live)

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This is from The Monterey International Pop Festival box set. I got this for Christmas years ago from my mother, probably as an afterthought. Just something to stuff the stocking. Since then, I’ve listened to the four-disc set countless times. Who knew?

I love Lou Rawls, and his introduction to this song is priceless.