A couple of notes I wanted to make last week before the Great ISP Crack-Up of 2002 began:
We saw Sigur Ros last week from the top of the Riviera Theater. Really an interesting show. Not sure what it means that I work with language all day long and yet go to see a band who sing in a foreign or made-up language, depending on the day. Not that there's anything wrong with that...just ask the Cocteau Twins.
Enjoyed this review of SR:
...listening to Sigur Ros is one of those experiences that makes a guy wonder if he isn't one step shy of reading Self magazine.
Speaking of the '80s, I've been entertained by the Pitchfork Top Albums of the '80s List. These lists are always fun to find fault with, but I enjoyed sauntering remembering what was required listening for hipsters or proto-hipsters in those days. (Now playing, coincidentally: The Minutemen, "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing")
Speaking of hipsters, those wacky QAX alumni are everywhere. I found this one at random.
Does anyone actually WANT "Internet that Logs on to You"? As frenetic and busy as we all are, I'm not sure I want to be at the Internet's beck and call. Doesn't the Internet have anything better to do than logging on to me when I'm trying to do something else? We ought to get it some hobbies.
I AM a dork.
What are you? Be creative. I know you're spoiled by those "What kind of cheese/drink/flavored water are you" quizzes, but I don't have the time to put one of those together, so you'll have to answer the old fashioned way: use your imagination, or steal something you saw on TV.
Posted at November 19, 2002 05:38 PM