...And That's When My iPod Died

Nine Inch Nails - I Do Not Want This

Hey Summer, Where Ya Been?

My long-promised Awesome Summer Mixtape* is now available for your listening pleasure.

*Awesomeness is not guaranteed.

I Am a Patron of the Arts

I stopped by the Punk Rock Flea Market this afternoon; it was hot and crowded and oppressively hip and I only ended up buying a couple of records.

I did, however, spend a good deal of time being tempted to buy some of the prints for sale at the Geek Boy Press table. He was selling adorably cartoonish portraits of superheroes, Doctors Who, sci-fi characters, and other such nerd favorites. Do check out his work at Flickr and Etsy.

Dance Music is a Misnomer

There are only two acceptable ways to listen to tracks from Girl Talk's new album Feed the Animals at two in the morning. One of these is to be at some sort of non-stop party dancing one's ass off, getting crunk, etc.

The other is to be reading the album's ridiculously long Wikipedia page, following along with the mind-boggling array of samples and periodically breaking out in laughter at an unexpected bit from Yo La Tengo or the Cranberries or Temple of the Dog.

Those who know me well may be able to deduce which of those categories I fall into.

(That cover art is fairly awesome, no?)

Update: Hey now! The whole thing's streaming on Greg Gillis's MySpace page! What a fun record.

Squid News!

Sometimes I look back regretfully on my life and think I should have gone to marine biology school and pursued a career as a tuethologist. You see, in recent years I've come to the conclusion that cephalopods are awesome.

Then again, I dissected a squid in fifth grade, and it wasn't something that really appealed to me. I'm thinking that closely examining the decaying, mutilated carcass of a squid the size of a Uhaul truck is probably best left to other people.

...And That's When My iPod Died

(The first in what will mostly likely be a recurring feature to chronicle the songs that were playing when my iPod froze and had to be reset.)


TV on the Radio - "Dirtywhirl"

"Making Money You Can't Spend Ain't What Being Dead's About"

Seriously? There are twenty more Tupac Shakur albums out there that haven't been released yet? That guy just defies satire.

(story via here, title via here)