August 8, 2006 – 1:12 pm ·
So I’m trying to decide on a name for a new website. This website is going to be the front door for my freelance web design projects. I want to be able to tell people to drop by this place if they’re curious to see what I’ve designed. Since I hope to be catering to […]
August 1, 2006 – 1:29 am ·
So on Friday and Sunday my Mom and I catch some live tennis. Live tennis is a lot like televised tennis, but without the advertisements. That instantly makes it a thousand times better. Add to that the immediacy of a 360 degree chorus of oohs and aahs and you have a superior spectating experience. Unfortunately, […]
July 28, 2006 – 4:32 pm ·
My Mom’s in town, so expect more photos and less verbiage. Yesterday we spend some time in the humidity and oppression of Summer ’06. First it’s a hike in Temescal Canyon. Then it’s an evening on the Santa Monica Pier where I’m working the Amoeba booth for the Twilight Dance Series. Last night it’s Lyrics […]
July 26, 2006 – 11:53 pm ·
I’d like to know what’s up with the white plastic. I mean, I know what’s going on at Sunset & Vine in the old “Earthquake” building, but why the white plastic? Is that to keep the dust from demolition from spreading across the intersection like so much asbestos fallout? It’s interesting. In an effort to […]
July 25, 2006 – 12:59 am ·
I guarantee you my script is better. From Variety: ROME — The world preem of Brian De Palma’s James Ellroy adaptation “The Black Dahlia” will open the 63rd Venice Film Festival in competition on Aug. 30. Based on the 1947 L.A. murder of aspiring actress Elizabeth Short and focusing on the investigation by two former […]
July 23, 2006 – 9:13 am ·
Seems ipowerweb loses my site for half a day yesterday. Anyone trying to access the site through normal means comes up against a brick wall. Sorry about that. My hosting company is probably melting in the heat. If you’re trying to get at counterinvasion.com, you probably ran into the same thing. But in this case […]
July 21, 2006 – 11:50 pm ·
The night before, I’m up until 3:00 AM, spinning vinyl, tweaking mp3’s, setting the last details of my set in place. And at 8:00 A.M. I roll out of bed and drop the first track onto my turntable. Almost exactly an hour and a half later the last notes of the complete mix die away. […]
July 19, 2006 – 12:09 am ·
When it comes time for a break, most of my coworkers at Amoeba step outside and have a smoke. I don’t. In the interest of balance, when I take a break I do cancer research. . . . Sorry it’s been quiet around here. But between the jobs and the writing I’ve had very little […]
July 14, 2006 – 12:58 am ·
I’m at home. It’s past midnight. I’ve had a few glasses of Dry Creek Zin. It’s been a long day. Today, I work on Blood & Mist, I nap, I stop by the store for some fresh tomatoes, some basil and some garlic, I work on a client’s website, I walk around Hollywood with my […]
July 12, 2006 – 12:17 am ·
What was he thinking? What did Materazzi say to Zidane that was so nasty that could provoke a normally collected ball-player into turning and delivering a nasty head-butt? What could he have said that might elicit the attack? Well, The Independent provides a clue here, and states that Zidane will tell us all later this […]
July 9, 2006 – 12:13 am ·
Interesting article over at downhillbattle.org (whose t-shirt I love and wear regularly) about iTunes and the accounting behind their “artist-friendly” business model. Before I got the Amoeba job I used to use iTunes to get some of my music. I don’t think I’d go back. DRM issues aside, my main gripe is the sound quality […]
Stuntman, purveyor of stolen art and man of letters, Michael Keefe, weighs in on some excellent recent music releases. Included in this batch are reviews of new music by RHCP, The Sounds, As Fast As, Buzzcocks and Hank III (who could beat up Billy Ray Cyrus any day.) Check em out here. Or caress the […]
July 6, 2006 – 12:57 pm ·
This has been chasing back and forth across the Internets. Alaska senator Ted Stevens is an outspoken opponent of Net neutrality, supporting a problematic idea wherein Internet pipeline providers (such as Comcast and AT&T) can charge big internet companies who use a lot of bandwidth for that privilege, a policy which makes as much sense […]
July 2, 2006 – 12:14 am ·
I know, I know, second World Cup post in a row. but how could I not write something about the extraordinary game between Brazil and France? They meet in Germany today for the first time since the controversial 1998 World Cup Final. And guess what? France put on what is easily the most beautiful display […]
July 1, 2006 – 11:55 am ·
For the second time in two days, a World Cup game goes to Penalty Kicks. It’s an unfortunate way to decide a game, but man, is it a nail-biter. Thanks to an incredible performance by the Portuguese keeper England is denied their chance at the title. They’re going home. And Portugal is moving on. If […]
