Campaign for the Mundane
Posted by Kim
Another week, another episode of SYTYCD, another night of ear-ringing from Mary Murphy’s screaming. Is it getting more gratuitous, or am I just putting on my rose-colored glasses when I look to the past? People seem to be knocking Toni Basil out there on the internets, and I don’t actually get why. She was full […]
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I just got back from NEARfest, and I am exhausted. I took a few (500) pictures so I won’t be posting them until I’ve sorted them, but in the meantime, here is Cabezas de Cera in action. They will be playing Art-0-matic on Thursday and the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, so if you are a […]
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I have been taking my one light of new live television over the past … well it’s only been a week, but it’s So You Think You Can Dance season! I never, ever thought I would be a fan, I never was a dancer as a kid, never really wanted to be one (except there […]
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I keep saying that my ticket budget is capped. I keep saying no more shows. And then another show is announced that I simply cannot miss. Last year I reviewed Reckoning Night. I have to tell you that I have been listening to that album almost once a week since then, even though I have […]
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This morning I generated what I am sure is a very funny trouble ticket. I got in early this morning and got started and was working a while when I started to smell … something? Burning plastic? Eventually it occurred to me to crawl under my desk and sure enough, the smell was coming from […]
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In my proven interest of promoting the Swedish art rock music scene (see Beardfish) (no, really see them, they are touring the US right now!!!) I have found for you another gem of awesome Swedish retro-prog-classic rock: Black Bonzo. Please don’t let all those adjectives turn you off! I am talking about a band that […]
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If there is anyone who needs to restart her Purge Thursday habits, it is me. I have been psychologically blocked lately in part due to this obsession with taking before pictures. But this weekend there was sun! So I took this picture of my office: It is stitched together with the Canon Photostitch software and […]
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I finally just pledged some cash to WTMD, our local actually good radio station. For a long time I thought “why even try when I can get exactly what I want, when I want it, now? Why bother when the radio can play ten things I don’t like first? But this past week they have […]
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I was faced once again last week with trying to explain to someone what it is I do all day at my job. I mean, I can explain it in real terms with details and what-not. But usually people start looking for an excuse to escape within 3 seconds if I do that. Or I […]
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I just pushed my way through this interesting article from the New Yorker on health care economics, and I while there are some nitpicks I have with it, it’s nice to see something at least a little nuanced on the subject. (Nitpick example, use of the word “rationing”; to see why, read Buckeye Surgeon’s post […]
