September 2002

Fun With Smart Playlists
One of the cooler things about iTunes is that it allows you to make “Smart Playlists” – which are playlists based on criteria you can put in yourself. For example, I have smart playlists which include New Order/Electronic/Joy Division as well as for David Byrne/Tom Tom Club/Casual Gods/Talking Heads. I hadn’t thought to do this before, but you can also specify by words in the song titles. So here is one…

From my iTunes Playlist – Songs featuring the word “Girl“
Christina Aguilera …... What A Girl Wants
Christina Aguilera …... What A Girl Wants (Eddie Arroyo Down Tempo Mix)
Christina Aguilera …... What A Girl Wants (Eddie Arroyo Long Dance Mix)
Christina Aguilera …... What A Girl Wants (Radio Edit)
Christina Aguilera …... What A Girl Wants (Smooth Mix)
Christina Aguilera …... What A Girl Wants (Thunderpuss Dirty Club Mix)
Christina Aguilera …... What A Girl Wants (Thunderpuss Fiesta Club Mix)
Fiona Apple …... Sullen Girl
India Arie …... Girl from Video
The Beach Boys …... California Girls
The Beach Boys …... Girl Don’t Tell Me
The Beach Boys …... The Girls On The Beach
The Beach Boys …... Surfer Girl
The Beastie Boys …... To All The Girls
The Beat Farmers …... Girl I Almost Married
David Bowie …... China Girl
David Byrne …... Girls On My Mind
The Cars …... My Best Friend’s Girl
Cracker …... Eurotrash Girl
Van Morrison …... Brown Eyed Girl
Morrissey …... Driving Your Girlfriend Home
Morrissey …... Girl Least Likely To
The Negro Problem …... Stranded On The Cloud Girl’s Terrain
Randy Newman …... The Girls In My Life (Part I)
Randy Newman …... Kevin’s Party (Cowboy Girl)
Randy Newman …... Real Emotional Girl
Prince …... Girl
Prince …... If I Was Your Girl Friend
Steely Dan …... Negative Girl
Matthew Sweet …... Girlfriend
They Might Be Giants …... How Can I Sing Like A Girl?
Stevie Wonder …... That Girl
The Wolfgang Press …... A Girl Like You
Frank Zappa …... Building A Girl
Frank Zappa …... Catholic Girls
Frank Zappa …... Dead Girls Of London
Frank Zappa …... Fine Girl
Frank Zappa …... The Girl In The Magnesium Dress
Frank Zappa …... Little Girl Of Mine
Frank Zappa …... Little Rubber Girl
Frank Zappa …... Lobster Girl
Frank Zappa …... Lonely Little Girl
Frank Zappa …... Valley Girl
Frank Zappa …... What Kind Of Girl?

The word for the day early Monday morning was:

rec·i·proc·i·ty

   + A reciprocal condition or relationship.

   + A mutual or cooperative interchange of favors or privileges, especially the exchange of rights or privileges of trade between nations

   + a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence

Walkies
It’s been a while since I had a proper walk. Yesterday afternon/evening I walked to dinner (well, supper, really), at abour 4pm. I had a Turkey dinner at local diner (open 24 hours!) Rudford’s. It was pretty good, though not great. The price was good though, and I got to read. I’m about one fourth through Dangerous Kitchen, which gets better with every page. It integrates many articles and interviews I’ve read, as well as material on previous iconoclastic composers (Stravinsky, Varese, Ives). The book puts Zappa into a historical context that I find striking.

I enjoyed dinner, then I walked over to Hollywood Video. It’s been remodeled. In previous visits I’ve been amazed at how unkempt the place was. Boxes on the floor, videos unsorted; it was a mess.

But yesterday, it was spic and span. More, it had a whole new “store within a store” – called Game Crazy. Many racks of games, and chain link fence around a subsection. I suppose it looks “extreme.” I rented three movies: Spy Game; A Beautiful Mind; and In The Bedroom. I hope they’re good.

After that I walked over to Vons. Picked up some essentials: toilet paper, iced tea, lettuce (romaine and iceberg), toothpaste, and a very few other essertials. It felt good to be out doing groceries, and walking again. Last week was so busy—not enough walking.

So it felt good to be out and about again, and on foot.

Later on, I had a friend over to watch Sopranos, which was new, not too violent, and pretty good. I’ve been so ambivalent about television lately, that I find it odd to be eagerly anticipating TV. The only other shows I’ve been looking forward to are Justice League and Samurai Jack. And oh yeah, Frontline.

This week is Happy Hour 9. Can’t wait.

And so, the week begins. I’m feeling good. Energized.

Onward.

Old Stuff!
Old Splash pages, old headers, and old designs are available on the Archive page. It’s very much fun to see some of thes old splash pages and designs. There are even whole sites in there. There are more than 250 pages on this site.

I suppose when one has been building web pages since 1996, they add up.

Tired. Good. Weekend Goals.
Today started with racquetball. I enjoy the game. I’m very tired. After that, I came home and had some leftover Chinese food, Szechuan Beef and rice. This weekend needs to be mellow. I’ve been busy this week, and I’m hoping for mellow. Something I really need to do is update my resume. It’s terribly out of date, and I find people asking for it. I also need to update the portfolio. Also on the to do list is updating joecrawford.com. I intend to make that my elevator speech for the services I provide. Oi. And I need to print up some business cards too. Well, there’s a lot to do, but I can approach it with a mellow attitude. This is my goal for the weekend.

Blogging, meet the L.A. Times
Trouble in the L.A. blogging community: here’s the L.A. Times story that started it, as well as pushbacl—here’s one and here’s another. I found these via Doc Searls.

A friend sent me Chinese-Art.com. They have lots of good articles, picture, and more. Feed your head.

Jenny sent me the page for This American Life Audio Archives. Bookmarkable!

A fun article about one of my favorite music artists, Stew / The Negro Problem.

The Panther Moderns had suits like these in Neuromancer—invisibility cloaks!. Now the concept has been patented.