October 2003 Forty-four posts

24-Oct-2003

Night of the Panther Getting in touch with my inner nerd tonight. Going to Get Panther at the new University Town Center Apple Store tonight. Anyone else going?

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24-Oct-2003

Wednesday November 5th, Stew in Los Angeles prior to his New York Move STEW will be performing new songs and old faves in celebration of the latest release “Something Deeper Than These Changes” on WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5TH 9pm (yes, 9pm) (And that’s 9pm SHARP like cheddar) at CAFE LARGO 432 N. Fairfax Los Angeles between Melrose and Beverly across from Canter’s There will be no STEW shows in...

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23-Oct-2003

If I had a sidebar blog, These are what I’d put in it. Maybe it’s time, like Jason Kottke, Andy Baio, or Anil Dash, to have a sidebar blog. The Philippines is the model for Iraq?, Get settled, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride. Rex Navarette, funny Filipino comedian Feynman at work! What’s wrong with the ‘Left Behind’ books? Making computer generated women even more real Kynn goes...

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23-Oct-2003

art7ung.com? So the OCR on the new amazon within-book search is not that great. In my tiny quote in the GoLive 5 Bible they’ve read artlung.com as art7ung.com. But still, I do show up in a book, which is nifty. Interesting thoughts on this new service over at backupbrain and nettle.

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22-Oct-2003

And now, the good news The new Mandy Moore record, Coverage (kids love it when I call CDs “records”) is really wonderful. Great choices on covers. The Elton John, Waterboys and Joan Armatrading covers rock. Heck, almost all of them rock.

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22-Oct-2003

Oh, wait, I have one lesson from that last post DRUGS SUCK.

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22-Oct-2003

Suicide So there’s another pop suicide: Elliot Smith. I’m no fan of suicide, in fact my cousin Eddie’s death by his own hand is heavy marker on my map of life and how to live it. Some words from Stew on the Negro Problem Mailing list: for many of us this terribly sad info will come...

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22-Oct-2003

Digging the Samurai Groove The other day I mentioned I dig Samurai, and then a few days later I was reminded of this lyric from Barenaked Ladies, the song, “One Week”: Like Kurasawa I make mad films Okay, I don’t make films But if I did they’d have a Samurai

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21-Oct-2003

Twenty Three Things; Some Links; Some personal The biological basis for creativity is linked to mental illness mod_bandwidth documentation — simulating bandwidth variations Study finds direct link between misinformation and public misconception (or FoxNews misinforms) Margaret Cho has a blog America owes talk host Rush Limbaugh a debt of gratitude, Libertarians say What is Leet speak? An Evolution of Alphabets! Google AdSense...

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20-Oct-2003

Instant Classic; Bloody Samurai Incidentally, some several days ago I saw School of Rock, and I laughed so so so hard. Leah and I saw it to “cleanse our palate” after being gored and stimulated to the redline while seeing Kill Bill Volume 1, which was quite a lot to take, and a movie I want to see again,...

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