Funny Waste of Time
This is proof positive that my roommate has way too much time on his hands at work. This made me laugh for about a half hour though. CLICK HERE to look at what was busting me up all day long. Thanks to Mike for wasting his time!!!
Iron and Wine News
This is not quite as exclusive as I thought, but here is the dirt on the new Iron and Wine album. It isn’t released until March 20-something, but I have a copy. Shhh don’t tell anyone. Title and Track listings are over here.
Playing no Mo’
Mo Vaughn has called it a career. Now, Mo Vaughn has finally done what many thought was impossible. He has eaten himself out of the game. He has problems with his arthritic knee. I am sure it had nothing to do with the 240 extra pounds on his 400 pound frame. Don’t worry too much about Mo though. He is set to make the money from the final years of his $80 million contract that he signed in 1999. I am sure Mo will be just fine.
One Vote at a Time
Wesley Clark is in the process of gaining votes one voter at a time. This week, he focused on the Northeast.
In an attempt to woo the proprietor of LeadingBrand.org Wesley Clark decided to work a New Hampshire franchise of Justin’s favorite corporate eatery and coffee joint, Dunkin’ Donuts. There has been no comment from LeadingBrand, but I have to think that this has given Wesley Clark a decided edge in the campaign for President. At least with one person, anyway.
Dream Interpreter
Last night I had a very strange dream. I don’t remember what I was doing or who I was with or any other details other than one. I remember “finding out” that “Hey Ya!!!” the song by Outkast was written by Chino Moreno. Chino is the lead singer of the Deftones and I can say with some confidence that he didn’t write the most popular hip-hop song of recent memory.
Anyone care to take the role of dream interpreter?
Covers Project
This site is a collection of artists and the songs they have covered by other artists. Then the site cross-references all these things. They are taking submissions and are compiling a pretty comprehensive list of all the things that different bands have covered. It is a pretty cool place to stop and browse. Kind of like a musical version of the Kevin Bacon game. I challenge anyone to find a band who has done more covers than Pearl Jam.
Who’s Crazy?
Obviously these sonsabitches are all nuts. I wrote this post about Michael Jackson’s website at BlogCritics, which you might remember from this site. Anyway, I went through and made fun of pretty much his entire press release. Well, I am not sure why people (specifically Michael Jackson’s sanity-challenged fans) have found BlogCritics to be a place to leave Mike a message of support. You really should click the link and see what some of these nutcases have written about their alleged child-diddling hero.
Death Cab for Cutie on Craig Kilborn
I must say I was very tired last night, but I was happy that I stayed up too late when I realized that Death Cab for Cutie were playing on Craig Kilborn. I read it on their web site a couple of days ago, but I forgot. So, Death Cab fans took over the studio audience, who went insane every time Kilborn mentioned them. Also on the show were the incomparable Steven Baldwin and the President of the United States of Crazy, Al Sharpton.
They played “The New Year” to close out the show and they sounded really good. They rocked it out pretty hard, and it sounded especially good at the end when Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla did their harmony to close out the song. Hopefully somebody rips it so you can download the video. It is also a sad day because it means I am going to have a much tougher time getting tickets to see them play on their next tour. Good for them for becoming more famous and popular, but it is going to make my life more difficult as a fan. They should think of me more often!
Crunchy Writing Contest
Mister Crunchy is having a writing contest over at his site. It is going to be a reverse Survivor type of a thing where the contestants will have a writing assignment every week. Knowing Mister Crunchy, the assignments will be more than a little bit insane. Like, write a haiku about poop, without using a typical word for excrement. Or write a great literary character into your favorite commercial. Every week the ten contestants will be writing (anonymously under a surname) and then everyone involved has to vote for the best entry. The goal is to get the most votes and get off of the “island.”
Click the official game logo above. I am sure it will be a lot of fun to watch.
Terrifying MP3
This MP3 might be the most disturbing thing I have ever heard. Not because I agree with the message, but just because the person who made it is allowed to breathe the same air that I am allowed to breathe. Give it a listen. Seriously, this is scarier than anything I have ever experienced I think. This was on an actual album but I can’t believe someone listened to it and said, “Hey this is great because it gets a message across and people will take it seriously.”
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