So, most of you probably know that classic Velvet Underground song “Rock and Roll”: Jenny said when she was just five years old, There was nothing happening at all. Every time she puts on the radio, There was nothing goin’ down at all – not at all. Then one fine morning she puts on a […]

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Bounce Out. Level seven so far. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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So I’m watching the second part of the Deep Space Nine pilot and notice that these aliens that they find in the wormhole: (1) Experience all time simultaneously, and are actually unable to comprehend concepts of linear time—past, future, change, loss. (2) Are worried that if they don’t kill Sisko, he (or creatures like him) […]

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Jim Henley’s blog is always fantastic, of course, but recently he’s been obnoxiously reminding us of the fact with prodigious force and regularity. If you haven’t checked in recently, it’s as good a time as any.

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The Slack Album is an intriguing looking mash-up of Pavement’s classic Slanted and Enchanted with Jay-Z’s Black Album. Actually, it sounds like a way to dilute a perfectly good Pavement album, but it might be worth a listen. (Hat tip: Unrequited Narcissism)

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There’s just no bottom to your belief in the civilizing effects of vice, is there? —My roommate Chuck, to me.

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I had forgotten how much fun these things are—I promise not to let another six months go by before the next one. Maybe then we’ll even pick a date far enough in advance to circulate notice among the lefty blogs so Matt doesn’t have to be surrounded by such a preponderance of us evil libertarians. […]

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Outrage Kabuki, my requisite commentary on the Daily Kos business.

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It’s been too long since we had a Blogorama, and there’s no time like the present. So let’s say this Thursday, April 8 around 7pm. As always, we’ll congregate at the Rendezvous Lounge, conveniently located at the scenic intersection of 18th Street and Kalorama. Tell your friends, cross post the announcement, but most importanly, show […]

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The new Modest Mouse album, Good News for People Who Love Bad News drops Tuesday, April 6. We now return you to your regularly scheduled blogging.

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