26 Jun
Since I spend a fair amount of time in this space talking pop culture and music, I guess I ought to comment on the passing of Michael Jackson. I think I can safely avoid the standard tribute blurbage; other than to say that I remember the 1983 Thriller onslaught, the John Landis long-form video, and […]
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28 May
If you have the means (in this case, 2.3 million dollars), I highly suggest picking one up. Of course… The place is like a museum. It’s very beautiful and very cold, and you’re not allowed to touch anything. The Ferarri’s 11 million extra. Sorry.
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14 May
I caught the new Star Trek at a matinee after work this week. For the record, I enjoyed it greatly; sets up a whole new paradigm, with plenty of nods (most rather clever) to the series’ 40 year history. I say this as a fully-steeped Trekkie, of course; I’m familiar with the language of the […]
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27 Mar
A little heavy on the 90s “alternative” this week; well heavier than usual. Swap out a few of these for Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr and RHCP, you’ve got my little brother’s high school CD collection (“CDs? bah! We had our music on cassette tapes, and we liked it!”). “Cannonball” – The Breeders “Black Wave/Bad Vibrations” – […]
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24 Feb
While going through some boxes a few months back, I stumbled upon a couple of twenty-odd year-old back issues of Analog magazine that I’d kept from my Dad’s stuff. When I was a dorky teenager, I loved digging through these paperbound wonders on Dad’s shelves, reading the stories, scouring the old adverts for mostly defunct […]
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