July 2008

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  The Big Picture

  07.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A)  Alan Taylor’s photo blog The Big Picture, which is run by the Boston Globe, has a ton of amazing photographs from all around the world.  The Big Picture compiles photos from lesser known news stories with a focus on current events.  Here are a few of my favorites. Each of the photographs on The [...]

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  Comic books: Y: The Last Man, Sleepwalk: And Other Stories

  07.31.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I went to a used book store the other day and was very surprised to find a 2 collected issues of Y-The Last Man and a copy of Adrian Tomine’s Sleepwalk: And Other Stories. Sleepwalk: And Other Stories is a collection of the first 4 issues of Adrian Tomine’s comic series Optic Nerve.  16 short [...]

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  Video Games, Guitar Progress, Don’t Wake Me up

  07.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I hung out with T-Bone today and we had a long conversation about our love for video games.  It inspired me to go check out some upcoming titles. A)  The trailer for Mirror’s Edge looks absolutely amazing.  The game is largely based around Parkour, which is that sport where people run around a city flipping [...]

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  Dani Annie and Nerd Stuff

  07.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A ) Finally bought a pedal board.  It cost more than I ever wanted to spend on a piece of aluminum but I needed it.  We leave for tour in exactly a week, fuck yes. B)  I modded my ipod video to display like an ipod touch.  Kind of cool and is reasonably easy.  Check [...]

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  Music Pirates, Witches, and Cara Beth

  07.25.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  A)  I’ve been watching this video over and over for the past few days.  It’s Cara Beth from Witches playing The Center.  I like her solo acoustic stuff better than what I’ve heard (watched in videos, I don’t think they’ve recorded yet) from Witches.  Seriously, rules.  Kind of uptempo acoustic stuff with a folkish tinge [...]

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  Phillip Toledano – Days with My Father

  07.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Over the last few weeks I’ve been spending a lot of time with my parents.  Both are in their mid 50′s.  They’ve slipped the phrase “…and when we die you’ll need to take care of this…” into several conversations. My parent’s mortality is not something I want to be constantly reminded of. Here’s a great [...]

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  New Raein Ep, Louise Cyphre has the best samples

  07.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’m back. Apparently the new Raein Ep entitled nati da altri padri leaked. I haven’t listened to it yet but here it is if you’re into Italian dudes screaming. Go buy it if you like it. The song Revolver by Louise Cyphre features one of the greatest samples ever used by a punk band. This [...]

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  Drive-in

  07.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Tonight I went to a local drive-in, one of the few still operating in the US, and saw a double feature for $6.  The drive-in was pretty much how I expected it would be.  Kind of dirty, greasy concession stand, high school kids, crappy screen, but a fun experience nonetheless.  Batman was better than I [...]

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  Land of Grain

  07.16.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Today I:  Rode in an old pickup truck with my father alongside the corn and soybean fields with a .22 gauge rile and tried to shoot the ground hogs that have been eating our crops.  I killed one but several others got away.  They won’t be as lucky tomorrow. I’ve been doing a lot of [...]

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  Booking, Theif, …Who Calls so Loud

  07.13.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  It’s annoying when people don’t respond at all to an e-mail.  At least have the courtesy to send out a “No, thanks.” ——- Last night I ran into a girl I haven’t seen since high school.  We get to talking about what we’re doing now and all that catching up stuff.  She tells me that [...]