I am going to start a band called The Reference Points. Does anybody want to be in it with me? I am going to play either the lifeitar or the perceptophone, possibly both. We are going to play experience rock, that is, the bedrock of experience. We are going to be bigger than Mohammed, but [...]
Category Archives: Media
Incoming Friend Request: Approve?
January 9, 2007 – 8:37 am
A man in a white suit stands on a perfectly square platform in the middle of the desert. The dark blue sky of a setting sun recedes to the horizon behind him. He is walking into a light. The light is the light of an old-fashioned film projector. The man carries in his hand a [...]
Paul Westerberg’s Left Hand
December 27, 2006 – 9:27 pm
Paul Westerberg put a screwdriver through his left hand while “trying to get some wax out of a candle.†Weird part is that Reuters started reporting this based only on the hearsay of a blogger who’s friends with Westerberg. From what I can tell – at least in their early stories – they had no [...]
Didn’t Jack Palance Already Die?
November 12, 2006 – 6:07 pm
Friday evening I got an email from someone who informed me that actor Jack Palance had died. But that’s not all, and I’m certainly not one to offer celebrity eulogies. The point this woman wanted to make was that she remembered Jack Palance dying several years ago. She asked her boyfriend about it as well [...]
Humaniculture
November 7, 2006 – 6:18 pm
In a post earlier today, I struck upon a curious fact that though it is right out in the open has escaped me for quite some time. The best way to explain it is probably by playing a simple definition game.
Agriculture – the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other goods by the [...]
Speculations on Talent & Fame
August 23, 2006 – 6:03 pm
Looking around at the state of mainstream pop cultural endeavors, it’s clear that talent isn’t always king. (I’m tempted to say isn’t ever, but that would to overlook those real gems who do shine through from time to time) It may be instead that willing pawns are the ones who rise to the throne these [...]
