Friday, November 20, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Best-Worst. Monday Blog Blog. 11.16.09
Dang, I missed it again. Bring that it's about oh, 6 in the morning right now, let's say I posted this Monday night. Yes? Yes. No? Whatever. I'm horrible.
In celebration of all things bad - here are some blogs that are so bad they're good.
The folks at Sexy People have an eye for the grotesquely sad/funny. Breathtaking photos from your favorite composite backgrounds from back in the schoolyard/Ross photo days. Does anybody remember that cover shots place in Park Lane Mall - frizzy bangs and all? I think some photos ended up here. Check out the different distinctions/categories that they've sorted these photos into, including but not limited to: heavy perm. Ah-mazing. For a taste, here's Stryker:
Also worth mentioning, and unique in their ow right - the wonderful, sometimes just wrong Awkward Family Photos, the equally funny rad dudes, or for vintage photo enthusiasts, My Parents Were Awesome.
These just make me laff and laff. Hope they can do that for you, too.
Enjoy!
In celebration of all things bad - here are some blogs that are so bad they're good.
The folks at Sexy People have an eye for the grotesquely sad/funny. Breathtaking photos from your favorite composite backgrounds from back in the schoolyard/Ross photo days. Does anybody remember that cover shots place in Park Lane Mall - frizzy bangs and all? I think some photos ended up here. Check out the different distinctions/categories that they've sorted these photos into, including but not limited to: heavy perm. Ah-mazing. For a taste, here's Stryker:
Also worth mentioning, and unique in their ow right - the wonderful, sometimes just wrong Awkward Family Photos, the equally funny rad dudes, or for vintage photo enthusiasts, My Parents Were Awesome.
These just make me laff and laff. Hope they can do that for you, too.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 09, 2009
Monday Blog Blog 11.9.2009
Okay, so I already missed last week, skipped town.
To make up for it, I'm not just blogging about one blog today - but a hundred! Over a hundred!
Today's blog blog points to the very dizzying, very ambitious in scope, Vegan MoFo - the Vegan Month of Food. This is not to push an agenda, but rather, celebrate the possibilities of creative foodmakings in what is otherwise considered a restrictive (to some, constrictive) diet.
Also, a foray into the dangerous land of food porn - this will not be the only one. Cover your eyes with your (oven) mitts if you don't want to get any fancy ideas!
The aim of Vegan MoFo is to get everyone in the vegan blogosphere super active for the month, blogging as frequently as possible (some every day!), and flood their blogs with creative and delicious ideas for vegan eats and treats - conveniently in time for Thanksgiving.
Vegan MoFo is in its third year and going -very- strong. There is a central blog here (http://veganmofo.wordpress.com/). The blog highlighted a different blogger, or a few, every day and also links to the blog roll feed of ALL of the tens of delightful home cooks willing to invite us into their kitchens via mouth-watering photos and step-by-step recipes. Check out the almost-cruel Flickr pool to make that Cup-O-Noodles you brought to work look a little more dismal.
The whole world of food blogging, vegan or not, has become a really wonderful way for people to exchange ideas and create a equal plane forum for home cooks and professional chefs alike to inspire and challenge each other to create dishes that both push the culinary envelope and carry you through that next comforting food coma.
Are there any that you like to peruse from time to time? Always looking for recommendations!
To make up for it, I'm not just blogging about one blog today - but a hundred! Over a hundred!
Today's blog blog points to the very dizzying, very ambitious in scope, Vegan MoFo - the Vegan Month of Food. This is not to push an agenda, but rather, celebrate the possibilities of creative foodmakings in what is otherwise considered a restrictive (to some, constrictive) diet.
Also, a foray into the dangerous land of food porn - this will not be the only one. Cover your eyes with your (oven) mitts if you don't want to get any fancy ideas!
The aim of Vegan MoFo is to get everyone in the vegan blogosphere super active for the month, blogging as frequently as possible (some every day!), and flood their blogs with creative and delicious ideas for vegan eats and treats - conveniently in time for Thanksgiving.
Vegan MoFo is in its third year and going -very- strong. There is a central blog here (http://veganmofo.wordpress.com/). The blog highlighted a different blogger, or a few, every day and also links to the blog roll feed of ALL of the tens of delightful home cooks willing to invite us into their kitchens via mouth-watering photos and step-by-step recipes. Check out the almost-cruel Flickr pool to make that Cup-O-Noodles you brought to work look a little more dismal.
The whole world of food blogging, vegan or not, has become a really wonderful way for people to exchange ideas and create a equal plane forum for home cooks and professional chefs alike to inspire and challenge each other to create dishes that both push the culinary envelope and carry you through that next comforting food coma.
Are there any that you like to peruse from time to time? Always looking for recommendations!
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Manacle's Farewell Show
Manacle is a band I play bass in. We've played a number of Holland shows. We've also released two EPs. Our farewell show is THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH with Silian Rail (excellent two-piece rock music from San Francisco) and Chinese Gore feat. Helen Twelvetrees (mind-altering psych-noise guaranteed to speed you through the worm hole.) The show will take place at the fabulous all-female show house THE HEN DEN on Sinclair St. in Downtown Reno. The Hen Den is a hate-free, drug and alcohol free, rad-ass show space, so be cool and we'll all have a good time.
It's going to be way radder than almost everything else.
Check out Silian Rail here:
http://www.myspace.com/silianrailmusic
And check out some Manacle stuff here:
http://www.myspace.com/manacleandthegentlegrind
Manacle
Reno Limelight | MySpace Video
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
42 Essential 3rd Act Twists.
This is pretty hilarious. You can check out the original here:
http://dresdencodak.com/2009/05/11/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/
http://dresdencodak.com/2009/05/11/42-essential-3rd-act-twists/
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday Blog Blog. 10.26.09
I'm going to try this, and hopefully this occurs with some regularity?
I spend a lot of my time here at the Holland office waiting for reply e-mails, and in that downtime, I'm usually reading blogs/perusing the interwebs for neat ideas/images/art/funnies/puppies/etc...
My Google Reader is large and fat with different musings from the blogosphere, and perhaps it might be fun to share some of them on this blog, as a way to introduce friends and folks to some rad, silly, or interesting blogs that are worth pouring over for a minute or five.
So for starters, I offer up WFMU's Beware of the Blog.
I have been in love love love with college internet radio since my days at the good ol' Wolf Pack Radio - many of them have their fingers in the pulse of what's going on, with a good (and sometimes not so good) mix of eclectic music, talk and other random audio interests. They're a wonderful way to get a introduction to bands you've (maybe) never heard of, old and new - which is what radio should be doing for the most part - introducing, not reiterating.
WFMU in particular is a great freeform station out of New Jersey. Their blog is full of features on some of their shows, download recommendations, and a smattering of their favorite things on the internet, too. Mosey onto their overall site to stream the radio - or listen to their show archive (select the pop-up player - it shows the playlist and what you're currently listening to!). Particular favorite DJs are Liz Berg, Trouble (This is the Modern World), Dan Bodah, Brian Turner.
I spend a lot of my time here at the Holland office waiting for reply e-mails, and in that downtime, I'm usually reading blogs/perusing the interwebs for neat ideas/images/art/funnies/puppies/etc...
My Google Reader is large and fat with different musings from the blogosphere, and perhaps it might be fun to share some of them on this blog, as a way to introduce friends and folks to some rad, silly, or interesting blogs that are worth pouring over for a minute or five.
So for starters, I offer up WFMU's Beware of the Blog.
I have been in love love love with college internet radio since my days at the good ol' Wolf Pack Radio - many of them have their fingers in the pulse of what's going on, with a good (and sometimes not so good) mix of eclectic music, talk and other random audio interests. They're a wonderful way to get a introduction to bands you've (maybe) never heard of, old and new - which is what radio should be doing for the most part - introducing, not reiterating.
WFMU in particular is a great freeform station out of New Jersey. Their blog is full of features on some of their shows, download recommendations, and a smattering of their favorite things on the internet, too. Mosey onto their overall site to stream the radio - or listen to their show archive (select the pop-up player - it shows the playlist and what you're currently listening to!). Particular favorite DJs are Liz Berg, Trouble (This is the Modern World), Dan Bodah, Brian Turner.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Gallavants in New York City.
Hello Reno! I miss everything about you! Even though there don't seem to be many narrative blog posts here, I figure I'll just give it a shot since Van and Britt gave all of us permission to write about pretty much whatever.
What I learned about New York City in the two months I've lived here:
1. Everyone hates New Jersey. People from New Jersey hate New Jersey.
2. Connecticut actually has an impressive punk scene.
3. Animal tails associated to raver/burner fashion on the west coast is a gang symbol for kids that like to watch anime and fist fight. I'm guessing it's because of all that repressed sexual energy.
4. The internship ads for Vice Magazine Brooklyn typically include the phrases, "Must be willing to work very hard for little glory," or "I will not tolerate stupid/annoying/unfunny people," and other statements to that effect.
5. The air in Manhattan ages people faster.
6. Break dancer groups in Central Park make a lot of "White people in the crowd! You got no rhythm!" jokes.
7. Rats are no longer cute.
8. Students at NYU are always better than you.
I went to a wonderful venue in Brooklyn called "The Market Hotel." I thought I was going to a show in a HOTEL, but it's actually a two-story warehouse hidden behind a dingy door on the side of a dark street, with its walls covered in graffiti and doodles. It's small, but can accommodate a good number of people, so the shows seem personal. In the back, there are wooden stair-step bleachers that lead to a couch on a big shelf. At the top of the bleachers, there's a fist-size hole in the wall that allows you to spy on people entering. A wonderful band from Massachusetts called Prince Rama of Ayodha handed out numerous hand-made percussion instruments to people in the audience and we shaked and grooved along to the tribal sounds. The instruments consisted of cans with beans inside duct taped to sticks, Christmas decorative leaves, bells, and much more. A poor boy next to me was handed a simple branch and he had no idea what to do with it.
A happy band from Brooklyn called Air Waves also played that night. They were delightful, and if for any reason you ever get the bizarre opportunity to see them, you should seize it. More to come...
What I learned about New York City in the two months I've lived here:
1. Everyone hates New Jersey. People from New Jersey hate New Jersey.
2. Connecticut actually has an impressive punk scene.
3. Animal tails associated to raver/burner fashion on the west coast is a gang symbol for kids that like to watch anime and fist fight. I'm guessing it's because of all that repressed sexual energy.
4. The internship ads for Vice Magazine Brooklyn typically include the phrases, "Must be willing to work very hard for little glory," or "I will not tolerate stupid/annoying/unfunny people," and other statements to that effect.
5. The air in Manhattan ages people faster.
6. Break dancer groups in Central Park make a lot of "White people in the crowd! You got no rhythm!" jokes.
7. Rats are no longer cute.
8. Students at NYU are always better than you.
I went to a wonderful venue in Brooklyn called "The Market Hotel." I thought I was going to a show in a HOTEL, but it's actually a two-story warehouse hidden behind a dingy door on the side of a dark street, with its walls covered in graffiti and doodles. It's small, but can accommodate a good number of people, so the shows seem personal. In the back, there are wooden stair-step bleachers that lead to a couch on a big shelf. At the top of the bleachers, there's a fist-size hole in the wall that allows you to spy on people entering. A wonderful band from Massachusetts called Prince Rama of Ayodha handed out numerous hand-made percussion instruments to people in the audience and we shaked and grooved along to the tribal sounds. The instruments consisted of cans with beans inside duct taped to sticks, Christmas decorative leaves, bells, and much more. A poor boy next to me was handed a simple branch and he had no idea what to do with it.
A happy band from Brooklyn called Air Waves also played that night. They were delightful, and if for any reason you ever get the bizarre opportunity to see them, you should seize it. More to come...
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