C30 C60 C90 Go

January 27, 2009

Looks like a preview of the new muxtape.com is up, and while it has a certain aesthetic appeal, I’m not quite sure what niche it’s trying to fill. I mean, obviously it’d like to be what myspace has been in the past — a turnkey online presence for artists, simple to use and appealing to [...]

“In Your Eyes,” but with more cowbell

January 22, 2009

Inspired by Clark Stubbs’  facebook status update:
“Clark Stubbs thinks Grace Jones and Christopher Walken should be in every movie.”

Got one? Post the link in the comments!

“List your favorite record from every year you’ve been alive.” (Part I – 1973-1980)

January 22, 2009
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Inspired by this post on Gorilla vs Bear, here are my favorite albums from each year I’ve been alive.
1973: GP – Gram Parsons
1974: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) – Brian Eno
1975: Blood on the Tracks – Bob Dylan
1976: Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers
1977: Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas – Townes Van Zandt
1978: Third/Sister [...]

Programming the community: Plinky, an assignment-based expression platform, launches

January 22, 2009

Plinky launched today, and it appears to have the twittosphere all a-twitter. The promise is simple, but well, promising: they will present you with a “prompt” every day — a little evocative question or assignment — and you will respond, sharing your responses on twitter, or facebook, or your blog of choice. It’s a smart [...]

My road-trip mix tape

January 22, 2009
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True Affection by The Blow

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Welcome to the Citrus Fortress!

January 22, 2009

Quite exciting! The portcullis of the citrus fortress is finally lifting! Ported content over from blogger, and obviously there’ll be more to come soon.
This is very much a work in progress. I’m even still working on my animated GIF of the jackhammer man.

nested parentheses

January 19, 2009

Things are happening that I shan’t go into. It occurs to me, though, that an important task in life involves sorting out the forever people from the people you let go. They are all important, and their lives are all equally meaningful and rich and deep. And even the phrase “let go” isn’t right nor [...]