My New Prez
Roy Blount, one of my favorite writers, was just elected head of the Author's Guild, to which I belong. Yay us!
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Rockin' the Kitty
Infectious blue-eyed soul from Jamie Lidell's <I>Multiply</I>. Gee, I wonder if the white cat is a metaphor for something. Ah, who cares?
Cracker Strikes Back
Disgruntled with its former label, Cracker has re-recorded its greatest hits to compete with Virgin's release of <I>its</I> Cracker's greatest hits package.
Picky, Picky
"Centuries from now, scientists may point to this as the moment in time when the pickiness gene became dominant. In the end, it will come down to one really old, lonely guy and his list.
Ivor Cutler, R.I. P.
An appreciation of a most singular man.
A Few Random Musical Notes
1. My system, with the Moscode in it, seems to achieve greater soundstage width. In Ryan Adams' "Mockingbird," a tambourine rattles away far in the righthand corner of my room. It startles and impresses me every time.
Does PowerPoint Make You Stupid?
When I worked as a corporate speechwriter, my hardest job was weaning people off of their PP dependency and getting them to tell me what they did in conversational rhythms rather than bullet points. The people who downloaded the most data in pre-speechwriting interviews <I>and</I> delivered the best speeches at the events were the ones who'd never used that "gateway" program.
Stardust Coming to the Screen
Neil Gaiman's lovely little fairy tale is going to be a movie. This could be good news, since <I>Stardust</I> has a deliberately simple storyline, unlike most of Gaiman's oeuvre and offers the best chance of a straight movie adaptation.
Fur = Cute
Even with lobsters—or is it the blonde thing?
Is More Information Better than Less?
Heuristics—and Dan Goldstein—say not necessarily. A more pop-culturish explanation is presented on <A HREF="http://www.dangoldstein.com/dsn/archives/2006/03/malcolm_gladwel_1.html… blog</A>, where he shouts out to an excellent Malcolm Gladwell interview on ESPN.