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What happened to Benjamin and Elaine after they got off the bus? Writer Charles Webb, who based the characters on himself and his wife, can't tell you. He thinks he no longer owns the rights to his own story.
According to The Guardian and the Book Marketing Group. I'm not too big a fan of a few of the choices—Fight Club?BMAFG!—but I'm really happy to see the criminally under-appreciated Devil In a Blue Dress and The Day of the Triffids on there.
Swinging jazz dances from Abbey's Pub and floats up into Jersey City's cobalt blue sky. Two men stand near a white rental van.
"Other than Charlie [Hansen]," says one to the other, "you're the only guy in the industry to see me topless."
True story. It happened yesterday at about 8pm, I suppose, just after dinner. Yes, just after dinner. The two men were Stephen Mejias, assistant editor of Stereophile magazine, and Steve Silberman, sales manager for high-end electronics manufacturer, Ayre Acoustics.
The writer colors the scene for you here in an attempt to disclose…
Now this is cognitive research that is interesting! When we concentrate on tasks, we switch off our awareness of self—one of those tricky areas that defines us as human in the first place.Maybe the real Turing test is what computers do when we're not working 'em so hard.
Savan wrote Slam Dunks and No Brainers: Language in Your Life, the Media, Business, Politics, and, Like, Whatever. Looks like a book I'll have to read.Via Blog of a Book Slut.
SynthMania's list of synthesizer sounds created by (and frequently overused by) people through the years. You'll recognize almost all of these. And SM's looking for suggestions.
On the corner of Monmouth and Third, in the parking lot of the Genesis Educational Center, where the blood lines erase the color lines, a drummer needs practice. I wasn't expecting this. It might interfere with our listening session. The bad beats are hopping into my third floor window and making themselves comfortable, crowding the sweet spot. The singer, it seems, needs practice, too. And is that a preacher hollering the gospel, or a drunk abusing his wife? Around here, one can never be certain. Perhaps it's both...
You know what's funny is that I really did worry about this…
Of course, I don't care how good the lock is, I ain't parking My Trek 5900 on the street.