Some things are easy to google, and some things are hard to google. I’ve had this lyric that I’ve been trying to place for years, with no success. It goes “Gary grew up in Gary, Indiana/ home of both his parents, and the Jackson Five.” I always loved that line, but could never remember where [...]
The song I want stuck in my head: The Beatles’ “Norwegian Wood,” after a recent Rock Band Beatles night at Camp Meridian, and as I am reading Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood. As beautiful as the song is, there’s something about it that resists headsticking. In fact, I think that’s part of its beauty.
The song I [...]
Much like the characters in Not Another Teen Movie, I attended John Hughes High School. For the record, I identified in some way with all of the characters in The Breakfast Club, but the one that I identified the most with was Andy. This surprises people, I know.
Anyway, RIP John Hughes. To say you will [...]
I went to see the new Harry Potter movie on Wednesday, and was very pleased. You might have heard me say this before, but I’m not a big fan of over-the-top apocalyptic action movies. I’ve never seen Independence Day, or Armageddon, and probably never will. I often compare two Pierce Brosnan James Bond movies – [...]
Today I revisited one of my favorite hikes: Stinson Beach to Mt. Tam’s Pantoll Ranger Station and back to Stinson Beach on a different trail. On my way back to Oakland, I decide to stop by the REI in Berkeley; I wanted to check out bear cannisters since I’m probably doing a High Sierra hike [...]
If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, then cooking about music is like … (?)
From today’s Chronicle, an article about the playlists in the kitchens of top Bay Area restaurants. Yum.
I was procrastinating on my job search, reading the craigslist missed connections – something I highly recommend for entertainment value. There was a posting about “the girl at the Dan Deacon show last night,” the usual stuff about I saw you dancing and thought you were hot but I didn’t have the courage and this [...]
… spend their entire day trying to obtain tickets to the Green Day “secret” show tomorrow at the Fox Theater in Oakland?
I tried winning them via Live 105 many times, and I tried to buy them as soon as they went on sale at 5PM.
Alas, no joy.
All from my own music collection:
Red Rain The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan
Nine Million Rainy Days The Jesus and Mary Chain Darklands
I Hear the Rain Violent Femmes Hallowed Ground
Rain Come Down eastmountainsouth eastmountainsouth
Here Comes The Rain The Mavericks The Millennium Collection
Spent on Rainy Days Bright Eyes / Britt Daniel Home, Vol. 4
Rainy Day Blues Willie Nelson Songbird
Happy When It Rains The Jesus and Mary Chain Darklands
Only Happy When It Rains Garbage Garbage
Rain [...]
My dashboard tells me this is my 100th post. Hmmm.
Went to see Slumdog Millionaire today. I’m only going to give it a B. It’s good, but it’s just not great. I was hoping that the stories behind how he knew the answers would be more compelling, but they were not. Without giving too much away, [...]
