This xkcd.com comic is great:
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Friday 10: Last Spring Break
My last spring break starts this weekend. Instead of going on vacation, I’ll use the time to catch up on a bunch of work. Here’s the first 10 songs to pop up for Friday, March 5th 2010:- Interpol – “Mammoth”
- Spoon – “The Way We Get By”
- Delta Spirit – “Ode To Sunshine”
- Modest Mouse – “Missed the Boat”
- White Rabbits – “The Plot”
- Vampire Weekend – “Exit Music (for a Film)”
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – “Clap Your Hands!”
- Ra Ra Riot – “A Manner to Act”
- Kings of Leon – “Closer”
- Cold War Kids – “Avalanche In B”
Whats on your list today?
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eschapp
ON a recent Thursday night in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, two D.J.’s— Shea Van Horn and Tommy Cornelis — were filling the basement lounge of Napoleon, a bistro, with French electro and house music. The occasion was a monthly party called Maison, and the room was packed: gay men in their 20s, a clutch of American University law students, a preening reality TV star (Paul Wharton) and Omar Popal, the 31-year-old owner of the upstairs restaurant.
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eschapp
This great cartoon is from Trevour from …
This great cartoon is from Trevour who can be contacted at his website Trevour.com:
[h/t to http://adambez.tumblr.com]
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eschapp
Go Spike!:
http://embed.producerhq.com/embed/player/embed_id/161/channel_id/224/asset_id/57237/
and the video that got him there:
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eschapp
It is Nick Punto Day!
This image about sums up my view of Nick:
Fuzzy; At Best. After a couple of years of watching Punto play, I am still not sure what to make of him. It’s not as if I haven’t seen enough of his innings to make a judgement, he has been a Twins regular for a couple of years. Nick has a great glove, and a frustrating bat1. His bat is frustrating because it lacks consistency. Sometimes its seems like he knows the strike zone well and can walk at will, other times he’ll pop out on a bunt. The problem being that you never know which Punto you’re going to get. When he’s at the plate, most fans don’t trust him, and who can blame them?
On the other hand, I’m a sucker for web gems. I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone who works harder to get on highlight reels than Punto. Some of the things he does in the field are amazing, and I think if push comes to shove, I’d choose watching a great defensive play over a great at bat. Punto provides more of the former, but for me thats okay because apparently I’m a sucker for fancy glove work. If Nick can somehow level out his hitting to become an average, or just below average hitter, I think he would be a lot more popular in Twins circles. But until that happens, I’m happy to watch him in the field, even if I have to change the channel during his at bats.
It’s not like Gardy is running Tol-Bot out there everyday . . . yet2.
I reserve the right to change my mind after reading all the other Nick Punto Day Posts.
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eschapp
Friday 10: Post Snow
Well everything is beginning to get back to normal here in DC. Hopefully most streets will be cleared before next week rolls around. Here’s the first 10 songs that came up on my random playlist while I was reading in Pence Law Library:- Boys Like Girls – Boys Like Girls: “Hero/Heroine”
- Boys Night Out – Boys Night Out: “Fall for the Drinker”
- Linkin Park – Reanimation: “PLC. 4 Mie Hæd”
- Wilco – More Than The Moon: “Camera”
- Zelda Re-orchestrated - Ocarina of Time: “Goron City”
- Bowling for Soup – Drunk Enough to Dance: “Life After Lisa”
- Maroon 5 – It Won’t Be Soon Before Long: “Goodnight Goodnight”
- Guster – Keep It Together: “Homecoming King”
- The Smashing Pumpkins – The Aeroplane Flies High Disc 2: “Ugly”
- Sleepcomesdown – ¡The Uprising Sound Revolution!, Vol. 2: “Off with Your Head”
That Zelda album is awesome. If you want to give it a listen just search for it online: it is available for free!
Whats on your list today?
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Big Mak
* Dazed and Confused – Led Zeppelin – How the West Was Won
* Terrible Lie – Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
* Red House – Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
* Goodbye Blue Sky – Pink Floyd – The Wall
* Down By the River – Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Everyone Knows This is Nowhere
* The Twistinside – Everclear – Sparkle and Fade
* Blind – Korn – (self-titled)
* My Iron Lung – Radiohead – The Best Of
* Hunting & Gathering (Cydonia) – Sunn 0))) – Monoliths and Dimensions
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freealonzo
1. Cool Blues — Charlie Parker
2. High Fidelity — Elvis Costello
3. Talking World War III Blues — Bob Dylan
4. Top of the World — The 757’s
5. Radio Clash — The Clash
6. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles) — Arcade Fire
7. Airlane — Gary Numan
8. Fistful of Steel — Rage Against the Machine
9. Street Spirit — Radiohead
10. Bad — U2Bonus: Let It Be Me — Social Distortion
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E-6
FWIW, “Older Guys” is a cover of a Flying Burrito Brother tune.
1. “Our Lips Are Sealed” The Go-Go’s Beauty And The Beat
2. “Graham Greene” John Cale Paris 1919
3. “Distopian Dream Girl” Built To Spill There’s Nothing Wrong With Love
4. “Older Guys” Teenage Fanclub Thirteen
5. “Take Me Home and Make Me Like It” Alex Chilton Bach’s Bottom
6. “Which Will” Nick Drake Pink Moon
7. “Iris” The Breeders Pod
8. “Always Crashing in the Same Car” David Bowie Low
9. “Submission” The Sex Pistols Nevermind the Bollocks
10. “Drunks With Guns” Pavement Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe-
eschapp
Works for me. I was just kidding about the Older Guys, although paired with Teenage Fanclub it is pretty funny.
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eschapp
DC Blizzard 2010
We ventured out over the weekend to see all of the snow in DC. We walked up Porter Street to Wisconsin Avenue and then ate at Z-Burger for lunch. Z-Burger was giving out $1 burgers if you knew the secret password “Snowburger.” The meal was great, even if you don’t consider the price. We took some photos on our walk.
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eschapp
Well we haven’t received much more snow, but man has the wind picked up. This is the first real blizzard I’ve seen on the east coast. Visibility is low, although the video doesn’t really show it.
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eschapp
Felonies!? Really?
Felonies? I hope this is some sick joke;
Va. students charged with felonies for snowball throwing
Harrisonburg police say throwing snowballs at occupied vehicles isn’t a harmless prank.
Two James Madison University students learned that lesson the hard way. Each faces a felony charge for throwing snowballs at a city snowplow and an unmarked police car.
Harrisonburg Police Department spokeswoman Mary-Hope Vass says both 21-year-old students were charged Saturday with throwing missiles at occupied vehicles.
Vass says any object thrown at a vehicle can result in the felony charge.
From the WaPo : http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/virginia/va-students-charged-with-felon.html
How is this a good use of government power? If anyone has better information please let someone know.
Snowball’s are a harmful prank? Show me the damages. Right now.
I guess pulling a gun on snowball throwers is probably justified . . .
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eschapp
Not that the gun pulling on U street is connected to the Harrisonburg events. I didn’t mean to imply that, other than to point out that without additional information, this seems to be an overextension of police power.
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Eric Olson
True Dat. So, basically the kids had the bad luck to hit an unmarked police car, and the officers inside got angry. Ugh.
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eschapp
i don’t know the whole story, but from what I understand at this time: yeah. Seems silly for a snowplow to be angry at that as well.
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Eric Olson are discussing. 
Rhubarb_Runner 8:57 am on March 5, 2010 Permalink |
Glad you asked! Time for some pre-Spring Training trip soundtrack music:
“Escaping Nomanisan” – Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles
“Suite from Forrest Gump” – Alan Silvestri, Forrest Gump Original Soundtrack
“Night Fight” – Tan Dun, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
“The Wooing of Catherine” – Patrick Doyle, Henry V
“Ending Titles” – Wendy Carlos, Tron Soundtrack
“Harappa” – E.S. Posthumus, Unearthed
“Take His Toes” – Stephen Rippy, Kevin McMullan, David Rippy, Age of Empires III Original Soundtrack
“Bishop’s Death” – Andrew Powell, Ladyhawke
“No Vacancy (Venture Bros Theme)” – JG Thirlwell, The Venture Bros: The Music of JG Thirlwell
“Paradise Lost” – Joe Hisaishi, Laputa: The Castle in the Sky
freealonzo 9:50 am on March 5, 2010 Permalink |
1. Mindless Child of Motherhood — The Kinks
2. Never Let Go — Tom Waits
3. Slipping (Into Something) — The Feelies
4. My Uptight Life — Teenage Fanclub
5. You Must Be A Witch — The Lollypop Shoppe
6. Take Me! — The Wedding Present
7. From a Motel 6 — Yo La Tengo
8. Down By The River — Neil Young
9. Season of the Shark — Yo La Tengo
10. Car Song — Woodie Guthrie
Bonus: Where there is Smoke, There is Fire — Urban Guerrillas
Big Mak 12:10 pm on March 5, 2010 Permalink |
Love ‘the way we get by’. Great song.
* I Can’t Quit You – Otis Rush – E-6 Presents: Blue Monday
* Shine a Light – Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
* Beside You in Time – Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth
* Sunken Dreams – …Trail of Dead – So Divided
* Passive – A Perfect Circle – eMotive
* Welcome to the Jungle – Guns ‘N Roses – Appetite for Destruction
* Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt – Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium
* Growing Up with GNR – Aqueduct – I Sold Gold
* Big Me – Foo Fighters – (self-titled)
* Magic Toy Missing – Meat Puppets – II
eschapp 12:55 pm on March 5, 2010 Permalink |
Spoon’s pretty solid and I too really enjoy that song.
Andrew 2:28 pm on March 7, 2010 Permalink |
Blue October – “You Make Me Smile” Foiled
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “If” Stadium Arcadium
Jimmy Buffett – “Love In Decline” One Particular Harbour/Riddles In The Sand
The Kaiser Chiefs – “Ruby” Yours Truly, Angry Mob
Wilco – “Please Be Patient With Me” Sky Blue Sky
50 Cent – “21 Questions” Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Avenged Sevenfold – “Betrayed” City of Evil
Red Hot Chili Peppers – “So Much I” Stadium Arcadium
Coldplay – “Death Will Never Conquer” Viva La Vida
Johnny Cash – “Green, Green Grass of Home” At Folsom Prison