The Chicago Tribune posted an article on their website about the ’10 happiest states’ based on a Gallup poll. The Tribune article lacks any nuance, and reflects the lazy journalist’s unquestioning faith in surveys and statistics. Maybe it should be excused because it’s in the travel section, but still… After reading the original Gallup article… Continue reading If you’re happy and you know it…
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Slide Whistle Down…
What I write when I’m not posting here.
I didn’t post very often in the past month on this blog. As it happens, most of my writerly energies were being devoted to the Little Village Magazine blog and magazine. I wrote a couple of lengthy (for me) posts there that some who read this blog might find interesting: I rant about recent changes… Continue reading What I write when I’m not posting here.
Subway says Pepperoni Makes You Gay
The fuck? Watching this commercial makes my brain hurt: If I understand the scenario, two guys are eating sandwiches at a Subway restaurant. They enthuse about the flavor-enhancing qualities of adding pepperoni to a sandwich. They are then launched into a shared hallucination where they’re being poled along a canal in Venice by a gondolier.… Continue reading Subway says Pepperoni Makes You Gay
Time for a Buzz Kill — I’m killing Buzz
So in the last year I count Google at two strikes. First off Wave is… pretty useless, as it turns out. The one place it would be great — collaboration and ad hoc interest groups — don’t really work so well, primarily for performance reasons. Try loading a wave with 300 entries sometimes. It’s im-fucking-possiblly… Continue reading Time for a Buzz Kill — I’m killing Buzz
The Internets: #squarespace & amiestreet.com
OK, now I get it, though since I don’t give a toss about Squarespace or iPhones, I was just annoyed and baffled by all the #squarespace tweets. While we’re on the subject, Squarespace seems to be appealing to some people. But it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me — $8/month for hosting, and… Continue reading The Internets: #squarespace & amiestreet.com
Surfing the Nuum
As has been pondered lately, here and elsewhere, the loftily titled Breakbeat Continuum is every bit as baffling and recombinantly bizarre and wonderful and horrible as ever. I think part of the reason very few US artists have made a serious mark in any of the UK-originated break styles is that by the time people… Continue reading Surfing the Nuum
Rolling Stone Prejudice Against Anything Un-Rawkish Abides
Rolling Stone still thinks Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music is Controversial? Really? Hasn’t it always been blindingly obvious that “Metal Machine Music” is not intended as listening music for general audiences? I thought this was all settled canon law a long time ago. I am especially puzzled by all the people showing up and then… Continue reading Rolling Stone Prejudice Against Anything Un-Rawkish Abides
Is Boomkat’s “Also bought” Algorithm a bit too on the nose?
I spend more time than is probably healthy (financially or otherwise) exploring new music on Boomkat. They seem to have fairly no-bullshit reviews for music, and they seem intent on hyping things they actually like, for actual musical reasons. As opposed to a site like Beatport, who seem to hype stuff based on who has… Continue reading Is Boomkat’s “Also bought” Algorithm a bit too on the nose?
Law and Order Valentines, 6 Weeks Too Late
A Critique Of Pure Jargon
As regards My post about Micachu, a friend wrote to me: not intended to be sarcastic at your expense. I went through your review and xxxed out all words that either conveyed nothing to me (in my ignorance; like i know who matthew herbert is but not what that implies abotu how the album would… Continue reading A Critique Of Pure Jargon