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Entries from February 2004

Ear Damage

February 26th, 2004 · Comments

No wonder I my ears still ring some ten years after seeing Dinosaur Jr. for the last time. Check out the horsepower behind his setup. Be sure to scroll all the way down. The amps just keep on coming.
Being in the front of the audience was like standing in a strong wind [...]

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Tags: Music

You Can Always Talk To Dad

February 26th, 2004 · Comments

Mig Living , expatriate American residing in Austria, has recently set up a new site for his excellent bug series of comics that I highly recommend you check out. One can appreciate “The Bug”:http://www.metamorphosism.com/bug/ on many levels: from the familiar, family humor as the bug drives the wee one to school, [...]

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Tags: Weblogs

Paul Ford Interview at Gothamist

February 25th, 2004 · Comments

I may be a little late on this, but my favorite website about New York has a brief interview with my favorite writer on the Internet , Paul Ford.
Be sure and check out Paul’s best NPR voice.

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Tags: Writing

Funvoice

February 25th, 2004 · Comments

I did some iTunes Music Store shopping today with my bottle caps, and just received my invoice. I love an invoice that has an item called “Move Bitch” on it. You just have to love that Ludacris.

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Tags: Music

Hip Hop Best Practices

February 25th, 2004 · Comments

After being tipped by Robert over at bump.net, I’ve been rocking the Grey Album by DJ Danger Mouse, which is a mashup of The Beatles’ “White Album” and Jay Z’s “Black Album.” This is, of course, old news , but I’d like to say that it pretty much rules.
I guess mashups/remixes are just another [...]

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Tags: Music

Interview with the IAEA’s Web Editor

February 24th, 2004 · Comments

My brief interview with Rodolfo Quevenco, Web Editor at the International Atomic Energy Agency is up over at webgraphics.
Unrelated: work… once again… crushing… me. I promise some updates on the “Brass Tacks” movie and Gavin Dougan’s visit, etc. very soon.

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Tags: Elsewhere

Lightboxing

February 22nd, 2004 · Comments

My buddy Nate takes part in the latest Lightboxing competition. Check it out!

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Tags: Design

Don’t Choke

February 20th, 2004 · Comments

I finally got around to adding a new image to Signs of Danger.

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Tags: Nothing

Threepeat!

February 19th, 2004 · Comments

I had already figured out the never lose the iTunes Pepsi trick and am three for three at the contest after having received a winning Diet Pepsi out of a vending machine for my initial try. In short, you can tip the bottle and look at the code in the cap before you even [...]

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Tags: Atlanta · Movies · Music

Taking You To School!

February 16th, 2004 · Comments

What happened at The Earl on Friday the 13th?

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Tags: Atlanta · Music

The Halfass Switcher

February 13th, 2004 · Comments

It has shipped.
My conversion is nearly complete. By this time next week, I will have switched my computing platform to the above-depicted Apple. I will not be a Mac User, I will be The Mack User. I could contain my consumer indulgence reflex no longer, and I single-clicked her from [...]

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Tags: Consumer Fetish · Geek

Valentine’s Day Massacre Reminder

February 12th, 2004 · Comments

Friday night. The Earl. The Busdrivers.

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Tags: Atlanta · Music

So So Def Billboard

February 10th, 2004 · Comments

Preserved for posterity, yo! This is the famous So So Def billboard one sees from I-75/I-85 northbound en route to downtown Atlanta.
Image stolen from within the results of a Google Image Search

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Tags: Atlanta · Music

Combover v3

February 10th, 2004 · Comments

Combover for the 2Ks?

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Tags: Nothing · Travel

Morning 40 Federation Tour!

February 4th, 2004 · Comments

Attention Northeasterners, Easterners, Southerners and others around the U.S.:
The Morning 40 Federation, a phenomenon musical group from New Orleans, Louisiana, is touring the United States. I guarantee, literally, guarantee that if you go see this band, you will love it. In short, imagine filtering New Orleans roots music through a lot of malt [...]

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Tags: Music · New Orleans · New York