September 2009
13 posts
Give Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize for Literature! http://tinyurl.com/nask86 (And while they’re at it howzabout P Roth and T Pynchon?)
Remember boys & girls, if you don’t watch my show tonight, angels will cry & bad men will come and kill your dogs and cats. (via @DrHouse)
Based on his world travels and city biking, David Byrne imagines his ideal city. http://kottke.org/09/09/the-perfect-city (via @knitmeapony)
600 conservation groups call on Senate to dedicate funds in a climate bill to wildlife and natural resources http://su.pr/1qssEi (via @NWF)
Too late! RT Cesar Millan’s new book “How to Raise the Perfect Dog” is available for pre-order: http://ow.ly/punu (via @cesarmillan)
“World boogie is coming.” The last words of my new hero, the late Jim Dickinson of Memphis, TN. http://bit.ly/gJugj
I don’t care if it dates back to the 14th century, people who use “privilege” as a verb must be driven into the howling wilderness.
“The GOP blew it” - nailing the politics of the healthcare debate http://bit.ly/12cXc4
Just joined a twibe. Visit http://twibes.com/BioDivLibrary to join
Glad I’m off the magazine-publishing treadmill to tomorrow. To editor friends my Aug/Sept enthusiasms are old news, professionally useless.
Stereophile’s music editor offers a useful rundown of the sonic improvements in the remastered Beatles albums. http://tinyurl.com/ppwaah
I keep thinking of that scene in “Men in Black” where Will Smith yells at Tommy Lee Jones and Rip Torn, “Hey, old white guys!”
The Great Bob Dylan Audio Scandal: crippled sound on the recent albums (and why only the vinyl versions sound decent). http://bit.ly/NycDT