tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41554154194928583642010-01-02T14:45:20.749-08:00Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319865543116751911noreply@blogger.comBlogger875125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155415419492858364.post-34385808289868245582010-01-02T06:26:00.000-08:002010-01-02T06:27:04.557-08:00

I just found BigHugeLab's photobooth tool. By now everyone should know my position of fake photo effects, but given that old-school photobooths have gone the way of the dodo (and to most people the word "photobooth" is a MAC app), I'm cool with this.

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319865543116751911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155415419492858364.post-29623884160614002172010-01-01T06:49:00.000-08:002010-01-01T06:49:33.341-08:00

Camera Obscura - "Happy New Year"

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Generally, I don't make resolutions of any kind, but it's pretty apparent that blogging has lost what little luster it once had for me. Therefore... 1. I will not feel obligated to blog every day. I have no idea why or how I became a "once a day, every day" blogger, but it's a real time suck. 2. I will say what I need to say, and if it bothers someone, so be it. I'm not a fan of hurting people,

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No, that's not a Google term that led some unfortunate soul to this site, but these are: Canadian indie holiday music Starts with a "ho ho ho," ends with an "eh?" and wears skinny jeans. Predicting hit songs I prefer a coin toss. People think little girls should be seen and not heard And I tell those people to "Suck it!" Do men listen to Bjork? Only those who own earplugs. Shiitake urine

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319865543116751911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155415419492858364.post-79484018271313413252009-12-28T06:49:00.000-08:002009-12-28T06:49:31.090-08:00

I'm so addicted to Sarah Haskin's Target Women...

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319865543116751911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155415419492858364.post-77709304359220254822009-12-27T06:26:00.000-08:002009-12-27T06:26:14.194-08:00

Friend and fellow singer-songwriter Kristin Hersh has set up a page for those who would like to donate on behalf of his family.

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(Update December 26: Vic Chesnutt's death now confirmed. The news broke last night after I'd written the following post.) I've been hesitant to post this given the shaky (and confusing) details that have been pouring in the past two days, but singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt is in a coma after an alleged suicide attempt. The news broke Christmas Eve via a post on fellow singer-songwriter Kristin

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(Cross-posted at BlogHer) Whether you call them the 00s, the aughts, the aughties, the noughties or the naughties the decade is over. I had this discussion with someone on another forum: what sound or musical style defined the decade? Maybe I'm just getting old, but digging through the last ten years of music, I don't hear a particular sound emerging like the grunge ushering in an ear of "

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I could probably get away with using my own Italian surname with on of my many slightly derogatory childhood nicknames, but here goes. I'm... The Good Time. Ha! Right. Get yours.

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Finally, Big Love returns. Season 4 starts January 10 at 9PM but unfortunately I can no longer justify the price of extended basic. Watch the trailer here.

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Normally I don't "shame" fellow posters for inane online rants. but this is one of the most blatantly racist things I've read in a long time. I don't even want to quote it here, it's so vile. I like Makeupally. I like having a site to haunt and occasionally post where I don't have to think too hard. Most of my day involves thinking, and when that day is over, I like to numb my brain with gushing

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319865543116751911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155415419492858364.post-10551083164007935152009-12-21T06:49:00.000-08:002009-12-21T06:49:59.745-08:00

The Goodreads Choice poll is up and running.

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The cast of Celebrity Rehab 3 is posted on VH1's blog and is set to air January 7th. Similar to the first two cycles, the third season of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew will follow the real-life experiences of celebrity patients undergoing detoxification and treatment at the Pasadena Recovery Center. The show will follow Mackenzie Phillips (One Day At A Time), Heidi Fleiss, Dennis Rodman, Mindy

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I found these two articles on blogging, gender, and the overall online experience: What's in a Pen Name (Feministing) and Why a Blogger Hid Her Gender (Jezebel). Those with male usernames are taken more seriously online, have greater opportunities, and are unlikely to field stupid queries about their breast size or sexual activity? Wow, least shocking realization ever. Granted, the blogger

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319865543116751911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155415419492858364.post-37652758952659932122009-12-18T06:49:00.000-08:002009-12-18T06:50:04.188-08:00

Garage rock revival? Autotune? Did the 00s have a "sound" at all?

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319865543116751911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155415419492858364.post-21248751106723422292009-12-17T06:50:00.000-08:002009-12-17T06:51:17.024-08:00

Abba joins Genesis, The Hollies, The Stooges and Jimmy Cliff as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2010.

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This is the easiest (read: laziest) way to do this. I made a list of favorites, too (which you can find on my profile at Goodreads), but it was slim. Some of my favorite books of '09 were actually published in '08. (Victims of the library's wait list.)

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Yeah, I'm sure everyone saw that coming. The "word" of 2009: unfriend. Or maybe it's "defriend." Via CNN: "It has both currency and potential longevity," said Christine Lindberg, a language researcher for Oxford's U.S. dictionary program. "In the online social networking context, its meaning is understood, so its adoption as a modern verb form makes this an interesting choice for Word of the

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The month's not over, and I'm sure we're already sick of year-end, decade-end lists. (I'm not; I'm a sucker for a retrospective.) The Onion's AV Club has a boatload of decade-defining lists. (Included: Best Short Story Collections, Best Comics, and Best TV Series of the 00s.)

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I'm trying to see the appeal of MTV's Jersey Shore. (I mean, other than the obvious appeal of trainwreck TV.) Color me clueless (or color me a naive Midwesterner), but I'd never heard the word "guido" prior to this show, and I'm an Italian-American. Either way, it follows the same pattern as Real World, et al.: put a half-dozen (give or take) strangers in a house and watch them a) get drunk, b)

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319865543116751911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155415419492858364.post-53025493562925483492009-12-12T06:23:00.000-08:002009-12-12T06:23:53.345-08:00

I've been kicking around the idea of starting a shopping/makeup blog in addition to this one whose future remains hazy. Is this a dumb plan? I struggle with being taken seriously, and nothing could be less serious than blabbing about concealer. But hey, it's something I do know a little about and it might be fun.

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(Cross-posted at BlogHer) I was a little taken aback when I first heard Florence + the Machine much-hyped single, "A Kiss With a Fist." Not so much the subject matter -- you'd be naive to deny the history of violence in popular song (more on that latter) -- but the messages left in the band's Last.fm shoutbox: "First time listen........great!!!" "LOVE this." "Love the energy of this song. And

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319865543116751911noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155415419492858364.post-54382369549993222892009-12-10T06:51:00.000-08:002009-12-10T06:51:52.115-08:00

If you like music but are clueless when it comes to things like song structure, time signatures, and composition, check out Pandora's series of podcasts on music called Pandora Presents. Highly recommended: Meters & Time Signatures Word Choice In Lyrics Song Lyrics I'm really enjoying these. I've wasted far too much time trying to learn music from books rather than listening.

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No more year-end/decade-end programming for a while, I promise. What to do with this site? I think I'm going to leave it as a music/tv/book blog seeing as though personal blogging has never been my thing. (Though I've been trying for, gasp, three years.)

Kathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13319865543116751911noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4155415419492858364.post-34321351210400792022009-12-08T06:50:00.000-08:002009-12-08T06:50:21.405-08:00

Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You

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