tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55924962009-02-21T04:37:29.761-05:00I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes. <img src="http://static.flickr.com/29/52076640_ee253ab296_o.gif" alt="NYS" />Luxnoreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-63929546768672462632007-08-08T22:49:00.000-04:002007-08-08T22:57:19.564-04:00

I'm paraphrasing here. Barely.1. "Wow, where have I been? I had no idea that Neko Case was such a gifted performer! I always thought of her as that hot indie chick from Canada or wherever who posed for pictures in a see-through shirt. But yesterday I took a break from whacking off to listen to one of her albums, and boy was I surprised! Who knew that redheads with great racks could sing and play

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1176576994965567132007-04-14T14:54:00.000-04:002007-04-14T14:56:34.976-04:00

Gillian Welch

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1175894211823121172007-04-06T16:51:00.000-04:002007-04-06T17:22:01.663-04:00

Indie bloggers, I totally beat you to this post.click on song title to playMark Ronson - Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse)originally by The Zutonscovered by Amy Winehousethis version is produced by Mark Ronson from his new album Version.I dare you not to dance your ass off to it.

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1174270772802098162007-03-18T22:08:00.000-04:002007-03-18T23:19:32.813-04:00

You know it was a mistake to get a Myspace account when someone you haven't seen or talked to in five years sends you a "friend request" and then immediately sends you a message asking for money you supposedly owe them from years ago. Jesus Christ. (Yes, it involves a wedding, why do you ask?) I'm going to start a networking site called MyComplaints.com, where you can set up an account similar to

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1172942930902475042007-03-03T12:17:00.000-05:002007-03-04T23:44:28.246-05:00

Local politician at my door: "Are you a voter?"*Me: "..."Replayed in my head, 15 minutes later:LPAMD: "Are you a voter?"Me: "Are you a drinker?"*I took this to mean "are you old enough to vote?" I get that a lot.

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1171351137363684182007-02-13T01:52:00.000-05:002007-02-13T04:18:43.386-05:00

disclaimer: minors should not drink alcohol. Even though Wednesday will probably be a snow day anyway.Take one sip (that's sip, Gloria, not shot) every time one of the judges says:You made it your own.It was just aight for me.Not your best performance.I didn't like the song.You are what this competition is all about.You don't look like the American Idol.Look, I'm not being rude, but...It was like

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1170652206005419952007-02-05T00:08:00.000-05:002007-02-05T00:10:06.016-05:00

I am utterly fascinated by the POSTSECRET livejournal site.

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1170204512463460012007-01-30T19:47:00.000-05:002007-01-30T19:48:32.476-05:00

watching American Idol for the third week in a row and expecting it to not suck.

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1168135613949772192007-01-06T19:24:00.000-05:002007-01-06T21:06:53.983-05:00

Parents want to post pictures of their children on a public photo-sharing site, but they don't want pedos to be able to see or download them. So they feel that Flickr should be responsible for monitoring who views the photos that they, the parents, have posted of the children. On the internet. On a photo-sharing website. That is viewable to the general public. And searchable.Is there such a thing

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1168070338754004632007-01-06T00:59:00.000-05:002007-01-06T02:58:58.996-05:00

1. Summer of My German Soldier - A young Jewish girl lives in a small town in Texas during World War II. The military sets up a POW camp in the town and brings in a bunch of captured German soldiers. The girl befriends one of them, somehow, I don't remember. He escapes from the camp and she hides him in her attic. She secretly brings him food and other supplies, and they fall in love. I can't

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1167893590171067162007-01-04T01:49:00.000-05:002007-01-04T01:58:50.876-05:00

Governor Eliot Spitzer, Jan. 3, 2007:I report to you that the condition of many New Yorkers is superb, but whole communities have been left behind; that our future is bright, but that our government is in disrepair.ok, I'm with you there, governor.As the world has transformed and moved forward, it is only Albany that has stood still. hmm. I feel that could have been worded better.

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1167434182655943372006-12-29T18:08:00.000-05:002006-12-29T18:16:22.666-05:00

I think I just had a... flashback...

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1165983224903083172006-12-12T23:02:00.000-05:002006-12-14T17:47:16.046-05:00

I keep meaning to do this and I keep forgetting. These are some bands/artists that I like who aren't what I would call mainstream but for some reason don't qualify as indie, even though most of them are on independent labels. Wrong shade of lipstick for the indie scene, or something. I highly recommend seeing any of them in concert and this is where they will be playing in the next month or so:

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1164942229451991092006-11-30T21:35:00.000-05:002006-11-30T22:03:49.473-05:00

I just learned how to use BitTorrent.Do you ever think that, in the afterlife, you will be handed a 30,000 gig iPod, and the number of songs that you downloaded during your life without paying will be equal to the number of Bee Gees songs on your afterlife iPod?Oh, me neither. I was just asking.

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1162958204732824612006-11-07T22:25:00.000-05:002006-11-07T22:57:37.316-05:00

I was the 500th person to vote in my district today. The poll workers gave me a round of applause and a stale muffin. Make of that what you will.Martha Wainwright - New York, New York, New York

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1160615229017477682006-10-11T20:42:00.000-04:002006-10-13T19:26:16.463-04:00

Monday was Columbus day, but it was also Canadian Thanksgiving Day. Here are some Canadians doing what Canadians are good at*:Neil Young, The Band, and Joni Mitchell. From the Last Waltz.*that's playing music, not getting high, smartass.EDIT: the video is no longer available, due to "terms of use violation" which probably means some philistine reported it to youtube. I didn't upload that video,

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1159567233065328242006-09-29T15:33:00.000-04:002006-09-29T18:00:33.473-04:00

Dane Cook and the Killers? America, is that the best you can do with an infinite number of entertainment choices?

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1159415513033878872006-09-27T23:45:00.000-04:002006-09-28T10:26:37.983-04:00

that I found on the internets.Neko Case - Buckets of Rain (Bob Dylan cover)Gillian Welch - In Tall Buildings (from tribute to John Hartford)Nina Persson (of the Cardigans) - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (White Stripes Cover)

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1156475138193178572006-08-24T22:05:00.000-04:002006-08-27T05:59:31.580-04:00

Lala.com (see below, July 28) is not as great as I originally thought. It is still in beta and they are working out a lot of kinks in the system. It is a little misleading to say you can trade CDs you have for CDs you want. It is very difficult to get CDs that are in high demand. When you first join, you make two lists: a Have List and a Want list. Your Have List consists of CDs you want to trade

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1156297596254078512006-08-22T21:14:00.000-04:002006-08-22T21:46:36.266-04:00

I don't know, it's hard for me to imagine a man saying "I probably wasn't as aware of my surroundings as I should have been" in a situation like this. Margaret blames herself for being too "cocky" when driving but I don't see where she did anything wrong. Who knows; if she had changed lanes maybe she would have hit a car that was driving in her blind spot. Or the driver who was harassing her

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1155097617260757482006-08-08T23:43:00.000-04:002006-08-11T00:18:56.090-04:00

totally bummed me out. It made me feel old and it was too sentimental for my taste. And the thing with the donkey was so predictable. Now there's a sentence I never thought I would write.Here is an old favorite... I hope they never make Really Rosie II.

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1154797989715578002006-08-05T13:11:00.000-04:002006-08-05T13:13:10.890-04:00

Billy Joel

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1154056236552672072006-07-27T22:30:00.000-04:002006-07-27T23:10:36.656-04:00

I really did write something, I promise; it's just not finished yet. Meanwhile here's my newest addiction: lala.com. It's hard to explain how it works; I really didn't get it until I registered and made a list, which is free. So far I have agreed to ship 4 CDs (I have to wait until they send me the shipping envelopes, a la Netflix) and one CD is apparently on its way to me. I'm hoping they will

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1151979605761047972006-07-03T21:25:00.000-04:002006-07-03T22:20:05.956-04:00

The Devil Wears Prada was better than I expected. It wasn't Oscar material but it was entertaining. There is a point in most comedies, usually about halfway through, when I start thinking when is this movie going to end? But this one didn't drag at all. There was only one memorable line, and I don't even remember the exact quote, but it was something like, "The person whose calls you always take

Luxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592496.post-1151522254069602462006-06-28T14:35:00.000-04:002006-06-28T15:17:34.186-04:00

Martha Wainwright is going to be on Dave Letterman tonight. After that she's going all over the place. I've never seen her live, but after hearing the show that was broadcast broadcasted played on NPR, I really want to.

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