Monthly Archives: October 2005

Separated at Birth? Part IV

Posted on 31 October 2005 by Chris Barrus

Supreme Court Justice John Roberts and actor Gig Young. Whenever I see Roberts I half expect him to stand up in the middle of everything and start walking towards the Homewood bandstand (or at least take a shot at Warren … Continue reading →

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Eight other cool things that happened on my birthday today

Posted on 30 October 2005 by Chris Barrus

Special 40th birthday edition… 1. John Adams born (1735). 2. Ruth Gordon born (1896). 3. Fred Friendly born (1915). 4. Orson Welles broadcasts “The War Of The Worlds” (1938). 5. Grace Slick born (1939). 6. The Soviet Union detonates the … Continue reading →

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Lost And Found

Posted on 25 October 2005 by Chris Barrus

In the past month both the Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Raveonettes had all of their gear stolen in Brooklyn. Please continue to be on the lookout as things actually do get found – Sonic Youth recovered some of their … Continue reading →

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Radiators and other adventures with Victorian technology

Posted on 21 October 2005 by Chris Barrus

I know I’m legitimately a warm weather dork because any time I’ve been confronted with a radiator I’ve incorrectly believed that doing something with the radiator valve will affect the temperature. Part of me is still boggled that a major … Continue reading →

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Wires and lights in a box

Posted on 19 October 2005 by Chris Barrus

Edward R. Murrow’s 1958 keynote speech to the Radio-Television News Directors Association convention frames the beginning and ending of Good Night, And Good Luck. The complete text is up on RTNDA’s web site and despite being 47 years old it’s … Continue reading →

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A real model community

Posted on 17 October 2005 by Chris Barrus

Most model railroad sets go for recreating some imagined past, but this guy puts more reality in realistic by building scale urban blight with model commuter trains and subways winding their way through scale model graffiti-marked slums.

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Charles Fort gives up, goes home

Posted on 14 October 2005 by Chris Barrus

Attention all horror and high weirdness writers. Go back and re-revise whatever it is you’re working on because it’s just not weird enough. Reality just kicked your behind twice in a week. Check these… Worker ‘stole human brains’ Self-styled pigeon … Continue reading →

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Dubai

Posted on 14 October 2005 by Chris Barrus

Transfer links to a giant collection of photos from Dubai which give you an idea of the scale of Palm and World megaprojects. Several thousand years from now when the aliens finally get it together enough to show up, they’re … Continue reading →

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One Good Kooper Deserves Another

Posted on 14 October 2005 by Chris Barrus

Bedazzled solves a mystery that’s been bugging me for over ten years now and as I should have guessed, Al Kooper is involved. Eons ago, I got an unmarked tape of recording studio outtakes and ephemera. Most of it was … Continue reading →

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Floating Rocks

Posted on 13 October 2005 by Chris Barrus

MetaFilter links to the Concrete Ships site and the commenters all fall in to discuss the concrete battleship, concrete submarines and the, well, underwhelming remains of the S.S. Atlantus. Folks, if you want to get some dead concrete ship action … Continue reading →

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