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Monthly Archives: March 2006
Fischinger DVD finally!
Can we hear a hallelujah?! The Center For Visual Music is finally releasing a Oskar Fischinger DVD with ten of his films and some bonuses. Pre-orders are being accepted now…
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AppleScript to rename files
Another AppleScript problem that was vexing me this morning. Again, you would think that this would be easy… I wanted to rename a file to append the name of the enclosing folder onto it. For example, the file “Testfile.txt” inside … Continue reading
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Lovetones at SXSW
Some video from The Lovetones show at SXSW has shown up on YouTube… From the Tee Pee Records showcase on March 17: And a day later with Anton from BJM: I can’t recommend their new album highly enough!
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Separated at Birth, Part V
Recently retired host of CBS’ In The News Christopher Glenn and sinister Eldon Tyrell from Blade Runner. In The News was part of my daily diet of Sunday morning television throughout the 1970s. Glenn’s voice was a natural, but what … Continue reading
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Modern Eschatology (Total Solar Eclipse edition)
There is a total solar eclipse over much of the world today and along with the requisite warnings about not looking directly at the sun it has become necessary to warn that an eclipse is not punishment from the gods. … Continue reading
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Squid!
Squid blog. Cephalopodcast. Angry squid. Giant squid grabs London. Giant squid in Chile. The Loch Ness Imposter. CephBase.
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Disneyland In Los Angeles
A couple of weekends ago I went on Charles Phoenix’s “Disneyland Tour of Downtown.” Oddly enough, with all this food and LA history obsessions I have I’ve never been in Clifton’s Cafeteria before. I’m not sure if my eyes survived … Continue reading
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Time Capsule / Record Store for sale
Every so often you’ll hear a story about an old car in a barn that turns out to be some impossibly rare sports car that’s been sitting there for thirty years. What blows my mind about this story is that … Continue reading
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Pam in current issue of Coast
My sister Pam was interviewed for the March 2006 issue of Coast magazine. Check it out here: page 1 page 2 page 3
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Mike Chapman interview
Rock & Roll Geek Report tracks down certifiably super-genius music producer Mike Chapman for an hour-long interview that’s well worth the download. Chapman mentions that he would love to work with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and I gotta admit that … Continue reading
