Soundtrack of Life... Again

Because I'm bored and I listen to different stuff then when I did this months ago I've remade a "Soundtrack to my life."

Your Life: The Soundtrack
Opening credits:	The Books - Take Time
Waking up:	The Books - Tokyo
Average day:	Brian Eno and David Byrne - America is Waiting
First date:	Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
Falling in love:	Blur - Sing
Love scene:	Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Fight scene:	Death From Above 1979 - Cold War
Breaking up:	Devotchka - Such a Lovely Thing
Getting back together:	Scissor Sisters - Get it Get it
Secret love:	The Herbalizer - Song for Mary
Life's okay:	Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
Mental breakdown:	Pilotdrift - Elephant Island
Driving:	Hot Hot Heat - In Cairo
Learning a lesson:	The Go! Team - Friendship Update
Deep thought:	Fiery Furnaces - Quay Cur
Flashback:	Jon Brion - Phone Call
Partying:	LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at my House
Happy dance:	The Go! Team - Feel Good by Numbers
Regreting:	Super Furry Animals - Run! Christian, Run!
Long night alone:	Madlib - Montara
Death scene:	Jon Brion - Over Our Head
Closing credits:	The Moldy Peaches - Jorge Regula
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-Brandon

Ze Frank is a funny funny man.

Love Letter to Condi
Dramatization of Spam
Valentine's day monologue
Cause
Pre-date confidence booster
Design Rejection Therapy
Important Life Lessons

-Brandon

Fiery Furnaces Kick Ass

I don't care what everybody else says, Rehearsing my Choir is out-fucking-standing. On par with Blueberry Boat. The Fiery Furnaces have my complete and total respect. They are probably my current favorite still active band.

-Brandon

I just lost the game.

1. To know The Game is to play The Game. One can never stop playing.
2. To think of The Game is to lose The Game.
3. When one loses The Game, one must announce to all present that one has lost. (For example, "I just lost The Game!", or "I thought about The Game." or simply, "I lost.")

I'm posting this everywhere I can. You can't not play the game.

-Brandon

Well. Public support for the president is lower then it has ever been before. What's caused the loss of support? Is it his awful foreign policy? No. Is it the massive defecit? No. Is it budget cuts for vital domestic programs? No. Is it his bigoted and backwards religious views? No. It's rising gas prices and natural disasters, two things he has little or no control over. People are so fucking stupid.

-Brandon

Operation Eden

This blog has beautiful photgraphy and commentary of post-Katrina Lousiana and Missippi. I'm reminded of a complaint from Steven about how he was bothered by someone in his class remarking at the beauty of Katrina destruction photos. I couldn't remark on the quality of those photos, as I wasn't there, but if they were beautiful I can't imagine why it shouldn't be talked about. I'm always sort of bothered by the idea of any sort of art, statement or joke being "too soon." If something is pretty, interesting, or funny, it deserves the credit for being so. Regardless of context these photographs are outstanding. If anything their association with the disaster adds to their effect.

More photos by Clayton Cubitt are available here.

-Brandon

Mocking Jack Chick never gets old.

Hilarious anti-goth Chick tract parody.
http://www.epsilonminus.com/godhatesthescene/
If you don't know who Jack Chick is, you should probably check out some of his mind numbingly ignorant comics. Some (like myself) find them hilarious. Others are merely shocked that this sort of thing exists.

A few suggestions for Chick newbies
-Good deeds don't get you into heaven.
-Muslims are damned as well.
-Apparently hell isn't one big party.
-Public education is damning children to hell as well.
-Those who don't support Israel are damned as well. Apparently the reason that so many African nations are in such dire situations is becaue they don't support Israel. Supposedly England is now in danger of the same fate.

-Brandon

Theme Punks

I first discovered Cory Doctorow because I saw Eastern Standard Tribe (or read it online here) on the recent arrivals rack at my local library. I grabbed it purely because the cover was well designed and I've had good luck judging books by their covers (it provides a good way to find new authors). It was pretty good. The central story wasn't great but some of the sociological and technical ideas involved within were really clever. I finished it and quickly forgot his name, until I got hooked on BoingBoing. Boing Boing is one of many blogs out there that regurgitate links they recieve. It is also one of the more popular blogs of this sort. It's a hub of sorts so other blogs that do exactly the same thing (myself included) can re-re-link what they liked. Cory Doctorow is 1/3 of BoingBoing and provides a strong copyleft viewpoint in a lot of his posts. Most of his work is available online, as well as in print and he allows people to do other projects based off of, and using his work (something I have a lot of respect for). I've since read other works by him, and it's my opinion that he is one of a few thought provoking Science Fiction authors left. While most Sci Fi authors write mindless action with little of the inteligence of the stories published decades ago, Cory Doctorow is writing thought provoking clever works, and better yet, he makes them all freely available online.

There was recently a link on BoingBoing to a novella he has been writing for Salon. Themepunks is a really good speculative Sci Fi at the next big revolution in business. There is some interesting comparison between the decline of industrialism and its effect on communities (primarily Detroit) and a possible similiar decline of technological service based economy. The likilihood of all this is debatable, but that is hardly the point. It's an intelligent, and entertaining look at the near future. The nature of the story probably won't have much timelessness unless it proves prophetic, but it is very interesting in the now. Read it if you have the time. I'm eagerly awaiting the next installment.

-Brandon