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Category Archives: Aside
musicplasma – I have no idea how they establish rankings, but things seem to match up.
Sonos digital music system – This thing looks pretty amazing. Please Apple, don’t sue them out of existance.
Reading Quicksilver, organizing my room (finally), watching Shrek 2 (it’s awesome!).
Calls for Blair to quit – Disasterous local council election results for Labour. MP Clare Short joined the attack, saying: “I think that the electorate is sending a message to Tony Blair. What we did in Iraq has brought disgrace and dishonour on Britain.
Stephen Schwartz’s Musical Ghosts – NPR interview and supplements. Two of my favorite Schwartz songs — “Stranger to the Rain” from Children of Eden and “For Good” from Wicked — apparently use the same “Beethoven chord shift.” Go figure.
‘Avenue Q’ Tony Coup Is Buzz of Broadway – Apparently ratings for this pretty darn good awards show hit a record low. Sigh.
Avenue Q Turned the Cold War Hot – Apparently Avenue Q changed the nature of the Tony voting process by launching an all-out campaign for Best Musical, urging voters to “Vote Your Heart,” holding a “campaign rally” of sorts, and decking out their theater in bunting and posters. Well, it certainly paid off. If only Wicked had gotten more recognition. 🙁
Witty worm is a big deal – This little-noticed computer virus managed to infect every computer in the world that was vulnerable in 45 minutes. Generally these type of viruses are written by amateurs and are not very good. Witty was written by a professional, and was nearly flawless. And the author has not been caught.
AirPort Express – I am soo getting one of these
Make it Santori Time – Know how in Lost in Translation Bob shilled for Santori? Apparently, so did Sean. 🙂
Let’s Pay More, Not less, for Gasoline – Actually, I think he’s completely wrong about this one.
The RIAA has finally gone over the edge – Their behavior up until this point was evil, but not insane. But this is insane.
How a month and a half on Paxil taught me to love being shy – In depression, every med is different for every person. It can be confusing, it can be scary, it can be highly annoying. Some people decide to live without them, some don’t, some can’t.