I didn’t even bother watching the Grammys (nor have I in the past… well, who knows), because, well, for one thing, I rarely go out of my way to watch TV (especially on a Sunday night). But for one thing, of all the inumerable awards out there, the Grammys seem most meaningless; they toss[...]
Posts Tagged ‘New York Times’
February 9th, 2009 - 6:44 pm § in Perfect Lines
Maybe It's Called "Grammy" Because It's For Old People…
January 6th, 2009 - 3:06 pm § in Perfect Lines
Breaking News: iTunes and DRM-Free Songs
New York Times technology correspondent Brad Stone has some great information on the future of DRM-free songs available on iTunes. Blogging live from the Macworld Expo, here’s the quick and dirty down low: “1:37 p.m.: More background: EMI had been the only one of the four major labels to[...]
December 19th, 2008 - 2:24 pm § in Perfect Lines
The Best Gifts… for those who didn't get them
A New York Times article on gifts gone awry reminded me of what is perhaps the one funny thing I’ve ever seen associated with Mad TV: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7IxliAPjAk] Now really, a Tickle Me Emo would be amusing for a little more than a few seconds, right? Otherwise, how wo[...]
December 15th, 2008 - 4:29 pm § in Perfect Lines
Behind The Back Battles
How about this quote from The New York Times on Caroline Kennedy’s attempt to gain Hilary Clinton’s Senate seat: “Already, some other Democrats have pointedly questioned her credentials for the job. Rep. Gary Ackerman, a Queens Democrat, said last week that he didn’t know what Ms[...]
October 2nd, 2008 - 12:15 am § in Perfect Lines
Down with the Sickness
Sorry for the lack of posting, I’ve been a bit under the weather. But here’s some quick stuff to throw at you, although none of it necessarily emo related. Here goes… *In preparation for the kickoff of the Baltimore Round Robin today/tomorrow at Mass Art, here’s an excellent [...]
September 24th, 2008 - 12:50 am § in Perfect Lines
Too Lazy To Right Write
Michael Moore is the newest guy to pull a Radiohead, but not with music (though if it were, I’m sure it’d be somewhere in the general stereotype for emo these days – whiny and overly-dramatic). Moore released his newest piece, Slacker Uprising, on the net for a free download yester[...]
September 11th, 2008 - 12:05 am § in Perfect Lines
The Politics of Fashion
Naomi pointed me the way to this excellent piece by Thursday/United Nations’ Geoff Rickly on the MTV Headbanger’s Blog site on my previous post, and it got me thinking about the impact of fashion on culture. Rickly astutely notes the power of the image, and in doing so recalls Marshall M[...]
September 7th, 2008 - 3:18 pm § in Perfect Lines
More News After This Quick Commercial Break
Mountain Dew commercials rarely make me sit up and pay attention – I simply don’t like their product or most of their commercials. But, towards the end of this ad, which begins with the familiar trope of extreme people drink Mountain Dew, I practically jumped out of my seat: [youtube=htt[...]