June 2006
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Brightblack Morning Light - OFFICIAL BRIGHTBLACK... →
Awesome folksy slowcore on Matador records. The band members are cool authentically simple green people living in Northern California, but originally from Alabama. Plus I like the cover art. Their Matador page has a bio and an MP3.
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Notes from the Capital
My single previous visit to Washington, D.C. was a school trip in the eighth grade, which had convinced me that the city was composed solely of landmarks, museums, and tour buses. I was pleasantly surprised to find a good subway system and a sizable downtown area. Strangely, the buildings seemed to be stunted at 10 or so stories. Maybe a few 15 story buildings, but not too many, and nothing...
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Anti-Dentite
Thursday morning when I walked up to my cube I found it adorned with cheap party decorations in a cowboy / western theme. Cowboy hats, sheriff stars, hand cuffs… and a box containing the “You might be a redneck if…” board game (an officially licensed Jeff Foxworthy product). Cathy later explained that she was going for a redneck theme, but the party store in San Jose had...
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the Party
I thought I was to be in Washington, D.C. this past weekend, but at the last minute that fell apart, so the District continued to sleep alone, without me, for the time being.
On Friday, near Shackleford Point, I found an amazing tree with a gigantic horizontal brach perfect for sitting. It is at the end of a ridge, so there are steep hillsides down on three sides, making for nice views of the...
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Similes
I’ve recently, as in a few hours ago, decided that someone should maintain a list of things which people say Sigur Rós sounds like. I will admit that their sound is different from most bands out there, but I just never think of them as all that weird. Former passengers in my car when I had a Sigur Rós CD in would care to disagree. To wit:
“Do you have any real music? This just...
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method : people against dirty →
Environmentally conscious household cleansers and soaps in well designed packaging from a San Francisco based company.
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Method
Soaps and household cleansers have long been a bastion of terrible design and nasty chemicals. Method is a newish company attempting to rectify this situation. Their tag-line is “People Against Dirty”. It’s catchy.
The graphic design on packaging is great, but even better, the industrial design of their bottles is wonderful—very functional and simply beautiful sitting out on...