08
Feb

Where Does She Get the Dark From?

Playing Rock Band 2 for the last time in at least a couple of weeks, Jessie and I made Vlasta sing the Dead Kennedys classic “California Uber Alles” tonight. I explained that the DKs were a classic San Francisco punk band, one of the most revered, irreverent, smart, weird, etc. She thought for a moment and said “Now they get to add a new member.” Wow. So true, so true.

01
Feb

Today in Science News

No Primoridal Soup For You!

19
Jan

Great Moments in Rock

Have you ever heard an 11-year-old girl sing “War Pigs?” Hilarious. Best part: Every now and then, during lulls in the vocal tracks (which are epic, as my aching fake-guitar-ravaged hands and forearms will tell you), she would occasionally scream “WAR PIGS!” into the mic. Good times!

Coda: Reading in bed tonight, Jessie turned to me and asked “Who sang War Pigs – was it Nazareth?”

15
Jan

Röyksopp: “Eple”

A rather sweet video for a rather sweet song:

14
Jan

Great news, everybody!

The Baffler is back! This awesome political/commentary magazine fell apart in ‘07, but just like Jesus and zombies, it won’t stay dead. Check out what they’ve got and send a few bucks their way for a reasonably priced subscription if you’re so inclined.

04
Jan

Social marketing guru glut

We’re up to 15,740 self-proclaimed social marketing gurus/experts/ninjas/etc. Good work, internet!

17
Dec

O hai healthcare reform!

So hey, are you one of the people who thinks the Lieberman-infected HCR bill is just a big fat giveaway to the insurance companies that needs to be axed? If that’s true, then why don’t the Republicans support it enthusiastically? Or, for that matter, why didn’t they pass it some time between 2001 and 2006? It gives more away than we coastal elites would like, but that’s true for any bill that could be passed because we are near the end of the political spectrum. Remember: democracy sucks, just like dealing with bad housemates, but talking them into paying their bills while they refuse to do dishes is better than just kicking back in silent self-righteousness while they do whatever they want.

15
Dec

Music! Lights! DRAMA!

It turns out there is no music more psychedelic than that found at a middle school concert. I heard the theme to “Beverly Hills Cop 2″ for the first time, plus medleys of Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa songs arranged by a Mr. O’Reilly. In and out in just over an hour, so all told, not so bad. And Vlasta OWNED her violin!

30
Oct

Happiness hat!

It’s the behavior modification accessory that all of Park Slope is talking about:

happiness hat from Lauren McCarthy on Vimeo.

23
Oct

Vlasta’s take on history

Part 1, maybe. She’s doing a timeline of her life and its relation to historical events. This one is a little stretch – she was born on the 30th anniversary of Robert Kennedy’s assassination – but the picture she drew to signify it is all kinds of awesome:

30 Wonderful Years!





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