Monthly Archives: August 2007

Dancing about driving in circles

Posted on 8/21/2007 by Andrew

Writ­ing about music is like danc­ing about archi­tec­ture. I’m not sure who orig­i­nally said this — I first heard it attrib­uted to Elvis Costello, but I’ve heard many oth­ers given credit for it in the years since. My co-worker is cur­rently … Con­tinue read­ing →

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All those squeaky little ones and zeroes

Posted on 8/17/2007 by Andrew

The CD turned 25 yes­ter­day. (via Scott Andrew) As every­one else has turned this into an occa­sion for nos­tal­gia, so shall I… I bought my first 2 CDs ever dur­ing my family’s last few months liv­ing in Tai­wan, in the sum­mer … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Ur out of ur element, Donny

Posted on 8/16/2007 by Andrew

Lebowski theme week con­tin­ues! I just unearthed this image from the mess of icons on my desk­top. It was cre­ated a few months back when I was fool­ing around with a LOL­Cat builder (link to a newer one at BigHuge­Labs, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Takin’ ‘er easy for all us sinners

Posted on 8/15/2007 by Andrew

A post at the Arts and Faith mes­sage­board points out an arti­cle about The Big Lebowski writ­ten by The Dude him­self, Jeff Bridges. Look­ing fur­ther into the arti­cle, it appears to to be excerpted from the fore­word to a new … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Just what I needed

Posted on 8/9/2007 by Andrew

Some­times, the only thing you need to clear your mind of all the crap within is a nice long walk. Carla and I are sit­ting in this Sun­day with the wor­ship band at our old church, so I stayed in Port­land … Con­tinue read­ing →

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