Archive for the 'Randomness' Category

Good to be back

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Yes, October has come and gone, and my little blog here is finally up and running again.
What happened? Well, suffice it to say someone (or some script) had their/its fun, and I have sufficiently learned the lesson of keeping all my scripts up-to-date.
During the down-time, I kept the blogging up at my Wordpress.com site, and [...]

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A miscellany of…um…miscellaneousness

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Apparently I’m not the only one who finds Nascar on the radio to be a scintillating, engaging non-waste of time. It’s like Darby Conley’s reading my blog or something!
In other news, I’d have posted about the long weekend I spent with Husher and a couple of other guys on Aziscohos Lake, but, well, Husher’s the [...]

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Dancing about driving in circles

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

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 listening to a Nascar race. On the radio.
If anything could ever be more exciting than [...]

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Best…music…ever…

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

The guy I rode in to work with today was listening to a radio station that claimed to play “the greatest music ever made.”
Directly after making this incredibly audacious claim, the proceeded to play the synth pad/talk box intro to Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer.”
Who knew?
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Question of the day

Friday, June 15th, 2007

If a vegetarian is someone who eats vegetables, then what’s a humanitarian?
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Spirit of Radio Ga-Ga

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

According to the Portland Press Herald, WCLZ, the only local commercial radio station I bother listening to, is being sold. Their parent company is buying out ABC Radio, and needs to divest some stations. A notice on CLZ’s website says “it is our hope” that whoever buys the station will keep it the way it [...]

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Apparently, I’ve only got 2 years left

Thursday, May 17th, 2007

This is a hell of a birthday present to get from a “page-a-day” Onion calendar.
The calendar entry for May 15th, the 33rd anniversary of my birth:
Lifelong Love Affair With Music Ends At Age 35
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