Some ferrets talk smack about Rudy G: There was a time when I used to buy the line that ferrets don’t make good pets, before I’d ever gotten to know any. But in recent years my sister has had a couple of ferrets and they’ve been wonderful companion animals — friendly, happy, gentle, and […]
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NYC Ferrets Against Giuliani
May 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Activism, Culture, LGBT, Nature, News, Pets, Politics, Video
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Fool MSNBC Twice, Shame on You
May 15th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Blogs, Culture, Internet, Journalism, Media, News, Politics, TV, Video
Funny stuff. Josh Marshall from Talking Points Memo roasts MSNBC for mistaking a parody White House site for the real thing in their Falwell coverage. The second time around, the anchorpersonage has a wee bit of trouble understanding the nature of her earlier mistake. MSNBC needs to hire some kids to explain the Web […]
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Music: The B-52’s, “Give Me Back My Man”
May 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Culture, Music, New Wave, Video
Rare video for “Give Me Back My Man” — not sure why, but I never saw this one on MTV back in the day. Well, never mind, it’s great fun to watch it now. This is still my all-time favorite B-52’s song, and the video really lets you see Cindy work her magic on it. […]
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Happy Fontiversary Helvetica, All About Arial, and Cooper Black: Behind the Typeface
May 13th, 2007 · Comments Off on Happy Fontiversary Helvetica, All About Arial, and Cooper Black: Behind the Typeface · Culture, Design, Film, Internet, News, Software, Tech, Typography, Video
Via an email from my friend Jorjet, I see that Helvetica is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. Helvetica comes from Switzerland, which is fitting considering its essentially neutral personality. We should all be so functional and wildly popular as Helvetica at our half-century mark. Of course, Helvetica has its detractors as well: “When people […]
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The Colbert Report on Intolerance Toward Intolerance
May 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Comedy, Culture, Hate Crimes, Politics, TV, Video
Stephen Colbert explains why we all need to be more sensitive to the feelings of bigots. (After all, if you prick a homophobic prick, does he not bleed?)
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Roundup: Kansas Twister Edition
May 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Comedy, Culture, Doctor Who, Education, Food, Health, HIV/AIDS, Journalism, LGBT, Media, Music, New Wave, News, Politics, Science Fiction, TV, Video
Kansas governor says it’s been harder to deal with the recent tornado disaster because the war in Iraq has put such a drain on the state’s National Guard. Both personnel and equipment that should have been available to the state are currently tied up in Iraq. “Here in Kansas, about 50 percent of our trucks […]
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Music: Tim Finn and His Imaginary Kingdom
May 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Culture, Music, New Wave, News, Video
I posted a little over a week ago about the forthcoming Crowded House album, Time on Earth, from Neil Finn and his bandmates. But there’s even more Finn news: Last week also saw the U.S. release of a new solo album from the other Finn brother, Tim Finn — the founder of Split Enz and […]
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TV: A Trashy Little Space Opera Called Quark
May 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Comedy, Culture, Journal, Science Fiction, TV, Video
Yeah, I’m still getting caught up with everything I put on the back burner in the lead-up to this week’s Partly Dave Show. So instead of our usual high-minded Ocelopotamus programming, here’s something fun for a Friday that I’ve been saving up for a while. For literally decades now, I’ve been dying for the chance […]
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Suzi Quatro Rocks Hard in Times Square
April 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Culture, Film, Journal, LGBT, Music, New Wave, Video
Ah, another thrilling YouTube find! Some of you will know Suzi Quatro as the most prominent female glam rocker of the early 70s, racking up a string of hits with Chapman-Chinn numbers like “Can the Can.” Some will know her only from her soft-rock duet “Stumblin’ In” with Chris Norman, which you have to have […]
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New Crowded House Album Due in July; Johnny Marr on Two Songs
April 27th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Culture, Music, New Wave, News, Video
Earlier this year it was announced that Neil Finn was getting back together with bassist Nick Seymour and guitarist Mark Hart to reform Crowded House. The new version will of course be missing its original drummer, the late, lamented Paul Hester, whose duties will be taken over by former Beck drummer Matt Sherrod. The band […]
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Four-Year-Old in the End Zone
April 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Culture, Journal, News, Video
I can’t quite put it into words, but on a certain level this video reminds me of what my entire childhood was like. (… for those stuck on slow connections, it’s a four-year old kid who for some reason is standing in the end zone at a football game and gets tackled full-force by […]
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Waterboys + Decemberists = Fun
April 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Culture, Music, Video
Speaking of Waterboys videos, here’s one I dearly love. It’s a fan-made clip of Mike Scott performing “Fisherman’s Blues” live with The Decemberists! The sound isn’t great but the joy comes through just fine. Here’s what the official Waterboys mailing list said about it: Mike Scott made a guest appearance with top up and coming […]
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Pale Blue Dot
April 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Pale Blue Dot · Climate Change, Culture, Poetry, Science, Video
A meditation for Earth Day from Carl Sagan.
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Totally Different Head: Devo on Square Pegs!
April 21st, 2007 · 3 Comments · Comedy, Culture, Music, New Wave, TV, Video
It’s been a tough week in the news, to put it mildly, so I feel like breaking out something special to brighten up the weekend. Like, how about the New Waviest episode of one of the New Waviest TV shows ever — the infamous Devo episode of Square Pegs! DJ Kristine of Planet Earth Chicago […]
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