This post: Features indie music talk References television commercials Focuses on DEVO, Wilco and Iggy Pop Is mostly about misinterpretations of art (others' and my own) Is not supposed to be entirely...

I sat down to write a new post and got distracted by my drafts folder. I found a few pieces I wrote but then decided not to post because they were too inane, over-thought or, in one case, unoriginal...

Finally... More than rusty - I've been playing tennis lately, and I've really lost my touch. Maybe I was never that good, but then again, that would mean my whole high school tennis team was really...

Inspiration - I recently read Chris Ayres' War Reporting for Cowards. It's an overview of Ayres' career--from journalism school to an aborted stint embedded in Iraq at the beginning of the invasion...

Disclaimer: This is one of those posts where I take something seriously, even though it's fairly trivial. I do these sorts of things because I think it's fun. You probably know that if you're reading...

Still at it - I'm sticking to my goal of taking a picture every day, and only one (1-22) was shot in a late-night photo panic. In the car - Nearly a year later, I only have 5,000 miles on my car. Maybe...

In "Eating the Dinosaur," Chuck Klosterman writes that the world's cultural memory is expanding. For evidence, he points out that in Back To The Future, Marty from 1985 calls Johnny B. Goode an oldie...

Regret - I didn't make any best of lists for 2009, and even if I had kept them to myself, it would have been nice to chronicle something. I do have a few favorites of the decade, including Sea Change...

Years ago, when I was programming music for my college radio station, I came up with an idea for a radio music show. The show would be a block of songs that all have an obscure theme or bizarre cliche...

This is a post about paying for text online. This is just one, kind of fantastical, idea. In general, I like free content the way it is now. I just want better UIs. Now...let's start with this video...

I drive a lot during the holidays; I have a hard time napping; I tend to get in the way of people with serious holiday plans; and I pack light (usually). This means I'll spend a lot of time with headphones...