Halfway Decent at Best Friday Random 10+

Hmmm, TV Guide: "On the History Channel, Jesus sees His Shadow and there's six more weeks of Roman Occupation; This Really Old House, a roundtable discussion of brands of lamb's blood for lintel painting; and on a very Special Gray's Anatomy, the nurses and doctors work desperately to keep a rabbit from dying."

And now, the music:

1) Rio De Tenampa, Los Lobos

2) Oompa Radar, Goldfrapp

3) Clumsy Love Intro, The Clumsy Lovers

4) La La La La La, Elbis Rever

5) Tube music part IV, Necronomikon Quartett

6) I Saw The Light, The The

7) Mickey('s got a hold on me), The Fullerenes

8) All My Friends, LCD Soundsystem

9) Another Girl, The Beatles

10) To Lay Me Down, Cowboy Junkies

And bonus chocolaty goodness:

11) Read About Love, Richard Thompson

12) Opera Star, Neil Young And Crazy Horse (Live, 10/22/86 Fox Theater, St. Louis)

13) Space Boy Dream, A, Belle & Sebastian

So, off to another thrilling day at work, and a weekend spent watching basketball (Rock Chalk!) and trying to identify the source of the water leak on the second floor (my bet: the shower, so we might have to start using the one downstairs). And miscellaneous appropriated holiday lunch/dinner Sunday in Lawrence. Onward.

Halfway Decent at Best Friday Random 10+

Hmmm, TV Guide: "On the History Channel, Jesus sees His Shadow and there's six more weeks of Roman Occupation; This Really Old House, a roundtable discussion of brands of lamb's blood for lintel painting; and on a very Special Gray's Anatomy, the nurses and doctors work desperately to keep a rabbit from dying."

And now, the music:

1) Rio De Tenampa, Los Lobos

2) Oompa Radar, Goldfrapp

3) Clumsy Love Intro, The Clumsy Lovers

4) La La La La La, Elbis Rever

5) Tube music part IV, Necronomikon Quartett

6) I Saw The Light, The The

7) Mickey('s got a hold on me), The Fullerenes

8) All My Friends, LCD Soundsystem

9) Another Girl, The Beatles

10) To Lay Me Down, Cowboy Junkies

And bonus chocolaty goodness:

11) Read About Love, Richard Thompson

12) Opera Star, Neil Young And Crazy Horse (Live, 10/22/86 Fox Theater, St. Louis)

13) Space Boy Dream, A, Belle & Sebastian

So, off to another thrilling day at work, and a weekend spent watching basketball (Rock Chalk!) and trying to identify the source of the water leak on the second floor (my bet: the shower, so we might have to start using the one downstairs). And miscellaneous appropriated holiday lunch/dinner Sunday in Lawrence. Onward.

You Wouldn't Like Him Angry

An absolutely hilarious blog post on the myth of the "angry Kareem," by, oddly enough, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* his own bad self.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/kareem/2008/03/common-myths-ab.html

A sample, but you do want to read it all:

"One of the common myths about me was repeated last week when a friend of mine was playing in his weekly basketball league and a teammate asked him, 'Why was Kareem always so angry?' That’s not the first time I heard this charge. What’s weird about it is that every morning when I get out of bed, bluebirds, squirrels, and deer help me get dressed while we sing 'We Are the World.' By the way, squirrels really suck at tying shoes. And deer often mumble the lyrics."

Via Oliver Willis, who is indeed Kryptonite to Stupid.


*For those who can't quite place the name, Kareem starred in Airplane!, fought with Bruce Lee in Game of Death and played the title character in the Tales from the Darkside adaptation of Harlan Ellison's story "Djinn, No Chaser."

Oh, yeah, he also played some ball.

You Wouldn't Like Him Angry

An absolutely hilarious blog post on the myth of the "angry Kareem," by, oddly enough, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar* his own bad self.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/kareem/2008/03/common-myths-ab.html

A sample, but you do want to read it all:

"One of the common myths about me was repeated last week when a friend of mine was playing in his weekly basketball league and a teammate asked him, 'Why was Kareem always so angry?' That’s not the first time I heard this charge. What’s weird about it is that every morning when I get out of bed, bluebirds, squirrels, and deer help me get dressed while we sing 'We Are the World.' By the way, squirrels really suck at tying shoes. And deer often mumble the lyrics."

Via Oliver Willis, who is indeed Kryptonite to Stupid.


*For those who can't quite place the name, Kareem starred in Airplane!, fought with Bruce Lee in Game of Death and played the title character in the Tales from the Darkside adaptation of Harlan Ellison's story "Djinn, No Chaser."

Oh, yeah, he also played some ball.