December 2008
44 posts
All Together Now!: 30GB Zunes Failing Everywhere,... →
The crisis has been dubbed by Zune users ‘Z2K9’, due to the apparently synchronized faceplantings across the country.
I think our poor bench play is finally hurting us. →
30 Resources to Create Your Own Web 2.0 Site →
Consumers Union Buys Consumerist →
Fimoculous.com - 30 Most Notable Blogs of 2008 →
Morrissey-solo | Andy Rourke plays "Barbarism..."... →
[Lists] My Favorite Albums of 2008 - Information... →
A Reporter Suddenly Becomes the News - NYTimes.com →
In September, Ketzel Levine, a senior correspondent for National Public Radio, came up with an idea for a series about how Americans were handling economic pressure. Called “American Moxie: How We Get By,” it began in early December. The subjects were people like an Illinois farmer who loved tending to his cows, but was having to sell them. “My idea was to look at how we adjust, how we change,...
“Preparing to move into their pricey new ballpark, the Yankees will hold the four...”
– AP Source: Teixeira agrees to $180M Yankees deal - Yahoo! News
“I’ve been trying to sound like Maroon 5 since before there was a Maroon 5...”
– New York - The Making of Maroon 5’s Call and Response: An Oral History - Sound of the City - Village Voice
“How stoked do you think Ryan Adams is now that he’s on the same label as...”
– Morrissey Reveals U.S. Release Details, Tour | Pitchfork
Mp3s: Wedding Present in Cambridge, MA →
Here’s their early-October set, once again downstairs at the Middle East in Cambridge (their venue of choice, it seems). Personal highlights were “Kennedy” kicking things off, “Palisades” (maybe my fave from their latest, “El Rey”), and the late-set one-two punch of “Dalliance” and “Dare”, which were played more passionately than...
“I really want to do a PETA ad with Morrissey, I’d be happy to do it naked if...”
– Eva Mendes wants to get naked with Morrissey
“The Celtics of the Big Three are 88-18 in the regular season.”
– Sounds like a broken record - The Boston Globe
“He’s always going on about these brilliant songs he’s written. And...”
– Noel Gallagher
Advertising: NASCAR Begs You To Buy More Stuff... →
Ad Age also said that NASCAR’s fate lies largely on the shoulders of Congress, due to the fact that the sport is so heavily supported by the Big Three automakers. By bailing out the auto industry, Congress may also be bailing out NASCAR.
“Richmond, VA show on Ticketmaster- The National
Richmond, VA
Fri, Mar 13,...”
– Morrissey-solo | Richmond, VA (Mar. 13) showing on Ticketmaster
“Asked if the Celtics could “burn out” after a such a hot start,...”
– Celtics trying to stay one step ahead on their march - The Boston Globe
“Well, well, well. He turned up! Morrissey was actually in our actual dressing...”
– Morrissey-solo | Noel Gallagher’s latest blog entry on meeting Morrissey backstage
More Selected Excerpts from The Grizz's Interview...
Grizz: How much of the new record are you playing live?
Noel: 6 songs.
Grizz: Are the set lists pretty regimented?
Noel: Very regimented.
Grizz: Are they the same every night?
Noel: Yeah, almost to the point of the fascism.
Grizz: Same order, everything?
Noel: There must be discipline.
Grizz: What is the set list, what’s it like?
Noel: It’s an 8X4 piece of paper, and it has Oasis song titles on it.
Grizz: Mm-hmm?
Noel: Yep. And we start at the top, finish at the bottom.
Grizz: And the ones in the middle you play in the middle?
Noel: The ones on the middle, yep, they get played in the middle. It’s got 6 songs from the new album, 8 from the two famous albums, and about another 6, odds and bits and bobs and B-sides and album tracks and that kind of thing from all the rest.
Grizz: Anything from "Be Here Now" in there?
Noel: There was, initially.
Grizz: What was?
Noel: "My Big Mouth" was there, initially, but we got rid of that because we felt the set was one song too long.
Grizz: And that’s the one that had to go?
Noel: It didn’t have to go, it was just kind of well, if we’re gonna drop one song, you can’t… I’m looking at the list and I’m going, can’t drop "Supersonic", d’ya know what I mean. It’s obvious. If you take a straw poll of the people in the room and say would you rather hear "My Big Mouth" or XYZ -- and I don’t mean the fucking Coldplay album -- what would you rather hear? So I’m just assuming people would rather hear "Cigarettes and Alcohol." I don’t know, I could be wrong.
ESPN - East Carolina's Skip Holtz has no Syracuse... →
Holtz said Sunday he has had no formal meetings with Syracuse and called an NFL Network report that he was to be introduced as the new coach Monday “inaccurate.” Holtz, however, didn’t rule out replacing the fired Greg Robinson. “I would like to have the opportunity to talk to [Syracuse AD] Daryl Gross,” Holtz said. “But at this point, no, I’m not going...
Morrissey-solo | Years Of Refusal, the actual... →
What he said is that the sound is more rock, lots of drums and sounds a bit Morriccone in some songs. He would give it a 7/10 and said it’s good but not as the previouse ones
“They reckon Morrissey’s on the guest list tonight! Really? I’ll...”
– Morrissey at Oasis L.A. gig
Selected Excerpts from The Grizz's Interview with...
Grizz: So what was recovery like? Did you have bruised ribs?
Noel: Three broken, and I had five bruised ribs. I was just laid up in the house for five weeks.
Grizz: Boring.
Noel: Well, you should see my house, it's hardly boring. It's fucking awesome.
Grizz: Did you stay in bed, or did you tool around the house?
Noel: I've got a 1 year old son who requires a lot of attention, and it was kind of a bit weird not being able to play with him, kind of thing. I kind of sat, lying on the couch, watching TV, eatin foods that was bad for me and not getting any exercise, all that kind of shit.
Grizz: What'd you watch on TV, anything good?
Noel: Constant football. Football and, you know, the Discovery Channel. Shit about sharks, stuff like that.
Grizz: You don't have a computer at all?
Noel: Are you drinking while you're speaking to me?
Grizz: No, I'm not.
Noel: You know, my fucking girlfriend does that and it's really fucking annoying.
Grizz: No, I'm not drinking.
Noel: You are, you took a sip of a drink just then.
Grizz: I did not take a sip of a drink.
Noel: Well you swallowed really fucking loudly.
Grizz: I did, yeah.
Noel: Right then, so don't swallow loudly on the phone. If I don't swallow loudly, you shouldn't. Carry on.
ESPN - Indiana vs. Boston - Recap - December 03,... →
Rajon Rondo notched his first career triple-double and Ray Allen scored 31 points, leading the Boston Celtics over the Indiana Pacers, 114-96 on Wednesday night for their 10th straight victory.
Operation Humble Kanye →
Vice Magazine: LONDON - THE BEST ALBUMS EVER, 2008 →
Number 14: Elbow.
Your Taxdollars At Work: AIG Swaps "Retention... →
In order to get a giant honking bailout from Congress, AIG pledged it would give up executives annual bonuses, but guess what? They found a way to give them anyway.
Ted Mosby is Not a Jerk!!! →
TED MOSBY IS NOT A JERK!
“I like The Last Shadow Puppets’ album but it feels a bit...”
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The Gallagher’s Favorite Music of 2008
Nikon Announces $8000, 24.5 Megapixel D3X →
Nikon has announced the D3X, a new full frame DSLR with a whopping 24.5 megapixels. It is, more or less, a D3 with a bigger sensor and a bigger price tag. How big? $8000 big.
“I was watching Manchester United play soccer against Villareal yesterday and...”
– Lil’ Wayne To America: Watch More Soccer…
Parkhurst on the Move →
His departure is not a surprise: He expressed interest in playing in Europe and New England had begun preparing for the 2009 season without him. But once again, we are seeing a quality American player leave behind the domestic league for a secondary European circuit.