Month: November 2003
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Tipjars for Musicians
I wrote a short guide about how musicians can set up tipjars.
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Royal Coincidences
While looking at referrer logs, I came across an Internet radio site called epiphany radio which played a lot of free and open source music. Great, isn’t it? Not only did the site link to my sharethemusicday essay, it is coming from the same city in the same apartment complex.
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Remembering Zoe Lund
Husband writes about deceased wife and radical actress Zoe Lund, who wrote, directed and acted in many films, most notably Bad Lieutenant. The essay concludes: “That which is not yet, but ought to be, is more real than that which merely is.” This is the primary line spoken by her character in the short film…
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Not Work Safe
40 Mistakes Men Make when Making Love. This article is actually 2 columns and includes a point by point response by a man. Not to be outdone, Rupert compiled a List of Mistakes that Women make when making love. Cosmicbabe gave insightful insightful responses. All this is discussed on Erosblog, a pleasantly literate look at…
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Harold Bloom on Harry Potter
Amusing Harold Bloom’s denunciation of Harry Potter. Her prose style, heavy on cliche, makes no demands upon her readers. In an arbitrarily chosen single page–page 4–of the first Harry Potter book, I count seven cliches, all of the “stretch his legs” variety.
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Another Day, Another Weblog
Here’s a link to my Peace Corps Houston weblog. I’m linking to it to get it listed on google.
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Doomed Romance Cinema
Making this amazon list of Doomed Romance Cinema was awfully consoling.
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Book Review Site
Listing of Book Review Sites
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Blogging nekkid
Blogging nekkid seems to be the meme of the week. I thought long and hard and have reached the conclusion that I have never blogged nekkid (though I have exposed myself through my writing in other ways).
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Suicidal Blogging
Two bloggers write about suicide attempts: Everydaystranger and I don’t think. Writing about such events is therapeutic and could possibly help others and help people to reach out to you. But it’s so wierd. And so private. It reminds us about why blogging is so important and healthy and soul-sustaining. (BTW Both bloggers are interesting…
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Foreign Bunnies
A Hindustan article about learning American English . David Sedaris on explaining Easter to a class of foreign students. The French teacher sadly shook her head, as if this explained everything that was wrong with my country. “No, no,” she said. “Here in France the chocolate is brought by the big bell that flies in…
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Being Quoted
I’m quoted in a reuter’s story on free music sites. The quote came from my Interview with iRATE radio creator.
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Ixnay on the urder-may
Andrew’s Memorable Quotes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. “I’m bored. Episode I bored.” – Showtime “Ow! Watch it! That’s my joystick hand.” – Showtime “Where the hell have you been? This funnel cake is kicking my ass.” – Get it Done “Ixnay on the urder-may.” – Flooded Ok, these jokes only appeal to the diehard…
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Biofack of Raspil Iverson
Raspil Iverson wrote a amazing biographical timeline of her life, which includes (among other things) a history of tattoos, her off-and-on-history with addictive substances and death of her automobiles. She is unsparing with the details: November 1996: Becoming tired of plastic surgery. Heard an ad for bartending school on the radio and signed up. Met…