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Wednesday, February 26, 2003
Very often when I'm looking at words or phrases not in the context of reading, my mind automatically begins to anagram them. I was glancing at my bottle of Dr. Pepper Red Fusion just now, and I wondered if I could rearrange "Red Fusion" into one word. And sure enough I could. Who can tell me what the word is?
When I'm on the subway I usually end up staring at the "No Smoking" sign, and it always transforms into "Moon Kings". Good name for a band. Or a movie. In church sometimes my eyes wandered to the bulletin, and "Trinity Church" became "Thirty-inch cur". It took me a long time to find a good anagram of "Holy Bible", but I did. Any guesses? Adrienne's long last name can be anagrammed into "I Love Barnard M", which is cool because she went to college at Barnard. (Too bad about that extra M though.) All I ever got out of my college was "What one" and various menaningless phrases. My high school "Bancroft School" was "Crotch flab soon". I have often tried to make sense out of "Lucas Christian Enlow", but have done no better than "Ostrich nuisance wall" and "Shini new calculators". Maybe it's time to give that another try. I named my Fantasy baseball team "Swollen Lenlows". I don't think anyone thought that was neat. Does anyone out there have any exciting anagram stories? Or is it just me? I hope it's not just me.
Check out this cool little web toy. Those wacky economists.
And then there's this DJ toy. It looks pretty sweet, but I haven't actually tried it yet. It's a little daunting with all those controls and things. And looks like you're limited to cheesy techno dance club sounds, but still... cool. And I LOVE being able to see ESPN's "Top Plays" every day on ESPN.com, thanks to the miracle of ESPNMotion. It's the best video quality I've ever seen on the web... no streaming or anything. Let's hope other sites aren't far behind. Monday, February 24, 2003
I would like to address a grammar problem that is taking the world by storm, and really annoying me. Forgive me for not providing detailed explanations about case and conditional and whatnot, but I'm much better at telling people they're wrong than telling people why they're wrong. The reason I finally decided to bring this up is that I heard the butler on Joe Millionaire say it, and I thought it was amusing that this gentleman who was supposed to be the epitome of etiquette and style and all that needs to have his grammar corrected.
This sentence is not correct: "If I would have known Joe Millionaire was going to stink, I wouldn't have watched." This sentence is correct: "If I had known Joe Millionaire was going to stink, I wouldn't have watched." Thursday, February 20, 2003
Song of the Week:
Funky Four + One: "It's the Joint" The thing I like about this new "Song of the Week" format is that I can add new songs whenever I want. Sure, it's a new week. Yeah. Anyway, back to the song. You hip-hop headz out there (is that what the kids are calling it these days?) may recognize this song as the source of the "it's the joint" sample from the Beastie Boys' "Shake Your Rump" and De La Soul's "Say No Go". Well I've been looking for this song on the interweb for a while with no luck, and I finally found it. And it's not that great, all things considered. It's got the cheesy rap-feel of the Sugar Hill Gang, but I'm sure it was the joint way back in the day. And I also became aware of two more samples that come from this song. Positive K's "I Got a Man" is basically this song's beat and music with different rapping over it. And Naughty by Nature's "Uptown Anthem" borrows the "We gonna ________ , we gonna _____" style.
On Tuesday I went and saw a sneak preview for Old School, and it was hilarious. I highly recommend it, unless you don't like stupid guy humor. Or if you don't find Will Ferrell funny, in which case you need to have your head examined.
Tuesday, February 18, 2003
Songs of the Week:
Manic Street Preachers - "If You Tolerate This" I don't know anything about MSP, but they sound like they are from the eighties. Which is weird because I like this song. Maybe it's just the singer's voice and singing style that's eighties-ish, because it's kinda high and kinda glam-like, whatever that means. But it's worth a listen. Etta James - "In the Basement" FONKY. I heard the blues band at Johnny D's play this one and it's pretty cool. Some sweet soulful singin from EJ, and some funky bass. The guitar and keyboard solos that the band threw in were a nice touch, and the singer could really wail, which was nice. Oh and Etta's not bad either. Lafayette Afro Rock Band - "Soul Makossa" THE SONG MICHAEL JACKSON DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HEAR. It's a pleasant little funk song which would ordinarily be nondescript, were it not for the deep raspy voice of the singer chanting "Mama ko mama sa mama Makossa". This has GOT to be what the King of Poop was mimicking in "Wanna Be Startin' Something". If you're like me, you always wondered what Michael was jabbering about in that catchy part of the song. Now you know. Or at least you have a sneaking suspicion.
It seems people who spam have reached a new low. First it was one-word subjects in lowercase like "sup" and "hey", which turn out to be rather naughty emails. Now the subjects of spam I got today are "war", "anthrax" and "protection". I hate these people so much.
Thursday, February 13, 2003
If you're tired of my short and empty posts, hop on over to Bruce's site and enjoy his rants about ebay. Also funny is BS columnist Josh's take on Valentine's Day entertainment.
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
The radio still sucks. Especially WBCN. On Friday they told me the Old School sneak preview was "on Tuesday". For some wacky reason I thought that meant the first Tuesday in the future... but the nice lady actually meant the 18th. I should have known that "on Tuesday" is DJ-speak for "a week from Tuesday". Live and learn. And now I have to wait another whole week for the unique comedy stylings of Will Ferrell et al.
Speaking of tall hairy funny people, my friend Nathan is putting on a "one-man show" in LA in March. I don't know if it's standup or a play or what, but if you're in the Los Angeles area on March 3rd stop by the Complex on Santa Monica Boulevard, and on March 19th stop by the Globe Playhouse on N. Kings Road. You'll recognize him because he's the one whose hand you can see behind the snowy windshield in the Subaru Forester commercial. Still speaking of comedy, I recommend "Clone High" on MTV. Monday nights, 10:30, right after the Real World/Road Rules Battle of the Sexes, which is of course must-see. Let's hope the J-Mill two-hour finale starts at 8:00 next week. Sunday, February 09, 2003
Okay, okay, so maybe the radio isn't all bad. My MP3 player's battery got fried and all my CD's are at my Mom's, so I have been forced to listen to the radio for the last week. Overall it still sucks; I still haven't heard any new music I like. However, I called in to get tickets for a sneak preview of Old School Tuesday night, and I won! I feel so cooler than the rest of the world because I get to see Old School before everyone! Now if I could just find someone to go with me...
NBA All-Star game in the house tonight... that's always fun. I wish I had watched the "Hoop It Up" competition yesterday, but I forgot it existed. Long story short: 'Nique dunks on Kelso, Malcolm hits a three in Kelso's face, but Kelso ends up victorious. Monday, February 03, 2003
Chris from Not My Desk hasn't updated his site this year. He is MIA. What if he died? Would we ever find out? This message board thread poses that very question. Kinda gave me an eerie feeling.
By the way, if I don't post for a month or so, Menlow will tell you if I'm dead or not. (And I would return the favor of course.) Sorry to be so morbid... but that reminds me of something sad that happened to me yesterday. I was bored so I went to check out the Blues Jam at Johnny D's. I had no intention of playing; I just wanted to absorb some blues (and size up the competition). I hadn't been there in a while. Anyway, there always used to be a middle-aged guy with Down Syndrome or something similar who would "play" harmonica along with the jammers. Dave mentioned him back in May I think. It turns out Jimmy passed away last summer, and Johnny D's was taking up a collection for a gravestone. Very sad. But the music was great. There were a saxophonist and a tromboner in the house, so that added something special. And almost everyone knew what they were doing, which was nice. There were a couple drummers there who are regulars, and they're not bad. But not good enough to completely scare me away from playing in the future. There was some singer dude that thought he was the poop because he's a regular... but Kenlow would make him sound like Carl Lewis. |
