The Best You Can Is Good Enough

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:18:45 GMT

The Department of Elections, City and County of San Francisco, has sent me an explanatory card about ranked-choice voting. The thing that caught my eye is the names and titles on the sample ballot. For example name: Eleanor Roosevelt english: Incumbent spanish: Titular. See the full ballot here.

Radiohead outside lands August 22, 2008 (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:32:10 GMT

1. 15 Step
2. Reckoner
3. Airbag (sound cut out briefly)
4. There There
5. All I Need (sound cut out)
6. Nude
7. Talk Show Host
8. National Anthem
9. The Gloaming
10. Videotape
11. Weird Fishes
12. Idioteque
13. Karma Police
14. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
15. Just
16. Exit Music for a Film
17. Bodysnatchers
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18. Pyramid Song
19. You and Whose Army? (Genuine moment: Thom Yorke messes up by laughing at his eyeball close-up on the video screen.)
20. Paranoid Android
21. Fake Plastic Trees
22. Everything in its Right Place

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:25:15 GMT

i am reminded as always that, no matter how bad it seems to get, there's nothing better than being alive. you can thank a god or whatever if you want, but you don't have to thank anything. just don't forget.

I love all of the people in my life.

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:27:48 GMT

Correction: February 19, 2008
An article in some editions on Monday about a New York City Transit employee’s deft use of the semicolon in a public service placard was less deft in its punctuation of the title of a book by Lynne Truss, who called the placard a “lovely example” of proper punctuation. The title of the book is “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” — not “Eats Shoots & Leaves.” (The subtitle of Ms. Truss’s book is “The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation.”)

For those of you who thought I was crazy when I said Neon Bible reminded me of Bruce

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:29:03 GMT

Bruce & The E Street Band and Win & Regine, Keep the Car Running:

Weakerthan's Setlist

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:48:10 GMT

Slim's, Wed. Oct. 3rd 2007

Psalm for the Elks Lodge Last Call
Civil Twilight
Our Retired Explorer
Benediction
Reconstruction Site
Aside
Night Windows
Relative Surplus Value
Sun in an Empty Room
Left and Leaving
Tournament of Hearts
The Reasons
Time’s Arrow
History to the Defeated
Plea from a Cat Named Virtute
–
One Great City!
Pamphleteer
Confessions of a Futon Revolutionist
Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure
–
Swingin’ Party (cover)
Exiles Among You

I lack the courage...

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:32:28 GMT

...to do the things I should do.
...to say the things I should say.
...to tell the truth.
...to do the right thing.

I can talk about my problems, but I can't seem to do anything about them.

I'm sorry.

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:35:57 GMT

Today we made beer-battered pickles. It was actually quite easy to make. First we tried a recipe from the internet that was hilariously off. It called for roughly equal parts spicy seasoning and flour, plus a small amount of beer, and produced a ball of nasty dough. Even with more beer, it was just not tasty, and was quickly abandoned. So we improvised:

1) 1/2 cup flour, seasoned to taste (we used salt, pepper, garlic salt, and some hot sauce, as well as paprika and cayenne, but all somewhat sparingly)
2) Add 1/2 cup or so of breadcrumbs (we used italian, but IMHO panko would've been better
3) Add beer until consistency is reasonable (you'll know, trust me)
4) It wasn't adhering, so I added more flour and beer. Next time might be better to first coat with batter (made without breadcrumbs) and then roll in breadcrumbs or something. Or do a flour-egg-breadcrumb fry instead of beer batter.
5) Coat pickles (we used vlassic dill ovals). Fry in 375 degree oil until golden brown (again, this was fairly obvious)

While we have plenty of room for improvement, they were quite tasty. Incidentally, beer-battered crackers are not really a worthwhile endeavor.

Beastie Boys set list

Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:49:25 GMT

Berlin, June 20th, Columbiahalle

14th St. Break
Futterman's Rule
Live at PJ's
Jimmy James
The Maestro
Time for living
Gratitude
The Gala Event
Son of Neckbone
Tough Guy
Of the Grid
Mark on the bus
Transitions
Shambala
Sabrosa
Do it
egg raid on mojo
remote control
root down and get it
so what cha want

sure shot
3 MCs
heart attack man
sabotage

More updates on trip when less tired. Home safe.

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:23:50 GMT

I was going to post a long update on cheap Innsbruck net, because the net in Switzerland was very expensive, but the two guys who run this place are about to have a fist fight. Literally. So I'll post when I get home, which is tomorrow evening. See ya.

Arcade Fire set lists

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:46:10 GMT

Friday, June 1
1. Black Mirror
2. Keep The Car Running (Win: hi, we're called the Arcade Fire)
3. No Cars Go
4. Haïti
5. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
6. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
7. In The Backseat
8. Intervention
9. (Antichrist Television Blues)
10. Ocean Of Noise
11. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
12. The Well And The Lighthouse
13. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
14. Rebellion (Lies)

Encore:
15. Cold Wind (Win dedicates it to his and Will's grandfather, buried in San Fransisco)
16. Wake Up

Saturday, June 2
1. Keep The Car Running
2. Black Mirror
3. No Cars Go
4. Haïti
5. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
6. Black Wave/Bad Vibrations
7. In The Backseat
8. Intervention
9. (Antichrist Television Blues)
10. Ocean Of Noise
11. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
12. The Well And The Lighthouse
13. Headlights Look Like Diamonds
14. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
15. Rebellion (Lies)

Encore
Rebellion outro
16. My Body Is A Cage
17. Wake Up

A big chunk of both shows is on youtube here

I'm off to Europe in the morning.

EMO

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:39:55 GMT

Alone

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:29:53 GMT

Each of us, we're all alone.
Together we are all alone.
It's sad to say, it pains me so.
We're all together all alone.

9/11 changed everything

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:39:37 GMT

My favorite statement (see also cool picture) about the Mooninites hilarity in Boston is from the Mayor:

“It is outrageous, in a post-9/11 world, that a company would use this type of marketing scheme,” Mr. Menino said in a statement.

If you ask me, this is completely insane. They're these cool amusing lights, and obviously playful and not dangerous. Sigh. They were up in 9 other cities and nobody freaked and thought they were bombs. My friend travis found one in SF and took it home. Boo, Boston, you overreact to everything.

Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:21:18 GMT

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:24:13 GMT

I'm moving to San Francisco in the morning.

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:25:35 GMT

Sigh.

I need to move to San Francisco. Now.

Sigh.

Here comes your man

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:55:58 GMT

Say what you will about Bill Clinton, he's obviously not the perfect human being, but his willingness to use discourse in the face of what is essentially media hype and idiocy, is what makes me continue to love and miss him. Intelligence and logic in our leadership, even if I don't agree with them, would be nice for a change. Watch and be amazed. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/24/clinton-video/

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:45:53 GMT

You seriously need to watch this video of Outkast's "Hey Ya". I'm not sure if this video says good things for the guy doing the singing, or for Andre 3000. Probably both.

creativity

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:11:47 GMT

Why can't I do something really creative? I don't play enough, I don't sing enough, I don't write enough. I'd like to express myself. You know, in a real language, saying real things. Computer language is creative, to be sure, but it can't satisfy me. I need to make a concerted effort to be creative. I have things to say, I think, but I don't seem to be finding the right venue to say them. Sigh.

setlists

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 11:54:22 GMT

Friday, June 23 Berkeley CA
01 You And Whose Army
02 The National Anthem
03 15 Step [Thom says "Ok California" with an accent]
04 Morning Bell
05 Exit Music
06 Arpeggi
07 Videotape
08 I Might Be Wrong
09 Street Spirit
10 Nude
11 Down Is The New Up
12 Pyramid Song
13 Like Spinning Plates
14 Bangers 'N Mash [Thom "This fog is strange"]
15 There There
16 Spooks
17 Idioteque

Encore 1
18 A Wolf At The Door
19 4 Minute Warning
20 Bones
21 Lucky

Encore 2
22 House of Cards
23 Everything In Its Right Place ["ANDEVERANDEVERANDEVER" scrolling on video screens above stage]

Saturday, June 24 Berkeley CA
01 Airbag
02 2+2=5
03 Where I End And You Begin
04 15 Step
05 Kid A
06 Dollars And Cents
07 Down Is The New Up [with long jam at the end]
08 Nude [Thom stops then starts at the beginning and says, "Don't go anywhere, stay where you are".]
09 Paranoid Android
10 No Surprises
11 The Gloaming
12 All I Need
13 Climbing Up The Walls
14 Go Slowly ["Then we'll do 'Burn The Witch." jokes Thom]
15 Myxomatosis
16 Bangers 'N Mash
17 How To Disappear Completely

Encore 1
18 Fake Plastic Trees
19 Arpeggi
20 Black Star
21 True Love Waits
22 Everything In Its Right Place

Encore 2
23 Bodysnatchers
24 The Tourist

August 7, 2001 MSG, NYC
01. National Anthem
02. Morning Bell
03. My Iron Lung
04. Karma Police
05. Knives Out
06. Permenant Daylight
07. Climbing Up the Walls
08. No Suprises
09. Dollars & Cents
10. Packt like Sardines...
11. Fake Plastic Trees
12. I Might Be Wrong
13. Follow Me Around
14. Pyramid Song
15. Paranoid Android
16. Idioteque
17. Everything In Its Right Place
1st Encore
18.Lucky
19. Optimistic
20. How to Disappear Completely...
2nd Encore
21. Talk Show Host
22. Street Spirit (Fade Out)
3rd and Final Encore
23. Exit Music (for a film)

August 17, 2001 Liberty State Park
setlist
01. The National Anthem
02. Lucky
03. Optimistic
04. Karma Police
05. I Might Be Wrong
06. Knives Out
07. Pakt Like Sardines
08. Exit Music (For A Film)
09. My Iron Lung
10. No Surprises
11. Dollars and Cents
12. Just
13. Pyramid Song
14. Paranoid Android
15. Idioteque
16. Everything in its right Place
Encore #1:
17. Morning Bell
18. Fake Plastic Trees
19. Climbing Up The Walls
20. How To Disappear Completely
Encore #2:
21. Talk Show Host
22. You and Whose Army?
Encore #3:
23. Like Spinning Plates
Encore #4:
24. The Bends

August 23, 2003 Alpine Valley
01 2+2=5
02 sit down. stand up
03 where i end and you begin
04 kid a
05 backdrifts
06 lucky
07 paranoid android
08 sail to the moon
09 fake plastic trees
10 we suck young blood
11 go to sleep
12 just
13 scatterbrain
14 the gloaming
15 idioteque
16 no surprises
17 there there ("This is a song about peace, love and whatever." ~ Thom)

Encore #1:
18 you and whose army?
19 the national anthem
20 myxomatosis
21 street spirit

Encore #2:
22 karma police
23 everything in its right place

May 1, 2004 Coachella
01 there there
02 2+2=5
03 lucky
04 myxomatosis
05 my iron lung
06 exit music
07 the gloaming
08 karma police
09 sail to the moon
10 i might be wrong
11 sit down. stand up
12 no surprises
13 national anthem
14 paranoid android
15 idioteque
16 street spirit

Encore:
17 you and whose army?
18 planet telex
19 creep
20 everything in its right place

For the record: Berland's law

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:49:09 GMT

Berland's law, which I've stated in private to many individuals, as well as on several mailing lists (mostly google internal ones) could be considered a corollary to Godwin's Law. For those unfamiliar, Godwin's Law is a relatively old law relating to usenet (and by extension mailing list) discussions. Nowadays, amongst a group of geek discussing something esoteric on a mailing list, a discussion of Godwin's law often occurs. The extent of this sub-thread is itself a pretty good indicator of how worthless the parenthing thread. Thus, Berland's law:

Berland's law: as the length of a subthread on a thread discussing godwin's law increases, the probability of the parent thread having never had any value approaches 1.

This is being stated here for posterity.

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:42:49 GMT

The modern child of modern man
buys all opinions in a store
or links to images that say
what he or she might stand for

the modern world gives modern boy
the idea of the modern girl
and gives the modern girl the image
of the modern boy

they go about days confused
they go about nights amused
on drugs and booze and things
that can be bought but not for cheap

the modern life tells modern kids
that they are special and unique
the modern world sells modern toys
for modern girls and modern boys

the modern child of modern man
buys identity in a can
sings modern songs about the things
the modern child needs

they go about time confused
they go about life subdued
on drugs and booze and credit cards
that mommy and daddy feed them nightly

the modern boy becomes the modern man
fueling the modern economy
by working doing stupid things
to buy a pair of modern jeans

the modern girl she feels real sad
the modern mags say she's not pretty
and so she cries herself to sleep
the modern happiness ain't free

they know it's all fake
but they don't have another way
to live their modern life
the one they grew up with on tv

they know it's all crap
but it's crap that isn't cheap
that says how much they're worth
and who they can be

Sun, 02 Apr 2006 09:01:39 GMT

Start wearing purple wearing purple
Start wearing purple for me now
All your sanity and wits they will all vanish
I promise, it's just a matter of time

ha

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 02:59:13 GMT

http://callcentermovie.com/movie/movie.html