This comic about workplace usage of applications strikes a bit too close to home....

An update on the weekend:

fri: Montana Wildhack played bass for our friends Kelp, who lost their bassist and drummer two weeks before their first gig. The evening went well, especially considering there'd been only one practice.

sat: After yoga and a nap, I saw Le TechnoPUSS13S play at the Northside Tavern. They sounded (i thought) better than they've ever sounded before, and I've seen most of their gigs. Warrior Burlesque, a.k.a. Vinnie, their singer, was dressed as a nun until the second song, when she whipped off the habit to reveal a sparkly bikini top (though she did leave the head-part of the habit on (what is that called anyway?)) and a mini-skirt. At a couple points, she lifted up her skirt and covered her behind in paint, and then "painted" the plate glass window with her behind, which I'm sure was nice for passers-by. She'd also, in honor of their new song "Glitter Bomb", made a bunch of glitter bombs, which consist of balloons with glitter inside. As you might imagine, those assholes who like to pop balloons got a big surprise. [don't forget, they'll be playing at my birthday show on 09/17].

sun: My new friend Dan, a.k.a. DJ Ruckus Roboticus, came down to hang out, along with my friend and bandmate (from two different bands) Gabe. I took him to Shake It! Records, where he had a nice-sized stack of vinyl within a few minutes. We played records for a while, and then had some Chinese food. Dan drove home, and Gabe's girlfriend met us to see Garden State. I liked it. Someone told me it's being called "this summer's Lost in Translation," and while I can certainly see where that comes from, the movies are very different. Natalie Portman was excellent; she's really coming into her own as an actress.
[oh, and don't forget, DJ Ruckus Roboticus will be playing at my birthday show on 09/17 as well].

A friend sent me a review of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, by Lynne Truss, on Monday. It intrigued me, and I bought it. Much to my surprise, it's on the Bestseller List. Odd, for a book on punctuation.

I haven't read much of it so far, but what I have read I've enjoyed immensely.

Oh, and I got 100% on the punctuation game on the book's site.

I sure do like Real Player. [note: not really.]

a new personal favorite website: You Have Bad Taste in Music.

Be sure to watch the videos.

GXAOUI has a duck!

Harmon Leon is a genius.

How did i miss the existence of Godwin's law?

Great: Olympian struggle: Fans face boot for eating or drinking wrong brands at games

An astute, funny, and at the same time disturbing comic about office software abuse.

last week

last week was busy. i think i mentioned tuesday's enduser show below, so let's start with the dance party.

Wed: DJ Empirical's Pan-Genre Dance Party was, i think, a success. I had many people on the dance floor of the Comet (a rock-n-roll bar) shaking their respective things, and i guess you can't judge success at a dance party better than that. :)

Thu: Clutch at the Southgate House -- amazing. I got their late, so i missed the opener, and even a couple Clutch songs. That was ok, though, as they played forever! Two sets, in fact. There were a lot of newer tracks, ones i didn't really recognize. I'll have to remedy that slight clutch cd deficit i have going.

Fri: DJ Empirical and the Black Fives were supposed to play in a courtyard in downtown Cincinnati, but it got rained out, and since there was no rain provision, their performances were just canceled. Phooey. Oh well, everyone went out for karaoke later instead.

Sat: Yoga canceled in the afternoon, and the Southgate House Summer Showcase show was way weird. There were definitely not as many people there as i had anticipated, plus the upstairs lineup, where the Black Fives were scheduled, got changed at some point. The Black Fives, as you may know, are an electronic noise/beats duo, yet opening for them in the southgate house parlour were two separate solo acoutic guitar/vox acts. apparently they were both from bands who "couldn't make it". weird. even better was that the second guy even played mostly covers (Beatles, Velvet Underground, etc.).

The Black Fives took the opportunity to play a lot and loudly. basically, the set was a lot of self-indulgent noise, perhaps the worst one we've played. it was fun, though we did run most of the people out. we even ended up playing an encore to one person: Jim from Chalk. he rocks.

Sun: I saw The Villiage. I didn't particularly like it; it was typical Shamalan bait-and-switch fare.