Both seasons, and God, was it good. A good cop show, a good weirdo show. Bittersweet, lovely ending. Now, if they’ll release it on DVD in America, you can check it out.
Monthly Archives: June 2008
Obama!
‘This is our moment:’ Obama’s historic victory – Yahoo! News My man. (Hmmm? Whaaat? You wanna comment, but you can’t? No, you can’t, because I turned the comments off. I really don’t care what anybody has to say about this. I’m fucking exhilarated and I don’t want to hear anybody else’s bullshit. Go look at […]
Command-line audio processing tool?
I need to find an app — preferably Mac-compatible — that allows one to load and manipulate audio from the command line. Bonus points for VST or Audio Unit compatibility. Something scriptable. Anybody know of anything like that?
"Ghosts In A Burning City" — Snippet
Here’s a snippet of the unfinished song “Ghosts In A Burning City”. No vox, and probably nowhere near the final instrumentation. But I like it. Ghosts In A Burning City — Snippet
On The Meridian Of Time
Over in my “random quotes” box to the right, you’ll occasionally see this pop up: On the meridian of time there is no injustice; there is only the poetry of motion creating the illusion of truth and drama. It’s a quote from Henry Miller’s Tropic Of Cancer, and I’ve always liked it, mainly for the […]
Walk Harder Next Time
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story had some funny moments, but on the whole, I thought it was trying way too hard. It couldn’t decide if it wanted to be satire or parody, and consequently it fails on both fronts, I think, despite some great performances and some genuinely funny bits — the Beatles bickering, […]
Redesign
I got heartily sick of reading yellow text on a dark red background, so I’ve given Zenarchery the excellent Cutline theme, and added some functionality to it. If you’re on the RSS feed, check it out.
That's The Way To Run A Culture
This story — told by the anthropologist Gregory Bateson — is my favorite example of long-term planning ever. The story may be apocryphal, but in this case, I’m following the advice of the guy from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: if you’ve got a choice between printing truth and legend…print the legend.
Um, Is It Just Me…
Or does the “alien” captured on video that’s making the rounds look a lot like the old-school Punisher logo? I’m not joking. Is this just a dude in a black Punisher t-shirt standing outside a window?