Lately I can’t get enough of drums played with brushes. The sound really resonates with me. It’s just so warm and intimate. What’s your favorite brush-friendly recording? Mine has to be “I’m Old Fashioned” off of Blue Train.
Memestealing from Pat, Kitty, etc.
The rules, such as they are:
And the questions/answers:
Lizzyb forwarded me the news that Ace Rockola will be hosting the US version of Top Gear:
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – NBC announced Monday morning what listeners to Adam Carolla’s radio show have known for a while: The comedian will host the broadcaster’s adaptation of the BBC’s “Top Gear.”
Carolla will join drift racer Tanner Foust and TV construction guru Eric Stromer as the show’s presenters. “Gear” targets auto enthusiasts and mixes racing, stunts, challenges and celebrity guests.
I’m very much not sure how I feel about this. Top Gear is — after Always Sunny, of course — the best show on television. (If you ignore Clarkson’s whole anti-environment thing, of course.) Why remake something that’s already that good? Aside from the whole not having to come up with an original idea bit, that is.
Well, either way, I’m going to watch it. At least once. (per-episode.)
Man, home repairs sure do suck. I’d hate it if something like this happened to me.
I know I threw that party for my boys and said we were “done” years ago… but that really needs to be put into context, you see. When I said “done” I meant “done with the hard part,” which was convincing you to let us tear up your bathroom. I mean, we knew once we got in there wasn’t going to be any finishing for years. No, in retrospect, I guess I could have been clearer about that. But that’s ancient history, now. I mean, you’ve got a new toilet to look forward to, someday! Right, and a shower, if we get to it.
If you don’t watch Top Gear, you should. It’s by far the funniest thing I’ve seen on TV in years. Here’s their absolutely hilarious north pole episode. Can a car make it to the north pole? The Top Gear crew races a Toyota pickup against a sled dog team to try to find out.
Many thanks to Jill and Tej for turning Stephanie and me on to this superb program!
Oh my. I thought this was a joke when I started getting the email about it….
My money is on the winners from the Silverlake regional to take it all.
A quote on the Wikipedia page for Fermat’s last therom made me chuckle:
Fermat’s last theorem is one of the most famous theorems in the history of mathematics, familiar to nigh every mathematician, and had achieved a recognizable status in popular culture prior to its proof.
You’ll not find copy like this in Britannica, that’s for damn sure.
gamblers all
sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think,
I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside
remembering all the times you've felt that way, and
you walk to the bathroom, do your toilet, see that face
in the mirror, oh my oh my oh my, but you comb your hair anyway,
get into your street clothes, feed the cats, fetch the
newspaper of horror, place it on the coffee table, kiss your
wife goodbye, and then you are backing the car out into life itself,
like millions of others you enter the arena once more.
you are on the freeway threading through traffic now,
moving both towards something and towards nothing at all as you punch
the radio on and get Mozart, which is something, and you will somehow
get through the slow days and the busy days and the dull
days and the hateful days and the rare days, all both so delightful
and so disappointing because
we are all so alike and so different.
you find the turn-off, drive through the most dangerous
part of town, feel momentarily wonderful as Mozart works
his way into your brain and slides down along your bones and
out through your shoes.
it's been a tough fight worth fighting
as we all drive along
betting on another day.
Charles Bukowski
Big ups to Dreamhost for being down last night such that I couldn’t post this on Buk’s actual birthday