Rob and Lou and your whole damn crew
Back in October 1994 I went down to Austin, Texas to do a strange training gig in HTML at a long gone early eCom startup. While there I got to see my old Northampton, Mass neighbors Sebadoh. That night, after their show the lot of us (me, Lou, Bob, Jason, Flood, Jason Austin) went over
Read moreIf you were really punk you’d have thrown a full bottle
Enjoy this sad tableau from the local Borders.Rest in Peace Punk Planet
Read moreMy Son is a Diaper Model
Yes… it’s true. enjoy. I’ll let you try to guess which kid.
Read moreThe Earth Twitters at a Strange Frequency Tonight
Am enjoying watching the Police having horrendous technical troubles as they try to get through “driven to tears”. There are some great moments of quick cuts away from Sting as he tries to shout for some help on the ghastly audio. You don’t have to put on the red light…...
Read moreYoda shills for the dark side
I was more than a little surprised to receive in the mail the following item… OK. you’ll have to excuse my collage of the key elements here… The previous tenant in my new house is still getting all kinds of crazy catalogs, and at first glance I thought this one was from fancy...
Read moreIs that a gecko in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
OK. This is a little late, but… or: What’s wrong with.. not just this picture, but this whole situation department. I’m pretty sure he got a redesigned outfit shortly after this… OK, what’s really wrong with this whole sausage party is… GEICO, an insurance...
Read moreneoloGISM
You figure it out… Although I really would not want to live with this as a driving goal in life; a goal it is… I’d like to enter more words into the english language than Shakespeare. For now, I’m pretty excited to be acknowledged as a contributor to the mighty OED.
Read moreiPhone Playlist
Got into the local Cingular store (complete with the the blue vinyl “now the new AT&T” banner flapping over it) just before 7pm (local time)… was asked with a chuckle by a sales dude what he could help me with, and then had a sales chick brandish a boxed/shrinked iPhone at...
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This ultra-scathing description of the announced Acme Novelty Datebook Volume Two: 1995 – Present (Hardcover) by Mr. Chris Ware is currently on Amazon. Book Description Straggling behind the mild 2003 success of cartoonist Chris Ware’s first facsimile collection of his miscellaneous...
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Let it be noted, that on this day, Marc Arsenault did coin the 4LA “VOFE”… sweeter and shorter than VOMFEB… for “Vomit Out My Fucking Eye Balls”. As in, “that meeting made me want to VOFE, those people don’t know the first thing about marketing, they just learned some fucking buzzwords and now...
Read moreThe Smiths
smiths, originally uploaded by oh my good gawd. Yes
Read moreNo… wait… even weirder headlines
2 stoned to death on resort island Talking urinal cakes preach against DUI Oregon snorkeler mistaken for rodent, shot in face And you read the stories… and the headlines don’t even seem nearly as weird as the reality…
Read moreHow was this missed?
OK. There was some anticipation that an upcomming announcement, say today, at Steve Jobs MacWorld Keynote, might be made. Concerning. The Beatles… The second most longed-for digital download since Harry Potter was let loose. OK. No sign of that yet. Checked iTunes… sure not there...
Read moreToday’s Headlines
School bars hearing-impaired teen’s dog SI.com: Brainy school ends 207-game losing streak Scientist: NASA found life on Mars – and killed it Man returns book overdue since 1960
Read moreWonderful Rainbow
Flying in to San Francisco for the hollidays… the most amazing sight… looking over the wing… a vivid rainbow… behind it, a nuclear power plant.
Read moreServer is too busy
It continues to be astounding that the seldom functional MySpace is the most popular site on the web.
Read moreSolsticitations
Let it be here recorded that Marc Arsenault did on this day invent the portmanteau word ‘Solsticitations’ as a catchier alternative to religion-dodging salutation “Happy Holidays”. Solstice + Felicitations = Solsticitations.
Read moreMedianeras – “Smog”
Medianeras – "Smog", originally uploaded by Marc Arsenault – Wow Cool | Deptex | Gritboy. Missing rooms…
Read moreJaffa Cakes
OMFG. I just had the 2 best, most amazing, mind-blowingly good Jaffa Cakes. Thank you Burton’s. Good night and may your god go with you.
Read moreI don’t have to prove I’m weird department
One time Wow Cool zine show roadie Zak Sally has somehow become a pundit for ABC News. See him explain why Tool is just as successful as Kelly Clarkson despite clearly insurmountable odds. Read it at City Pages
Read moreStruggle in the Snuggle Factory
I couldn’t sleep last night… I kept having nightmares inspired by all the recent political tourmoil in Thailand and Mexico… I was convinced that it would somehow affect the supply of ingredients for more than half the food I eat…
Read moreMy Survival Kit
See My Survival Kit TV show. My Survival Kit is a homemade video collage which airs on Manhattan Neighborhood Network cable access, and on the internet. Created by the members of My Survival Kit – www.myspace.com/mysurvivalkit & www.breathingplanet.net. EPISODE 2 IS COMPLETE WATCH IT...
Read moreSaturday, July, 1 – The Bunny Brains and Lightning Bolt in Brooklyn
Saturday, July, 1 – The Bunny Brains and Lightning Bolt Brooklyn, NY. Up-to-the-second info might be at http://www.toddpnyc.com/. Current status reported as: 112 THAMES, 2ND FLOOR @ Knickerbocker East Williamsburg IndustrialPark (i.e. somewhere in Bushwick) L train to Morgan | Doors at...
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