28 July 2009

New Death Cab For Cutie EP

This one will need to grow on me a bit. Which it will. The past several of their releases didn't hit me like the first one. That first one was special though. Monumental. Here's a recent performance on Conan: http://www.deathcabforcutie.com/news/. Yes, The Open Door EP is good. In time might be something more. More guitars, less piano. Haven't digested the lyrics yet but Ben G is very good with words. And DCFC just can't make bad music. Damn them. So predictable and hip.

20 July 2009

west wing quote

And speaking of The West Wing:
From Toby, to Will:
When you get home tonight you're going to be confronted by the instinct to drink alone. Trust that instinct. Manage the pain. Don't try to be a hero.

achievement, or the purpose thereof

We can do more. We all can. Ever watch an uplifting episode - whether well written or cheesy or anything in between - of a thoughtful television show? West Wing for instance, or any Sorkin-written script can have a little thoughtful insight. Something to make you stand up and think you can make a difference. And then the feeling fades and you work and play and waste more time doing absolutely nothing. Until of course the next thing you see or read or watch or hear. It's endless and it leads to nothing good or nothing really at all but nothingness. Is it just me?

That's oddly melodramatic. Still true though.

17 July 2009

Time Traveler's Wife trailer, finally

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809937231/trailer

Enjoyable book. Nice idea for a movie, but doubtful it can bring the sparks and emotion of the novel.

04 July 2009

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further thoughts on blogs and blogging

Blogs have been around barely ten years. Some before then but few, even fewer were the beginnings of weblogs back before AlGore invented the Internet. By mid 2009 there are more than 100 million existing blogs and growing each second worldwide. The majority of these blogs will quickly drop - like this one I'm certain - become internet waste due to fleeting interest, loss of initial romantic notion of having a blog, maybe a forgotten password or two. Plus it's very difficult to continue to maintain anything on a consistent and regular basis. It's like doing the dishes or cleaning the basement - things you have to do and will do, but not daily. Right? Well, dishes is bad example but you get the idea. It's very difficult to commit to a task that does not include a salary, involve the betterment of your family or give a clear or intangible benefit of some sort.

But they will continue. With each lost and forgotten weblog, another two and three will take its place. The interesting part is finding a solid voice of words, a consistent source of entertainment, news, culture and enlightenment, and knowing it will continually give to the reader fortunate enough to have come across such a thing. The blog.