Archive for May, 2007
So This Is Real Life
One of the many drawbacks of not “getting” rock music until sometime in 1980 is that I missed a lot of great late 70s bands (on the other hand, I missed a lot of really dire late 70s bands, which is probably a blessing). So it wasn’t until the late 80s that I discovered Magazine. [...]
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Roll Over Delia Derbyshire
As predicted, nothing has been done, due to me watching Bill Bailey clips on YouTube. However, one particular routine of his remained elusive: his take on Doctor Who. That was my first exposure to the talents of Mr. Bailey; I remember young Maxwell playing me a video of it several years ago. I had almost [...]
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Kraftwerk Tribute
Now nothing will get done until I’ve watched all the other Bill Bailey clips on YouTube…
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Here’s an entertaining talk that highlights some of the shortcomings of “one size fits all” approaches. You have to love a speaker that asserts that there is no Platonic ideal form of spaghetti sauce. (via James Bennet’s The B-List weblog, which usually has less discussion about tomato sauce and more about web development)
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Growing And Pain
So you’re part of this little group of people. It could be any group of people: a club, a company, a spiritual community. But the group has found some kind of “sweet spot”: some combination of core values and practices that makes the members happy to be part of the group, and that makes the [...]
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