Wednesday, October 30th, 2002

Footnote

And sometimes you don’t even need the pat on the back because doing what you need to can yield its own rewards.

Yes I’m being cryptic again.

np – The Pernice Brothers / Australia 2002

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Wednesday, October 30th, 2002

Ride Into The Sun

Magical Broom’s Vibrating Appeal

np – Ride / Shooting Blanks (Unreleased Recordings 1988-95)

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Wednesday, October 30th, 2002

Bacon Nation

From the Onion…

np – Elf Power / Creatures

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Wednesday, October 30th, 2002

Document

So my printer is dead. Or more accurately, the ink cartridge is dead. AGAIN. I don’t use the thing much, but when I do, it’d be nice if it’d pep right up, maybe a little salute and an enthusiastic ‘yes sir, what can I do for you today!’. Instead I get mockery – it feeds the paper, moves the cartridge back and forth but it spits out a sheet of paper as clean as when it went it. Sonofabitch. I don’t suppose I really need a printer, I can use the laser at work, but still. It’s the principle. I should have listened to those who said an inkjet was a waste of money. Two years and I’ve already spent as much on cartridges as I did on the damned printer in the first place. I believe I will buy a new cartridge and give the damn thing to Dad, I’m sure he’d get more use out of it than me, anyway. I’ll be thankful to have the desk real estate back, anyway.

np – The Delgados / Hate

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Tuesday, October 29th, 2002

Western Swing

After long last, Tim Sandlin has a new book coming out. It’s called ‘Honey Don’t’ and is due out in May of next year. When it comes out, it’ll close an 8-year span of no new material from Tim Sandlin. Far too long.

I keep trying to finish ‘Closing Time’ but I think I left it too long and I’m now fairly lost as to what’s happening. there’s not too much left so I’ll plug along till I’m done, but like it’s predecessor, ‘Catch 22’, I will have to go back to it to fully appreciate it. Or maybe I won’t – Patrick’s analogy of it being like unto the ‘Godfather 3’ sort of haunts me. It may simply not be worth the effort. I’m going to revisit Paul Auster and Douglas Coupland when I’m done, anyway. Maybe find some Bukowski.

You know those times when you have something you have to do and you really want to do it but you just can’t quite bring yourself to do it? Well it goes without saying that it’s best to just bear down and do it, but if still merits a pat on the back sometimes.

That probably meant nothing to anyone but me and even I’m a little hazy, but that’s okay.

Sigur Ros tomorrow!

np – Superchunk / Incidental Music 1991-95

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