Too much?

Some M.I.A. interviews for anyone interested. Is "organicness"* a word? Should it ever, ever be said with a straight face?

*“organicness can be defined by the fact that the work as a whole is governed by a certain law of structure and that all its parts are subordinated to this canon”

I hate bus people.

But I couldn't help but love the jackalope image that Sound Transit is using. The message makes more sense in combination with the radio spot, but the bus boards are simply bizarre. Which is good. Make sure you check out "Grizzled Cowboy."

Be your own guitar hero.

Or a hero of many other instruments using JamStudio, which is work-, oops, scratch that, WEB-based and free.

Yay!

Are we fans of The Knife? Hint: the answer is yes. And now we can see and hear more of their patented weirdness.

More Funny! Not Funny!

Part II of Funny! Not Funny! would have you consider a different Ted.

Funny! Not funny!

Part I of Friday's Funny! Not Funny! series asks you to consider Ted Nugent.

Confusion.

I would love to mock the authorities for not identifying this device, but I think I would have been befuddled, as well.

We heart Found Magazine!

And it's coming to Seattle. Tried searching Found's website for info, but they are having technical issues at the time of this post.

UPDATE: Found site is up, here's the tour schedule with Seattle's info still TBA.

New favorite pastime!

Cleaning out my insides by searching in blogger for profiles that are near-guaranteed to yield reading material that makes me throw the heck up. Any suggestions?

I'm confused.

OK. What is up with Forbes? First I find that they've got a hip-hop biz section, now I discover that they've got some fake Steve Jobs blog (I'm aware that's not news). I'm sorry, but when I think Forbes, I think this. That dude is not edgy, and I suspect that Forbes is trying a wee bit too hard to fit in. Eww. But I suppose the kids like him always tried that. Double-eww.

Uh-oh...

I want to see the author of this "I-hate-KEXP-because-of-John-Richards, plus-I-wear-a-tinfoil-hat-to-protect-me-from-his-global-conspiracy" piece locked in a room with Cass and Kelly. How long before s/he is head-butted to death?

Is it just me?

Or is Bookswim kinda pointless? Over 150,000 books! Although I don't trust librarians, my local library claims to have over 2 million "items" - I suspect that a few of those are books. And despite the fact that I'm lazy and don't return things on time, I don't think I've ever come close to racking up $20/month in fines.

Not Funny!

Every time you take a picture that no one else really wants to see or cares about, God kills a kitten.

UPDATE: I'm coming to realize that if it were lolcats instead of kittens dying, I'd start some sort of rally to take as many of those pics as possible.

Mustachioed Ms.

Witness the glory that is a gallery of the best Mariner moustaches of all time.

"It isn't illegal to drive a golf cart in city traffic, ... but it is very unusual."

So sad that Bill Murray doesn't have HST to keep him in check anymore. And no, C-Rap, I will not be eliminating my lazy (for me) link system!

Borrowing.

The folks at Neighborrow seem to have a fun idea - a logical extension from craigslist and freecycle - but reading about the concept now has that scene from Friday - "Craig! Let me borrow your VCR right quick" - stuck in my head...

Item!

View the linked video to learn how Snoop Dogg sold his soul to Satan. Interestingly, and possibly coincidentally, Dr. Dre is trying to pry the rights to The Chronic back from Death Row.

Not clear who this weirdo interviewer is...

But M.I.A. is cool. Watch the 2 episodes of interviews currently up, and check out the links!

Maybe if their signs are creative...

I don't really ever give money to panhandlers, but it's more because I'm a) cheap and b) rarely carry cash. But for those who do, does it really matter where that money is going?

Magnolia Crime Spree!

Hmm... thousands "light up" pot at Hempfest just to the south of Magnolia this weekend, while at the same time someone decides to "light up" some porta-pots around Magnolia. Coincidence? I think not.

Jumpsuits on TV.

Check out a pretender to my jumpsuit throne, who appears to be some sort of cross between DMC and an Oompa Loompa.

Missed opportunity!

Apparently I should have decided to go to Carl Newman's wedding, after all - or at least the afterparty, where I could have sung karaoke with Neko...