I can’t seem to stop listening to “Great Expectations” by The Gaslight Anthem. I don’t know why. I mean it’s not horrible, but it’s not great by any stretch. From the corny fake record pops that a billion bands have done better (which isn’t saying much) to the forced lyrics, the whole thing feels kind of my first album. The drums are great though, and the energy is nice. Mostly, I think it’s just that the chorus must have one hell of a hook buried in it that works at some primitive level in my brain that refuses to let go.
Maybe if I listen to some of the Springsteen that clearly inspired the album I’ll be able to chase out the hero worship with the authentic.
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I had to view this Honda Insight ad in Safari instead of Firefox since I deliberately set up Firefox to block a lot of the tricks they’re trying to use to control the browser. Still, the way the video breaks out of the frame and runs all over the page is really impressive. As to the ad itself, it seems like it would have been a whole lot easier to just use computer special effects instead of trying to really do it with cars, but I guess it’s neat in a look what we can do sort of way.
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I headed over to Olvera Street today to photograph the annual Blessing of the Animals. There were a lot of little animals in a lot of little costumes. The procession went on for over an hour.
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For as long as i can remember, Fusion was that technology that was always 50 years away. Now, while I wasn’t looking, 50 years seems to have gotten A LOT CLOSER. I hope it works. It would solve a bunch of problems and be all kinds of cool. I can’t help feeling sad that none of this stuff is happening in the US. When it comes to science, we have really taken our eye off the ball.
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Redondo Beach put on a kite festival, so I went to make some photographs of kites. It was kind of interesting seeing all of the different kinds and colors of kites.
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I love xkcd. This one about Causation/correlation made me laugh out loud for a surprisingly long time.
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Here is the travelogue I promised from my road trip through the Southern US.
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I just got back from a road trip through the Southern United States. I’ll post a travelogue later, but for now, here are some Road Trip Photos. And, since I spent a few days in New Orleans, a separate album of just New Orleans Photos
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How much do I LOVE Robot Chicken? I would totally go see an Opera about the Wrath of Kahn. In fact, somebody should really get on top of producing that one because it is dripping with 13 kinds of awesome.
Le Wrath di Khan
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Kottke’s Best Links 2008 actually does have a number of good links. This is definitely worth checking out.
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