Companion Records is a record label with a mission: reissue the most crazy thrift store record finds on CD. The site has quite a few audio samples, including the featured (butchering of a) song featured here: “Because Of You”
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle to Great Falls, MD Distance: 31.3 miles Duration: 2:00 Weather: HHH (hazy, hot and humid), 92 degrees Avg HR: 163 (est.) Type: aerobic A very hot ride with Potomac Pedalers on the Tuesday ride. This is the last one that Nick was scheduled to lead, and it was a …
Why must Nancy Pelosi be hitting the talking head circuit? Call me a bit of a party-pooper, but she’s so damn stiff, can’t improvise around an outline of talking points, and looks like a deer in the headlights. Why not get a Democrat who’s more natural on camera? Nancy, take it from me: relax your …
I love listening to the BBC, but I’ve always found their website a drag to navigate just to find a stream of my favorite (or “favourite”) station. Now there’s a Dashboard widget for Mac OS X 10.4 “Tiger” that makes the BBC a simple click-and-go action. BBC Widget from Phantom Gorilla
Saw Pink Martini at the 9:30 Club earlier this evening, and it was an outstanding show! I was turned on to Pink Martini by Lunesse, who marveled in the joy that the band brought forth in their shows. Now that I’ve seen them in person, I wholeheartedly concur. The whole band works as a single …
While riding to the DC for Democracy picnic yesterday, my front tire blew out on a steep, downhill section of road in Adams Morgan. I managed to stop myself without wiping out or causing any damage to the wheel or tire, but it was discouraging. I suffered a similar blowout on New Year’s day while …
Went to see Land Of The Dead with Elitist John tonight – nothing like a zombie horror flick on a hot, sticky summer day. The film was classic George A. Romero – formulaic, yes, but well-crafted and entertaining. While I’m no afficionado of the horror genre, it was pretty good. The one thing that alarmed …
Short thoughts: Rumsfeld is on Meet The Press, continuing his lies and distortions about Iraq and the “war on terra.” At the same time, Gen. Abazaid is on Face The Nation, giving a much more “straight dope” and sobering assessment of the real situation on the ground in Iraq. There is a lot of chatter …
Activity: road cycling Location: Dupont Circle to Glen Echo, MD Distance: 15.6 miles Duration: 0:49 Weather: far too humid, 73 degrees Avg HR: 160 (est.) Type: aerobic An early morning ride to try and beat the heat and humidity. The weather in DC right now is ugly – one of few things that I dislike …
The parks & rec league softball team I’ve joined has yet to play a game this year. Our first problem was people complaining of a pre-Memorial Day start date. Then the fields we were assigned (in West Potomac Park) were flooded out. Now our opponent had to forfeit this week’s game (which was to be …
