If you live in Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, or San Diego you would be nuts not to go see Bob Mould while he is on tour with a band (those are the remaining dates).
He is traveling with Jason Narducy (ex Verbow) on Bass and John Wurster (ex Superchunk) on Drums.
I experienced [...]
On Sunday, Feb. 8 (Tu Bishvat) the Little Lad’s Restaurant on 489 Congress St. Portland, ME is offering a free waffle breakfast to the entire Jewish community in honor of their becoming a kosher restaurant.
The New York Times: The Diluted Mystery of Absinthe starts out with a headline of “Care for an Absinthe? Ptooey!” which made me giggle. But the best stuff I must quote:
If absinthe were a band, it would be Interpol, third-hand piffle masquerading as transgressive pop culture. If absinthe were sneakers, it would be a pair [...]
Buy Local – Keep Portland Maine Independent: portlandbuylocal.org
The Portland Buy Local campaign has been developed by business owners and citizens in an effort to educate the public about the importance of supporting Portland’s locally owned, independent businesses.
We believe the Portland Buy Local campaign is critical to our community and our way of life. Locally owned, [...]
I saw the Matweeds, a Boston band, a couple of times in the mid-late 80’s.
The best time was at a Thayer Street loft party (de rigeur for Museum School types – present company included) I believe they played with the Gigolo Aunts (who are still around!). Pretty sure it was 1987 and that [...]
MacMice The Mouse. I love this product. Let me say it again: “I Love This Mouse”. I bought one about a year and a half ago. It crapped out fairly soon, but the folks at DVForge sent me a new one instantly – no questions asked and they were very nice [...]
Textbook disclaimer stickers
and: for Gifts for Public School Teachers
Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts. Simplify your life. Save time. Be happy.
Mad as hell, switching to Mac
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