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Monthly Archives: January 2004

What’s the difference between Art Bell and Spaceghost?

The only thing that I can think of is that Bell’s not a super hero.

Hmmmmm

Apple says my new ipod is in California.
Fedex says that it’s in Shanghai, China.
Does it matter who’s right so long as it comes in by Wednesday? Probably not.

Jandek

Now how am I going to see Jandek on Corwood, which recently came out? It’s an indie documentary about legendary Texas (?) recoring artist Jandek, best known for his bizarre take on the singer/songwriter thing (more like screamer/songripper) and reclusivity.
I doubt that there’s much in there that’s not available elsewhere, but still…just to see people [...]

On interns

Written in response to an entry by Dave on his Netblog:

Interns are the best. I just got promoted and may have to give up the few I have now (what kind of perk is that?!), though I may negotiate to create an internship slot for my new position.
Of course, there are drawbacks:
- most interns have [...]

Nerves off edge

I have an interview this afternoon for an in-house position.
Shouldn’t I be more nervous? Unusually, I slept well last night.
Then again, it’s not as if the adrenaline rush has ever done me any good before, anyway. The people who hired me for this position no doubt had to force themselves to overlook my interview [...]

Nice sound

My new NAD tuner has really nice sound. I’ve never heard radio sound so rich and clear.
Except, that is, around the middle of the dial, where the more-commercial stations compress everything and up the power so that it just sounds muddy, loud, and distorted. Really loud…to the point that there’s significant clipping (and there [...]