Space Hardware

New Billy Bragg is out (the first in six years). And since his myspace page seems to have been hijacked by a mariachi band, here's a little of Billy solidifying his continued relevance with the buttonishly cute Kate Nash.

Genius

Looks like one take using nothing but the acoustics of the surrounding buildings. In France. I may have to bum a clove cigarette.

But At Least We're Enjoying The Ride

So there are carnivorous fish with bad attitudes that can live on land for days.

And the flowers are losing their smells.

I'm paying $3.50 a gallon for gas while Exxon Mobil posted the highest quarterly AND annual profits for ANY U.S. COMPANY EVER.

But at least REM are back. I mean really, really back.

The Apocalypse Is Now

I think the four horsemen are strolling down my street. According to the article, this is a charming new kids book...

"From 'My Beautiful Mommy:' A girl accompanies mom on a cosmetic surgery consultation. Mom explains she'll soon be 'prettier,' and shows where the bandages will be, and the finished product."

Can you say "aug-men-tation". I knew you could.

The Romantic In Me

And in other news:

"Bernie Peng reprogrammed his girlfriend's copy of Bejeweled so that the screen went clear and a ring a dropped down when she reached a certain score.

To the joy of nerds everywhere, Tammy Li said yes.

Mr Peng, a financial software programmer and blogger from New Jersey, said that it took him a month to alter the game's code on the Nintendo DS console, but that it was well worth the effort."

Personally, I am stunned and blown away. This guy knows a girl.

Mark Dery

I had to read it twice, but it explains why it always strikes me that the most vocal Evangelical Christians have failed to run the WWJD variable through their logarithm.

"Conservative Christianity has little to do with theology and everything to do with the culture wars; making sense of it requires not just a rationalist-materialist critique but an ethnographic/anthropological angle of attack.)"

I think I have a little blog crush on Shovelware. Come on, he called Ann Coulter an intellectual ectomorph.

Thanks to boingboing for introducing him to me.

Big Ups

Hearty congrats to the tragically handsome Matt Tobey, the new editor of Comedy Centrals blog, The Insider.

Cut Copy

Feeling nostalgic for a little OMD circa every John Hughes movie? Then Feel The Love with Cut Copy.

Now where did I put that pink izod and my yellow sweater?

Why Stuff Takes So Long

So, there's the big romantic comedy script that I'm working on with the cool producers. But we still haven't nailed down the ending.

And there's the book proposal that I thought we were about to take out, but now the lit agent in NY wants to rethink the title. And she might want my wife to come on board as a co-author. Because the nature of the book might be better served if we don't just walk in, unfurl the XY, and slap it on the table.

And there's the family comedy script with the important actor/comedian attached, but the producers want more set pieces.

And then there's the older script that just go resurrected, and the web strip, and the best lunch on the planet.

This is why stuff takes sooooo long.

Pela

Liking mucho. Especially Trouble With River Cities and Lost To The Lonesome.