Sophie Says Sooth (2002.09.09): "Keep your tank covered at all times! Bettas are apparently notorious for jumping out of the tank. None of us want to come home to find a dead fish on the floor. I've done that. It's not pretty."

Matriculation Reloaded (2002.09.08): "Food was free, beer was cheap and I got to meet the bulk of the MA and Ph.D. students, plus a couple of profs. There wasn't a lot of shop talk -- I'd kind of feared that every conversation would be media effects this and surveying methods that -- but there was a lot of repeating my 'Where are you from?' spiel."

Sophie Says Sooth (2002.09.02): "Avoid graduation at all possible costs. This may sound crazy now, but by the time you're out of school for a year you'll know exactly what I'm talking about and you'll really start to miss caring about back-to-school sales. Enjoy this time while you can."


Transmetropolitan: Back on the Street: "Spider Jerusalem, despite generally coming off as a PCP-addicted version of Daffy Duck, is a very deep character in terms of moral core and values. Such is the case when Spider lashes out at the womanizing leader of the Transient community regarding his abuse of authority over the Transients and his habit of knocking up his female followers."

Kay Hanley / Cherry Marmalade: "When the tenth track, 'Galapagos,' came on, I nearly tuned the road out entirely. It's one of those tracks that comes by once every few years, saying exactly what your inner siren is trying to express at exactly the right time; for me, the last one was Juliana's 'Choose Drugs' in the spring of 2000."

Silverchair / Diorama: "Musically, it is one of the best of the year. Rich orchestrations sweep across beautifully arranged songs, a feat quite remarkable for a band unaccustomed to such complex string and horn work. This is due, in part, to help from the legendary Van Dyke Parks, whose resume boasts such names as U2 and the Beach Boys."


San Diego Comic-con 2002: Part 1: "A lot of it sounded like standard conspiracy theory bullshit; I would like to believe him about the income taxes, though. Apparently it has something to do with the improper ratification of the 16th Amendment and taxing our privilege of earning money."

"Glamour Hose": A 14-piece photographic series from Natalie Meyer


"Pixel Worship": A new short narrative work from Aaron Veenstra





2002/09/12

Considering What the major networks shat out yesterday as "news," now is as a good a time as any to talk about the gonzo/sci-fi comic Transmetropolitan. So it's handy that Jesse Baker's reviewed the first collected edition, Back on the Street.
posted at 15:59


2002/09/11

Now that I've got high speed access again (on campus, at least) it's time for more pirated music. This week's selection is "The Bible Is Bullshit (God's Work Mix)" (7.8MB). It's a mix I put together of a Corporate Avenger song and some of Jerry Falwell's post-attack comments about gays, pagans and the ACLU, for inclusion on my award-winning I Know That Could Be Me mix; the original song is from Corporate Avenger's Freedom Is a State of Mind, itself a mixed bag. It's a fun track and will almost certainly piss off most of you in some way or another.
posted at 11:59


2002/09/09

Got bettas? Need advice? Sophie's all over that like stink on a gaming convention. So to speak.
posted at 15:28


2002/09/08

Because I can't bear to let any part of my life go by undocumented, I've launched a new column to chronicle my time in grad school. Because I can't bear to let a good pun and/or pop culture reference go by unused, it's called Matriculation Reloaded. It'll be new every Sunday, starting today.
posted at 21:21


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