For my use of the wesite Platial, I was recently quoted in a story on National Geographic’s online site. The questions were emailed to me, and I guess I come across as pretty fem in writing, because the writer clearly thought I was a woman. I’m relatively sure I’m not, but perhaps some research is [...]
The list of Academy Awards nominees was announced. I had great hopes this year that I would have been able to avoid seeing all nominees, but alas, I have seen three (I bet you have seen more). On the upside, they are three of the less respected ones. I have seen Charlie and the Chocolate [...]
Up now at The Hype Machine is a feature called 52 Songs for 2005. There is all kinds of good stuff in there from the last year. Not all of it is new for 2005, but all of it was of interest to the visitors there. Most of it is stuff I don’t know, but [...]
Today I stumbled across this song Mangal Mangal while doing the dishes that have been piling up over the holidays. I don’t really know what is going on in this song, but I do know that whatever it is, I like it. Check out the Sound Roots site for more information on this. I suggest [...]
Today I came across a Polish hip-hop group called Cmy on a site called Comfort Music. Their music is mostly instrumental, but the beats are cool, and I really like it. Very jazzy, but with enough beat and mixing to take the crappy edge off the jazz. Check it out.