Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Turn Left at the Blogspot

Ok, so I am capping off this blog for now. I have found a new home.

http://boostventilator.wordpress.com

It took awhile to get the content moved and it is going to take even more time to tag and categorize everything, but I am happy with the move to Wordpress and media temple (turns out I am not alone).

Monday, March 27, 2006

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Music

Ron Sexsmith "All In Good Time" [MP3]

Windom Clips

Windom Earle - Stage Nine
March 25, 2006

Windom Earle - Touched by a Transvestite
March 25, 2006

Windom Earle - Get On Into It!
March 9, 2006

Windom Earle play that Greg song
March 9, 2006

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Word!

Metro-technical: n. Someone who's willing to try ANY piece of software or hardware for at least a week until the shine wears off and they go sniffing for the next buzz. The metro-technical is to the far left of the tech scale, equidistant from the suspender-wearing sys admin and the nervous iPod upgrader. (Mule Design Studio's Blog)

Film

The C.S.A.

Religion

Inside Scientology: Unlocking the complex code of America's most mysterious religion | Rolling Stone

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Friday, March 10, 2006

Quote

"Jon Stewart did a capable job, but I didn't feel like he was embracing the movie business. Jon doesn't have the basic understanding of show business that Johnny Carson had. Jon's fresh and irreverent, but I don't think it worked." - Tim Allen Reviews Jon Stewart | Defamer

Nerd Alert

"We are thoroughly surprised at how accurately Microsoft and Intel have targeted a segment of the computing market completely barren of potential customers." - Origami: Buzz Killer? | Gizmodo

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Stopped Holding My Breath

From William Morrow/An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers: We do not plan to publish FREAKONOMICS in paperback until September 2007.

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #170 (Mar 6, 2006)
Twin tower controversy in Halifax, two moose deaths in New Brunswick and heavy helmets.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Sunday, March 05, 2006

The State of Real Estate

"Thanks to various market pressures and especially some recent online innovations, the real-estate agent seems poised to join a list of endangered service-worker species that includes stockbrokers and travel agents." Endangered Species by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner | NY Times

Friday, February 24, 2006

Windom Watch

March is shaping up to be quite a music month:

Thu, Mar 9: Books on Tape (Los Angeles) + Windom Earle + Mark Black @ Gus' Pub

Sat, Mar 18: North By North End - Karaoke Brunch curated & hosted by Jeff Coll and Stephan MacLeod. Sing for TOAST (toast by Stephan MacLeod) @ Gus' Pub ($1.99 brunch, does NOT include coffee/11AM-1PM)

Sat, Mar 25: Akron/Family (New York) + Windom Earle @ Stage Nine. $7/10pm

Sat, Apr 1: [Expletive] the Junos w\ The Sweet Tenders, BA Johnston, the Jeff Coll 5, Mr.Plow (Vancouver) @ Gus' Pub

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Cult

What You Didn't Know About Scientology
by Mark Owen

Dueling Reviews

On "Magnificent City" by Aceyalone Accompanied by RJD2 [Project Blowed/Decon; 2006]

"Aceyalone's most accomplished album...[he] hasn't felt this vital in ages, and RJD2's creative winning streak continues unabated." - Nathan Rabin (A.V. Club)

"This should be great...[it's] lazy and inept, devoid of force and inspiration and chemistry...We deserve better from these guys." - Tom Breihan (Pitchfork)

Monday, February 13, 2006

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #168 (Feb 13, 2006)
New ministers, paclitaxel production problems and driving yourself to emergency.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Unfrying Things

ThinkFilm has acquired all worldwide rights to "Strangers With Candy."

"At this important stage of our company's development, we were looking for a film that combined all of the best qualities of 'Crash,' 'Brokeback Mountain,' and 'Capote.' "'Strangers with Candy' has ethnic slurs, clandestine gay sex, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. What more could we want?" said THINKFilm's head of U.S. theatrical, Mark Urman | IndieWire

Monday, February 06, 2006

Column

Atlantic News Perspective #167 (Feb 6, 2005)
Documenting a trade mission, Nigerian bank scams and focusing on small houses.
By: Iain K. MacLeod

Monday, January 30, 2006

Monday, January 16, 2006

Friday, January 13, 2006