Upcoming Blind Pig shows
The Blind Pig has some good concerts coming up:
- October 19: The Appleseed Cast
- October 24: Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
- November 3: Mat Kearney
- November 11: The Album Leaf
I’m going to be buying tickets!
2006 [page 3]
- Firefox 2.0 released [∞]
Firefox 2.0 is now available for download.
- Opening scene of Borat [∞]
The first four minutes of Borat are now up on YouTube. Looks like it will be pretty funny.
- Smashing Pumpkins album update [∞]
Pitchfork has an update on the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins album.
- DoubleTwist unlocks FairPlay [∞]
DoubleTwist, run by DVD Jon, is signing up with companies interested in selling protected digital music that is compatible with the iPod. The company also managed to reverse engineer FairPlay so that .m4p files purchased from the iTunes Store work with other portable devices.
- Tangerine [∞]
Tangerine is a Mac OS X application that analyzes your iTunes library for BPM and beat intensity information to create better playlists. It reminds me of BeaTunes a little but I like the interface better. It’s currently in beta so help debug it!
- Michigan #2 [∞]
This week’s AP poll: Ohio State #1, Michigan #2! USC remains at #3.
- Daily douche [∞]
Douche bag of the day: Steve Lyons.
- Yankee flight mishaps [∞]
Members of the New York Yankees really should stay grounded for the time being.
- Telemarketer Nightmare [∞]
This is the best telemarketer prank I’ve ever heard.
- Cheerleader of the week [∞]
UCLA’s Jennifer is Sports Illustrated’s cheerleader of the week.
- A modest proposal for an immodest proposition [∞]
A modest proposal for an immodest proposition. Why does garbage like this get published in the Daily Bruin?
- Ben Olson out 4-6 weeks [∞]
UCLA’s starting quarterback Ben Olson is out 4-6 weeks due to an MCL tear. That’s going to kill their chances against USC.
- Super Mario Manningham injured [∞]
Super Mario Manningham will sit out the game this weekend against Penn State due to a knee injury. Mike Hart and the running game will make up for the loss!
- R.I.P. Tower Records, 1960-2006 [∞]
- Google buys YouTube [∞]
Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock.
- Beauty is in the processing [∞]
Beauty is in the processing. An image of “ideal female beauty” generated from 15 faces. It comes out surprisingly clear but it doesn’t appear to be multi-ethnic.
- The No Spin Zone [∞]
During Fox News’ coverage of the Mark Foley incident, he was labeled a Democrat instead of a Republic on screen.
- Jet - Shine On [∞]
Pitchfork’s review of Jet’s new album is the funniest I have read in a while.
- Canada - This Cursed House [∞]
Local band Canada was reviewed in Pitchfork today, but their album didn’t receive high marks.