some call them "drabbles"

Some of you talk.bizarre types might remember Laurence Simon; i do believe it was hwrnmnbsol who brought him along.  He runs is_full_of_crap, a 100-word story Weblog and podcast from various contributors, including t.b's Alan Scott.  The quality varies, but i found this one especially enjoyable.

some call them "drabbles"

Some of you talk.bizarre types might remember Laurence Simon; i do believe it was hwrnmnbsol who brought him along.  He runs is_full_of_crap, a 100-word story Weblog and podcast from various contributors, including t.b's Alan Scott.  The quality varies, but i found this one especially enjoyable.

music round-up

After cashing in some PROTRADE bucks for a $10 Amazon gift certificate, i purchased The Polyphonic Spree's The Fragile Army and Battles's Mirrored.  Both are solid and better than i expected; the Spree's previous efforts would get bogged down occasionally with repetitiveness and that "songs start to sound the same after a while" thing, and Battles's album is polished and has just a modicum of math rock wank.

Papa Ellis linked to a Pitchfork page with a video of St. Vincent's "Paris is Burning" (available here if you want to spare yourself Pitchfork's self-important, albeit somewhat informative, indie blather).  After viewing her other video on imeem, i've thrown her album into my wishlist.

music round-up

After cashing in some PROTRADE bucks for a $10 Amazon gift certificate, i purchased The Polyphonic Spree's The Fragile Army and Battles's Mirrored.  Both are solid and better than i expected; the Spree's previous efforts would get bogged down occasionally with repetitiveness and that "songs start to sound the same after a while" thing, and Battles's album is polished and has just a modicum of math rock wank.

Papa Ellis linked to a Pitchfork page with a video of St. Vincent's "Paris is Burning" (available here if you want to spare yourself Pitchfork's self-important, albeit somewhat informative, indie blather).  After viewing her other video on imeem, i've thrown her album into my wishlist.