Walkability
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Archive for the ‘Going On’ Category
Packt like sardines in a 3G box
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008Sitting in LAX tethered to a power outlet, I’m going to let the virtual keypad’s corrective spelling do its thing. At Cliff’s suggetion I took the scenic route here. I went north to go south and avoided congestion in the process. Again I have an hour plus of downtime in an airport, but it’s a good thing; I’m sure we’re still at orange threat despite the wiretap green light bill passing today. Want to bet we are orange for the rest of W’s term? Politics is probably a bad topic, as it is at the sagebrush. What a longhorn is doing in Calabasas makes no matter to me.
Rambling on, I was behind a Buddhist monk in the security line. As I waited patiently, he asked me to go on ahead. Damn, I should have known better than to try to be emptier than him. Now I am marveling at the hustle and bustle, the quest for relevance within shortening attention spans, and the undoubtable commoditization of power outlets and networks. We joked today about giant cellphones in the 80s, and how children will not only find vinyl records incredible but also CDs, and possibly even the metaphor of a keyboard. That guy is so old he knows touch typing. He even remembers white out.
“have yourself a good time its nothing at all”.
With increasing time zone delirium,
Your humble narrator
Independence
Sunday, July 6th, 2008Declared independence from the keyboard for two days…
You get much more shopping experience per dollar at the goodwill, and also see garments as they should be–in spectral order.
This bling could have been yours for the amazingly low price of: the gaul to dismantle this brilliant installation. At these prices, bling goes fast.
An Event Apart
Sunday, June 29th, 2008
I flew into Boston a bit sleep deprived from attending a concert. I was in “fan” mode, and prepared to apply a rock and roll metaphor to An Event Apart. The speakers delivered skillfully, so my expectations were met.
What set it apart was how engaged the speakers and attendees were. I simply hadn’t anticipated the energy and healthy level of participation. Accessible, friendly, social, enthused…that we were.
Some mobile blurbiage from the event, cleaned up a bit:
Waiting for the start of day one. Saw Eric Meyer at breakfast.
A/V booth: “Introduce yourself!”
E.M.: “I’m just an MC. Call me J style.”
“Tell them Eric Meyer says you need more.” -in response to my question about style sheets sans context. Now I’m empowered.
Douglas Bowman sat with us at lunch. Then Doug spoke on scale.
Excellent talks all around. We went to the party at Stix, hosted by Media Temple. Fun. It was Jason Santa Maria’s birthday. Talked to Christopher Fahey. Afterward Mirick, John and I met Borys. We went out for Tuna tartar and what not.
A great day 2 that ended with getting my name drawn for critique with Jeffrey Zeldman on stage (no really). Spoke more after with Doug, Christopher and David Sleight, whose cadence reminds me a bit of Chris Brown. Then Mirick, John and I went north for some Italian food. Va bene.
REM/Modest Mouse, ATL
Saturday, June 21st, 2008The setlist, as reported on remring.com:
Soundcheck
1 Strange Currencies (without Vocals)
2 Strange Currencies (w/Vocals)
3 So Fast, So Numb
4 Time After Time (Annelise)
5 Living Wells The Best Revenge
6 Nightswimming
Setlist
1 These Days
2 Living Well Is the Best Revenge
3 So Fast, So Numb
4 What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
5 Time After Time (Annelise)
6 Driver 8
7 Man Sized Wreath
8 Walk Unafraid
9 Hollow Man
10 Ignoreland
11 Houston
12 Electrolite
13 (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
14 Auctioneer (Another Engine)
15 Harborcoat
16 The One I Love
17 I’ve Been High
18 Let Me In
19 Bad Day
20 Horse To Water
21 Orange Crush
22 I’m Gonna DJ
Encore
23 Supernatural Superserious
24 Losing My Religion
25 Pretty Persuasion
26 Nightswimming
27 Fall On Me (w/Johnny Marr)
28 Man on the Moon (w/Johnny Marr)