Category: Odds & Endz

Suzan on the bizarre appeal of the Bravo reality show “Blowout”.

“They think opening a salon is the same as rebuilding a nation.”

What’s been on my mind this week…

John Sayles has got a new movie out in September called Silver City.

A gloriously dorky fun pop band called Mystic Chrods of Memory. Many, many more bands need to name themselves after lines from famous presidential speeches.

Box Office Prophets: A rediculously thorough site about how much green movies make.

Nicholson Baker will have a new novel out next month called Checkpoint. The plot: Two men in a hotel room plot to assassinate President Bush.

I guess Anne Lamott isn’t doing her Salon column anymore. This is her last one “for a while.”

The legend of Curly Oxide, the Hasidic glam rock star (look under the 2004 archive under the show “My expirimental phase).

Books By the Bay is next week!

I’m all for feats of prolonged lunacity but visiting every Starbucks in the world (via Consolation Champs)?

Note: I don’t have a link blog where I can dump all the odds and ends I’ve collected over the week and most aren’t large enough for full entry. Thus, I present Saturday Morning Shards, for your short-attention spam browsing pleasure.

My buddy Josh of the classic new yorker experience of waiting in line for Shakespeare in the Park Tickets.

The Polyphonic Spree as performed by a gang of 8-year olds.

An incredibly foul newspaper comic anti-hero named Bosko.

Uru: The next chapter in the legendary Myst saga.

Next up on VH1: I love the 90s.

A growing interest in visiting The Winchester Mystery House (via Dave).

Newly in love with the music of The Lovemakers.

I was writing an email to someone this morning and instead of signing it “Kevin”, I signed it “Levon.” Huh?

Bumper sticker seen on the way home today:

“I Love Airplane Noise”

Say what?

Wretched Reviews puts history’s worst book reviews on T-shirts, mugs, journals and postcards. Just to keep you and your creative impulses honest.

The $1,000 omelet. At that price, I’d want a foot rub with it. Toes too.

Since everyone’s doing it, here are the states I’ve visited…

31 in all. I’m missing most of the great plains and some of the southwest. I attribute my geographic diversity to college visiting, having friends scattered about and living on each coast before my 30th birthday.

Create your own map at World66. Link via Eastern Villager.

I’m back. Litquake was stupendous. I’m a little sad to see it go.

Now work begins in earnest on the book. Much to do. Talk soon.