Sunday Morning Shards #24:
On my mind and in the reading queue this week: The "Saturn Return" Edition:
*12 days until South by Southwest Interactive. I can’t wait. This year my old college buddy Josh is coming alone. Are you?
*My friend Tara explained the concept of "Saturn Return" to me with I had heard about when I first moved to San Francisco from my cousin Amber. Very applicable to now even though I’m technically one year out of it.
*When I saw The Polyphonic Spree in concert last week as part of the Noise Pop festival, they announced that, after 3 continuous years on the road, they were "taking a break." with plans for some new music in the summer time. Beyond that, they were vague.
*I’m on page 237 of Lolita, 72 pages to go. This is the home stretch of more than 4 months of wrestling this brilliant difficult book to the ground. Almost there…
*My friend Jason Kottke has thus far raised about $4800 in his plan to blog full-time for a year. I’ve become a Kottke.org micropatron.
*I’m trying out Quicksilver again after losing patience the first time. I’m letting this tutorial guide me (via 43 Folders).
*Oscars are tonight. Allthough nobody really cares, I’m eager to see Chris Rock as host. My friend Dave (the Where There’s Smoke film critic of record) has a complete set of predictions.