Something Live Podcast

My friend PJ Shapiro does a podcast called Something Live. Once a month he compiles a "greatest hits" of the Cantab open mike (hosted by the inimitable and intrepid Geoff Bartley), does an interview with an artist and records performances of two of their songs for an mp3 podcast. There are lots of really gemmy performances in these podcasts, from songwriters you've probably never heard of. The new one is just up -- fifth one; front to back awesome as is every installment in the series.

Talkin' 'Bout Summa My Fave Elpees

This is actually just me testing out my camera for making videos. Next, I need to figure out how to make iMovie do what I want it to. I think there is probably more of me talking about my record collection coming.

My Most Recent Song

Came out pretty well! Here's a link (works best for macs): Life On The Line. Hope you like it!

What the Frak is Going On?

Galactica is probably my favorite television show ever. It's Space Opera, with a capital "O", but it's very human scaled at the same time.

I am continually amazed that they were able to whittle the late 70s bombastic Glen Larson albatross down to a beautiful, story-driven show about the power of love.



Here is a short film recapping the first 3 seasons, hitting all the major arcs of the show, in 8 minutes. It's very compressed, as indicated by the sped-up narrator, but it is amazingly mostly there. All you're missing is the details.

Rachel Maddow is Brilliant

The fact is, though, that she is just professional and organized and remembers recent political events well. Some of this stuff seems so obvious when she reports it. She just does the thing we all should be doing -- paying attention.