December 2011
3 posts
Prometheus Trailer
God I hope this movie is great. Not just good. I want great. And I don’t think it’s asking too much. It can’t be overstated how Alien and Blade Runner are two of the best sci-fi movies of all time. No one has really ever come close.
Most exciting for me is that Scott’s two sci-fi movies were hard science fiction, not fluffy action sci-fi. No one makes hard sci-fi, not...
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Panning for Gold
I got to thinking recently. Why pay $10 or whatever a month for Spotify or Rdio1 when I’ve got 30GB of music on my hard drive that I never listen to? The problem is I open up iTunes, scan through the list of artists and think “I hate all this crap.” But here’s the trick: I don’t hate it all. I just forgot about all the good stuff.
So I started an insane project. I...
No trombones →
This is my favorite kind of rant. It’s something I’ve never thought about before but John’s totally right. The childhood band situation sucks. I would love to know how to play the piano right now. Instead there’s a rusty saxophone in my parents’ garage. We didn’t know better when I was a kid but hopefully I can change that for my kids.