So I guess this is one of those “I’ve been so lame lately” posts, and it seems everyone in my blogroll has been getting behind with the updates. But when the weather’s so nice, what are you gonna do?

Well I’ve been getting into wood crafty shit: some signs for friends, plastering the back with hilarious old newspapers I found in a house during a recent restoration. The dragonheads are from an older project 2-3 years ago. I’ve gone twice now to sell at Big City Bread with my friend’s Chris and Lou. But next week the entire operation moves to Bishop Park in conjunction with an outdoor farmers market. And that’s when the sweet sales will start rolling in…

Albert Hoffman

I’m a huge fan of this little bar, which is a fine place to catch a film or play a poker tournament in the room on the right hand side. There is of course music going on most nights over there as well, but seldom an evening as well booked as last night. Madeline did some new material with horns, and one man band Geoff Reacher is back in his old Athens haunt for a few nights. Here’s a little home brewed video from “Look me in the Eye”.

So here’s my take: this guy is simultaneous trying to build buzz for his soon to be published memoir and giving a big “Fuck You” to the corporation that previously employed him.
I met an Aussie who claimed to be writing for LP in N. Italy in ‘04, but this very well could have been a cover story to try to curry favor from dining/lodging establishments and women. Someone had recently stolen his laptop and he was in a spot of trouble, at least in the short run. I’d take a crack at this sort of gig myself of course, but the guide I wrote wouldn’t be for recently graduated students trickling down their parents cash in other countries…

I’m back in Athens for a while, and over 35. While I can’t agree with everything this hilarious guy points out in the clip, believing there is something to the “come and go” plan, he definitely makes some relevant points. But the same points go for many college towns. I was actually at this 40Watt show, late Oct ‘06. Also, as I think technically Henry owns the clip, I’ll urge you to buy from the Chunklet empire. Try to get him to reissue the Harvey Milk doc ‘Anthem’ if nothing else…

*Warning: if the title of this post isn’t clear enough, links may contain adult themes and material*

You’ve heard about this phenomenon right? Young women who choose to “save themselves” for the right guy, but meanwhile have nothing against a good time in the realm of sodomy. I certainly can’t claim to be against it, but it strikes me as unusual, so against the grain of behavior most women consider to be acceptable. Sometimes, as in the case of Aurora Jolie AKA Nicara, this crosses over into the world of porn. She tells the story herself in this interview. “But what about slightly fat nerdy white guys, A?”

In my, ahem, “research” for this post, I also came across the all American man and wife, which is amusing, though the call from the guy who breaks down after giving up the brown eye to his girl in ep. 36 is clearly fake. But Fatman’s response, while cliche, is hilarious.

I’ve been sitting on this juicy gossip since last summer, but now that it’s premiering at the Tribeca filmfest in a few weeks, I’m more in the “grassroots promotion” zone than the “inappropriate leakage” zone. My buddy Jason did the sound design (and possibly score) and I got to see bits of the project while staying in the Lil Hobo trailer behind his house. This clip bogs down in shameless self-promotion near the end, poor Malice seems hard pressed to memorize a PR spot. Also shame on one of the other actresses for not finding time to grant me a podcast interview while I was out there…and after all of the $1’s I’ve given her over the years. OK, so not that many…

Interesting doc on the history of hacking featuring: phone phreaks, the uncanny power of a piece of plastic from a cereal box, nerds of various flavors (duh), an early ultimatum from the dread ogre Gates, and an attempt to chronicle the moment when pranksters became boogie men.