You're goddamned right I am

You Are Boston

Both modern and old school, you never forget your roots. Well educated and a little snobby, you demand the best. And quite frankly, you think you are the best. Famous people from the Boston area: Conan O'Brien, Ben Affleck, New Kids on the Block

What American City Are You?

"But I am an artist"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4822418.stm

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'Running tap' artist to try again

An artist's plan to leave six taps running for a year at secret London locations has angered Thames Water.

Performance artist Mark McGowan says it is a protest against private control of water in the UK.

The water company has threatened legal action to stop the "irresponsible" stunt which comes during a prolonged drought in southern England.

Last year McGowan left a tap running in a south London gallery, but bowed to pressure to turn it off after a month.

That stunt used 800,000 litres of water, and angered many Thames Water customers and gallery visitors - some of whom turned off the tap themselves.

This time he intends to keep the taps running at secret London addresses, sending an estimated 100 million litres down the drain.

McGowan said that private water companies made a profit while wasting billions of gallons of water a year through under-investment.

"I understand we are in a drought. But I am an artist so I'm not actually wasting water for nothing."

A Thames Water spokesman said the company planned to take immediate legal action once it knew where the taps had been left running.

Pointing out that London and the South East get less rain per head of population than Istanbul and Dallas, he said: "For the sake of the environment we call on Mr McGowan to abandon this childish game now."

McGowan has previously made a name for himself by rolling a monkey nut across London with his nose to highlight student debt, and pulling a bus with his big toe in protest against bus lanes and mayor Ken Livingstone's "ridiculous traffic strategy".
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And this is why I hate roughly 95% of all modern day artists, folks

Put on some old sad bastard music, see if I care.

Out of boredom I have High Fidelity on the TV (it's on that oxygen network), despite the fact I could watch it whenever.

So at the beginning of the film when Jack Black walks into Championship Vinyl and hears Belle & Sebastian, and says "Holy sheeeeet! What the fuck is this?", Oxygen has changed "fuck" to "frog"

So there's my post for the week

I found where reflection seismograph was born

My life is now complete

Reason #28294 why TV on the Radio kicks fucking ass

Alex, one of my co-workers, found a leak of their new album. I'm already deeming the first track, "Playhouses," the song of the year.

Rumor is the title of the new album is 'Return to Cookie Mountain'. I know TVotR are avid video gamers.

You may recognize this:



That beige mass in the upper-right, on the "east" side of the bridge? That's Cookie Mountain, a level in Super Mario World.

TV on the Radio is the best band ever. Besides Pinback of course - but their songs, etc., also contain video game references.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to find a girlfriend.

It's so orange. And green. Kind of like Ecto-Cooler

My cousin Jason and I are headed out to Moab and the surrounding areas Memorial Day weekend to see what the National Park Service is making Schacht do. Nonstop hikin'/bikin'/drinkin'/geocachin' fun.

Anyone else up for the journey?


...Seriously. It'll make the 12-hour drive a lot better.