Spitball Army

This billboard is an example of brilliant subliminal advertising. Anybody out there willing to put yourself on the line and lay out what you think is at work here? I have my ideas…but I’ll wait to see if anyone is game to play first.

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As expected, the record made a multitude of Best of 2007 lists, which are kinda hard to avoid this time of year. Not that I make an effort to avoid them – I have a perverse fascination with lists, anyway, and to deride them would make me a hypocrite when I post mine in a couple of days.

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It is charming, quirky, sung not entirely in tune, and contains the phrase “shook a little turd out of the bottom of your pants.” How many songs can claim that?

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Mr. Langford, tear down this building!

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Very fast shipping as disgusted…

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Every year I look forward to watching the broadcast of this annual event, then do a Homer Simpson DOH! when I hear about it the day after it aired. Not that it should be difficult to catch – the show traditionally airs during the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. But my brain gets wiped clean after the Christmas retail season, and the week after is spent stumbling along, trying to remember my name and where I put the car keys.

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So it was no surprise to see his recent article in Wired magazine, entitled “David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists – and Megastars,” in which he attempts to simplify the ridiculously complicated new world of music production and dissemination.

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Daniel Tashian, a musician I admire, posted this new Christmas song on his website yesterday.

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Philip Glass performing at Change Your Mind Day in Central Park in NYC (1999)

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The Richard M. Scrushy Memorial Utility Box.

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