May 2012

It just occurred to me that this is Van Hagar’s attempt at a Beatles song. rd.io/x/QFyuK1EPbg

The new @youdontknowjack on Facebook is exactly the daily fix I’ve been missing since the last web version died a few years ago. Crazy good.

Dan Rather’s insightful deflection of the myth of “the liberal media”: thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-…

“One sportswriter said that [Ty Cobb] ‘would climb a mountain to punch an echo.’” #KenBurnsBaseball

Krispie Treat Marshmallow Surprise Squares

Memorial Day. Baseball. America. @ Citi Field 4sq.com/LCiOup

So this erotic best seller evolved from fan fiction based on chaste teen vampire best sellers. I want off this planet.

I first gained access to the internet on the cusp of adulthood, a few months before I graduated high school in 1994. In the years that followed, it steadily gained presence in my daily life, and in tandem with higher education and venturing timidly into “the real world”, the internet helped expand my universe far beyond its humble origins.

Today, I live in a major metropolitan hub, have personal and professional relationships on almost every… See more →

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Minor Threat (26), El-P (23) & Swervedriver (20) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

It’s a beautiful day for a clean install.

No matter what role he plays, it is impossible for me to believe he is anyone other than Leonardo DiCaprio.

The Fly is iconic for its premise, but its execution leaves much to be desired. It tries to turn a typically feathery 1950s nuclear family idyll on its ear with a scientific experiment gone horribly wrong, but ultimately only reinforces the status quo with a wholly undeserved happy ending. With the hero trapped unnoticed in plain sight, and the heroine taking the fall for his murder, the story is ready to end on a note… See more →

If I know Todd Solondz, the way they’re marketing his newest film is waaayyyy off. trailers.apple.com/trailers/indep…

There is no one better at forgetting to go to @creativemorning than me.

Friends, I respect your carefully considered career decisions, but honestly, too many of you now work at Facebook for it not to be creepy.

How great would it be if preliminary election polling was illegal, forcing campaign platforms to be based on candidates’ actual views?

The article is “A Camp for Sports and Avoiding Gay Sex” and the last paragraph is priceless. philly.com/philly/news/201205…

The first six words of this headline tell a much more amusing story than the rest of it: nyti.ms/JTTzaU Also: Pakistan, grow up.

Actually, Lucid Scrutiny sounds like a technical death metal band that writes hyper-polysyllabic polemics about religion’s war on science.

Woke up with an exciting idea. Now to see how it stands up to lucid scrutiny (sung to the tune of Queensrÿche’s “Silent Lucidity”.)

It is becoming clear that Bob’s Burgers is the best show on television.

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Billie Holiday (36), Helmet (34) & Otis Redding (23) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Tell me what I should do tonight.

Staying out until 4 a.m. had me worried I would miss out on my nightly loud-ass garbage truck disturbance, but luckily they waited for me.

Anyone have recommendations for iPhone speaker docks under $100?

Rest in peace, Duck Dunn. Looks like I’ll be digging into some Stax stuff this week.

Happy Mother’s Day! instagr.am/p/KkMaBJBM8v/

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Public Enemy (63), The Roots (31) & Arsonists (21) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Twelve years ago, Relapse Records was my first and last design job interview to send me home with a stack of grindcore CDs. #FunFactFriday

Remastered reissues of sonically unparalleled classics that never went out of print are necessary because...? feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pitchfork…

“Having listened to the CDs on three different pairs of headphones and two different stereo systems…” Oh, fuck you. feedproxy.google.com/~r/Pitchfork…

Weird dream. Joined Mission of Burma. Bunch of guys my age playing MoB songs. I explained that the real MoB still exists. They were stunned.

Day: Cloudy.
Hum: You’d Prefer an Astronaut.
Volume: Loud.

“I am Steve Albini, ask me anything.” And there goes my day. reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment…

“Polling showed that [...] younger voters [were] opposed to the amendment.” Is it time to put a cap on the voting age? nyti.ms/JcnHQv

Another one bites the Facebook.

My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Beastie Boys (145), Torche (16) & Old Man Gloom (13) tweekly.fm/twitter/robweycher…

Ordinarily, I would not sing the song, but it actually is peanut butter jelly time.

145 Beastie Boys tracks in one day, almost everything they ever recorded. Don’t say I didn’t give you a sendoff, MCA. last.fm/user/cowpiesur…

Spun it all chronologically from License to Ill through Hot Sauce Committee, then Some Old Bullshit to finish on a youthful, cyclical note.

Some of my friends on Rdio are currently listening to stuff that is not Beastie Boys, and I am confused.

It is a fittingly gray day in Brooklyn. Rest in peace, MCA.

Finally starting to get the hang of tremolo picking. 200 BPM sixty-fourth notes, here I come!

You can always tell a Milford man.

PSA: Chaps are by definition “assless”. Saying “assless chaps” is like saying “assed pants”.

And my streak of being dismissed from jury duty without even being considered for selection remains unbroken.

No better way to kick off jury duty day than with a nice cold shower. Mmm hmm.

Public Self-Shaming: My web site has been dormant for five months with several substantial pieces of writing developing glacially.