The only thing the Slate piece on overused catchphrases is missing is how we really, really need to ditch douche.

When we last left the poor dead bird, it was swinging forlornly from the lowest branches of the pine tree. Sometime Saturday, the bird was blown from the tree and now lays feet up in the grass next to the tree. I was really hoping that once the bird was freed nature or the neighbors [...]

Internet Archive: Details: Mike Doughty Live at First Avenue on 2008-03-23
A download of el Doughty de Deliciouso’s First Ave show back in March (the saturday one, not the sunday one)
(tags: music mikedoughty largeheartedboy)

I removed roughly a hundred entries from the iwilldare.com archives today. They were mostly of the “I have to clean the kitchen” variety and whining about that one time I had a cold back in December of 2000. Hey, blogging was new then and I thought the Internet really wanted to hear about how [...]

Candy Bar Identification Quiz - AOL Food
Guess the candybar by viewing a cross-section of it. I got 15 out of 20
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As I mentioned earlier, I’ve had the Carly Simon song “Mockingbird” stuck in my head for the entire week. It bothered me endlessly because whenever I would sing the song I’d have these Maurice Sendak-esque cartoons accompanying my singing. The more my obsessed about it, the more concrete the cartoons became. It wasn’t until this [...]

Primer: Pixar | The A.V. Club
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What’s the Best Pixar Movie of All Time? — Vulture — Entertainment & Culture Blog — New York Magazine
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Being JT - Paper Cuts - Books - New York Times Blog
Despite never having read any of his/her work, I was fascinated by the whole JT LeRoy scheme
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I’ve listened to this song no less than 26 times in the last two days. It’s a sickness and I can’t figure out what the cure is.

And so I started reading Girl by Blake Nelson because it’s rock and roll June and I was so sick of non-fiction I could barf. Plus, it helped that the book had been sitting my shelf for about six years. And I knew the book was supposed to be about grunge music, alternative nation, and [...]

Live Review: Dan Wilson at the PUSH Opening Gala :: Reveille Magazine
I still have Semisonic on the brain after reading the Slichter book.
(tags: reveille, danwilson)

top five musical crimes perpetuated by record store customers in the 90s and 2000s
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There’s an enormous pine tree across the street from Supergenius HQ. The lowest branches of the tree are about a foot and a half off the ground. Hanging by a thread, literally, from one of the bottom branches is a dead bird. It’s been there since Monday.
I am not sure how the bird got tangled [...]

Last night at Grumpy’s, Jags, No Nickname Amanda, and I had a conversation about Art, Artists, and whether you can go on enjoying the art if you find out something really gross about the artist. I am not sure how we got on this topic, but it had something to do with Joni Mitchell and [...]

So there’s still about eight books on the diningroom table and a few scattered about the various rooms, but I’m calling the Semi-annual Supergenius Book Reorg 08 done. And since I don’t have a job and a real problem with prioritizing my time, I counted most of the books. I present to you a break-down [...]

CRITICAL MASS: Guest Post: Kit Reed on Twitter, Google, Facebook et al
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Bookninja » Blog Archive » Second hand books
I can see how this could be kinda gross if you spend too much time thinking about it.
(tags: books bookninja)

Past tense: Did a Minnesota Wikipedia user break news of Russert’s death? - Minnesota Independent: [...]

So I was in the shower, brushing my teeth and reading the bottle of Olay Restore Body Wash. This is no easy feat, because I am blind and I don’t shower with my glasses on. I was reading the bottle of body wash again because the other day when I was taking a bath, I [...]