Friday, April 10, 2009

A roundup: Happy Good Friday!

Nothing much happening tonight... a bit tired and fingers are hurting too much for now to continue on the cello, so gonna pour some hot tea and surf around for a bit before going home to spend the weekend...

Jenny Lewis profiled: “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” Her site.

Toronto biking up 32% in 5 years. >Report.

While posting this, I'm listening to Neko Case live in Washington DC courtesy of NPR.

Free Film Friday: Synecdoche, New York. Torrent here.

At the Revue tonight: 2012: SCIENCE or SUPERSTITION
Here's the torrent for the movie.

Three links from Jason Kottke:
Top 10 reasons why managers become great.

Reducing your water use.

How to look at billboards, a commentary on outdoor advertising by advertising man Howard Gossage from Harpers magazine in 1960.

Will update as it comes...

The Sadies at the Dakota

While looking around the net, I stumbled on to the Dakota site and saw an unannounced Sadies show Wednesday night... I found out around six, and the doors opened at nine... Perfect timing after the Future Bikes show. The Sadies did not disappoint, starting at around 10:30 and didn't finish until after 2... with two breaks in there. With the short notice I ended up going alone, but K.B. showed up just before the second set and helped me take a few of the almost 600 shots I came home with... a few below... I love this camera and I'm so happy I went with the Nikon cuz I don't think these low-light indoor shots would be possible without it.

Highlights included There's a Higher Power, First Inquisition pt. IV, and I Still Miss Someone. They play again at the Horseshoe on the 30th, and I wouldn't mind attending... they are fantastic, live and on record.

http://www.myspace.com/thesadies
http://www.thesadies.net/

Went to a party last night, everybody showed up tight, drinking wine and having fun, everybody came undone...




































The future bikes

I went to the Future Bikes exhibit at the Steam Whistle Brewery on Wednesday... Here's a sampling of the art.. it runs through May 5th.

http://www.thefuturebikes.blogspot.com/