On Deck
...wherein we listen to what Lawrence's movers and shakers are moving and shaking. to.
- Pelican, "Australasia"
- Brand New, "Deja Entendu"
- Underoath, "They're Only Chasing Safety"
- Bob Dylan, "Blonde on Blonde"
- Saosin, "Translating the Name"
Tubers
...wherein local TV connoisseurs intimate what keeps them on their couches.
- "The Apprentice" "The shit-talking is great. Everybody just makes fools of themselves."
- "The Contender" "It's really intense ... real-life human drama."
- "America's Top Model" "Everybody ends up crying. It's hilarious."
Bound Up
Currently reading: "Joe: A Memoir of Joe Brainard" "It's a memoir of a group of poets from Tulsa who in the '60s went to New York," Grauerholz says. "It made me very nostalgic."
One book everyone should read: "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs "All things considered, it is my all-time favorite book," Grauerholz says. "And, incidentally, it pays my mortgage."
Top websites of the week
- kittenwar.com Will we ever get tired of those __vs__ sites? No. This one pits kitten against kitten in a battle of cuteness. Not as cute as it sounds. Oh, yes it is, ickle widdy boody bumkins.
- chicagocrime.org Ever since Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago began using brute squads and debilitating property tax to purge any charm or character from the formerly great city of wild onions, it's been hard to differentiate it from a big, cultured, sort of racially diverse Overland Park. Here, finally, is proof that the entitled suburban nitwits haven't completely won out.
- lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects Like you we've always felt that doomsday would come as a result of some sort of projectile flying from space. For the first time, you can calculate what sort of damage said projectile will do, and how far away you need to be to avoid harm. Here's a hint: You can't! That's why it's called doomsday.
- t45ol.com Make hip-hop that is less irritating, but no less repetitive than the crap you hear on the "radio." This Flash-based scratch simulator allows you to choose from a variety of loops and scratch over them. From now on, Wu Tang IS something to fuck with.
- theonlinekaraokemachine.i12.com Oh. My. God. We were wondering what the seventh sign of Satan's return was.
