Goddamn Cape Cod
By Dave | July 3, 2008
Earlier today, I was browsing GasBuddy to search for the cheapest gas in my neighborhood. I clicked on Massachusetts and sorted by price. Guess what I found.
The most expensive gas in the entire commonwealth of Massachusetts is on Cape Cod. Here’s a screenshot. First, the least expensive gas in Mass:
And here’s a list of the priciest gas in the state
Eleven out of the top fifteen — including the coveted #1 spot — are on The Cape. Website GasPriceWatch yielded no results, because we live in the middle of frakkin’ nowhere.
Ten five years from now, this beautiful stretch of land will be an exlcusive playground for the ultra-rich, and that sucks.
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Good news, everyone!
By Dave | July 2, 2008
Episode 12 of The Sci-Fi Cast — the Futurama episode — is ready to go! Enjoy!
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Sweet
By Dave | June 29, 2008
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Reuters/Billboard catches up with me
By Dave | June 29, 2008
Earlier this week, Billboard posted an article about the “Complete My Album” feature in iTunes
“In the past few months, labels and artists have begun releasing multiple tracks in advance of an album’s street date to promote new releases, relying in no small degree on Apple’s iTunes Music Store’s Complete My Album feature to convert them into full-album sales — in some cases with striking effectiveness … But those rates could start climbing now that acts like Lil Wayne, Jason Mraz, the Cure and the Jonas Brothers are using the feature as a marketing tool.”
Here’s what I said about “Complete My Album” fifteen months ago
“Nice try, Apple, but I neglected the songs I did because I don’t want them. Just because they’re cheaper or available for a limited time only doesn’t make them more appealing. I’m going to guess that the record companies are behind this “feature” and not Apple, as the latter have always promoted single-track purchases, and the former have not.”
Well done, Billboard! Welcome to March, 2007!
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A pocket full of Fail
By Dave | June 25, 2008
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A history of Firebird logos
By Dave | June 25, 2008
As a teenage boy, I delivered newspapers in Scranton, Pennsylvania in a headbanger’s denim jacket; Van Halen’s Women and Childred First on the Walkman. Along my route sat a black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, which I lusted after the way a desert waits for rain. T Roof, spoiler, jacked-up rear end and blazing firebrid logo on the hood. Hell, yes.
It’s with those same eyes that I’m pouring over this illustrated history of the firebird logo. I didn’t realize that it went through such changes, or that its first appearance wasn’t on the hood.
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Nine Inch Nails rehearsal videos
By Dave | June 25, 2008
Check out the touchscreen drum machine. More videos here. This is going to be a killer tour.
[Via Joshua Blankenship]
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The website is down
By Dave | June 25, 2008
Very funny video. Best line: “You can’t arrange your icons by penis.”
While we’re at it, how do people work like this?
[Via Coudal]
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In praise of Kubrick’s editing
By Dave | June 25, 2008
Adam Polselli has writen a great analysis of The Shining’s hallway scene.
“During a scene in Stanley Kubrick’s horror film The Shining (1980), when Danny envisions the girls in a hallway of the Overlook Hotel, Kubrick’s editing in both the classical and montage style heightens suspense, creates dramatic tension, and suggests Danny’s psychological state.”
A great analysis of my favorite director.
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Why did I like Sammy Hagar again?
By Dave | June 24, 2008
Sometimes, a person cannot see how bad a situation is until he steps away from it. Now that Van Hagar is over, I see it from that fresh perspective.
Thank goodness that’s over.
Sam’s lyrics have always been poor, but he reached a new level of crap with his new single, “On A Roll.” Here’s a sample
“Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines
I’m on a roll
Well, I’m on a roll let it roll
Roll, roll, roll.
Well, I’m on a roll let it roll.
Roll, roll, roll.
Well we rollin’ for a while
comin’ up on turn three”
Goodness.
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