Music that I like

Recently I've been into some new music. I love stuff with a really nice beat to it, but that doesn't necessarily mean electronic. Well, maybe it does. Here are 7 tunes I've been listening to recently that are pretty great. Some of them, like the song by Brad Sucks can be heard for free online off of the artist's site. Every single ones of these songs I first heard through Pandora, if you don't use it I strongly recommend it. Any radio station that guesses what I want to hear is OK in my book.

"Making Me Nervous" by Brad Sucks
"Los Angelos" by the Firebird Band
"Tribulations" by LCD Soundsystem
"19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)" by the Gorrilaz
"I Want to Love You in My Room" by Irving
"Where You End" by Moby
"Island in the Sun" by Weezer

James Can Dance And So Can YOU!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeird

It's nice to know that if I die alone in my apartment people may not in fact find me half eaten by wild dogs.

Jacko goes down...

I saw news of this at work yesterday and was reminded by the new PA comic this morning. Florida courts are recommending that Jack Thompson be disbarred.

Jack Thompson is famous for his reactionary stance against video game violence and even more famous for being a psychotic douche-bag. I don't use that term lightly, the man is not only off his rocker, he is both aggressively outspoken and overwhelmingly ignorant. Until recently the most troubling thing about him was that many people seemed to respect his warped opinions, increasing the negative attention being given gamers/ game developers. Hopefully this decision will help put his remarks into perspective and take some ammunition away from politicians and nay-sayers.

But really, who can say?

Severn Suzuki's speech from 1992

I thought this was extremely touching. It's as true today as it was 15 years ago.