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Whatever your political persuasion, there can be no doubt that this is INNUENDO at its most aggressive. Like. WOW. (I’m not even sure if this is “real,” but the wordplay is sensational, nonetheless.)
*Album covers: The New Yorker‘s Sasha Frere-Jones asks “What Would Prince Do?” He would most probably hit on Salma Hayek in song. That’s what he would do.
*Music: The New York Times talks Grateful Dead concerts, collecting pics and anecdotes from hardcore fans. I never went to a Dead concert. I can do that…
*Plants: No Dig gardening sounds like a hell of a lot of work. And it can’t be as delicious as Lasagne Gardening.
*Documentaries: Check out this 12-part documentary on Philip Glass. [pop candy]
*Dental health: I have never tried cupcake-flavored dental floss. If I still have teeth after Easter, I might have to. [babble]
*Internet: More on the ATTRIBUTION debate (regarding which I linked to posts from Waxy and Kottke previously) from Anil Dash and Merlin Mann. This is weird for the listenerd to link to because if you don’t know it, you probably won’t read it. But if you know it, you probably don’t need to be told it. But I’m telling you, it’s worth reading if you care about what you read. Best of luck in your future endeavours and I am an idiot.
*Today’s links: D. Let’s try harder next time. A lot harder.
*Seduction: Prince has set his sights on Salma Hayek. On his new triple-Target album he sings, “Hey Valentina, tell your mama she should give me a call/ When she get tired of runnin’ after you down the hall/And she’s all worn out from those late-night feedings/and she’s ready for another rock and roll meeting.” I think that guy might be a weirdo.
*Men: My son isn’t unborn any more, but I’m still reading 1001 rules for my unborn son. “Never request a joke or an impression.” I couldn’t agree more.
*Beer: There is a new beer in town called Summit Horizon Red Ale and Heavy Table has drunk it. Has drunk it? I’m an editor, but I never took an English class past the 11th grade, people. Also, delicious, delicious beer.[s4xton]
*Internet: I linked to Waxy’s round-up of the All Things D attribution kerfuffle yesterday. Now Kottke adds a couple cents. It’s worth reading.
*Digital music: Hype Machine’s Anthony Volodkin talks about whether Hype Machine is bad for music. “We probably did play a role in the growth and attention that music blogs have received. This changes the dynamics of many things, as bigger audiences tempt the wrong people to do the wrong things (post link bait, poor quality content but in large quantity etc).” [daily swarm]
*Literature: T.S. Eliot – editor at Faber & Faber in 1944 – explains why he rejected George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” [inessential]
*Twitter: There is a race to be the first Twitterer with 1,000,000 followers going on right now, and I am losing. My money, as always, is on Britney. Though John Mayer (or his ghostwriter) is somehow not bad with the medium at all.
*E-retail: Click and wait. I don’t know how to read this language. Netherlandish. (Flemish?) [coudal]
*The internet: Waxy makes internet attribution debates not boring.
*Updates: Six things to read on twitter. (I started looking at the quality of the posts from some Minneapolis Twitterers and I’m scared. And I don’t scare easily.)
*Today’s links: Strong D. STRONG.
*Digital music: Check out the Tone Matrix. But first “Please install latest flashplayer.” Also, I am an idiot.
*Albums: Bearded Iron & Wine singer-songwriter-maniac Sam Beam is putting out an album of rarities called “Around the Well” on June 1st. What are the odds he will include an idiosyncratic-but-charming podcast on that album? 0%.
*Cooking: Kate Moss has a cookbook coming out. Somewhat related: Blueberry is Minnesota’s state muffin. I’m a cranberry/white chocolate man. But you knew that already. And I’m not talking about muffins. (WHAT?)
*Beef: If you love beef, you will love Toby Keith vs. Ethan Hawke. There are no losers in this beef. Because there are no winners in this beef. And I hate Ethan Hawke.
*Heroes: Browse this gallery of Mexican Superheroes. [lyrical_miracle]
*Work: The Workaholic Suit is padded so you won’t hurt yourself if you keel over. They couldn’t have at least made the tie striped? I mean…
*Local: A Minneapolis bike company hired a local writer to compose a series of 17 fictional posts as a way to build traffic and brand recognition.
This dovetails with something I’ve been wondering. For any localites (or non-Twin Citizens, I suppose) reading this: Are there any qualitatively good twitterers from Minneapolis or St. Paul that I should know about? I don’t care about numbers of followers. I do care about signal vs. noise (I’m for the former), entertainment or insight (I’m for either), and generally low volume (not, like, 20 a day). Any suggestions appreciated (it’s complicated, ok?). I may not follow your advice.
*Today’s links: F. Never half-ass it.
Previously, I posted a YouTube video of Rihanna’s “Disturbia” rendered in sign language. Now comes the sign language video for the Britney Spears song “If U Seek Amy,” which presented unique challenges for signing considering the chorus sounds like a young lady spelling out “eff-ewe-cee-kay me.”
Best of luck.
