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Monthly Archives: January 2007
Secret Society
photo by Dani Gurgel Last weekend I heard Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society again. This time they were playing the Bowery Poetry club, so it was a bit easier to get to then the Flux Factory. Because of the IAJE … Continue reading
Lots of music recently
It seems like January is full of concerts I want to hear. I don’t know if it’s because there are more cool-sounding shows around or because I know about more shows, but it’s not stopping for a few weeks. I’ll … Continue reading
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Labor saving devices
I don’t like most “labor-saving devices”. They don’t save any labor, they take up space, they’re expensive and fragile, and so on. Consider the electric razor. Whenever I’ve used one, it has taken me twice as long to get a … Continue reading
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The Affluent Society
A few weeks ago I finished reading The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith, which I picked up from a flea market down the street for $1, it was a dollar well spent. I don’t really remember the book as … Continue reading
Watchmen
I got Alan Moore’s watchmen for the holidays and read it in two days. I don’t think I’ve ever really read a comic book or graphic novel straight through before and I enjoyed it. Generally the blood and guts stuff … Continue reading
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Gladwell on Enron
Malcolm Gladwell seems to be everywhere I want to be. He wrote an article in the New Yorker in October about movie hit prediction, which is related, albeit tangentially, to my own research on music recommendation. This week, he has … Continue reading