A Smoker’s Manifesto

5 Apr 2006 – 2:54
By adam | Also posted in married life | Comments (2)

I started smoking when i was 18. Just because it was legal at that age, doesn’t mean i wasn’t being immature and rebellious. Smoking was always something i found attractive, despite the protestant ideal that one shouldn’t defile their ‘temple’. i guess the attraction goes back to the smell of my grandpa’s pipe, from my [...]

Jealousy Redux

2 Feb 2006 – 4:54
By adam | Also posted in history | Comments (3)

My parents bought me Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence for my birthday. It’s an excellent film, and possibly more of a mindfuck than the first. while i was watching the mini-run-lola-run section near the end, i realized they were saying perfectly what i tried to say a long time ago. jealousy [...]

PLUG: Independent Music Awards

15 Dec 2005 – 1:04
By adam | Also posted in music | Comments (2)

i voted in the PLUG awards. you know what annoyed me most? no, not the fact that i had to vote in every single category, despite the only female artist i recognized being annie, who a) i hate b) is not in the least indie rock. nor is it that when i [...]

Independent films

1 Dec 2005 – 10:17
By adam | Comments (5)

Empire published their list of the 50 Greatest Independent Films. so it seems the thing to do is to make a movie canon meme of it. so here goes, movies i’ve seen in bold, ones I own are starred:

Y.A.M.P.

24 Sep 2005 – 5:01
By adam | Also posted in music | Comments (1)

(Yet Another Music Post)
current tune: none
this article on slashdot really got my goat. playing CD’s is not a privilege. when i purchase something called an audio CD, the name implies that it conforms to Phillips’ red book spec. i assume that it will play in my audio CD drive (on my computer [...]