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Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:49:20 -0400

(via Farm Sanctuary)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:09:43 -0400

(via Farm Sanctuary)

Someone started a FYtMG tumblr.

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:19:41 -0400

Someone started a FYtMG tumblr.

"Grab your boat, and get your cat…"

Fri, 15 May 2009 15:24:03 -0400

“Grab your boat, and get your cat…”

- How my brain works: somehow it formed this silly mashup of Life of Pi and “On The Sunny Side Of The Street”, and has been replaying it over and over today.

Regulation of membrane trafficking and organ separation by the NEVERSHED ARF-GAP protein -- Liljegren et al. 136 (11): 1909 -- Development

Fri, 08 May 2009 15:18:56 -0400

Regulation of membrane trafficking and organ separation by the NEVERSHED ARF-GAP protein -- Liljegren et al. 136 (11): 1909 -- Development: Yay, I’ve been published again! This paper came out of my former lab and was the main project I worked on while I was at UNC about 3-4 years ago. Unfortunately, only the abstract is available without a subscription.

Junior Boys - Red Thanks to readers of this li’l blog who...

Mon, 04 May 2009 18:35:00 -0400

Junior Boys - Red

Thanks to readers of this li’l blog who don’t give a toss about hockey for bearing with me during my recent fangirlishness wrt the Carolina Hurricanes. Shortly after I finished watching the Canes’ lovely win over Boston (during which Matt Cullen scored a goal that I’m sure was just for me) on the big screen at the back of the Cats Cradle, the Junior Boys took the stage. A rapturous dance party followed. This was the third time they’ve been to NC and the third time I’ve seen them here. Rapturous dance parties, every one.

by Charles Krupa - AP YES WE CANES

Mon, 04 May 2009 11:20:32 -0400

by Charles Krupa - AP

YES WE CANES

Yesterday while driving to Raleigh, I noticed I was behind...

Sat, 02 May 2009 21:10:20 -0400

Yesterday while driving to Raleigh, I noticed I was behind Grayson. My first thought was that he should have a bumper sticker that says “Follow Me To Brome”.

Sebadoh "Infatuation Or True Desire"

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:03:26 -0400

I’m re-blogging MP’s post here in order to take the opportunity to say that “Happily Divided” has long my favorite Sebadoh song (Lowenstein FTW). Other faves: “S. Soup”, “Homemade”, “Skull”.

perpetua:

DOWNLOAD IT!

Sebadoh’s body of work is kinda all over the place, which makes some sense given that the band has a pretty sprawling discography and three primary songwriters. Aside from Eric Gaffney’s generally bizarre contributions, the general tone of the band is defined by Lou Barlow and Jason Loewenstein’s obsession with writing whiny, often passive-aggressive songs about girls. Sometimes they rock out, other times they are soft and tender, but no matter what, they usually come off as the neediest, most high-maintenence boyfriends of all time. Luckily, the songs are mostly quite catchy and awesome, so it’s not too annoying, though it may be hard to take too many of them in a row unless you’re in a full-on beta male shame spiral.

Sebadoh “Infatuation Or True Desire”
License To Confuse / Ocean / The Freed Pig / Rebound / Can’t Give Up / New Worship / Give Up / Flame / Flood / Got It / Nothing Like You / Soul and Fire / Tempation Tide / Prince-S / Weird / Magnet’s Coil / Happily Divided / Elixir Is Zog / Gimmie Indie Rock / Ride The Darker Wave / It’s So Hard To Fall In Love / Brand New Love / It’s All You / On Fire / Drama Mine / Careful / Emma Get Wild / True Hardcore

Cullen’s line comes in for the post-score group hug. We...

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:13:27 -0400

Cullen’s line comes in for the post-score group hug.

We had awesome seats for game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals - right up against the glass. Sitting up that close in the charged environment of a playoff game was insane. (Unfortunately, what it’s like in there after they actually win such a game will still be left up to my imgination.) Rather suprisingly, the RBC Center allows dSLRs, so I got a bunch of photos — click through for the rest.

Bright Young Things @ Slim’s, Raleigh NC. Went out to the...

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:36:59 -0400

Bright Young Things @ Slim’s, Raleigh NC.

Went out to the Bowerbirds/Bright Young Things show last night. Show was great — BYT play a very enjoyable brand of soulful power-pop, and I expect they’ll be very buzzy once their record comes out. Bowerbirds played as a four-piece, with former Ticonderogan Wes adding some killer bass lines and BYT singer Matt adding some lovely drums. They played a bunch of new stuff, which sounded very good, and announced that they’ve got a new record out on July 7. Yay!

By the way, this was my first time at Slim’s, and it’s a miserably smoky, cramped place. Bleh.

John: you know what the great thing is about the name Thornsawas, is that it's a palindrome

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:13:26 -0400

John: you know what the great thing is about the name Thornsawas, is that it's a palindrome

John: if I had children they would be stupid & insane by the time they were 5

me: hahaha

John: "my dad says he's a veteran of the corn smut wars and that's why he doesn't have to work on tuesdays"

under dogwood 2 From my backyard yesterday. Happy spring,...

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:09:04 -0400

under dogwood 2

From my backyard yesterday. Happy spring, y’all.

http://xiuxiu.org/2009_03_01_archive.html

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:52:49 -0400

http://xiuxiu.org/2009_03_01_archive.html: [scroll down to the Morrissey entry on 3/16. There are apparently no permalinks for individual entries.] This was such a fun night. It was hilarious and awesome to notice in the dark, about a third of the way through the Morrissey show, that we were standing next to Jamie and Angela. Indeed we shall go to dinner and show them how rad Durham is.

The Beautiful South - “Song For Whoever” Man, The...

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:02:00 -0400

The Beautiful South - “Song For Whoever”

Man, The Beautiful South had great songs and terrible videos (exhibit B). Also, it’s criminal that I can’t buy a download of this album from iTunes or Emusic or Amazon. I might still have the worn-out cassette copy that I used to play incessantly in high school, but I’d like to upgrade if I can.

Dear Coach’s Corner

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:39:36 -0400

Still trying to find my way into the new Propagandhi record. This song has some really nice lines, especially the middle section, but I’m missing the melodic sense of some of their past work. I suppose that will ease a bit with familiarity, though the truth is that as band and fan we’ve grown apart a lot over the past 12 years. A little over a week ago I finally saw them live for the first time. The setting was not so intimate—an outdoor festival in dusty Florida—but I’ll take what I can get. I got a photo pass, and so got to watch the first three songs literally at their feet. It was of course a thrill to be so close, and a bit scary to be in the path of the flying feet of crowd-surfers with my back turned, but it also felt a bit vampirish to be aiming my camera up at them from that weird little trough in front of the rest of the crowd. After those first three songs I found a spot in the crowd, just off to the side in front, and shouted along with everyone else.

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Dear Ron MacLean. Dear Coach’s Corner.
I’m writing in order for someone to explain
to my niece the distinction between these
mandatory pre-game group rites of submission
and the rallies at Nuremburg.
Specifically the function the ritual serves
in conjunction with what everybody knows
is in the end a kid’s game.
I’m just appealing to your sense of fair play when I say
she’s puzzled by the incessant pressure for her
to not defy the collective will,
and yellow ribboned lapels,
as the soldiers inexplicably rappel
down from the arena rafters
(which, if not so insane, would be grounds for screaming laughter).

Dear Ron MacLean, I wouldn’t bother with these questions
if I didn’t sense some spiritual connection.
We may not be the same but it’s not like we’re from different planets:
we both love this game so much we can hardly fucking stand it.
Alberta-born and prairie-raised.
Seems like there ain’t a sheet of ice north of Fargo I ain’t played.
From Penhold to the Gatineau, every fond memory of childhood that I know
is somehow connected to the culture of this game. I can’t just let it go.

But I guess it comes down to what kind of world you want to live in,
and if diversity is disagreement, and disagreement is treason,
well don’t be surprised if we find ourselves reaping a strange and bitter fruit
that sad old man beside you
keeps feeding to young minds as virtue.
It takes a village to raise a child
but just a flag to raze the children
until they’re nothing more than ballast
for fulfilling a madman’s dream of a paradise
where complexity is reduced to black and white.
How do I protect her from this cult of death?

UNC-TV ONLINE: Digital TV and UNC-TV

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:58:00 -0500

UNC-TV ONLINE: Digital TV and UNC-TV:

“With a digital television or set-top converter box and your antenna, you can watch our three UNC-TV channels. If you combine a converter box with a high definition TV set, you can view UNC-TV’s HD programming in spectacular high definition.” (emphasis mine)

I don’t get it. I have an HDTV. But I only get 3 of UNC-TV’s five channels, and UNC-HD is not one of them. I thought I understood this digital transition mess, but the quote seems to suggest that I need a converter box AND an HDTV to get all the channels? What’s more, I used to get the UNC-HD channel, but a little while ago it disappeared. WTF? I WANT TO WATCH THE LINGUISTS AND IT’S ONLY ON THE HD CHANNEL.

Abby, Jake, Andy, & I went to IKEA Charlotte on its 5th day...

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:43:52 -0500

Abby, Jake, Andy, & I went to IKEA Charlotte on its 5th day of open-ness. Abby made a video of the adventure! We have to go back soon, because I didn’t buy enough stuff.

"What kind of person buys a jar of orange and black jellybeans to ‘celebrate’ Halloween?..."

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:09:00 -0500

“What kind of person buys a jar of orange and black jellybeans to ‘celebrate’ Halloween? Everyone thinks that because I wear black lipstick I live for Halloween or something. It’s such an embarrassing holiday. They should call it Alter Ego Day—everyone dresses up as who they’d rather be instead of themselves. Sort of like what you said about people wanting out—or people wanting to be anything except what and who they are. I’d dress up as an ivory-billed woodpecker. Imagine everybody wondering if you existed, hoping you did, longing for a quick glance of you.”

- Douglas Coupland, The Gum Thief, p. 17-18

DC’s newest is a nice twist on his classic style. I liked it, moreso than his last couple of novels. Sure, the characters all have that impossibly articulate tone about them, but it’s like a Wes Anderson film—it’s part of his style that, while a little bit BS, makes it his.

(Click on photo for a whole set of pix) Last week I was on a...

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:00:00 -0500

(Click on photo for a whole set of pix)

Last week I was on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, sailing with a handful of rock bands and a bunch of devoted fans of the Barenaked Ladies. They had invited the Mountain Goats (and the Weakerthans and Christine Fellows, yay!) to play their cruise, Ships & Dip V, and graciously extended the invitation (and free cruise fare) to spouses and significant others as well. It was a great time, and an invaluable opportunity to spend time with some of my favorite musicians and friends.

Came home to a 72 degree February day in NC, considerably warmer than the blustery day we spent on Key West. It’s been over 48 hours since I’ve been off the boat and I still feel like the ground is gently rocking beneath me.