Another commute song.
Buck Owens - Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line
My friend Lorna used to sing this song (I expect she still does, but we don’t live in the same city anymore, so I can’t guarantee it). Me, I just want Buck’s jacket.
Hüsker Dü’s Land Speed Record came out January 17, 1982. Here are the first six songs from it, going by in a blur.
Mind-boggling. Bar-setting. Whatever. Fucking hardcore.
turbine: Two brief ideas for the publishing industry
1. If I buy a full-price hard-cover book, give me the e-book for free. I don’t mean some super-snazzy, illustration-rich multimedia experience. I just want the book in electronic format. The system works well on me when I’m buying records. I bought 1000 Hertz on vinyl because it came with a cd. I…
All this AND never charge more for an e-book than $10. EVER. Come on.
Of course, this means as the consuming public, we should stop paying for e-books that are over $10.
The Last Best Words for the Machines
“For when the last best words have been said for the machine it has no marvel comparable to the marvel of the human hand guided by the human mind.”
— The Woodworker, Chips from the Chisel, 1937, page 255
(via Lost Art Press)
Nice Serial Comma
- The Advertising Editor claims to have two Master’s degrees.
- So.
Man, if I liked proof-reading I’d totally open a business called “Just Dissertations — There are two esses because one isn’t enough!”.
Also if I didn’t firmly believe that punctuation goes outside of quotation marks unless the punctuation is part of the quoted phrase.
- So.
Clifford Strange, great-grandfather, in 1913.
The Clash’s “This Is Radio Clash” single came out November 20, 1981. Here’s the original promo video.
And IIIIIIIIIII…. Will always lovvvvve… marriage equality.
(via Wipeout Homophobia)
