December 2009
67 posts
longest road →
dear project leader:
this alien appreciates the many music blogs that offer evaluatioin MP3s of new music releases. but he often finds a track playing on his itunes for which he has…
no glissando →
listening to “hold” muzak — the attention retainer, as it’s called — and the carpenters’ “yesterday once more” (“every la la la”) comes on with swelling strings and glissando-ing piano. the entire…
somebody told me →
this alien adores this lyric:
well somebody told me
you had a boyfriend
who looked like a girlfriend
that i had in february of last year
saltzman →
dear project leader:
this alien asks: what do this group
and this group
have in common?
this man:
jeff saltzman, who produced the killers hot fuss is…
livescribe pulse smartpen →
dear project leader:
this alien has something new:
terror incident →
dear project leader:
this alien remembers a few years ago when someone attempted to blow up a plane with a device in his footware; hence, he was given the name, “shoebomber”.
this alien wonders…
holmes →
dear project leader:
this alien was shocked, SHOCKED, at how much he liked sherlock holmes, which, based on the terrible previews, he hadn’t even intended to see.
impossible →
dear project leader: this alien ran across this song on MTVU today…the alien thinks it has appeal. is he alone in thinking this? impossible, shout out louds I don’t want…
Vatican awards self 'unique copyright' on Pope •... →
dear project leader: this alien might be breaking copyright law…of the vatican state. he doesn’t care. Vatican awards self ‘unique copyright’ on Pope • The Register
certain age →
dear project leader: this alien is ashamed to admit he has been watching, “men of a certain age” on TNT (they know drama, or something). never a fan of ray romano, but liked watching…
cinema 2009 →
dear project leader: this alien feels that year-end compilations really bring home the fact that i missed several movies this year. but you know what they say, “a year not…
cinema 2009 →
dear project leader: this alien feels that year-end compilations really bring home the fact that i missed several movies this year. but you know what they say, “a year not…
certain age →
dear project leader: this alien is ashamed to admit he has been watching, “men of a certain age” on TNT (they know drama, or something). never a fan of ray romano, but liked watching…
impossible →
dear project leader: this alien ran across this song on MTVU today…the alien thinks it has appeal. is he alone in thinking this? impossible, shout out louds I don’t want…
Vatican awards self 'unique copyright' on Pope •... →
dear project leader: this alien might be breaking copyright law…of the vatican state. he doesn’t care. Vatican awards self ‘unique copyright’ on Pope • The Register
take warning →
dear project leader: this alien wonders if sailors took warning.
avatar →
dear project leader: this alien fell in line and saw avatar this weekend. he also rewatched star trek at home while wrapping xmas prezzies, which vibrantly underscored what he found so…
santa ana →
dear project leader: this alien hates santa ana weekends, when the desert winds blow in from the east, creating crazy-ass allergy symptoms in this one. most difficult: one gets so sleepy from…
almost →
dear project leader: this alien thought is was funny when wired magazine wrote that an asteroid “will almost hit earth”, as it buzzes by “just 18,300 miles” away. 18,300 miles? does that even…
hurts →
dear project leader: this alien had never heard of the track, “wonderful life” by HURTS till about three weeks ago, when it suddenly showed up on several blogs’ end-of-year best lists….
league →
dear project leader: this alien read that human league are getting back in action, having signed a new record deal. it’s all i ever wanted.
Illegal Sunday MadMixMustang – From The Heart Of... →
dear project leader: this alien adores this mashup of blondie and philip glass… Illegal Sunday <br />MadMixMustang – From The Heart Of Glass
scrub →
dear project leader: this alien is a fairly big fan of the tv series, scrubs. there have always been things about it that don’t set well, but for the most part, great characters,…
old days →
dear project leader: back when this alien was a club kid club uncle, he loved, loved this song. it still sends a little bit of a shiver. someone (like you), ascension ooh….
cage →
dear project leader: this alien made a mistake at work today. as it turns out, having made the mistake was a good thing, because we now know how to resolve that mistake if it ever happens…
not homo →
dear project leader: this alien has no connected simian line…he must not be homo, after all.
lightning →
dear project leader: this alien was a huge fan of the lightning seeds records in the 80’s. last year, he found that he / they recorded an album recently…still doing what he / they were…
word →
dear project manager: this alien wonders why so many people use MS-Excel for task lists containing nothing more than text.
once more with video →
war criminal →
dear project leader: so all this news about the inquiry into starting the iraq “war”…everyone seems shocked, SHOCKED, that bush/cheney/blair may not have thought there were WMDs in…
cover →
dear project leader: because this alien loves covers of his favorite songs: heart of glass, nuuro
80's →
dear project leader: this alien, for so many reasons, misses the 80’s.
xmas →
dear project leader: this alien is justifiably boasting that his xmas shopping is pretty much complete. now to get these things out in the mail on time…something this alien is almost never able to…
nothing can stop us →
dear project leader: you’re welcome
natalie portman's eyebrows →
dear project leader: this alien saw brothers today (tobey maguire, jake gyllenhaal, natalie portman’s eyebrows, and a bitter little girl with chubby cheeks). it was actually pretty…
kings →
dear project leader: this alien was sent a link for a holiday surprise: we three kings, blondie get it here
undisclosed →
dear project leader: this alien has been reviewing music and movies and tv he’s studied over the past year. one of the album highlights (in a year of great singles, not so many albums)…
so hard →
this alien adores this lyric: “i’m always hoping you’ll be faithful, but you’re not, i suppose; we’ve both given up smoking, cuz it’s fatal, so whose matches are those?”
expectations →
dear project leader: this alien, like everyone else in the world, is intrigued by the upcoming movie, avatar. but he’s suspicious of the early reviews coming in, almost all of which go…
the future →
dear project leader: this alien acknowledges that he named “spaceman”, by the killers, as single of the year…but he would argue that “this used to be the future”, by pet shop boys and…