February 2008
weird. for the first time ever I could see HRC calling the shots. not with that laugh though. And she’s already had 8 yrs in the white house
Hillary doing consistently better on CNN.com’s reaction-o-meter thing which is allegedly hooked up to a group of undecideds
Man, Hillary’s much better in these debates. Even though she annoys the hell out of me.
January 2008
Argh, forced to lunch w prodxn, just as i nearly finished mccain/arnie wrap. Blogging + dayjob aint perfect. Cant multitask at lunch!
fun. we be liveblogging right now thru the day at the Kodak Theater / Hollywood&Highland Dem Debate environs: http://tinyurl.com/2dba7w
India has lost half its bandwidth on undersea cable bust. I can haz lokel kontrakterz now?!?
Hollywood, D.C.: A Once in a Lifetime Kinda Day →
It’s a chilly morning in LA — would be very hard to get out of bed if I weren’t already lightheaded pondering the exhilirating hours and days of work and hobby ahead. With the help of rising-star political reporter Jeremy Oberstein, my team at LAist is prepared to whoop everybody’s ass at full coverage of today’s democratic debate which CNN has — as they will — already dubbed something like...
Damn. LA is the new DC today. Look for Air Force one to (briefly) shut down LAX within the hour.
Is schwarzenegger endorsing mccain tonight? Guess Maria will be sticking up north for this trip
What the Zeitgeist Are You Thinking, Hype Machine? →
Oh yes, it’s prime time to prove to record labels and profit-worthy artists that your free Web site aspires to legitimacy. But COME ON, HypeM — especially in light of the Qtrax hilarity — how can you do something so dumb?
What kind of “zeitgeist” looks like this? A painful-to-the-eye layout of 50 records + a few advertised fakes? Wow. And this is the shit that put Virgin Sunset out?
First...
My first actual RickRoll — my coeditor. Her response: “i’m seriously grooving right now”
Rudy Giuliani is toast. Finally. Dude’s kids won’t even talk to him and he thinks he can be president? Say hi to Bernie Kerik for me. Ciao.
No Reflection: Looking Out the Window →
I’ve been actively blogging here for 2.5 years — and intermittently since 1999, when I first launched WOOZradio. Why don’t I bother to self-promote or even make cards/stickers to increase traffic and the minimal revenue flow that could help me break even on the $15 a month or so I spend to keep Live365 running and paying royalties. Because I feel stupid talking about myself to a computer...
slow braking reflexes this am on sunset blvd crawl with goog reader mobile + TWiT. And right now steering with left leg. Add coffee to mix?
haven’t be able to load Goog reader on my Mac all day. what gives?
think I’d be doing the entire world a favor by working from home today. yeah, come to think of it: brilliant idea.
wait, Bill Clinton compared Obama win in S.C. to Jesse Jackson? I’m gonna f’in hurl…
Have both chills and am fired up from Obama speech. Now off to LA Derby Dolls event.
Dear john edwards, please give up within a week. Its gotta be Barack or bust v. GOP. Lets bring it Feb. 5.
LAFD shoring up hillside in advance of big one-5 inches rain forecast-double the total for all of last year. There will be mudslides, Tarzan
Dear city of LA, the collapse of the hillside onto my street is accelerating due to recent rain. Pls bring reinforcement. Yes i phoned 1st
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Audiobooks - Los Angeles Public Library
downloadable, growing selection and also music and video
DataPortability.org - Share and remix data using open standards
I love the rain. LAs return to humanitay
Had to pee so long its unsafe to be drivin in rain. Thanks buzzoutloud, my veritablly aurul crossed legs
goin to @mashable bashmeet as soon as I get thru this way-too-long way-too-lame corp. training thing. THIS is what I call harassment ;-)
anybody take neat photos of the wildly entertaining LA weather this week and want to share? D msg or e-mail me: andy@laist.com
Here are all yr great photos of this week in crazy LA weather: http://tinyurl.com/2jlmzy thanks @leh4 in DC for the heads up on rainbow.
flickrmailed peeps for permission to use photos. Most replied “of course. I’ve just been too lazy to switch them to Creative Commons.”
Hey! Why is Michael Krasny cramping my Day to Day. Krasny-Mantle combo would be ultimate suck! <3 a cranky npr junkie
I speak my gringo spanish at lemoyne taco truck. Lady digs that i understand her but still looks cold. I take taco de carne asada home,score
Great to see @seanbonner at gallows set. Literally sick, apparently, but all dem 14yos were in the right place.
English Punk lives @ 10pm Troubadour: Gallows. Disney knocked them off HoB bill w/ Social D last night cuz they “too wild.” mickeynolikey?
impatiently awaiting my promo code to listen to the new Malkmus record via Matador’s awesome BEGN scheme: http://www.buyearlygetnow.com/
omg, everyblock has “missed connections:” http://tinyurl.com/2dwbj6 will it have added value for newsmaps? or just an EveryAPI spread thin?
Best Use of Metallica’s ‘One’ in a Public Radio... →
Photo by Daniella Zalcman under CC license.
“Chronically Homeless See New Woes in New Orleans”, by Joseph Shapiro.
I heard it this morning around 3:15 a.m. when I flipped over my Zune and tuned to NPR after being awoken by violent sounds from a movie playing too loud in the next room. These are the stories that actually play three times here on the West Coast, where morning edition begins at...
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Shareaholic - The browser add-on extension to share, bookmark and e-mail web pages quickly
Tribune Company :: Values
Question Authority” it says… unless, of course, you’re the editor of the LA Times. smells like hypocrisy.
7 Powerful Steps to Overcoming Resistance and Actually Getting Stuff Done | Zen Habits
Jumping the Shark: Internet Dating Style →
My mother doesn’t understand why I’ve quit all attempts at meeting girls via Nerve, OKCupid, JDate and the like.
It just never (OK - rarely) seemed to work out.
So this morning I have officially jumped the Internet dating shark as my dear friend Caroline began a contest in which three lucky ladies will win one of three dates with me. The best of those three dates will be continued on a...
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Where cultural pulp comes from. Fashion Boutique Slash Clothing Superstore
I like Intelligentsia even more after the abhorently pretentious treatment at LAMill. but wheres the darn WiFi, yo?
Pretty weak overall, imo, but yeah @boogah, day 2 - sat - looks muy doable
@acarvin Maher is good this wknd. Kraftwerk confirmed for Coachella. Yay.
Looks like Chango on Echo Park is sporting bright new orange letter C on front window. Uhoh, and its not for da Bears
oh no. potential sore throat, say t’aint so. heading immediately to casbah cafe for serious tea action.
F the packers. Next time i wish the weather channel was commenting steda Buck. Cubs in 08. jus like last century. eli cheesecake, congrats
I meant @josholalia. Bem vindo!
Grats @josholaila! May u save the world all over again. Again.
decompressing to a d/l’ed torrent of Maher from Friday. +Trying to sort thoughts in head to decipher the future from the media douchebaggery
OShea out at LATimes. Hiller powerplay or does Zell have plans? IMHO, Hiller should go. David Geffen, where you at?
thinking about food and football vs. reading and laundry. need advice and/or destinations
In Nevada, Obama Manages to Stay Ahead by ‘Losing’ →
After the past two presidential elections, the media should know better than to call a winner based purely on popular vote, especially in the national — electoral college scene and in states with weighted caucuses. According to both the Nation and the data at WaPo, Obama had 11 first place finished and 6 second place. The reverse for Clinton out of Nevada’s 16 counties and one independent...