Posts Tagged ‘free stuff’

Five for Friday, Sept. 4.

  1. It’s been floating around the blogosphere, but this NYer article about Cameron Todd Willingham’s execution after being conviced of arson and murder is a monster. Read it.
  2. I joined a fantasy football league. My goal is to not finish dead last.
  3. If you haven’t read it yet, point your RSS reader at the Best of Wikipedia.
  4. If you use Google Reader, may I suggest replacing its screenful of bag-over-the-head-ugly with Helvetireader? For Gcal fans, Helvitical provides similar serif-free sexiness. (Firefoxers will need Greasemonkey)
  5. I need some more reading recommendations. Fiction, this time.

You know who else is on Twitter?

It’s no secret that I have a mega-crush on St. Vincent, AKA Annie Clark, so it’s pretty cool that she finally has a new album coming out. And here’s the first single, “The Strangers”, announced on Twitter (and now Pitchfork).

Posted: March 6th, 2009
Categories: music, pop
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Really, I shouldn’t be telling you this.

Engadget is giving away a HP Pavilion dv5z laptop. Comment here before midnight tonight (Thursday) and you’ve got a one-in-2045 (so far) chance.

Posted: March 5th, 2009
Categories: nerdiness, tangents
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Musical shares.

You can just hear the rimshot, can’t you?

Anyway, Dan Deacon’s upcoming album, Bromst, is streaming in its entirety on NPR’s site. I already love it (that might have something to do with not opening with a cut like “Woody Woodpecker”).

Posted: March 3rd, 2009
Categories: links, music, pop
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It’s actually wintry out.

In honor of today’s snow day (TWO WHOLE INCHES!), Fever Ray’s “Keep the Streets Empty for Me”:

Posted: March 2nd, 2009
Categories: music, pop, tangents
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