In my early twenties, I discovered the joys of consuming food late at night. I thought nothing of going to Barnes & Noble at ten o’clock at night, ordering something heavily caffeinated, consuming it, then crashing an hour and a half later. Or of making a run to Taco Bell at 1:30 in the morningContinue reading “On Late Night Snacks”
Author Archives: Allyn
On Saturday WordPress Tinkering
It’s a Saturday. I had to faff around with my WordPress install. 🙂 1) WordPress 3.1 adds, for me, an admin bar that shows up when I look at the live website. I don’t mind it when I’m on a desktop machine; it actually adds a couple of useful tools, like the wp.me shortlinks. ButContinue reading “On Saturday WordPress Tinkering”
On DJ Danger Mouse’s Grey Album
Not long after I bought my Beetle, at the tail end of 2004, I decided I needed an awesome album for the Beetle’s stereo. I needed the Grey Album. The Grey Album was the infamous mash of Jay-Z’s The Black Album and The Beatles’ The Beatles (which everyone refers to as “The White Album,” becauseContinue reading “On DJ Danger Mouse’s Grey Album”
On Applying for a New Job
I applied for a new job several days ago. Last week, a news organization posted on opening for an editor in their Washington, DC offices. At first, I was intrigued. Then, I thought it would be cool to apply. Then I thought I wasn’t qualified. Then I thought I shouldn’t bother to apply. Why wasContinue reading “On Applying for a New Job”
On Beady Eye’s Debut Album
So, Oasis 2.0 — Beady Eye — has launched with Different Gear, Still Speeding. Oasis, as I mentioned at the time, exploded spectacularly in the summer of 2009, with brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher going their separate ways. Liam pulled a band together — all the pieces of the final Oasis line-up, minus Noel —Continue reading “On Beady Eye’s Debut Album”
On World Book Day
Today, apparently, is World Book Day, and in commemoration of that, there’s a meme that’s making its way ’round the blogosphere. The book I am reading: Currently in the bag I carry to and from work, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This was recommended to me by a friend at Farpoint. The book IContinue reading “On World Book Day”
More on Downloading Elbow’s New Single
This morning, before nine o’clock Eastern, I received an e-mail from HMV. With the subject line “it’s on its way” (no capitalization), HMV was writing to tell me that Elbow’s Build a Rocket, Boys! was in the post, and I should have it in seven to ten days. Naturally, I’m hoping for seven days. DeliveryContinue reading “More on Downloading Elbow’s New Single”
On First Albums
Today, a package came in the mail. It was one I was expecting today — Beady Eye’s debut album, Different Gear, Still Speeding. A part of me wants to say, of course, that DG,SS is anything but a debut album; Beady Eye is, after all, the final line-up of Oasis minus Noel Gallagher, so they’reContinue reading “On First Albums”
On Downloading Elbow’s New Single
The spring of Elbow has begun. “Neat Little Rows,” the first single from Build a Rocket, Boys! released today. And, like a crack-addicted monkey, I had to download the song. Oh, I’ve seen the video the band released in January: I’ve even used some audio jiggery-pokery to get a listenable mp3 from the video’s audioContinue reading “On Downloading Elbow’s New Single”
On Unusual Pizza Toppings
Fifteen years ago I knew a woman named Rachel. She was pretty. She wasn't especially tall. She had very straight and very black hair. Her features were somewhat elfen. I sometimes thought that if you slapped a pair of pointed ear appliances on her, she'd have made a decent Vulcan out of the box. SheContinue reading “On Unusual Pizza Toppings”