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That's the headline for All Songs Considered's Live in Concert coverage of Tom Waits' concert in Atlanta. They are offering the concert, at least 2 hours 21 minutes 41 seconds, for download in mp3 format (at respectable 128kbps 130Mb). Right now I'm listening to "Down in the Hole" the song used in the opening of HBO's The Wire. If you're a fan, even a little, you should download this. If

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Gizmondo is reporting that Xbox Live will support Netflix's "Watch Instantly" service beginning in the fall. If you've been living in a cave for the past year or so, Netflix allows it's subscribers to watch movies (of its library of 10K movies compared to Apple's 1K) on their Windows PC. If you're in a particular deep part of the cave, Netflix is an internet (the thing you are using right now,

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You can help put a geeky geek into office in all places, Kansas. I first heard about this from Boing Boing like many of you, but the rest of you will read about it in the Wall Street Journal or the LA Times on Monday. Political neophyte and Information Architect ( one of the important behind-the-scenes jobs of making information easy to find and use - say for example on a website ) Sean Tevis

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The Consumerist blog is reporting the following Starbucks closures in Seattle 15th ave e 328 15th ave e denny & aurora 620 denny way met park ii 1220 howell st 23rd & madison 2201 e madison ave 45th & stone way 1218 n 45th st northgate mall ii 301 ne northgate way 42nd & sw alaska 4704 42nd ave sw As is the Seattle Times with this map. None of them impact me, as I treat the 'bucks as a last

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Mudding, Teenage Werewolves, all the things I miss most about South-central Indiana. What to do when not watching your favorite reruns of Bedford Indiana 2535? Why not catch up with a day in the life of the most evil man on the planet: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YilbhCOzKo4 The Skeletor Show with Skeletor (as Skeletor) remixed by B'ton's own Daniel G.

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Hey, I'm updating my blog by speaking into my phone. I'm using a new service called Jott. It's awesome. Also, I just downloaded a new album by M-Seven called Activate. Actually, it's only new to me, it's been around since 2003. You can find it on Amazon, in their mp3 download section and you can hear it on SomaFM. listen Powered by Jott

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Huzzah! There was much rejoicing! A few images from the trip made it into the gallery. This is one of my favorites that Amanda snapped:

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I've posted a handful of pics of our trip to Vancouver BC on Facebook. They'll show up on the Natebot gallery soonish. Maybe this weekend. Overall a great trip, spent the day in Gastown and Stanley Park. Finished it with some excellent French toast at Fergason Point in Stanley Park, and a couple rather nice rye Manhattans on Robson street.

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It's April already? I haven't posted since when? What have I been up to? Hibernating? Well, yes, I think so. It's been a tough winter. Amanda lost both her beloved cats - Sister Eartha Kit, age 16 , and Carlos, 15, to congestive heart failure and kidney failure respectively. They had a long and happy life though and they will be missed. I've not touched the blog and every time I think about

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Yo La Tengo rocked Town Hall last Tuesday night. Am and I saw them at the Showbox earlier this year on their tour for I Am Not Afraid Of You, And I Will Beat Your Ass. They rocked their more loud electric stuff for the club, but on Tuesday they got to bring out more of their mid-range and quieter fair. I wasn't sure what to expect going in other than an evening with my favorite alt rockers in

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As you might have heard, independent rockers Radiohead released their new album In Rainbows lately. I've never been a super huge Radiohead fan but I'm diggin' on this album. It's holding up to multiple listenings and you can't beat the price. Radiohead allows you to name your price for the downloaded album on their site. So if you are total cheapskate - or maybe just radiohead curious - and

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A researcher in the Netherlands thinks Massachusetts will be the first state to legalize marriage to a robot, as reported in this MSNBC article. This topic comes on the heels of recent findings that Roomba users have emotional attachment to their vacuums. Don't miss your chance to vote on the topic. Assuming that robots, that's androids and not vacuums, become so sophisticated in 40 years time

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One down forty nine to go.* A few weeks ago Am & I saw the Flaming Lips rock the Paramount. It was a great show made better by virtue of the venue. I always like going to the Paramount because it has such a personality and personal feel to the shows there. Honestly I was a bit worried what it would be like to see a rock show in the balcony, but we had great seats in the center lower section

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In this YouTube video televangelist Ray Comfort and straight man sidekick Kirk Cameron (indeed yes, the same Kirk Cameron of the 1980's Growing Pains) explain that the humble banana offers proof that God designed the universe. While the Argument from Banana has been throughly debunked in many places (here's a hint: most every fruit in the grocery, including those tasty yellow beauties, didn't

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We went to see comedian Lewis Black a few months ago and I'm just now collecting a few thoughts about the night. We have had better seats in the past but the Paramount is a good venue for the show no matter where you end up. As long as I can see the stage. I hate when they use video screens at shows - your eye is inevitably drawn to a huge televised image (larger images and their slightest

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The founder of The News Blog and political journalist Steve Gilliard, passed away June 2nd. The News Blog was part of my weekly reading. I never did say thank you Steve for providing me with your unique perspective on the day's events.

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Listening Post, Wired magazine's music blog has a post about the unfairness of royalty-free HD radio broadcasts vs the new net radio fees. Despite broadcasting a far clearer and consistent signal and the potential for more perfect copies of songs, HD radio is not forced to pay any royalties to the artists they play. That's because it has been long ago accepted that playing an artist's music over

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Amanda and I have signed a lease on a new apartment over in Ravenna. It's a three-floor two bedroom with a den-like loft overlooking the hardwood floor common area with a wood-burning open-face stove. Add in a washer,dryer, and dishwasher and we're in the lap of luxury. We are going to miss Ballard and Sunset Hill though. We've really enjoyed this Norwegian neighborhood immensely. In essence

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As you may have heard, the marketing machine for The Golden Compass has been released. Beside great looking snap shots of the sets, you can answer a series of questions to find your Daemon. What makes this more interesting than the typical "which Beatle are you?" characterizer, this one allows others to change your daemon based on your friends feedback. Click on the flash movie below and you'll

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It's been short month here at Sunset Hill. I've been to Vegas and back twice for work related trade-shows and Amanda and I have been apartment hunting for a larger place nearer our work. More on that later. Sadly I have nothing to comment on the passing of fellow Hoosier Kurt Vonnegut. I haven't read much of his work which is probably my mistake since his writing has either much influenced the

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I had a friendly surprise waiting for me when I visited Netflix this weekend. A new tab with the inviting name "Watch Now". . At last I heard Netflix had postponed its streaming movie service indefinitely. Which just goes to show how distracted I've been since there's been lots of news and lawsuits with Blockbuster since then. I'm happy to get streaming movies to my PC as part of my

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A couple weeks ago Amanda and I had a great time at the This American Life show at the Paramount - the 6th stop its promotional tour of their new TV show on Showtime. You can hear the live recording of the show on their new site. Not to be missed is Dan Savage's story. We enjoyed Mates of State - the band touring with them -enough to download some tunes. Also it was my luck that Lebowskifest

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The Washington Post is reporting that increasing royalty rates are likely to kill off the hundreds of small independent web broadcasters of internet radio. The heyday of advertising-free Internet radio might be coming to an end. Simson [executive director of the organization that collects and distributes royalties] says small operators who play music and don't try to sell ads "will have a hard

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Yep it's true. Last week I sat through my first root canal. I'll spare you the gruesome realities but the good news is I'm doing ok, the doctor could save most of my tooth -#3 molar, and I didn't really feel any great pain during or after the procedure. At least, I should say the tooth hurt more before all the drilling took place. Now I've got to go back to get a crown placed, and then a few

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I've sent off for a genetics testing kit to be part of the Genographic research by National Geographic. I first heard of this when Dr. Spencer Wells did an interview on our local PBS affiliate. Basically they will look for particular genetic markers, haplogroups, and be able to trace what they call "deep ancestral history." I don't expect to find anything radical concerning my ancestors but I

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