Censorship, particularly the bleeping of “bad” words and the blurring of “unsafe” images has always been fascinating to me. There’s something particularly compelling about the idea that it’s okay for a TV show to contain “f(beep) you,” but not the … Read More
I WILL NOT MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THE PLOT OR ACTION BUT IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN CLOVERFIELD AND DO NOT WANT TO READ ANYTHING ABOUT IT HOWEVER TRIVIAL DON’T READ THIS BLOG. I don’t see many horror movies, I actually don’t … Read More
Greetings, I didn’t buy or listen to very much in the way of new music in 2007. I did however get attached to the Modest Mouse record, “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank”. I think it was my … Read More
So, Paul McGuiness apparently has a problem with technology companies… It is not enough that the band he manages just happens to have made more money than probably every Indie band ever assembled; but he’s trying to milk every last … Read More
Greetings to The Motion Sick Blog! I meant to post this before the end of 2007, but since this blog didn’t exist at that point; I’m using that as my excuse! I’ve been recently reviewing all of the new music … Read More
I have been using last.fm in conjunction with Pandora (and my regular winamp listening). Make friends with me on there!
It almost seems like a joke. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward are making an album together under the name “She and Him.” They did a performance on KCRW, which was posted on this blog:http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/2008/01/m-wardzooey-deschanel-collaboration-is.html It’s actually pretty good. I am … Read More
I let the bread machine do the dirty work of kneading the dough, but I came along and shaped it into this: Secret Ingredients: Roasted Garlic, Dried Basil, Caraway Seeds, and Flax Seeds.
What can make you happier than the budding love of a garlic clove that had sprouted and some cilantro seeds bought last year, co-habitating in the kitchen window?
These are the vegan cupcakes I’ve made recently:Mocha with Espresso Icing. Yellow Cake with a rich Chocolate Glaze. A traditional Marble (Chocolate & Vanilla Swirl) with “buttercream” frosting, and a dash of cinnamon. Look for many more cupcake updates in the … Read More
I have recently started writing a bit for Three Imaginary Girls – http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/user/thesleepwalker It’s a pretty great site. You should read it. I won’t cross-pollenate much beyond this post, but just in case you need to read every word I … Read More
A researcher claims that, based on WWW searches for the word “depression” that the third Monday of January is the most depressing day of the year. The only upside is that he calls it “Blue Monday,” which reminds me of … Read More
I’ve just started listening to Pandora radio ( http://www.pandora.com/?http://www.themotionsick.com ). It has actually done a pretty good job of finding new things I am enjoying. Oddly, I never used it because I preferred the way Last.Fm ( http://www.last.fm/user/TheMotionSick/?http://www.themotionsick.com ) worked. Now, … Read More
Members of the band, The Motion Sick will be discussing music, writing reviews, and telling you all of the things you want to know. Stay tuned!
That is not some euphemism of unknown origin, but rather a statement of the rumor that Jimmy Stewart allegedly smuggled a Yeti hand from India to London in his wife’s underwear in 1959. The Pangboche Hand, an artifact stolen from … Read More
Stolen from: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/04/the_uncanny_val.html See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_Valley “…as a robot is made more humanlike in its appearance and motion, the emotional response from a human being to the robot will become increasingly positive and empathic, until a point is reached beyond which … Read More
Some interesting notes about James Bond themes Full table and much info stolen from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_music Apart from the first film, Dr. No, which introduced the James Bond Theme (and was also the only film to use two songs during … Read More