I wasn’t sure what to expect from Viva La Vida. Didn’t really care for the previous Coldplay album too much — too bland, too predictable, too Coldplay-by-numbers. But I was glad to see them choose Brian Eno to produce this one, and hopeful he’d steer them on a new course. He did. I’m a big [...]
Read more →Due to a variety of circumstances beyond my control, I watched Saturday Night Live this past weekend. It was the first time I’ve watched the whole show in … years. I don’t know when I last saw the full 90 minutes. This weekend’s show was a repeat from probably 3-4 months ago. Tina Fey — [...]
Read more →Lots and lots of writing this week, especially after I finished working on the proofs for U2, A Diary. The stunning development in this week’s blogging is that the firing of Bill Bavasi inspired me to write a post on my old sports blog, The Fan, for the first time in almost a year…. U2, [...]
Read more →Mike Wazowski Originally uploaded by Matt McGee With Wall-E about to hit theaters in a little more than a week, Casa McGee is in Pixar mode. I’m excited, the kids are excited … not sure about Mrs. McGee, but I think she’s excited about it, too. I’m definitely the big Pixar fan in the family, [...]
Read more →Guess who hit the digg home page again? Here’s what I’ve posted to various social sites in the last day or so. mixx A Twitter Wish List Celtics win 17th NBA title with 131-92 rout of Lakers British crop circle shows first 10 digits of Pi Flickr Co-founders Join Mass Exodus From Yahoo Average Teen [...]
Read more →There’s a firestorm happening online over an AP decision that bloggers aren’t even allowed to quote AP stories. (What a joke!) Seems the AP has told the Drudge Report to stop excerpting brief passages of AP stories … even though there are Fair Use laws that specifically allow such excerpting. You can guess how bloggers [...]
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