Archive for August, 2002

A year after Vivendi Universal

Tuesday, August 27th, 2002

A year after Vivendi Universal bought EMusic Universal Music Group is finally making some of its back catalogue available on the service. It’s still a pretty small collection of music but it includes such bands as Sonic Youth, Cowboy Junkies, Neil Young, The Orb, Catherine Wheel, Morrissey, Curve, and every Jazz artist I can think of (and The John Tesh Project! ;)

Apparently, Bush wanted to cut

Thursday, August 22nd, 2002

Apparently, Bush wanted to cut wildfire prevention funds last year. I don’t know if he succeeded.

My roommate’s band, Yoni Gordon

Thursday, August 22nd, 2002

My roommate’s band, Yoni Gordon & the Goods, are playing tonight at the Lizard Lounge. $6 cover.

<sarcasm>Brilliant! Why didn’t I think

Thursday, August 22nd, 2002

<sarcasm>Brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that? Cut the trees down before they burn.</sarcasm>

GettingIt, a site I used

Wednesday, August 21st, 2002

GettingIt, a site I used to love but which has been dead for about three years, just got a nice facelift. I griped back then that you couldn’t search for articles by author, well now you can.

Goal for reducing world hunger

Tuesday, August 20th, 2002

Goal for reducing world hunger out of reach, agencies say.

Well, I got a job,

Monday, August 19th, 2002

Well, I got a job, which has naturally cut into my blogging time. I now work at this place, writing software to track ferriners at colleges. I’ll try to be a little more diligent about blogging.


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