March 12, 2006 – 12:50 am
This is the sort of thing that happens on the Mezzanine at Amoeba: A woman approaches the counter. She asks timidly, “Habla Espanol?” Now, some of us do speak a little Spanish, but often it’s not just a little Spanish that’s needed, but rather a complete grasp of the grammar and vocabulary, as well as […]
It’s Friday in Santa Monica. Fellow ‘moeb cats, Sara and Charles and I are on a mini-trip. Sara and I know each other from our Rocket Video days. She works with me on the mezzanine. Charles divides his time between the Mezz and the Jazz room. Sara loves Social Distortion and wants to marry lead […]
My good friend, Dara, sent me an old news article I dreamed up six years ago. I’d forgotten all about it. Since I happen to be doing laundry, I thought I’d post it. AP—Camarillo, California, Feb 2000 Once again, Will Keightley has won the coveted Guy Whom You’d Most Likely Want to Do Your Delicate […]
February 27, 2006 – 11:07 am
We lose Don Knotts and Darren McGavin over the weekend. It’s not a surprise, really. Knotts was old when I was a kid and McGavin was older than he. I grew up on Andy Griffith and the Herbie movies. As far as I knew, Knotts was like required viewing for every kid. And I’ll always […]
February 27, 2006 – 9:05 am
It’s Bring Your Angst and Exhaustion To Work Day today. Don’t forget, everyone. Could be worse, though. McSweeney’s provides a glimpse into a company that learned this the hard way.
February 22, 2006 – 11:18 am
There’s a great deal of activity outside my little office at Argentum on Sunset and Seward. A little investigation reveals that Spike Lee is shooting a commercial. Craft service is across the street. Actors stand about in the chilly sunshine. Grips and gaffers clatter away beneath my window. A row of dark director’s chairs lines […]
February 21, 2006 – 1:13 am
Paris Hilton got mad at us today. Wait, wait, let me preface this: We have a customer up in the Ameoba mezzanine we refer to as Satan. It’s not that he bears any resemblance to or practices anything in the style of the Dark Lord. I mean he can be a pain, and on some […]
February 15, 2006 – 2:10 pm
Okay, so I’m giving up. With enough time, energy and cups of boiled down espresso I could have been successful at executing a clean port from Blogger to WordPress, but I just don’t have access to those luxuries. Here’s the new HOLLYWOODLAND. Not much different, is it? Well, that was the idea. As I begin […]
February 7, 2006 – 10:38 am
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. It’s not that switching to WordPress is difficult in itself. In fact, it’s quite easy. But WordPress saves post URLs differently. A simple import to WordPress would break every single permalink in the site. In other words every link I’ve made to other posts and every link made to posts […]
January 31, 2006 – 1:39 pm
I’m still here. Tackling the learning curve on the WordPress thing is like ascending Everest. I’m at the Hilary Step. Just a little ways to go. When the blog is looking good and feeling okay, I’ll come back with a post about pandas (or something else cute and fuzzy.) in the meantime, go hang out […]
January 23, 2006 – 1:08 pm
A couple days ago a minor milestone slips past us. This blog, in its current incarnation, turns two. I’d started a blog four years ago, but I abandoned it when I decided to move to Los Angeles. That explains the odd gap in the archives. The blog hasn’t grown much. But the posts have gotten […]
January 21, 2006 – 10:47 am
Just a note. I’ve begun a transition from Blogger to WordPress. I like the flexibility and elegance of WordPress. Also, think I’d like to archive this thing a little better. Someone looking for “music stuff,” for example, should be able to click on a category and see all my posts about music. Same goes for […]
January 16, 2006 – 8:21 am
Hey, any of you who’ve been reading along as Michael Keefe’s been reviewing tunes for this site might be interested in the most recent email I got from him. Michael sez: I have been taken on as a CD reviewer for PopMatters, a daily arts/pop culture review site. It is one of the two CD […]
January 15, 2006 – 12:38 am
Thomas Newman: Welcome To The Suck (224kps mp3) Thomas Newman: Raining Oil Previous Newman obsessions: Angels In America Men Don’t Leave Speaking of used cd’s, I notice the Buzz section of the most current issue of Los Angeles Magazine contains a mini-grunt about the jobs in LA with the best perks Amoeba is right up […]
January 11, 2006 – 9:27 am
We all have those bands or artists or singers we love to think of as our own. We discover them early, suffer the blank looks and empty stares when we try to explain who it is we’re listening to and wish others would just wise up and figure it out. And then if the artist […]
