Monthly Archives: February 2009
How Canon prototypes camera bodies
The world's longest ear hair
Name That Tune #7
This time, the theme is: modern alternative rock. I've been going easy on y'all with all that softball classic rock. But now it's time to see if you've been paying attention to new music.
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As usual, there are twenty song clips below, from twenty different songs, from twenty different artists. Name them, song and artist.
Rules
- You get 1 point if you name the song.
- You get 1 point if you name the artist who performed the song.
- Leave your answers in comments.
- Your comments will be hidden from everyone but you and me.
- Hints may or may not be provided. Don't count on them.
- The contest ends on Friday, Feb 20th, 12:00pm EST (GMT -5). I'll reveal the comments, and the answers, and total up the points, then.
- The person with the most points wins a wonderful prize!!!
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General Hints
- Only
onetwo of these songsisare more than 10 years old. - In most cases, the song is the most popular iTunes download on its album.
America’s 10 most miserable cities
According to Forbes, these are America’s 10 most miserable cities:
- Stockton, Calif.
- Memphis, Tenn.
- Chicago, Ill.
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Modesto, Calif.
- Flint, Mich.
- Detroit, Mich.
- Buffalo, N.Y.
- Miami, Fla.
- St. Louis, Mo.
I dunno. Chicago and Cleveland seemed fine to me, when I saw them last year.
Monday Cat Blogging
Nikon D90, 18-105mm VR
Start Your iPods
Since I'm not working today, I get to use the full iTunes set. OK crazy songs, let yourselves be heard!
- Artie Shaw - Blue Interlude
- Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz
- Neko Case - Deep Red Bells
- Lilys - Elsa
- Desert Sessions - In My Head... or Something
- Pretenders - Bad Boys Get Spanked
- Esbjorn Svensson - Sipping On The Solid Ground
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Date With The Night
- Sunny Day Real Estate - Red Elephant
- Sonic Youth - Secret Girl
Eh... not quite as crazy as I expected...
you?
Of Cock and Ball
BSG
Wow. Things sure took a few turns last night!
Xe Nu
Blackwater Worldwide is abandoning its tarnished brand name as it tries to shake a reputation battered by oft-criticized work in Iraq, renaming its family of two dozen businesses under the name Xe.
The parent company's new name is pronounced like the letter "z."
- Xe your hair smells terrific!
I am Xe very model of a mercenary general.
Oh, say can you Xe...
(future SadlyNo headlines?)
Blackwater Lodge & Training Center - the subsidiary that conducts much of the company's overseas operations and domestic training - has been renamed U.S. Training Center Inc., the company said Friday.
"U.S. Training Center Inc." . That's pretty bland. What about "Xe-Nu Teegeeack Missile Range", or "Xe Thetan Operations Center" ?
