Brad Barrish

You certainly wouldn’t know by walking around the beach. I mean the intentions are all fine and dandy, but unless the county starts employing some police officers for anti-smoking duty, it’s not gonna work. Glad to see my tax dollars going to work. If only they would limit the amount of people that decend on my hood every weekend, I would be very happy.

Just a cool site with good videos. [via redboy]

Since their crack [smoking] team of people can’t figure out how to post anything, I’ll let you know that they have a beautiful new album coming out in the fall that will probably make the top of everyone’s year-end lists. I ain’t foolin’. They’ve got a few shows coming up that you should attend if possible. Their manager plays in the band. He’s the one that jumps around a lot and makes noise.

06.22 SF @ Cafe du Nord 07.06 NYC @ The Frying Pan (it’s a floating barge) 07.07 NYC @ Mercury Lounge (tentative) 07.31 LA @ The Troubadour (co-headline with DIOS, who RULE!)

Joel Earlimart and Largehearted Boy both pointed out that Spoon have posted some songs (including a couple of demos) to their site.

Time.com asks David Sedaris 10 questions. He may be funny, but I don’t know about this whole luddite thing.

I've never seen the Internet. I don't have email. I just enjoy lying on the couch and reading a magazine. When people say, "You should visit my Web page," I'm always perplexed by it. Why? What do you do there?

I mean, c’mon…

UPDATE: Audio interview from yesterday’s edition of The Connection

[via Largehearted Boy]

While I may have a problem when it comes to dropping a pretty penny on a good gadget, I also like the occasional free item (especially more gadgets) as well as tips on how to get cheap stuff as well. I knew I wasn’t alone.

You will ask Google before asking dumb questions. According to Jason, it’s the new RTFM.

If you don’t read Pitchfork, this isn’t gonna make much sense, but some genius came up with a formula to be favorably judged by the Pitchfork staff. I mean, the chances of this really working are slim to none…or are they? This guy came up with some pretty damn good songs as part of the project. I love the Internet Super Freeway. [via TMN]

For those of you sad sad people that don’t watch (or TiVo) The Daily Show, please watch this segment (also available on The Daily Show web site - just click on the ‘Finding Memo’ link), as it’s one of the better ones. I must say that last night’s Back In Black and the appearance by, and subsequent torturing of Jennifer Love Hewitt made paying for basic cable totally worth it.

Okay, granted when the drum solo kicks in on Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight,” I cannot fight the urge to bang on my steering wheel (or whatever happens to be near by), but it’s far from the coolest song moment. I have to hand it to retroCRUSH for even attempting such a list, and I’ll even give them credit for picking some good albums and great songs. I have a problem with many of their choices, so let’s get to a couple of them.

#25 Picking the best Jimi Hendrix song (off any album) is a little easier than picking the best Led Zeppelin or Stones song, but that’s not saying much, is it? “Purple Haze” is the cop-out choice. It’s the opening track, and while opening tracks can be the best (see below), in the case of Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, it’s the last

#29 The Replacements’ “Alex Chilton” (from Pleased To Meet Me) may be a better song, but you cannot beat the opening moment of “I.O.U.” with Paul’s underlying guitar starting off in the left speaker, the drums kick in and the song starts. I remember when I heard this album for the first time. The opening track got me hooked. It was the first Mats album I owned.