Entries Categorized as 'Quick Post'

Oh, grandparents…

Date July 27, 2008

E sits on the couch, blowing spit bubbles. Not the messy, drooly kind of a novice, but tiny, practiced, delicate ones, which she sucks neatly back in before they splatter.
Still, it icks me out.
“Quit that,” I say, watching her catch one in the nick of time. “It’s nasty.”
Somehow, she miraculously keeps one balanced on the [...]

Metallica the band beats Metallica the Management

Date June 12, 2008

Aha! So in case you miss it on the comments below, Rachel at Drowned in Sound posted a link to Metallica’s response to their management pulling the blogger reviews. In a nutshell, they said they would not have done that, and the reviews are now posted on their own website. All’s well that ends well. [...]

Metallica to Bloggers: We’re shy!

Date June 11, 2008

So Metallica is once again taking on the internet, albeit in a smaller scale then their Napster escapade. Nate Anderson at Ars Technica reports that Metallica gave mixes of their new album to several bloggers, then got riled up when reviews were posted, saying the music wasn’t quite ready for prime-time. Hmmmm. I don’t know, [...]