BillHeise | August 31, 2009
I was talking my friend Larry the other day and he and I agreed that we both loved the soundtrack of O Brother, Where Are Thou? One of my favorite artists on that soundtrack is Maura O’Connell, a singer from Ireland who came to America to work with Bela Fleck in late 1980s. I have [...]
BillHeise | August 26, 2009
In 1991, Nirvana burst on to the music scene with their song “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” The group’s lead singer, Kurt Cobain, was subsequently crowned “the spokesman for his generation.” This is the sort of thing that is a product of the 1960s, where people could plausibly speak for an entire generation. It was, after [...]
BillHeise | August 22, 2009
I didn’t think it was possible for the press to get tired of Paris Hilton. After all, she’s been in jail. She’s been in a sex tape. But enough is enough! the press is saying. Paris Hilton has gone too far!
BillHeise | August 19, 2009
Sorry, I’ve been writing my article comparing Nirvana and Carrie Underwood, but I’ve fallen behind. So here’s this: And I’ll have the article next Monday (Promise).
BillHeise | August 15, 2009
Really early gay satire featuring Percy Dovetonsils as he reads his poem, “The Moon.” 30 years ago, I used to think this was funny. Not sure anymore: Reading “Sometimes I wish I was a dog”:
BillHeise | August 14, 2009
I thought I’d post my thoughts on the movie No Country for Old Men after I forgot to list it on a list of favorite movies on Facebook this morning. I found a copy of the original script, and one of the things that struck me about it was that the director had made cuts [...]
BillHeise | August 13, 2009
I found this article of the web which details the sudden and unexpected appearance of a tropical methane storm on Titan, a moon of Saturn. “The models predicted that the equatorial region should be very dry and should not support cloud formation,” said astronomer Henry Roe of Lowell Observatory in Arizona. “But this episode created [...]
BillHeise | August 10, 2009
I missed posting my usual “What I’m Listening to This Week” entry last week on account of being on vacation. Because of this, one of my friends who actually reads my blog—yes, I have readers; it’s good to have friends—said he was wondering where I was, since he missed last week’s (and I quote) “posting [...]
BillHeise | August 3, 2009
Okay, I realize I’m crazy but I found this on YouTube yesterday, and I love it. Other things I found by this guy are here, as well. Here is Nokia Fugue, based on the first Ringtone ever, apparently: And of course who could forget Richard Grayson’s Rocky Road Ripple, commissioned for the Los Angeles County [...]
