Kahomono - Still Lucky After All These Years

Random musings on whatever catches my attention that day

David F

Improv(e) Everywhere

The group Improv Everywhere has sponsorship and success now. So their stuff has gotten more elaborately produced, but also less edgy and pointed. Therefore, this: https://youtu.be/KgUIbPfhSuo and this: https://youtu.be/VyRwrrggxok has given way to this: https://youtu.be/Z1Gq7Q3B9xU While the newer one is an interesting idea, it is…

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David F

In the Pink

I read a bunch of "100 best guitar riffs" surveys and this never appeared! How can that happen? Then I realized, it's not a riff. A riff is kind of bite-sized; just a snack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPL_SV3n7IU This is more a buffet. A full meal, with dessert.

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David F

Leave the Clocks Alone. Eat Pi.

Just to reinforce my point about the stupidity of screwing around with the clock, it seems popular culture is catching up to me. First, the most recent episode of You, Me and the Apocalypse (per US broadcast, S1E7) included a plot thread about how Daylight Saving Time…

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David F

Walk of Life

Silly things that come across my desk and straight into my brain. The Walk of Life Project is an effort to prove that Walk of Life by Dire Straits is the best music ever for ending every movie ever made. Here's an example: 12 Monkeys https://youtu.be/2eLGXvuxNvw That's…

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David F

Time Zones are Stupid

Yesterday I dumped my semi-annual load of hate on Daylight Time. The fact that it's semi-annual may be part of the problem - when we get past each change and finish bitching about it, the retail and golf and candy* lobbyists are still working away.

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