Galaxy Hut has been unable to properly market itself for a long time. The biggest annoyance, though, is that you can’t see the music venue’s calendar unless you are a fan (or whatever they are calling it these days) on Facebook. Sure, this is easy/lazy for the booker, but it screws people looking to quickly [...]
Tagged Black Cat, criticism, Galaxy Hut, HR57, Internet, Kennedy Center, Music, Red and Black, Rock n Roll Hotel, Velvet Lounge, Washington DCIt is time to post a general update to my demolition derby project, Jason at the Derby, although these types of updates are generally reserved for the mailing list (see the derby Web site for instructions on how to join the mailing list). Driving This is my first real go at driving stick, and I [...]
Tagged BS, demolition derby, driving, help, Jason Koepke, MB, PMS, projects, RP1—->3—->5 Terrible—->Fantastic 5 Burial and Fourt Tet – Wolf Club and Moth V/A – Ego Trip Hip-Hop’s Greatest Singles, 1988 Ellington, Duke – Duke Ellington Centennial Edition, The Ellington, Duke – Ellington at Newport, 1956 Fever Ray – Fever Ray Miller, Glenn – Best of, The (1938-1942) Montgomery, Wes – Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes [...]
Tagged albums, Music, reviewsI test drove a 2006 Porsche Boxster (very similar to these) today. To say it was awesome would be a significant understatement. I even seriously considered buying it, although calls to NR and ZS brought me back to my more functional senses and saved me from serious driver’s license trouble. You should all go out [...]
Tagged Boxster, cars, NR, Porsche, ZSAs a component of a holiday gift, I recently gave my parents an American Express gift card. I had it sent to me so I could wrap it with the other parts of the gift. Along with the card, the envelop included five pages of legal fine print. Insane; my parents would have been lost [...]
Tagged American Express, lawI plan to write a massive critique of the medical profession, but for now I want to quickly criticize their interaction with patients. They treat patients as idiots unable to understand numbers, basic scientific research, and entities incapable of doing cost/benefit analysis. And while many people may suffer from one or more of these conditions, [...]
Tagged health, Healthcare, medicine, organsAm I the only one who feels like every single bag of tortilla chips s/he buys from Whole Foods is stale?
Tagged food, Whole FoodsU92 has been deemed dangerous by the Internets:
Tagged Internet, online radio, Tech, U92, WVUI came across this a long time ago and meant to post, but never did (and their frequent mention in Sex and the City: The Movie scooped me in bringing the news to the masses): http://www.bagborroworsteal.com/ui/howitworks#ways_to_shop These guys let you rent high-end bags on the (kinda) cheapo. Cool concept. I wonder how many people are [...]
Tagged BagBorroworSteal, fashion, Netflix, purses, Sex and the CityGreat news! Remember those times when we thought I was going to drop dead from a heart attack because of the sharp stabbed-with-a-knife-like* pain I felt “in” my heart? Well, a co-worker–who suffers from the same pain–told me it is precordial catch syndrome (pdf), which is semi-common and nothing to get super-worried about. So when [...]
Tagged health, Jason Koepke, precordial catch syndrome