Lyric revisionism in service of products
Just heard the first commercial to use music from Moby’s new album 18 (as opposed to his completely licensed album Play): an Intel commercial using “We Are All Made of Stars.” To begin with, using Moby’s song for a commercial promoting burning mix CDs is pretty cool. However, they revised the chorus: Instead of “People [...]
I know what I’m doing this weekend
Mario Batali will be at the Festa Italiana Seattle this weekend. I will be there to make sure Lisa doesn’t throw herself at him . Too bad I’m bad at bocce.more…
My God, it’s full of Legos!
Available for pre-order October 1: the Imperial Star Destroyer, the largest Lego set ever made. Something like 3100 bricks, over three feet long. Words are inadequate.more…
Food porn blog: the Julie/Julia Project
Pointed to by Scott Rosenberg: the Julie/Julia project. Julie Powell is cooking her way through Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking: “365 days. 536 recipes. One girl and a crappy outer borough kitchen.” A series of priceless quotations, including my favorite:
“How in God’s name do people do multicourse meals? This is French [...]
