Still going after all these years.
As long as I’m posting the funk today, a note about Funky16Corners, which has just moved to WordPress.com. I gave the blog a shout last year after its appearance in BoingBoing and have been a regular listener since. Now that it’s off Blogger.com and on a more stable and modern platform, maybe Larry can take … Continue reading “Funk trifecta: new home for Funky16Corners”
It’s a measure of how busy I’ve been over the past few months with work that I didn’t post at all in December. So much for New Years resolutions! Here’s a few things that came across my radar while I wasn’t posting, starting with music: Funky16Corners: The Return of the Mothership. Looks like I’ve been … Continue reading “Music roundup”
I’ve found myself doing more radio listening lately. Partly because it’s starting to be challenging to spend time digitizing LPs or even doing digital digging on Bandcamp (though I’m still doing both). But most of my listening has not been FM. Here’s what I’ve been turning to: Sirius/XM Radio. Though the poor quality audio throws … Continue reading “Raised on radio”
I’m an occasional podcast listener. I subscribe to a handful, all music, including the mighty Funky16Corners and Iron Leg and a few from KEXP. Because all three of these have some shows that last a half hour or more—typically longer than my commute—I tend to binge-listen to catch up. I had a long drive down … Continue reading “Listening: Kate Tempest, KEXP live performance”
A Truly Amazing 60,000-Piece LEGO Star Wars Diorama (Geekdad) Yeah, I think it’s a little insane–but very cool. (tags: lego starwars) Really, It’s the Booze Talking (Proof Blog – NYTimes.com) Heh. Yes, it sounds like the writer is auditioning for a standup job, but it’s funny stuff. (tags: humor) A Meat Box in Brooklyn Where … Continue reading “Grab bag: Christmas wishes and Verizon workarounds”
Annals of Democracy: Rock, Paper, Scissors: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker Brilliantly written review of the history of the vote in America, including fisticuffs and the importing of secret voting from Australia. (tags: 2008 election) Melting into Air: A Critic at Large: The New Yorker It’s tempting to sniff about critics who don’t understand … Continue reading “Grab bag: 24 more hours of uncertainty”
CNN reporter says bad things about the TSA, gets hassled every time he flies (Boing Boing) Can the next administration please turn on the lights at TSA and see what the nest of vermin over there are really up to? (tags: securitytheater tsa) I’m am absent-minded engineer (Salon) There’s a kind of poetry in Cary’s … Continue reading “links for 2008-07-25”
Zero in a bit » Minimizing the Attack Surface, Part 1 How does “attack surface minimization” translate into the web application world? (tags: security) For the Connoisseur, the Art of Aging Beers – NYTimes.com Dammit! Now I want a mine tunnel to cellar beer in!!! (tags: beer cucina) George Carlin RIP « Funky16Corners Memorial George … Continue reading “links for 2008-06-26”
xkcd – Geohashing Be sure to check out the implementation. (tags: kommix) Betalogue » Word 2008: How to assign command-G to ‘Find Next’ Wow. That’s 1500 words about how painful keyboard shortcut reassignment is in Microsoft’s latest version of Word. That’s a product manager’s worst dream. (tags: productmanagement microsoft schadenfreude humor) The Secret Diary of … Continue reading “links for 2008-05-21”
Under duress, a lot of traditions can go by the wayside. Example: we couldn’t find cotechino this year, having gotten started on our shopping a little too late, so we will be ringing in the new year with salmon and lentils instead. Oddly appropriate, given the little tidbit that Zalm dug up earlier this month … Continue reading “Breaking rhythm”
The Hardest Working Man in Show Business has taken his last curtain call. Obituaries: AP, New York Times plus local reactions, Washington Post plus appreciation. I first became aware of James Brown through “Living in America,” I’m sorry to say, but even that throwaway song became mystery and power when he grunted out “I feel … Continue reading “The day the funk stood still”
Color me careless, but slightly funkier: the RSS feed on the new Funky16Corners web site is, in fact, set up as a podcast, with proper enclosures and everything. You may want to subscribe if you have a yen for funk that tastes so good it like to make your tongue beat your brains out, as … Continue reading “In which it is discovered that I am an idiot, albeit a funky one.”
I’m reluctant to give the Funky16Corners blog any more press, especially after it got well-nigh BoingBoinged into non-existence last weekend. But the music he posts—MP3s of funk, R&B, and soul 45 sides from the 1960s—is just too good not to rave about. The author, Larry Grogan, takes garage sale hopping for vinyl and turns it … Continue reading “Funky fresh for the … 60s”