Lost: Annotated Blast Door Map

I submit this as proof to my lovely bride that we really need a decent television. I had no idea there was writing on the map on the blast door.

Job in Chevy's online marketing department to be open soon

This is awesome.

Geeky Interesting Facts About Domain Names

For both of the readers of this blog who would actually find this interesting.

GIG: Ghost Town @ El Cid this Tuesday

Ghost Town is playing a FREE show this coming Tuesday, as part of Ronnie Mack's monthly Barn Dance series at the fabulous El Cid in Silverlake. We go on promptly at 9, but we're sharing the bill with 5 other great bands, starting at 8:30. See below for details.

The Barn Dance is always a blast, featuring LA's best singer-songwriters and alt.country bands. There's always great food, drinks and music, so get there early and stay late!

El Cid
Tues, Apr 4
4212 W Sunset Blvd
Silverlake
8:30 pm

Also on the bill:
Patty Booker
Michael O'Neill
Lisa Sanders
Farmer Tan
The Barn Dance Band

Kraken take over Internets!

Squid wrestling, squid T-shirts, squid knitting. This site has it all.

I'm a little bit jealous we didn't think of it first.

David Gilmour, atheist

The Pink Floyd guitarist, on the road in support of his instantly irrelevant "On An Island" solo disc, says he doesn't believe in an afterlife. And no, there won't be any Pink Floyd reunion tour or album, but thanks for asking.

DULLARD TAKE: The Live 8 show would be a noble end to the Floyd saga. Does anyone think a money-grabbing "greatest hits" tour or new album would really be that rewarding?

Scalia gone wild!

Antonin Scalia of SCOTUS fame used this unkind gesture when a reporter asked him a question recently, then asked that the photo not be published.

Will Ferrell, Abe Vigoda are still with us

Reports of their deaths are exaggerated. Whew!

Our lives at 45 rpm

Third in a series of posts on one Dullard's collection of 45s

Song: "Nobody Told Me"
Artist: John Lennon
Year released: 1984
Highest U.S. chart position: 5

DULLARD TAKE: Listening to "Nobody Told Me" is a bittersweet experience. Here is John Lennon, sounding so confident, self-assured, full of life — comfortable at last as a father, husband, performer and man. And there you are, hearing that voice that would soon be silenced.

"Nobody Told Me" is not a standout in the Lennon canon, although it does appear on some of the numerous anthologies that attempt to sum up his solo career. (Memo to Yoko: Enough already!) This is a goof of a song with lyrics that go from the oxymoronic to the absurd, which you might expect from a writer who once claimed to be the walrus:

Everybody's talking and no one says a word
Everybody's making love and no one really cares
There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs.

Musically, "Nobody" is rollicking, with a great sing-along chorus. Its catchiness underscores the fact that Lennon was regaining his pop sensibilities just as his life was cut short.

Much of Lennon's work can be split into the "serious" John and the "fun" John. His most powerful work (such as "God" from the Plastic Ono Band era) prevails, but his whimsical efforts shouldn't be overlooked. "Nobody Told Me" is one of those efforts.

Sopranos review

Matt Zoller Seitz is doing a weekly review of the previous night's Soprano's. Really well done, and with intelligent comments to boot.

Shhhhhh....

Famed Scientologist Thomas Mapother IV (stage name: Tom Cruise) has given his companion, Katie Holmes, an iPod so she can stay mellow when the baby comes. (Scientology reportedly prefers silent births.) And thanks to Apple, she won't have to worry about accidentally turning this one up to 11.

You can fool some of the Internets some of the time...

... But not all of the Internets all of the time: Bloggers debunk a "Baghdad" photo.

Latest Dullard Feat of Strength

Eat this.

David is a little "Cross"...

...with Larry the Cable Guy.