New hot summer tour: Liz Phair, Jewel, and Anna Waronker. They can call it the "female artists who had integrity but decided pop trash was easier and more profitable." It'll be like Lillith Fair but with none of that "songs written by the artists" crap.

That's right.. Grand Theft Auto III is a work of art. Picking up digital prostitutes, paying them, beating them, and robbing them takes a certain je ne se qua to be sure.

Hey guess what? We got crazies running our country. John Ashcroft is just upset cause his statue porn supply is running low.

I was going to keep myself from ranting about this. But has anyone hear the new Liz Phair?? What the hell is going on? Sarah and I were talking about it, and she's just lost it. No more singing in her natural range, no more music that was simple yet interesting (she's opt'ed for boring), and certainly no more lyrics that either raise an eyebrow from sexual brashness or curiosity about what would spark such a song. Nah, no more of that. Super simple songs that aren't really about anything worth hearing about. If you're going to be a recording artist, have something to say. And if you're going to be a recording artist that makes a name based on bearing yourself and your own creative ideas - don't turn around at some point and have million dollar production teams write your songs and lose all credibility.

Granted, the record was recorded / mixed well - from a technical standpoint it's great.. and I guess from a "pop trash" standpoint it's listenable as well. But I just don't get it.

Werd, more Futurama DVD's on the way.

Thinking about driving 16 hours to goto Field Day? Eh.. think again. Link via Nick and not the official Field Day Fest site.. who, at the moment, have an "announcement coming soon." Weak. What a disappointment for a load of people.

Note to self: check out The Wake after finishing work. Also, explain to readers not to expect a ton of posts today...

Woah, scientists are hard at work at creating Geckoman. Capable of crawling walls by being covered in new nanoscopic hairs that suction to the surface. Science.. what a nut.

I'd say this will be a great thing if it gets enforced. But they need to speedily develop a new "do not email" list. In which the punishment is beatings with a blunt object.

Matt Reed launches new B7 and FlashDevMart. Noice.

Hate it when this happens. Check out these Placebo videos. I rather enjoy "The Bitter End" but "This Picture" doesn't really grab me right off... must hear more to form proper opinion.

Warning - Political post. Go read this article and tell me you're not infuriated afterwards. Okay, maybe not infuriated but massively down about the blatant corruptness of our media and our politicians. The media doesn't question the people in charge, and the people in charge don't feel the need to tell the truth. Not a good combination. Link via KG.

Man, Sibhod turns 21 and Kurt gets married. Wanted to make sure I didn't forget to congratulate him on that.. way to go brohanahan.

Oculart creeps me out.

Check out Cloats.com. The work has some interesting pieces, though mostly just the two guys who run it goofing around, but the navigation has a bizarre narration voice that goes with it.

So Microsoft gets in trouble for bundling it's web browser with it's operating system, right? So now they are saying there will be no more standalone IE, in order to improve the browser you have to integrate it into the OS and improve the underlying system? Yet another reason to be skeptical of Microsoft's forthcoming "Longhorn" operating system.

Excerpt from the new Chuck Palahniuk novel Diary viewable right here.

Note to self: Chomsky is playing Slowbar on June 16th.

Not that you could tell from his site, but sibhod is alive and well - and celebrating a birthday. Happy 21st brah.

Sweet, woodgrain CD-R's. Much cooler than the standard style. Link via Zilmer.