Previously Observed

Yo, Ace Frehley , look, I know you've had a busy career after leaving KISS, you know crashing cars into trees on cocaine benders, hawking Dunkin' Donuts products and releasing albums that don't sell, but maybe with your huge 70's era KISS fortune and royalties you could hire somebody to design your website that didn't think web design peaked aesthetically in 1996. Just sayin'.

As Observed: January 8, 2009

If you're in NYC, specifically around Grammercy or the East Village, I highly recommend Posto for some excellent thin crust pizza. The salads are also great, and the wine list is pretty good.

As Observed: January 14, 2009

Ate at Megu last night. Took advantage of the NYC Restuarant Week promotion. Overpriced, and undeservedly pretentious. Food was the standard crappy Japanese-fusion nonsense. And $40 for two fingers of 10-year Macallan single malt and a Kirin Light at the bar? Seriously? Nice faux ice sculpture Buddha though.

As Observed: January 20, 2009

Ah, death metal and ballet - two great tastes that go together. Well, if by together you use a crowbar and some sort of lube.

As Observed: February 18, 2009

About Me

So that's me there in that picture. Or me in anime/manga form. I'll probably change that picture from time to time. What else? Well, I call New York City home. My passions include, but are by no means limited to music, politics, capoeira, and good single malt scotch. I suppose if you need to know more than that just mosey on over to the about page more info.

A Quick Observation

Ah, death metal and ballet - two great tastes that go together. Well, if by together you use a crowbar and some sort of lube.

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A Short Aside

One of my favorite pleasures is spending quiet Sunday mornings with a cup of coffee and the NY Times. Highlights from this Sunday include a piece about 1970's New York and it's reflection on the ABC show 'Life on Mars' , an appreciation for the TED lecture series, a profile of one of contemporary China's best selling writers, and the role of internet social networks and protests on the Arab street.

Oh and some more bullshit from Tom Friedman...

Listening

Burst Lazarus Bird

How I missed this magnificent disc last year escapes me. Out in a barren waste where Swedish death metal meets Pink Floydian textures and Tool's hypnotic repetitiveness. A stunning work of stark metal beauty.

Reading

The Love We Share Without Knowing

Christopher Barzak's fragile novel about love and loss set in contemporary Japan. Light like a wind chime, heavy enough to break your heart.

Quote

Watch your thoughts: thoughts become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character. Character becomes destiny.

- Unknown