Author Archives: Dan Nordquist
markdown test
One of the things I love from Stack Overflow is that they use Markdown. Having written in it over there for a year, I wondered if I could add it to WordPress. Turns out it’s allegedly already in WordPress, but … Continue reading
out for 2009
The following things have to go: Any commercial that talks about how expensive gas prices are, like it’s still July. Put it in the can for when gas prices matter again. Most of you have moved on to “we know … Continue reading
fancy tv calibration
Eh. Here’s what they tell you when you buy a fabulous new (hot) TV: “we calibrate it so you get a great picture and use half as much energy, saving you money, the room doesn’t get as hot, and it … Continue reading
muxtapes
I recently got to hang out with someone who was a dear friend of mine during high school. She lived in New York then, and I didn’t, so this was the first we’d ever met in person. Even though we … Continue reading
album of the week 2008.06.24
If I’d done an album this week, it’d have been the Chinese Democracy leaks from last week. They are sounding fantastic. There’s one song missing from the demos we’ve already heard, and the new songs aren’t quite as sonically dense … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.06.17
N.E.R.D. – Seeing Sounds N.E.R.D. is the rock band version of the Neptunes production team, but if I have to tell you that, you probably don’t know who the Neptunes are, so this whole exercise is futile. Coming at it … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.06.10
Various Artists – Judgment Night Sorry if having the store closed last week caused you any great distress. I flatter myself to think you noticed. I was going to recommend a Steely Dan record or something but I’ve seen the … Continue reading
album of the week 2008.05.27
Rocket From the Crypt – Hot Charity/Cut Carefully and Play Loud Well, this makes two in a row that are maybe sort of hard to find. Hot Charity was released on vinyl alone in 1993. It fits between Circa:Now! and … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.05.20
Dragonette – Galore Well, this is awkward. One of my favorite records of the past six months isn’t available in America yet. You can import it on Amazon, where users have given it tags like “fake punk” and “no talent”. … Continue reading
album of the week – 2008.05.13
XTC – Skylarking You know what? I’m sorry. I am a bad power-pop fan. I know almost nothing about XTC. I was a big “modern rock” guy from 1991 on, maybe a bit past their prime. We even started a … Continue reading
