Macrolog

Macrolog entries posted in September 2003

Friday Five #58 Fri 26 Sep 2003
*1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why?* Who? Mike Watt. Why? The answer is impossible to explain adequately. The best I can do is this -- read his website, listen to his music, and make up your own mind. *2....

House Porn Sun 21 Sep 2003 | 4 Comments
Whilst reading the MediaGuardian supplement on Monday afternoon I was shocked to discover that the new head of Channel 4 is planning to cancel one of my favourite shows, Fifteen to One. For those of you who are unaware, Fifteen...

American Splendor Fri 19 Sep 2003
I quote from an interview with underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar in the current issue of The Onion AV Club: ==I've got this weird combination of... I like a lot of esoteric and avant-garde fiction, for example, and music,...

Beginner's Luck Tue 16 Sep 2003
Right now it's either very late or very early. It's that time of night. I got home less than an hour ago, after spending the evening with friends playing poker. Yes, poker. A real man's game. And we played for...

It's My Weblog And I'll Rant If I Want To Sat 06 Sep 2003 | 3 Comments
I found a protest notice clogging the letterbox on Wednesday afternoon. When I first read it, it made me laugh. Then it made me angry. The following is a recreation of said notice, with most punctuation errors intact: ==== Now...

The Absentee Landlord Returns Wed 03 Sep 2003 | 3 Comments
I'm still here. I've been home for over a week now. No, I didn't spend _another_ week abroad. I just didn't have anything interesting enough to write about. It happens. Not that I haven't been busy. As it happens I've...

Flash Mob Incorporated? Wed 03 Sep 2003
From the New Media Diary in Monday's Guardian: ==[The London Evening] Standard gets its four stars for coverage of this silly season's cause celebre, flash-mobbing. After an earlier event at a sofa emporium, the Standard reported a follow-up incident at...

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This page is a reverse chronology of Macrolog entries by MacDara Conroy published in September 2003. You will find many more in the Archives.


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