So the address has changed, though the new one isn't exactly out of nowhere. It turns out most addresses I could tolerate are already taken, including the unhyphenated versions of "Hello Cleveland!" and "Shark Sandwich." Anyway, I've toyed with the idea of getting a real domain, not sure if I'll ever bother though.

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I don't know why they called a cereal Good Friends. I don't know why they felt a middle-aged white woman and a middle-aged Asian man were the best pick to put on the box. But I do know that's why it's the best consumer product packing known to man.

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The Gossip are a Seattle-by-way-of-Arkansas blues-punk-rock band that just recently released their second full-length, Standing in the Way of Control. Lead singer Beth Ditto has a huge voice and the basslines tend to be clean and bouncy.

The Gossip / "Standing in the Way of Control"

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Posted a song by Your Black Star a week ago, here's another pretty decent one:

Your Black Star / "Lousy Smarch Weather" (left click it)

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Alpha Dog starring Emile Hirsch and Justin Timberlake doesn't look bad, but what's with the end of the trailer? I don't know if I can think of another film that gives away such a major point in the trailer.

Lucky Number Slevin stars Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Ben Kingsley, and Mo Freeman. Looks solid.

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Man hits his own car, then sues himself. Yikes.

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Interesting story about a father and daughter who have Advanced Sleep Phase Disorder.