“My Name is Kate, and I Am Awesome.
Meet my new friend Kate. Her dad is a drummer in LA who’s been a good friend of mine for years and her mom is an actress who’s one of the most gorgeous women on the planet. So you know little Kate is going to be breaking hearts right and left by the time she’s in the third grade. You go, Kate.
You know that fucking retarded “My Humps” song by the atrocious, self-wetting, non-singer Fergie? How can you even miss it: that shit is everywhere. Well, watch this genius video send-up by my formerly least-favorite-female-artist-in- the-universe-turned-new-goddess, Alanis Morrisette. Genius! Alanis, I apologize for once writing in a review that “You Oughtta Know” is the contentious wail of a woman scorned that would have anyone rooting for the man who dumped her.” That was harsh, and I’m sorry, because you fucking rule!
“Once I was a soldier
I rode on a big white horse.
Silver pistols at my sides,
carrying the flags of war.
And I lost track of the men who fell
in the cannon’s roar.
I never got over
being a soldier.”
– Nick Lowe, “36” High”
Gavin Harrison joined British progressive rockers Porcupine Tree in 2002 on the cusp of recording the groundbreaking CD, In Absentia. Since then, the drummer has found time between touring and recording with Porcupine Tree to work on a variety of outside projects, including a globally acclaimed series of instructional books and DVDs covering his cerebral theories on beat displacement and rhythmic illusions.
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Ira Glass Hosts the Best Show on TV: This American Life
I take lot of heat for being such a shameless, diehard fan of reality TV shows like The Amazing Race, Survivor, American Idol and all those embarrassingly addictive programs on Bravo such as Project Runway, Top Chef and Top Design. Clothes, food, home décor: It’s like there is a reality show specifically geared to feed each of my secret obsessions! Hurray for digital cable!
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