. . .is discovering music I already own for the first time. I have this thing where I’ll buy like five new CDs at once, and then I’ll get into up to three of them and the other two sort of sit. Sometimes for months. And then one day, something will cue me and I’ll …
Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
A Quick One on “Munich”
Can you say cryto-Zionist? A movie that’s supposed to show a “balanced” view clearly casts the Israeli assassins as the moral agents in the film. And though they are punished for what they do, they also show remorse and doubt — unlike their Palestinian victims, who, while appearing as decent people in face to face …
Baby’s First Canadian Debate + Update
So I just got through watching my first ever debate among candidates for Prime Minister. After years of American debates, I noticed quite a few differences. 1. The candidates had books in front of them. They looked stuff up. They read. I’m sure it was mostly stuff for staying on message, but this was actually …
More Upsetting Things on the Internet
Furby Bending Tutorial – Circuit Bent Furbies. It’s the redecorating that does it for me.
More Miplaced iPod Hype in the Guise of Faux-History
So here’s an article from yesterday in The Globe and Mail: An iPod can’t rock the house that starts out talking about how the iPod revolutionized “our” (1) lives except that it turns out that the iPod had nothing to do with it. Noting declining sales of stereo components, the author then goes on the …
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Casualties of Fall Term
Before making New Year’s Resolutions, I find it useful to reflect on the things I wanted to accomplish in 2005 and didn’t. Sure, I got a lot done, but not always what I thought I wanted to get done. 1. Exercise So a few years back we got this monster treadmill to make it easier …
Football Post
It’s been awhile, but yesterday’s firing of Mike Tice from the head coach position at Minnesota has been a long time coming. Yes, Tice was loved by the players and appeared to be a nice guy. Too bad he could never sustain winning through a whole season. In other news, the fantasy football season is …