Mouse & the Billionaire

2.28.2006 Let's Get Discussed

Today the proverbial shit hit the proverbial fan.

So I skipped out on class tonight and came home to finnish my cover of Kim Carnes hit 1981 song Bette Davis Eyes instead. (If you are so inclined, listen to it on the ol' myspace page)

Think Kim Carnes as sung by Bob Dylan and Animal Collective. But way jazzier.

Now.

Let's get Famous. Let's, also, get down to business (and famously while we're at it).

These things need to be adressed.

#1 Andrew Hamilton (or Hammy, as I will now affectionately call him) and the fact that he kicks a glorious amount of ass

#2 Jesse Gloyd and congrats on finishing another round of the Kinetivision script which I am delighted to read in the next few days.

#3 The Fiery Furnaces and their exhilerating musical catalogue (but specifically Blueberry Boat which I could listen to every day for the rest of my life)

and

#4 The internet and it's amazing ease of use, allowing us to contact friends, burn cds, and look up synonyms with such mind-numbing speed.

That is all.

Now I will drink Hot Toddys and watch The Wonder Years.

2.26.2006

You wil be missed, you dear old man

2.25.2006 The Morning After (2)

Here's to the O'Briens!

2.24.2006 Blingtones

Last year the ringtone industry brought in more than 3.5 billion dollars worldwide.

Billionaires.

Wisdom from an Unknown Source

question swap

On Friday, February 24, 2006 you asked the following question;

If you had a million wishes, would you really need to wish for more wishes?

The following answer has just been sent to you;

No, even with 3 wishes, wishing for more wishes is greedy. I think there are a lot of people who's first wish should be "I wish I appreciated everything I already have in my life" Rather than more Money or love. Love is everywhere, you just have to open your eyes and your heart, and money will not make you happy. If I had a million wishes i would make a million people very happy

On Friday, February 24, 2006 you asked the following question;

If you had a million wishes, would you really need to wish for more wishes?

The following answer has just been sent to you;

One million should be plenty to get everything you'd like. Rather than wishing for wishing for a cure for grandma's kidney stone, a new house for Ted and a million dollars for Alice, you could wish for all your friends and family to be healthy, happy and rich. Covers a lot more ground. Bundle them up and they'll go farther, so you should do just fine. I wish you a happy day.

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2.23.2006 Fact!

The first appearance of the word ciao in English was by Earnest Hemingway in A Farewell to Arms

thanks again, charles

2.22.2006 Who Wants a New Computer?

Time Trial

MacBook Pro vs. 1Ghz Powerbook Titanium

It's computer porn for nerds.

2.21.2006 Fun @ the Office

One of my new favorite things to do is listen to other people's iTunes music through the airport network. I borrow all sorts of fantastic music from my coworkers without actually needing to talk to them (or even meet them for that matter)

This is why I am now listening to the hit 1994 album Sin by Poor Ol Lu.

Can I get an amen!

p.s. the person who's library I am currently stealing (the hit 1994 album Sin by Poor Old Lu) from seems to own every album Poor Old Lu ever did (7).

2.20.2006 Cough. Eee!

Jayson Belt and Ryan Patterson star in Coffee and Cigarettes.

Facts:

Coffee is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water.

Coffee is the second most traded product in the world, after oil.

The average German consumes 16 pounds of coffee a year.

40% of them take it with sugar.

I use a french press to make coffee. However, a french man invented the percolater.

Hawaii is the only American state to grow coffee.

One coffee tree makes a pound of coffee a year.
(This means there is a small plantation to deal solely with OB's coffee intake)

Cup of Joe comes from WWII when American G.I. (Joe)'s would drink copious amounts of coffee.

It is said that Orson Wells had to be taken to the hospital during the making of Citizen Kane because he drank too much coffee.

A standard cup of coffee has around 130mg of caffeine

I have about 575,000 mgs of caffeine in me now.

2.17.2006 Check it

January's Mixtape finally up. Starring one Beach Boy / Sun Bear.

also important:

Pigs in Space: for real.

2.16.2006 Fog and the Road

Nice foggy morning in the city.

Cup of coffee on my desk.

I think I'll head out and get some bacon and eggs.

Lady Day spills out her melodies like syrup.

It's mornings like this, sometimes I wish I was still smoking.

...

2.13.2006 Winnie, Proofer

Oh, Winnie.

The object of every lovesick 12 year-old boy in 1990.

Heartbreaker.

Mixed up girl-next-door.

Math genius.

Visit her website, and she'll answer some of your math homework for you. One step closer to becoming Kevin Arnold.

2.10.2006 Thing Overhead at Lunch

scene: Two art school students. One is drinking a huge Steel Reserve. The other is describing the group project they recently completed.

I so fucking hate Alfred. I was going to rip his fucking head off. All he kept saying was, "Let's put the sculpure in the corner." I'm like, we can't just put the sculpture in the corner cause we fucking want to. We can put the sculpture in the corner if it serves a higher purpose, but you can't base a fucking sculpture on wanting to put it in the corner.

fin

Who?

Who is Harry Nilsson?

Looks like everyone's favorite Cognac and Soda man is about to get his come-uppins.

The movie was just screened at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. I think we were there during that time. Too bad. Would have gone, had we known.

p.s. A lady just walked in to my office with a bird on her shoulder.

2.07.2006 Now!

McSweeney's features Jack Bauer's friendster profile

2.06.2006 ...and you do. every time

Today we were talking about rock and roll movies.

Don't Look Back is great.

No Direction Home may be better.

Stop Making Sense is fantastic.

The Last Waltz is absolutely amazing.

But I'm Trying to Break Your Heart gets me every time. It may be just because I saw it around the same time as we finished our first album. And the same time I ended a long over-due relationship. (One of those final relationship conversations happened on the phone in the parking lot, leaving the theater) Or maybe the inter-band drama makes so much sense. Or maybe it's just the fact that I saw them on their first sans-Bennet tour. Perhaps the halfway has something to do with it.

Whatever the case may be, I was really surprised when I watched the movie again today to find that it still affected me this much.

This is the movie that made me want to be a musician, sitting in a corner with a guitar and a harmonica, playing intimate music for unfamiliar people.

I don't know if I'll ever get to play in front of a large audience again.

I don't know if I want to.

But, at one point in the Summer of 2002, I had just moved in to a house with some of the best friends I've ever had, and playing music for the rest of my life was all I thought I wanted to do.

2.05.2006 Hey Everybody!

Drink champagne on the Sabbath! It's awesome!

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