Leanne’s site is up and live, complete with blog, brief bio and selected writings. How can you not check out someone who likes “indie-rock, alt-country, naps, margaritas, macaroni and cheese, Mardi Gras, staring into space and letting the world know she still gives a rat’s ass”?
Now Playing: I’m So Cute from the album Sheik Yerbouti by Frank Zappa
During another travel binge last week (NYC,
Cincinnati, Corpus Christi), I was staying at the Athletic Club in New York. They supposedly have wireless. But the signal was scant, and I wasn’t able to get much done.
So I started walking around the hotel with my laptop, fishing for a stronger signal.
I found one. On top of the armoire. So I’m standing there, with my laptop at shoulder height, answering e-mail and surfing the web in spurts, until all the blood would run out of my hands and I’d have to take a break.
The next morning, my back and shoulders were sore from my high-wireless act. But the pain was nothing compared to the grief I would have suffered using a dial-up connection …
Now Playing: Broken Hearts Are For Assholes from the album Sheik Yerbouti by Frank Zappa
I’ve lost all respect for iTunes music store.
I was filled with demented glee on hearing that a bunch of quadraphonic stuff has emerged from Frank Zappa’s vault. Apparently, surround sound systems are perfect for playing this stuff. But when I went to iTunes and searched “Zappa,” not only did I fail to find “Quaudiophiliac,” but those Apple wankers had NO Zappa albums.
It’s freakin’ criminal …
Now Playing: Stronger from the album Wayward Angel by Kasey Chambers