tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post3401120941473456816..comments2024-03-07T18:38:58.284-08:00Comments on kidchamp dot net: laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429404210444847213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-48697214471691366432007-08-18T05:58:27.000-07:002007-08-18T05:58:27.000-07:00Mates of State shilling for The New AT&T (look...Mates of State shilling for The New AT&T (looks a whole damn lot like the Old AT&T) is in the same league. I'm of a split mind. Yes, you'd want our indie heroes to stay pure. But some of these people have to eat. <br /><br />And there is a bit of an insider-hipster thrill to have something that you, and few others, have heard rolling by between innings as the newest gadget is being hawked.tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-15558669308284892912007-08-19T15:52:11.000-07:002007-08-19T15:52:11.000-07:00these things are all true, tom; i guess what surpr...these things are all true, tom; i guess what surprises me is that it still gives me a twinge, though the phenomenon is quite old. i vacillate between hating and wanting to be one of the marketing peons who shuffle through tiny-label (read: cheap to license) albums and pluck out songs for primetime commercials.<br /><br />aside: as wilco is with nonesuch/warner bros. and gaining some serious steam with the dockers crowd, they aren't the most useful example here; my apologies for that. they've been on my mind a lot lately, as i've been cultivating a theory that they're the next dave matthews band (though i feel much more warmly toward them than the analogy would imply).laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-40460859380214039892007-08-20T06:27:03.000-07:002007-08-20T06:27:03.000-07:00i dunno, i've gotten pretty soft on the whole ...i dunno, i've gotten pretty soft on the whole corporate shilling thing. <br /><br />but cat power doing de beers definitely crossed some kind of line.jacobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-2588124728625736522007-08-20T08:52:35.000-07:002007-08-20T08:52:35.000-07:00Jacob: you know, I have noticed, in the background...Jacob: you know, I have noticed, in the background, that the "A Diamond Is Forever" ads have lost their intense focus and have drifted aimlessly between one montage and another lately. Shoulda put two-and-two together.<br /><br />Lauren: well, at least Wilco wouldn't dump tourist-bus shit into the Chicago River / onto pleasure cruisers on said river. They're from around here, you know.tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-19992523531129819032007-08-24T16:49:11.000-07:002007-08-24T16:49:11.000-07:00does your sister have an etsy shop? i am a sucker...does your sister have an etsy shop? i am a sucker for ceramics and love supporting up and coming artists (my apologies if she is already big, or if that label otherwise doesn't fit - i'm new to your blog, having stumbled in on it via internet search). best to you and yours.nyc art lover and etsy enthusinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-26883111702203909312007-08-27T09:06:34.000-07:002007-08-27T09:06:34.000-07:00she doesn't have one yet; she has been thinkin...she doesn't have one yet; she has been thinking about a web shop, though, and i've been talking etsy up as much as possible. i'll send up the bat signal here - many, many times! - when she goes online. welcome to the 'champ, and cheers!laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-88096228858183464102007-09-03T14:38:35.000-07:002007-09-03T14:38:35.000-07:00what is better than a michelada?
...a michelada...what is better than a michelada? <br /><br />...a michelada at a swim-up bar in mexico in july. despite the garishness of resort entertainment, J. had heard about them, and we were very excited to get one. the bartender was incredulous, more so when we were back the next day for another. but ours had worchestershire sauce and the fake-chicken maggi spice juice (like bouillon?), along with salt, lime, hot sauce.wabesnoreply@blogger.com