Iceland’s quite interesting Sigur Ros plays the Orpheum on September 23.
I included track 8 in a 2004 Mad City Marathon slideshow here Quicktime. The music fit the very wet ’04 marathon.
Jason Kottke reviewed their performance at New York City’s Beacon Theatre last night and included links to some photos of the show.
The band offers a handy Icelandic pronunciation guide on their website.
Daily Archives: September 14, 2005
Marotta Moves On and Leaves a Few Comments Behind
Governor Doyle’s top aide, Marc Marotta offered up a few comments as he left that post for private law practice (and help raise money for Doyle’s re-election campaign).
*Although Marotta said he found “a lot of good, dedicated” employees in state government, he said the most frustrating part of his job was the “tremendous inertia” that buries every decision — large and small — in bureaucratic quicksand. “Every little issue has its own political world,” he added.
Man Bites Dog: Keillor Threatens to Sue Blogger for Parody?
On a Tuesday night two weeks ago, the letter showed up in the mail. It is included below, so you can see for yourself the kind of verbal mastery it takes to make a legal document sound like Keillor’s forlorn nostalgic prose.
Let’s quickly review the situation: Garrison Keillor — a liberal comedian! — is threatening to sue MNspeak — some blog! — that uses a t-shirt to poke fun of his mega-gigantic media empire. You’d think we shot Guy Noir or something.
via Glenn