Because it's Amanda Congdon. That's why. Not quite Amanda-era Rocketboom yet. But give it time. Joanne at Rocketboom doesn't have the timing and delivery of Miss Congdon. She seems nice enough though. The claymation movie by the CMA kids is wonderful though. Gee...thanks Rocketboom. We still got a little love for you at TBIMB.

Wow, it's 12:51.

The Noyse Magazine has recently featured an interview/q&a with my former and probably future co-conspirator Peter Moraites. What do you do with 67,000+ (and counting) views on YouTube? I don't know either. Maybe Pete does.

Renetto knew what to do with it. Kind of.

And since I'm not going to type another post this evening. I Am Sorry Rat Trap. But I'm not actually sorry about anything, and that's the point. Thanks for being here.

YouTube needs Trackback.

Many thanks to The Swankster for reminding me of how much I enjoyed the heyday of 106.3 WHTG here in the Garden State during the early 90's. I can't really add much more than I mentioned in the comments there, or maybe I can and I'm thinking I'd rather do something else tonight.

Also thanks for posting the Girlfriend video, it's amazing no one has destroyed it with a bad cover in recent years. At least my ears have been blessed by not hearing that hopefully imaginary cover. Girlfriend and Altered Beast are two essential CDs as far as I'm concerned. And I am concerned. (But I am not very concerned about consistency with the use of italics for titles, or what the proper use should be for italicizing titles. I'm making a concerned effort to be concerned...No...I'm not...I'm just full of shit...kind of.)

Since that video and reading an interview with Matthew Sweet talking about manga and anime, I've opened my eyes to that world and basked in the goodness that is Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Cowboy Bebop, and many others. Judging by the comments on YouTube, many others were turned on to anime by Sweet, as well.

Oh yeah, 106.3. The Matt Pinfeld years, those were good. 106.3 today, not so good. Although after commenting at Merry Swankster, I did catch some Dinosaur Jr. on the dial.

Live performance with De La Soul and Madonna @ The Grammys. I saw Gorillaz in concert with the first album, they've definitely worked on their live show since then. I still can't figure out how Madonna walked behind Murdoc in the clip. Perhaps she's just an animated character, too.

The video must be Joel Trussell's commentary on all the rock bands coming from Scandinavia in recent times. Or is that old history dating back to 2001?

His video for Jason Forrest's track, "War Photographer" is lots of fun. Vikings, guitars, robots, cowbell, what else do you need?

Joel has some development sketches on his blog as well.

I've been sleeping on Strong Bad's latest creation at Homestar Runner.

Teen Girl Squad. No description necessary. Watch and laugh.

Thanks, Ted Leo. I've been sleeping on Homestar Runner for awhile. Now I can lose some sleep and catch up.

Or SE7EN Smurfs. Milk and cookies makes me happy. Although I've never seen SE7EN, I still enjoyed the spoof featuring the Smurfs by Robot Chicken. The Smurfs have also been used to lampoon a specific Internet phenomenon.

Moongirl looks promising. Can't wait to see more. That doesn't look right. Can't wait to see more! But that looks to eager. Suffice to say, this post is here so I remember to return in a month or two. Further inspection shows that Phil Knight (yeah him) is behind this venture. So they probably don't need me attracting attention, they should have some funds lying around. I wonder if they use sweatshop labor in the animation studio.

Nice job, guys.

Rockstar releasing San Andreas machinima prequel, eight CD soundtrack

Headaches, difficulty sleeping, burning eyes. Symptoms of either the latest FDA-approved drug (some people read the diclaimer at the bottom of those commercials), or you've been playing too much Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Yes, it's something I don't want my kid playing (or seeing) until he's older. But it hasn't stopped me. Although if I could find a cheat code to shut off the shooting and the language, perhaps I could show him the fire truck and train missions.

The cut scenes, dialogue, voice acting, and storyline have clearly exceeded Rockstar's work on Vice City. And in no way is that a dis. This game is that good.

There's quite a few sites out there for hints, cheats, and talk. GTA Warehouse is a good place to start.