The Excitement Machine http://www.excitementmachine.org/ en Copyright 2007 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:01:18 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dramatic Chipmunk Dramatic Chipmunk ... I have to agree it is "the best five second video on the internet" And not that it's an aside or anything, but did you know that the Excitement Machine has birthed a baby?]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2007/06/dramatic_chipmunk.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2007/06/dramatic_chipmunk.html Animalia Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:01:18 -0600 CNR RIP NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! This sucks.]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2007/05/cnr_rip.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2007/05/cnr_rip.html Television and Film Tue, 29 May 2007 19:23:21 -0600 Link Catchup excellent hiding places I Love the Yeti All things Sasquatch. Fun with crappy comics: The Nietzsche Family Circus and Marmaduke Explained Thousands of found Grocery Lists (and the companion book TK) Real doctors review every episode of House Good to know halfbakery is still going strong ... here are illustrations of various ideas/inventions by Farmer John and the late Bristolz (eulogy) Drawer Geeks: Every week, artists and illustrators reimagine/draw a different fictional character in their own style.]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2007/01/link_catchup.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2007/01/link_catchup.html Miscellaneously Good Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:13:32 -0600 When I Return I'll Smell Like Peaches UPDATE: OK, back. See, I switched hosts. Almost everything is working except comments -- will get that in order soonish. Merry Xmas everybody!]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/12/when_i_return_ill_smell_like_p.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/12/when_i_return_ill_smell_like_p.html Excitement Machine News Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:44:05 -0600 Campus Ladies Campus Ladies is possibly the funniest show ever and it doesn't get the play it deserves. It's about two lady pals in their 40s in need of some starting over who go back to college and live in the dorms. You are right to be frightened by the premise, plus the fact it's on Oxygen, but seriously, it's hilarious and raunchy. Watch some video samples here, including the entire pilot episode. A new season starts tonight, and it looks like there's even more excellent guest stars than the first season. Hooray!]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/12/campus_ladies.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/12/campus_ladies.html Television and Film Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:24:47 -0600 Lightning R.I.P. Backstage With Lightning & Thunder We got the sad news yesterday that Lightning, the male half of the awesome Milwaukee-based Neil Diamond/ABBA/Patsy Cline tribute band Lightning and Thunder, has passed away. We had the full on L&T experience at Gregg & Molly's wedding a few years ago, see pictures here. Check this video and you'll see -- in my opinion Lightning was more Neil Diamond than Neil Diamond himself. The band/couple has a very interesting story full of crazy tragedy and triumph. We all send Thunder our deepest condolences. It's too sad for words. .]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/08/lightning_rip.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/08/lightning_rip.html Sound Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:11:28 -0600 Mom Mom Mom Can I Have a Dollar!?!?! Happy summer! WMFU's Beware of the Blog has many mp3s of Ice Cream Truck Music here and here. Which one goes through your neighborhood? And, how they get that signature tinny, underwater sound. In elementary school my friend and I came up with an idea of having an ice cream truck that sells an narrow selection of grown-up stuff -- e.g. milk, toilet paper, smokes. Wouldn't that be awesome?]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/06/mom_mom_mom_can_i_have_a_dolla.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/06/mom_mom_mom_can_i_have_a_dolla.html Sound Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:59:01 -0600 April Winchell Podcasts April Winchell is podcasting, hooray!]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/06/april_winchell_podcasts.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/06/april_winchell_podcasts.html Sound Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:30:23 -0600 Yo Gabba Gabba yogabbagabba.jpg I want to have kids for the sole purpose of exposing them to Yo Gabba Gabba. With Biz Markie! (via Drawn)]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/06/yo_gabba_gabba.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/06/yo_gabba_gabba.html Television and Film Sun, 04 Jun 2006 13:55:43 -0600 Waxing Nostalgic Dan has a scary bitchy girl over right now looking at the place. She's little and has a weak handshake. Apparently she didn't feel that it was necessary to hide her disgust with my room depite the fact that I was standing right there. I don't understand how some people get to be the way they are. I got a rejection letter from the job today. I want to write the old grandpa-ish Texan executive director and say, hey, next time you interview a person (twice), you shouldn't show her to what would be her new private office, seat her in what would be her huge, ergonomically correct office chair, and give her a writing test on what would be her G4 and 20" monitor. Because when you reject her, she has to go back to her $20 task chair and four-year-old Mac clone crammed into a 15' X 30' office with four other editors. Dan just said the prospective housemate told him she's "really into her spirituality." Five years ago I had just gotten engaged and was moving out of my duplex to live in semi-sin with Bryan. We were working at The Austin Chronicle. I was sick of it and looking for another job. In January 2002 we were both mysteriously fired. (These two facts are probably related but to this day I still don't understand it completely.) But never mind -- the early oughts were a wonderful, creative time. Working at the Chronicle I encountered strange and interesting things all the time. The first month of entries reflect that (OK, maybe not that first one) and are still some of my favorites -- I'd point you to others but I just discovered that a number of my archives have been hacked! Hmm, gotta fix that. I still encounter strange and interesting things all the time, but now they are mostly tied up with my work, and it would be getting into hinkey territory to talk about them online. Honestly though, I used to get out a lot more and was generally a lot more charmed and puzzled about the oddball things that happen every day. I'd like to get back in that mindset and that habit of recording such things, even if nobody is listening anymore.]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/05/waxing_nostalgic.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/05/waxing_nostalgic.html Excitement Machine News Wed, 17 May 2006 16:47:54 -0600 Art Car Jeep Front Art Car Jeep Front originally uploaded by Cloetus

We just encountered this art jeep driving down Lamar Blvd. Photoset by Cloetus here.

]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/03/art_car_jeep_front.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/03/art_car_jeep_front.html Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:50:42 -0600 Food 500 Songs About Food]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/02/food.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/02/food.html Food Sound Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:37:15 -0600 Nacho Libre From the Mormon couple who brought you Napoleon Dynamite: Nacho Libre, in which Jack Black goes on the Mexican wrestling circuit to save an orphanage. Loosely based on a true story!]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/01/nacho_libre.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/01/nacho_libre.html Television and Film Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:22:16 -0600 Feelin Lucky Crazy Japanese commericals for pachinko starring Nicholas Cage, via the essential Retrocrush podcast (episode 60 to be precise, which also includes video game quarter-insertion sound effects)]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/01/feelin_lucky.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2006/01/feelin_lucky.html Television and Film Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:57:27 -0600 Stupid Bird Stupid bird!]]> http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2005/11/stupid_bird.html http://www.excitementmachine.org/log/2005/11/stupid_bird.html Art, Craft, Design Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:43:00 -0600