Ron Mueck
If you've never had a chance to see the sculptures of Ron Mueck, you've missed out. He has some works in the Hirshorn gallery in D.C., but if you want to get some immediate idea of what makes his hyper-realistic sculptures so interesting, take a look at this post at paintalicious.org.
You can find Big Man at the Hirshorn, and it really is as creepy and wonderful as the pictures make it out to be.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 06/27/2008 || link
Music Bits
Thursday night I stayed up way too late. Normally I don't need a good reason to stay up late, but that night I had one. I was at the Paradise to see The Weakerthans at a sold out show.
They are out supporting a new album, Reunion Tour. Even though I've followed them for a few years now, this was my first time seeing them live, and I'm glad I trekked over to the Paradise to catch the show. The band sounded great and seemed to be at ease up on stage. At least, they seemed at ease because they were smiling and joking a lot. And they properly ignored some idiot yelling out, "Freebird!"
Instead of Freebird, they did play "Plea from a Cat Named Virtue" which is the song that made me love them in the first place. The set lasted a solid hour and a half, with great pacing and a good variety of tracks from most of their albums. We even got "One Great City!" which can best be described as the antithesis to a Sufjan Steven's song (The anti-Say Yes! to M!ch!gan!). Good stuff.
Opening for them was the Last Town Chorus, which mainly consists of Megan Hickey on vocals and lap steel guitar along with whoever she brings along with her. That night she had Rich Hinman accompanying her on acoustic guitar. To sum up her sound, take Mazzy Star and add a hellacious lap steel guitar. If that sounds appealing, you should check her out when she comes through your town. She does a killer cover of Bowie's "Modern Love."
In other news, Mike Doughty just announced that his new album will be out in February. You can preview a couple of new tracks at his Myspace page. "I Just Want The Girl In The Blue Dress To Keep On Dancing" is definitely a quality track. I have high hopes.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 11/05/2007 || link
Quick Harvard Sunset
My friend, Amy, was in town visiting and she pointed out that there was a great sunset over Harvard Square Friday night. Taken with my point and shoot.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 11/04/2007 || link
They Did It Again
The Red Sox won...again. Naturally, this doesn't feel the same as 2004, but it's almost just as sweet. The baseball season is long. So, so long. And when you watch a bunch of guys try so hard, day after day, you can't help but get wrapped up in what they are trying to do. To finally see them succeed is a exciting thing.
Now, we get to watch Paplebon dance.
And now, everyone in Red Sox Nation can get some sleep.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 10/29/2007 || link
The Swiss Have a Sense of Humor
So, I'm back from Switzerland. I'm still going through the various photos from the trip, but I've already identified one that is worth sharing.
There are a lot of old structures throughout the cities and towns of Switzerland (and I photographed a good number of them). In the northern town of Schaffhausen, there is a tower, built in 1370, called the Schwabentor. In 1933, to caution people to watch out for the dangerous new horseless carriages, the people of Schaffhausen added an engraving to a gate in the tower. The engraving reads, Lappi tue d'Augen uf, which roughly translates to "Knuckleheads should keep their eyes open."
That sign is desperately needed in Harvard Square.
Take a look.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 10/28/2007 || link
Guten Tag!
I'm in Switzerland! I have my big camera with me. And I'm traveling all over the country with my girlfriend. Yesterday, we hit Schaffhausen. Today, we traipsed all over Luzern and tomorrow will have me in Interlaken! Good times.
I hope to post some worthwhile pictures (since that seems to be my thing now), but that will have to wait until I get home. Until then, auf wiedersehen!
Posted by Mr. Eff on 10/22/2007 || link
Rule 34
There are a number of rules of the Internet. I spent an entire summer getting paid to look at porn sites (it's a long story), so I can, without a doubt, tell you that Rule 34 is absolutely true.
No exceptions (NSFW!).
Posted by Mr. Eff on 10/12/2007 || link
I'm not dead yet
I'm getting better.
I think I'll go for a walk.
I feel happy. I feel happy..
Anyway, my bionic finger is much less bionic these days, but much more functional. Good news there.
I've been obsessing about bicycles lately, in preparation for buying a new one. I'm not ready for winter yet, dammit! Cycling will either be the sport that keeps me from dying an early death or it will be the sport that causes me to die an early death. Anyone who has ridden a bike anywhere near Boston will know why the latter outcome is a distinct possibility.
I'm also becoming a bit of a photography geek. I'm still not very good, but that could always change. My dream is to capture the essence of humanity by sheer chance and immortalize it into a piece of stock art. Or make the cover of the Economist.
One or the other.
I won't promise that I'll write more. But I might.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 10/09/2007 || link
Grey's Law
"Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice."
Brilliant.
(Via Daring Fireball, which was via Merlin Mann)
Posted by Mr. Eff on 07/06/2007 || link
Dramatic Flair
This prairie dog got his start doing free Shakespeare performances in Central Park, before graduating into some lead roles in quirky, but critically acclaimed, off-Broadway productions.
And it's easy to see that he has more dramatic range than many contemporary human actors, like Hayden Christensen. I think this performance will get him his big shot at becoming a star. I'm pulling for him.
UPDATE: It's a prairie dog, not a chipmunk! Sorry about that.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 06/21/2007 || link
The Alphabet of HORROR!
A plucky artist by the name of Jared Von Hindman has created Head Injury Theater, a website of his artwork and mad ramblings. I'd like to point out the Alphabet of Horror, which is quite fabulous.
I would like you to remember, however, that the Wolfman has nards, not nads.
Yeah, I'm a geek, but the movies of my childhood are sacred, dammit!
Posted by Mr. Eff on 06/19/2007 || link
Notice the RSS Feed
Hi folks. I did a little coding over the weekend and added the RSS feed that has been in the works for years. Please let me know if you have trouble with the feed.
Next up comments! I figure it's time to add comments now that no one really visits the site. Of course, I never really update it either.
I'm hoping that changes now that I have a shiny new laptop. It's so choice. You should try one if you ever have the chance.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 06/17/2007 || link
Laws of Communication
Today, I came across a great set of laws on communication, called Wiio's laws. Its first and most perfect law is, " Communication usually fails, except by accident." That pretty much says it all right there.
Law number 2, "If a message can be interpreted in several ways, it will be interpreted in a manner that maximizes the damage," most often rears its ugly head in email.
I don't think I can express how often that's happened to me without using language that sounds like hyperbole. My first real job had me misstep in that fashion so many times, that in my next job, I was recognized as an expert in writing non-offensive emails. Even after a year and a half of doing that, I'm sure I can still let slip something that will piss someone off.
Heck, it's a law.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 06/11/2007 || link
Pictures of the Bionic Broken Finger
Here are some more pictures of my bionic broken finger. The first one is pic taken before going off to the hospital for surgery. Now for the fun ones.
Note that the wrinkles on my skin are from a compression bandage called Coban.
My finger is coming along pretty well. According to my fantastic physical therapist, "All clinical signs are positive." That basically means that my fracture is stable, my flexion is good, and my joints aren't making weird noises. So, yay hooray.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 06/10/2007 || link
Neato Geek Art
As a good member of the computer geek club, I love me some Sci-Fi inspired artwork. Jeff Victor is rightly getting noticed for his bubble-head cartoon drawings of various characters from pop culture. I haven't found anywhere to buy prints yet, but I'm definitely hoping to have this Tusken Raider on my wall some day.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 06/10/2007 || link
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