Netflix's 'Watch Instantly' feature is amazing. Supernatural, almost, how quickly it streams video and how sharp that video is. The only disappointment is that it's for Windows only. Mac users can get around that with Parallels Desktop, among other ways.
Above: Tracy Morgan in the suprisingly-funny Season 1 of 30 Rock.
Also, be my friend on Netflix!
Update 1/13: Now instant viewing limits have been lifted.
Update 1/24: Netflix working on instant viewing for Mac.
Above is a piece called Sea Dragons, by my friend Brian Booker. I just finished his website—check it out!
Also his fiction is amazing. Be sure to read Pennsylvania: A Guide to Lodging.
Wire is a mini revelation for me. I found out about their albums Pink Flag and Chairs Missing in Pitchfork Media's 100 Best Albums of the 1970s.
Wire - Reuters
Wire - Mannequin
They have a wonderful minimal punk sound. It's atmospheric but with attitude, not empty. It turns out they wrote The 15th, the Fischerspooner track that I posted about here.
The photographer above has a bunch of fantastic photos on this site, as well as a show at Etherea on Ave A which runs through next week.
