Archive for June, 2005

Shows!

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Oh yeah. For whatever reason, the bands I like always seem to tour during the fall/winter. But I just found out that Combichrist is playing with Manufactura and Glis at The Vogue on July 21st, and Das Ich is playing with Noxious Emotion at The Catwalk on Aug. 13th. I love Das Ich, and I [...]

Sergei Eisenstein: Броненосец Потемкин (The Battleship Potemkin)

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

Броненосец Потемкин (The Battleship Potemkin) is a remarkable film. Though it was conceived as a Soviet propaganda film, it holds up significantly better than other films of the genre, like Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will).

Carb is done

Friday, June 24th, 2005

I got the rebuilt carburetor put back in the car last night. It ran like complete crap, because I was a retard and put the spring in the accelerator pump in the wrong place. Whoops.
Fixed that, and she’s running like a champ. Still dying at idle, though, but I think that should just be a [...]

CRX parts for sale

Monday, June 20th, 2005

Got a 2nd-generation (’88-’91) Honda CRX? Know somebody who does? Buy my crap!

Vittorio De Sica: Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thief)

Sunday, June 19th, 2005

“[It's] nothing, it’s just a bicycle.”
So says the policeman that Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) files a complaint with after his bicycle is stolen. But to Antonio, it’s not just a bicycle. It’s the difference between life and death, or at least a means of living and poverty.