Author Archives: brad

Le sacre du printemps

By brad | Published: May 31, 2010
I haven’t been blogging much lately and that’s a shame. With Memorial day today, I thought I’d write about something that is very close to me. One of my absolute favorite pieces of music, La Sacre Du Printemps, or The Rite of Spring. Igor Stravinsky wrote this ballet to be the soundtrack to a sacred pagen ritual in [...]
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The Church of Baseball

By brad | Published: April 12, 2010
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I’ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I heard [...]
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Flying Trapeze!

By brad | Published: February 2, 2010
Last week we did this: It’s really fun and not terrifying (the second time). If you’re in Seattle, this place is great.
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the decade from my lens

By brad | Published: January 17, 2010
I wrote this around New Years Day and never got around to publishing … This is what the last decade looked like from my lens: On the mind: college, hanging chad, hijacking, war, protest war, graduation, media bar, house, wedding, twitter, HOPE Presidents: b. clinton, gore, bush, h. clinton, obama Love: love, heartbreak, love, marriage, love, love Jobs: barista, shift supervisor, [...]
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Favorite Music of 2009

By brad | Published: January 4, 2010
We’re in a culture that is obsessed with making lists and calling things the ‘best’. It’s all subjective. Here’s my list. If I re-did this tomorrow, it’d probably be different. Please argue with me. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest :: Gets better with every listen. Mos Def – The Estatic :: Really glad he’s back, the last two [...]
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The Fire Hose

By brad | Published: December 5, 2009
What do you do drink from the firehose? It’s really hard to keep up on what you’re reading on Twitter and RSS readers without pulling out your phone at every waking opportunity. I’m pretty certain that I don’t want to live my life that way. These days, when things get busy at work, I have a [...]
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WTO, 10 years later

By brad | Published: November 29, 2009
I got my first taste and only taste of tear gas ten years ago today. I was an 18 year old college freshman at the University of Washington. It was a typical November day in Seattle, about 50 degrees and drizzling. Around 10 in the morning I was walking to my calculus class through red [...]
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The Muppets do “Bohemian Rhapsody”

By brad | Published: November 25, 2009
This makes me so happy. The muppets and rock ‘n roll will save us all.
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Retweets 2.0 (aka, Your Tweets, retweeted) (Please RT this)

By brad | Published: November 21, 2009
This week I’ve been happily exploring the new retweet feature on Twitter.com. I can’t wait for this same functionality to spread to my favorite twitter clients. It’s accomplishing a better user experience for many reasons. The integrity of the original tweet is saved (if you want to add comments, just send your own tweet) You can easily [...]
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