I wanted to let the dust settle a bit on the news about Travis Barker’s plane crash before posting a little memoriam for legendary session drummer Earl Palmer, who passed away on Friday at the age of 83 after a long illness. Palmer played with artists as diverse as Little Richard and Elvis Costello and [...]
Before the Modern Drummer Festival even kicked off today we heard the very sad news that former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker, and Adam Goldstein, also known as DJ AM, had been critically injured in a plane crash that killed four other people. Everyone knows that The Worley Gig is a huge fan of all [...]
Just getting you all ready for the fifth season of The Office, which starts next Thursday! I can’t wait!
The Fish ‘N’ Flush is a 2.5 gallon aquarium that replaces your regular ceramic tank. It consists of two pieces: the actual fill tank, and the aquarium, which surrounds the fill tank for the “fish in your toilet” effect. Fish ‘N’ Flush lists for $299 and is great for pocket fishermen and people who can’t [...]
Via New York Magazine, Original Story Link.
Maybe you spent your weekend sweltering at an end-of-summer wedding or running around doing errands or ironing your sheets or what have you. But while you weren’t paying attention, the shit was going down. A number of financial institutions bit it and bit it hard. In particular:
Lehman Brothers: Richard [...]
Pink Floyd (L-R) Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Syd Barrett and Rick Wright
Pink Floyd keyboard player and founding member Richard “Rick” Wright has died after a short struggle with cancer. He was 65. Wright was a member of Pink Floyd from their first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd [...]
RIP David Foster Wallace
Via Very Short List
Three years ago, David Foster Wallace delivered the commencement address at Kenyon College. “Adults who commit suicide with firearms almost always shoot themselves in the head,” he told the graduating seniors. “They shoot the terrible master.” Those cutting words cut deeper in the wake of Wallace’s own, inner [...]
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Cherry Bomb!
Ever since the summer, when I served for two weeks on a New York City Grand Jury and was able to read three entire books in ten days, I’ve been on a bit of a reading jag. Here are some books I’m working on right now.
Cherry Bomb by Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna
Carrie was my editor back [...]
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