<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530</id><updated>2011-12-14T21:38:56.780-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kings of Contrivance</title><subtitle type='html'>We Appreciate the Simple Joys of a Monkey Knife Fight</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>277</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-117466037258460965</id><published>2007-03-23T11:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T11:32:52.763-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ricky Gervais Comic Relief 2007 Red Nose Day</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/117466037258460965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=117466037258460965' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/117466037258460965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/117466037258460965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2007/03/ricky-gervais-comic-relief-2007-red.html' title=''/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-116974941499957450</id><published>2007-01-25T13:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-25T13:23:35.326-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>New Geico Caveman Commercial</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/116974941499957450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=116974941499957450' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/116974941499957450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/116974941499957450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2007/01/new-geico-caveman-commercial.html' title=''/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-116256543281870787</id><published>2006-11-03T07:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-11-03T09:50:33.256-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Day The Music Died</title><summary type='text'>Washington, DC - iPod, the trusted companion of Kenneth C Jones, passed away Thursday after a long bout with technical problems.  iPod suffered a battery stroke yesterday at the Metro Center station of Washington DC's Metro Transit system.  Jones shoved his companion into his bag resolving to fix the problem later as iPod does not have a health care plan.  Upon arrival at his apartment/iPod E.R.,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/116256543281870787/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=116256543281870787' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/116256543281870787'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/116256543281870787'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/11/day-music-died.html' title='The Day The Music Died'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-116223894980729480</id><published>2006-10-30T14:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-10-30T15:18:57.623-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Netflix Borat and Club Douchebag</title><summary type='text'>After 2-plus dormant months I decided to resurrect this thing because when I googled "Kings Contrivance" this morning, we were the 4th link.As I am prone to do, today I looked at the personal reviews on Netflix.  They're friggin' great.  I found a foreign guy (MOVIE GUY 8) and a fun rightwinger from Wyoming (MovieGuy from WY).  I found both of these gems by looking up the Lance Bass/Joey Fatone </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/116223894980729480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=116223894980729480' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/116223894980729480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/116223894980729480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/10/netflix-borat-and-club-douchebag.html' title='Netflix Borat and Club Douchebag'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-115590962531526115</id><published>2006-08-18T09:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T13:16:20.373-04:00</updated><title type='text'>O'Doyle Rules!</title><summary type='text'>I feel embarrassingly vindicated.  All three songs from my non-rock list that were eligible for Pitchfork's 200 best songs of the 1960's placed in the top 100:Toots - Pressure Drop at 97Fat Elvis - Suspicious Minds at fat 82and my all time #1, is their #2Not that I care or anything or read their site, or went to their Ragu festival, or whatever, I bet their list makes the chocolate taste </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/115590962531526115/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=115590962531526115' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/115590962531526115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/115590962531526115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/08/odoyle-rules.html' title='O&apos;Doyle Rules!'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-115551599349473840</id><published>2006-08-13T20:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-13T20:39:53.526-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Virtual Staring Contest</title><summary type='text'>Jack noticed that the blog hadn't been updated in two months.  He was nice enough not to note that even those updates were random YouTube videos.  He also gave a suggestion, it involved cropping photos and took me twenty minutes.  The game is called "Who's Eyes Are Less Crazy?" and there is no right answer.Contestant #1 is a trusted public figure:Contestant #2 is a scourge:Contestant #3 is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/115551599349473840/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=115551599349473840' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/115551599349473840'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/115551599349473840'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/08/virtual-staring-contest.html' title='Virtual Staring Contest'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-115108890908576626</id><published>2006-06-23T14:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-23T14:58:26.843-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Turning Japanese</title><summary type='text'>I don't have much to say, both these things are super number one fantastic:Armed Rubbery"Awesomah Powah!"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/115108890908576626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=115108890908576626' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/115108890908576626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/115108890908576626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/06/turning-japanese.html' title='Turning Japanese'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114987124291861688</id><published>2006-06-09T12:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-06-09T13:32:29.856-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Some Stuff That Other People Found</title><summary type='text'>Pete and Courtney (the couple known as Pourtney in the celeb tabloids) showed the me the Washington video.So Divine!Then Jack sent me this, which is impressive, but Fight Club is kind of a short book.  This is from the U of Chicago website so I am waiting for this guy to try and tackle the character development in The Adventures of Augie March where Blue = Wild Eyed Exhuberance, Red = Innocence, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114987124291861688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114987124291861688' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114987124291861688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114987124291861688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/06/some-stuff-that-other-people-found.html' title='Some Stuff That Other People Found'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114865236903754015</id><published>2006-05-26T10:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-26T10:06:09.080-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Inquiring Minds</title><summary type='text'>From the Post's Music Chat on Wed:Alt-Country: Try Dave Alvin and Dwight Yoakam, two now-old guys who were as fresh as you could imagine when they invented alt-country about 20 years ago.That's Dwight up to about 1998, that is. He hasn't been the same since he and Pete Anderson divorced.J. Freedom du Lac: What's Pete Anderson doing now, anyway? Is he still releasing his own albums?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114865236903754015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114865236903754015' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114865236903754015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114865236903754015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/05/inquiring-minds.html' title='Inquiring Minds'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114778160584835253</id><published>2006-05-16T07:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-17T07:38:18.653-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Secret Agent Bear Face</title><summary type='text'>A new moustache TV picture will come later, but I thought everyone should know that a bear ate macaque.  He was not gentle.Also, if you haven't already, check out the Eugene Mirman's "Anti-Gay Phone Company" phone calls.  Your face will shit mice!GNR article from the Post by David Segal that features a particularly douchebaggy Axl picture.And the Orioles are awful.  Maybe they'll get eaten by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114778160584835253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114778160584835253' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114778160584835253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114778160584835253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/05/secret-agent-bear-face.html' title='Secret Agent Bear Face'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114711170765462539</id><published>2006-05-08T13:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-08T14:08:33.003-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The NFL in Cauliflower</title><summary type='text'>That's good stuff.  I think someone just hit him in his Eric Dickerson.Also, DCist linked to this nice lil write-up of why Bobby Flay sucks.  I wish he would expand the paragraph on the Tour de Annoy that is Rachael Ray.More Netflix reviews:The following are all from the same person.  The misspellings have been preserved.  I need to meet this "JC from MA":Juwanna Mann:  "Its is always funny when </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114711170765462539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114711170765462539' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114711170765462539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114711170765462539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/05/nfl-in-cauliflower.html' title='The NFL in Cauliflower'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114529421101546172</id><published>2006-04-17T12:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-17T15:05:34.736-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Let's all go to the Lobby...and shoot ourselves in the face.</title><summary type='text'>Aside from watching old clips of the State and Aziz videos on YouTube, I've also started to get a lot of joy from reading positive reviews of bad movies on Netflix.  Here are some samples:Hardball - "This movie really touched me. I've always loved the Matrix and always jump for joy when I find a movie with Keanu Reeves. It had a mixture of comedy, romance, and action. It was the first movie I've </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114529421101546172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114529421101546172' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114529421101546172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114529421101546172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/04/lets-all-go-to-lobbyand-shoot.html' title='Let&apos;s all go to the Lobby...and shoot ourselves in the face.'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114502292780090635</id><published>2006-04-14T09:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-14T17:33:07.753-04:00</updated><title type='text'>An Excuse to Put Up a Picture of Steak</title><summary type='text'>Jim Gaffigan was right, Steak is the tuxedo of meats (note that Steak deserves to be capitalized, like God).  We had big steaks last night (photo to follow).ESPN Pg2 has been upsetting me this week.  Why do I even read it anymore?  Admittedly there was an excellent Klosterman article and pretty good mailbag.  There was also an idiotic article by Jason Whitlock (more like fat-lock) about how he </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114502292780090635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114502292780090635' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114502292780090635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114502292780090635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/04/excuse-to-put-up-picture-of-steak.html' title='An Excuse to Put Up a Picture of Steak'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114432393423296313</id><published>2006-04-06T07:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-06T08:26:17.136-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The fattest crackhead I've ever seen...</title><summary type='text'>Courtney and I got three tickets for Jim Gaffigan at the Warner Theatre, Saturday April 22, 2006. We were just going to put our coats in that other seat, but then I had an idea. KC could come! That'll be $34, pal. Or you could just not come. We probably won't need coats, anyway.Maybe get an autograph. Looks like he'll sign frozen dinners.In Phillies news, they lost. 0-162: If you will it, it is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114432393423296313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114432393423296313' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114432393423296313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114432393423296313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/04/fattest-crackhead-ive-ever-seen.html' title='The fattest crackhead I&apos;ve ever seen...'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114364760493659851</id><published>2006-03-29T10:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-29T11:15:44.260-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ein ganz normaler Tag</title><summary type='text'>I haven't been here in awhile. Really, I just wanted to make sure everyone was getting an eyeful of Gnarls Barkley, who now have the greatest name in music, and the greatest promo photos (even giving Man Man a run for their busking-related money):Cee-Lo Green is soooooo hut right now. You could even call him a sex machine. Apparently, there's more good pics at their myspace (including Wayne's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114364760493659851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114364760493659851' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114364760493659851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114364760493659851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/03/ein-ganz-normaler-tag.html' title='Ein ganz normaler Tag'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114294445573165633</id><published>2006-03-21T07:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T16:35:05.363-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Massive Digger</title><summary type='text'>I saw a guy in a suit this morning walking through one of those construction fence things that covers up the sidewalk (the kind where you'd have to walk past at least one sign saying "Sidewalk Closed").  To get out of the Chain-Link case of Emotion, you had to walk through a little open chain link door.  I noticed that the door was kind of like a doggy door and didn't go all the way to the ground</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114294445573165633/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114294445573165633' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114294445573165633'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114294445573165633'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/03/massive-digger.html' title='Massive Digger'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114200668494134057</id><published>2006-03-10T10:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-10T11:07:13.983-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mayonegg</title><summary type='text'>I saw a poster on the Metro this morning for a new show on FX called "Thief."  Apparently Ann Hog is going to get a chance to hang out with Frank Pembleton, just like that guy who looks like me did.  I'll probably never watch that show, but I'm sure with Andre Braugher and FX's rep (The Shield, Rescue Me), the show will be labeled "Intense."I like Nintendo and Baseball.  Why has this not been </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114200668494134057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114200668494134057' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114200668494134057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114200668494134057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/03/mayonegg.html' title='Mayonegg'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114173606811848715</id><published>2006-03-07T07:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-07T07:55:29.376-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Puck It</title><summary type='text'>I heard about the death of Kirby Puckett last night on the radio.  They started to interview former teammates and wistfully remember the '87 championship team I started to think about the 1991 World Series Championship Twins and how much I know about them.  Now at this point I was 10 and well into my baseball obsession, I could only name 2 players on the Twins right now and assume Tom Kelly still</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114173606811848715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114173606811848715' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114173606811848715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114173606811848715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/03/puck-it.html' title='Puck It'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114122289896872741</id><published>2006-03-01T09:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-01T09:23:05.150-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Return of Dulli's Molasses Hot Tub Party</title><summary type='text'>CMJ sez this fat guy has a new albomb coming out.  The twilight singers site suggests that there may be a tour starting in May.  I'm sure these guys'll be in the hot tub with $240 worth of Butterworth.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114122289896872741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114122289896872741' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114122289896872741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114122289896872741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/03/return-of-dullis-molasses-hot-tub.html' title='The Return of Dulli&apos;s Molasses Hot Tub Party'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114115263421006406</id><published>2006-02-28T13:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T13:58:57.963-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Kid, Rock N Roll, Rock On.</title><summary type='text'>Page Six has good Arrested Development "News."Thanks to Lemonface's Mom for chiming in.  Good Luck with Ft Reno.It'd probably be a good idea to go to this.  That's about as ringing as my endorsements get: "You should begin to think about considering going to this."I think apple is supposed to unveil several new things that I won't be able to afford.  Exciting?  Nah.Also, for Chaz, you probably </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114115263421006406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114115263421006406' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114115263421006406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114115263421006406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/02/hey-kid-rock-n-roll-rock-on.html' title='Hey Kid, Rock N Roll, Rock On.'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-114065862761639342</id><published>2006-02-22T20:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-22T20:37:07.683-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sabbatical</title><summary type='text'>Nothing's going on.Lemonface played at the 9:30 Club this week.  I wonder how that went????????  (Cue Mom)I've spent the last month taking pictures of myself and rewatching the last 4 episodes of Arrested Development.Oh, I also shot a guy in the face.I put a fez on my favorite pet.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/114065862761639342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=114065862761639342' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114065862761639342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/114065862761639342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/02/sabbatical_22.html' title='Sabbatical'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113876460797383632</id><published>2006-01-31T22:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-31T22:30:08.140-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The epitome of moustache TV...</title><summary type='text'>No words...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113876460797383632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113876460797383632' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113876460797383632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113876460797383632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/01/epitome-of-moustache-tv.html' title='The epitome of moustache TV...'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113836549623763656</id><published>2006-01-27T07:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-27T07:38:16.306-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bob Pollard's The Aristocrats</title><summary type='text'>A prominent Los Angeles talent agent is handed a padded manila envelope.  He checks the postmark, reads Dayton, Ohio, and sighs.  The agent had been getting these packages with some frequency lately; about every nine months or so.  He tears the envelope open and out falls a cassette tape and a homemade collage of breasts and airplane propellers.  The agent flips the collage over and sees a list </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113836549623763656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113836549623763656' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113836549623763656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113836549623763656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/01/bob-pollards-aristocrats.html' title='Bob Pollard&apos;s &lt;i&gt;The Aristocrats&lt;/i&gt;'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113707454574278739</id><published>2006-01-12T08:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-12T09:02:25.826-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New Theories</title><summary type='text'>Since the Member's Only Jacket Theory is not really any kind of theory, just a series of observances and hilarious imaginations (see here, here, here, and here), I am unveiling a stupid, Seinfeldian, observational theory:D'ya ever notice how right when the Verizon people put a huge stack of phone books outside the apartment building, it rains the next day?  Then there are stacks of water-logged </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113707454574278739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113707454574278739' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113707454574278739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113707454574278739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-theories.html' title='New Theories'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113698922092371193</id><published>2006-01-11T09:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-11T09:21:41.026-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"What?  I Like Grey, Alright!"</title><summary type='text'>This is getting to be more fun as a neckless dude picture blog.  Anybody have any Karl Denney photos?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113698922092371193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113698922092371193' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113698922092371193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113698922092371193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/01/what-i-like-grey-alright.html' title='&quot;What?  I Like Grey, Alright!&quot;'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113692460959484152</id><published>2006-01-10T15:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-10T15:26:06.466-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Much Better?</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113692460959484152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113692460959484152' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113692460959484152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113692460959484152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/01/much-better.html' title='Much Better?'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113686495148901007</id><published>2006-01-09T22:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-09T22:49:11.586-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Your source for news...</title><summary type='text'>Couldn't let this one go...Please post something new quick and force it off the main page."If I am not me, den who da hell am I?"-Douglas Quaid</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113686495148901007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113686495148901007' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113686495148901007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113686495148901007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/01/your-source-for-news.html' title='Your source for news...'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113656185444604705</id><published>2006-01-06T10:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-06T10:37:34.530-05:00</updated><title type='text'>KoC can turn it around</title><summary type='text'>The Fightin's signed one of like three people to test positive for steroids last year. Excuse me, violate the steroids policy. That's like violating the non-robbery policy. He's a fly ball pitcher. His record over the past two seasons? 12-31. Only pitcher in the majors to lose 15 games in the last two seasons. Go Phillies!At least the manager likes him: "'Seems like he's durable. He'll give us </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113656185444604705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113656185444604705' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113656185444604705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113656185444604705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/01/koc-can-turn-it-around.html' title='KoC can turn it around'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113629929471632004</id><published>2006-01-03T09:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T09:41:34.823-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Jeer</title><summary type='text'>Cheers to McSweeney's for the 2nd part of one of my favorite McSweeney's things.Jeers to a creepy house fulla bugs.Cheers to Brendan's largest shirt.Jeers to the death of Arrested Development.Cheers to Ted Leo coming around again.Jeers to the ad-wizards who came up with this one.Cheers to Homer Simpson on all his recent charity work, and Jeers to this rusty door handle.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113629929471632004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113629929471632004' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113629929471632004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113629929471632004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2006/01/happy-new-jeer.html' title='Happy New Jeer'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113535278079226017</id><published>2005-12-23T10:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T10:46:20.903-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Season of Giving</title><summary type='text'>In this season of love and sharing, I thought that I would share with you, weary interweb traveler, a picture that exemplifies benevolence.Merry Flippin' Christmas From the K of C.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113535278079226017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113535278079226017' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113535278079226017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113535278079226017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/12/season-of-giving.html' title='Season of Giving'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113474970795610331</id><published>2005-12-16T10:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-21T09:34:05.736-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Man or Astroman Man</title><summary type='text'>Man Man is the lead single on p-fork t'day.  My pirate saloon would always have a Man Man/Gogol Bordello double bill.  It will be most premium, until my interest waned, or I ran out of booze.  Then I would have to go back to booking the Wrens and Ted Leo in our apartment.My year end list has nothing to do with 2005.  While listening to my iPod today it occurred to me that there are a number of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113474970795610331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113474970795610331' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113474970795610331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113474970795610331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/12/man-or-astroman-man.html' title='Man or Astroman Man'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113465186090734798</id><published>2005-12-15T07:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T08:04:20.980-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Still Going...</title><summary type='text'>Hey, next time they show multiple episodes of Prison Break, lets invite Jack over and have a party.Indeed, this is gross:9:30 - Robert Pollard   SAT. JAN. 28   $15.00Black cat - WED FEB 1- THE HOLD STEADY, other people, $10 mainstage 8:30 (These + Pogues &gt; Andrew WK?) Use the drunk quadratic formula. Don't think too hard.Fri, Feb 24, Stars $12I think we should get Trio.iPod DJing was a no-go. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113465186090734798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113465186090734798' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113465186090734798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113465186090734798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/12/still-going.html' title='Still Going...'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113415222112606628</id><published>2005-12-09T13:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-09T13:17:01.196-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Consecutivity!</title><summary type='text'>Couldn't let a day when I'm "allowed" to be on here go by. Just for the sake of this:Makes me wantto watch Geek Stink Breath. Sorry. At least that guy was trying.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113415222112606628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113415222112606628' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113415222112606628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113415222112606628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/12/consecutivity.html' title='Consecutivity!'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113404631608800754</id><published>2005-12-08T07:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-08T07:51:56.163-05:00</updated><title type='text'>F'in cold right now, with a high of ridiculously frigid.</title><summary type='text'>I feel like this kid right now. I also dreamt I drove my car into the ocean, probably because of this well-written story. It was cold.If you'd like to read my other recent review, please visit Big Yawn. I'm glad they don't have my picture, because my criticism of Kano's flow would be a little less incisive if this guy was smiling bow-tie-edly next to it.Did you, too, think Lemonface was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113404631608800754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113404631608800754' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113404631608800754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113404631608800754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/12/fin-cold-right-now-with-high-of.html' title='F&apos;in cold right now, with a high of ridiculously frigid.'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113345618776321542</id><published>2005-12-01T11:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-01T12:11:05.756-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bjingo, Bjingo, Bjingo</title><summary type='text'>Not that I would ever have a need for, or car equipped for navigation, but the possibility of Mr. T or Burt Reynolds giving me directions is enticing.  Unless they decide where they'll direct you, then I'd probably end up in a bunch of streetfights and whorehouses.Seriously, it's like he's asking to get kicked in the face.  SportsPickle sums it up, he's good but he sucks.Netflix is helping me to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113345618776321542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113345618776321542' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113345618776321542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113345618776321542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/12/bjingo-bjingo-bjingo.html' title='Bjingo, Bjingo, Bjingo'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113327837120549979</id><published>2005-11-29T10:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-29T10:32:51.296-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Fun Hats</title><summary type='text'>Sadly I think this post will knock the Danzig lunchbox off the front page.Really the only thing that would tempt me to tune in to the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame inductions would be the possibility of a Johnny Rotten/Ozzy Osbourne duet singing either "Heart of Glass" or "Tuesday's Gone."  That'd be just fine.Also, Ted Leo does not like Rush as much as we originally thought, either that or he </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113327837120549979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113327837120549979' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113327837120549979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113327837120549979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/11/fun-hats.html' title='Fun Hats'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113268121408849757</id><published>2005-11-22T12:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-22T12:44:47.646-05:00</updated><title type='text'>D'ya like Dags?</title><summary type='text'>I like dags.  My parents have a dag that I like.  Then one day (today), CNN made me afraid of dags.  That thing is unreal and will haunt me for all time.  It looks like a dog that this guy would own.  Seriously, that thing looks like pure, Large Marge-level evil, *shudder*.  Now that it's dead it has only become stronger as Ghost Dag not to be confused with my hilarious impression "Ghost Cat."I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113268121408849757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113268121408849757' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113268121408849757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113268121408849757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/11/dya-like-dags.html' title='&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/900000/images/_904728_mickey_150.jpg&quot;&gt;D&apos;ya like Dags?&lt;/a&gt;'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113223103072331721</id><published>2005-11-17T07:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-17T07:52:20.960-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Unclogged Blog</title><summary type='text'>Well, first a little follow-up on the great film Mitchell starring Joe Don Baker and the Ron Burgundy-approved Merlin Olsen.  I struggled at first to remember where I recognized JDB from, then imdb told me that he was in Fletch(3rd down) and played the fake Babe Ruth in the Natural.  He was also in a whole mess of the worst movies ever made, including multiple recent James Bond movies and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113223103072331721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113223103072331721' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113223103072331721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113223103072331721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/11/unclogged-blog.html' title='Unclogged Blog'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113147877389447598</id><published>2005-11-08T14:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T14:39:33.973-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chuck Chuck Chuck</title><summary type='text'>The spinecrushingly readable Chuck Klosterman has been added to ESPN's stable of Page 2 writers.  Observe his column today.  3 different columns from CK a month seems like a good dose.And......stuff......yeah......this isn't working</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113147877389447598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113147877389447598' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113147877389447598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113147877389447598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/11/chuck-chuck-chuck.html' title='Chuck Chuck Chuck'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113110862289090949</id><published>2005-11-04T07:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T07:50:23.023-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh Death</title><summary type='text'>Is this the end for our snarky heroes?  Stay tuned to find out.I think a posthumous "Best of" may be in order, picking the best bits from the Archive and putting them in a handsome leatherbound volume.The question remains, Go on w/out all original members?  Bring in Ronnie James Dio?Best death related photo:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113110862289090949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113110862289090949' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113110862289090949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113110862289090949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/11/oh-death.html' title='Oh Death'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113102643513602388</id><published>2005-11-03T08:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-03T09:01:08.396-05:00</updated><title type='text'>One too many</title><summary type='text'>Yes, three beers is too many when one is tall and you look in the mirror the next morning to see this looking back.Acid House Kings have been around for awhile, but I just gave them a sincere listen last week. Early stuff is kinda meh, but post-2000 stuff is like a less Simon'n'Garfunkel-oriented Kings of Convenience. In a good way. I was going to say less beat-heavy, but that's only KoC's remix </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113102643513602388/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113102643513602388' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113102643513602388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113102643513602388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/11/one-too-many.html' title='One too many'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113094048184068550</id><published>2005-11-02T08:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-02T09:08:01.926-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Millions of Peaches</title><summary type='text'>Congrats on your new GM.  He was the main reason the Orioles were any good in the post Why Not? era.  Well, him, and Roberto Alomar, Rafael Steroidio, and Mike Mussina helped.That peach-basketed-ball sport started again last night, this season will be so long that 3 player drafts will be held over the course of the 36 month season.  Out of that players will still only play seriously in the last 8</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113094048184068550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113094048184068550' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113094048184068550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113094048184068550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/11/millions-of-peaches.html' title='Millions of Peaches'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113085619381365726</id><published>2005-11-01T09:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T09:43:13.903-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeff Tweedy is an Ugly Man</title><summary type='text'>It's official, the next craze will be "Say My Name Bitch" Elmo.  Next year will see the unveiling of the Furby that reads your mind, after that the cabbage patch doll that steals your soul, and finally the X-Box game that allows you to control your own destiny...er wait.Lotta Wilco news on Pitchfork today.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113085619381365726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113085619381365726' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113085619381365726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113085619381365726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/11/jeff-tweedy-is-ugly-man.html' title='Jeff Tweedy is an Ugly Man'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113085550839521867</id><published>2005-11-01T09:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-01T09:31:48.463-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Standing in the Sea</title><summary type='text'>Well, halloween's over, which means we can officially start the holiday season leading up to Fishmas. By the way, next year's pumpkin? Duh.Stereogum links to about a billion of John Peel's favorite songs. I felt a little guilty for getting them, because I think some of them suck. All the White Stripes songs are good, can't diss Sam and Dave, etc., but Some Chicken? Meh.Also, I think those Stripes</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113085550839521867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113085550839521867' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113085550839521867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113085550839521867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/11/standing-in-sea.html' title='Standing in the Sea'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113076762303669506</id><published>2005-10-31T08:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-10-31T09:07:03.103-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Highway to Halloween</title><summary type='text'>These are the very stupid jerseys that Virginia Tech and other Nike owned schools are wearing.Vh-1's "I Like the 80's As A Friend: Part 7" had a segment on Punch-Out.  You'll be happy to learn that b-list celebrities (including AC Slater) could not beat Tyson either, you'll be unhappy to learn that none of them admitted that they are still trying to do so.I'm gonna start planning next year's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113076762303669506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113076762303669506' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113076762303669506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113076762303669506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/highway-to-halloween.html' title='Highway to Halloween'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113050527377204355</id><published>2005-10-28T09:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-28T09:14:33.840-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm loving every minute with this crew.</title><summary type='text'>Went to Bluestone with Courtney and her pops last night. She got him Royal Tenenbaums for his birfday. If I were to dress up for hallowe'en, I'd prolly go as Richie, though I own young Chazzy's costume and wear it in earnest. Of course, this is the pinnacle of been done, to the point where if you search for "richie tenenbaum," you mostly get people in costume. Good grief.On the same note, saw </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113050527377204355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113050527377204355' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113050527377204355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113050527377204355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/im-loving-every-minute-with-this-crew.html' title='I&apos;m loving every minute with this crew.'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113042602157549288</id><published>2005-10-27T11:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-27T12:02:58.320-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Reluctant Acceptance</title><summary type='text'>I reluctantly accept the responsibility of the first post of the day....Some background for you on Balt.'s new lunchtime DJ.Report is that Stuart Ransom Miller "Serial Lady Killer" has a new Mitch Al-bomb coming out soon called "The Believer."  He doesn't seem to be stoppin round here soon, but give him time.  Also, he looks like a real dandy in that picture.Speaking of Al-bombs, this is PF's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113042602157549288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113042602157549288' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113042602157549288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113042602157549288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/reluctant-acceptance.html' title='Reluctant Acceptance'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113032711053352491</id><published>2005-10-26T07:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-26T08:21:02.726-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yay Sports!</title><summary type='text'>So some baseball jerks played (what I'm sure was a rousing) five-plus hour game last night.  It's now the longest world series game, longer than the game I went to that used to hold that title (4hr15min, Game 4, '93) and longer than whatever Yankee game subsequently broke the Philly/Toronto record.  Seriously though, it's not just that they went into extra innings, the game started at 8, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113032711053352491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113032711053352491' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113032711053352491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113032711053352491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/yay-sports.html' title='Yay Sports!'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-113024878988693605</id><published>2005-10-25T09:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-25T09:59:49.933-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Screen Debut</title><summary type='text'>Went here for dinner last night, I think it was called mad rock river colorado canyon grille kitchen.Today marks the beginning of a new error. Er, era. No, error, becuase I sent the wrong version of that review. Enjoy the typos and condescension, which I toned down in what I thought was my final draft.Azlo, the Post evaluates the Beard.Also, Jaclyn has made it clear that he's in the blogience.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/113024878988693605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=113024878988693605' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113024878988693605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/113024878988693605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/screen-debut.html' title='Screen Debut'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112989555106280210</id><published>2005-10-21T07:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T08:13:34.346-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Teef</title><summary type='text'>Stereogum has one of the Kozelek Modest Mouse covers.  I enjoy it.  They also have another new strokes song that isn't as bad as "15 minutes of pain," but still far from great.Creepy:  ESPN points out this morning that Jeff Bagwell and Frank Thomas have the same exact birthday, were both drafted in '89, were both MVPs in '94, and both talked about last night on the way to the Winchester...er...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112989555106280210/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112989555106280210' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112989555106280210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112989555106280210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/teef.html' title='Teef'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112972233571361076</id><published>2005-10-19T07:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-19T09:28:05.966-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's the time of the season for jackets...</title><summary type='text'>The Members Only Jackets have returned to the streets after a summer of hibernation in a moth-ball ridden closet.  I can just imagine the joy that the moustachioed gentleman felt this morning after he ironed his jeans (with crease), then removed the dry cleaners plastic from his favorite clothes item, pressed it up to his face and deeply inhaled.  "Ahhhhh, cigarettes, BO, and Drakkar Noir, all </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112972233571361076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112972233571361076' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112972233571361076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112972233571361076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/its-time-of-season-for-jackets.html' title='It&apos;s the time of the season for jackets...'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112963678123255834</id><published>2005-10-18T07:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T08:01:17.533-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It's a Bird!  It Walked on my Pillow!</title><summary type='text'>Way to go USPS, all you can tell me about my package was that it left Cincinnati last Thursday.  What a great service!  What?  It's free?  I'm being obsessive about my Arrested Development DVD?  You're right Post Office, I'm sorry.Okkervil Bissellman show is up on Iota's website (Nov. 14th), for $10 I guess there's no excuse.I think I hate these people more than the cell phone on the belt people.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112963678123255834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112963678123255834' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112963678123255834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112963678123255834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/its-bird-it-walked-on-my-pillow.html' title='It&apos;s a Bird!  It Walked on my Pillow!'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112955529478035089</id><published>2005-10-17T09:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-17T09:21:34.810-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In case one day, someone comes searching...</title><summary type='text'>...my iPod is in your car.Whaddya think of NikeID.com? Weren't you thinking of getting custom Vans? How about these? Made 'em myself. In a sweatshop. Too close to the original ShaqAttack?Thay are playing hockey, I believe. These look like great games, eh? I did not know Dave Thomas was... ugh.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112955529478035089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112955529478035089' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112955529478035089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112955529478035089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/in-case-one-day-someone-comes.html' title='In case one day, someone comes searching...'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112929044822691303</id><published>2005-10-14T07:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-14T07:50:28.553-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You've Been Crossed</title><summary type='text'>You may remember this guys suing David Cross as the guy who wouldn't take the tables out of his club because it would "cut down on his food levels," Cross then makes fun of him on stage with jokes about cottage fries, club owner gets angry that Cross "used the stage as a forum."  The guy also came up with the brilliant line, "Nashville is a whole different animal, only thing I can compare it to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112929044822691303/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112929044822691303' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112929044822691303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112929044822691303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/youve-been-crossed.html' title='You&apos;ve Been Crossed'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112921106182611357</id><published>2005-10-13T09:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T09:44:21.856-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't call it a comeback...</title><summary type='text'>LL Cool P is hard as hell. Anyway. I was interested in buying this Pinter play earlier this week, but then the jerk had to go and win the Nobel prize. Thanks, pal.R5 is putting on an Atmosphere show, and his review of the new CD reminds me why Dirda doesn't read other people's reviews. Because they're better. Starts with: "New LP You Can’t Imagine finds Atmosphere at their most polished. A lazy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112921106182611357/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112921106182611357' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112921106182611357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112921106182611357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/dont-call-it-comeback.html' title='Don&apos;t call it a comeback...'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112921125396253556</id><published>2005-10-13T09:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T09:52:53.196-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Makes No Sense At All</title><summary type='text'>Reunited Promise Ring?  Is that not a news story of it's own?  They'll probably only play Wood/Water stuff.  And it appears that they haven't given up on Maritime.There also appears to be something called "baseball" happening, I would hesitate to comment on it as I have little knowledge of the current goings-on, I'm sure that rapscallion Shoeless Joe is involved somehow.Bill Simmons has a column </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112921125396253556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112921125396253556' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112921125396253556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112921125396253556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/makes-no-sense-at-all.html' title='Makes No Sense At All'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112903972813863250</id><published>2005-10-11T09:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-11T10:08:48.210-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Life is All Flowers and Sausages</title><summary type='text'>Really good shoe last night.  930 dj says that My Morning Jacket picked the songs between sets.  They must like the remix edition and Cee-Lo when they're partyin' haaaaaard.Can you review this?  I actually enjoy them and they seem to be developing a wrens-style label shuffling story, in a mainstream rap sort of way.  Grindiiiiiing!This is coming this week.  Depp, Crispin Glover and the guy from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112903972813863250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112903972813863250' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112903972813863250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112903972813863250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/life-is-all-flowers-and-sausages.html' title='Life is All Flowers and Sausages'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112861795210591881</id><published>2005-10-06T12:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-06T12:59:12.163-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Horrible</title><summary type='text'>I just wanted to warn you that the end of the world is nigh.  Goddamn it.  That just ruined my day.Pitchfork favorably reveiwed MMJ's "Z" today, generally favorable.  They also had their staff teen girl write a newspiece on them.Oh yeah, and hockey's back.Goddamn Rachael Ray.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112861795210591881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112861795210591881' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112861795210591881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112861795210591881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/horrible.html' title='Horrible'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112833980094904853</id><published>2005-10-03T07:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-03T07:55:50.840-04:00</updated><title type='text'>File Under....Darts</title><summary type='text'>Well the baseball playoffs are starting, the Red Sox are playing, I think we both know what that means.  Time for some hot darts action.  The Washington Football Club is 3-0 leading Kornheiser to write a bandwagonesque column.  Is it wrong to have hoped that the 49ers and Cardinals showed up in Mexico City last night only to walk out on a field set up for futbol, with a poor groundperson saying "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112833980094904853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112833980094904853' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112833980094904853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112833980094904853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/10/file-underdarts.html' title='File Under....Darts'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112790734471169101</id><published>2005-09-28T07:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-28T07:42:33.436-04:00</updated><title type='text'>B12 Shot</title><summary type='text'>The Hold Steady are a swell buncha guys.  They also have tour dates, none 'round here.  I do suppose that you could have the odd experience of seeing 2 bands that you were once gay for (at very different times in your life), play together at the Troc.Last night's feature also had these two guys hangin' out, which made me very happy.  Is the wrong guy wearing black?I've already started to waste </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112790734471169101/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112790734471169101' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112790734471169101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112790734471169101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/b12-shot.html' title='B12 Shot'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112783052298161265</id><published>2005-09-27T10:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-27T10:15:23.033-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Badger Milk Hotel</title><summary type='text'>Bought 2 tickets to Ted Leo at Ottobar on Nov. 22nd (tues before thanksgiving), I assumed you'd be down, but if not, I'm sure that the badger king would be.This is real real cheap.  They're starting to turn into Rolling Stone with this reissue garbage.Netflix has not received the movies I put in the mail on Saturday.  Who's to blame?Remind me to hound you for a large rent/power/kabel check.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112783052298161265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112783052298161265' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112783052298161265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112783052298161265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/badger-milk-hotel.html' title='Badger Milk Hotel'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112773511616370721</id><published>2005-09-26T07:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-26T07:45:16.496-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Confidential Prison Bone</title><summary type='text'>It was Shaun Ryder in the Gorillaz "DARE" video, he's gross.Ha ha, the stupid show on fox with these guys got cancelled.  Watch out Kitchen Confidential, Bones and Prison Break.  .COM!.The Post's review of No Direction Home.  My review is: Bob Dylan looks older than his hippie friends, and was important for many reasons, and has also been ugly since the beginning of time.Some sports probably </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112773511616370721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112773511616370721' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112773511616370721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112773511616370721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/confidential-prison-bone.html' title='Confidential Prison Bone'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112748017895800494</id><published>2005-09-23T08:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-23T08:56:19.016-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Some Stuff is Illuminated</title><summary type='text'>Everything is Illuminated comes out this weekend, and I fully, unsarcastically expect it to be good. I hadn't bothered to read Liev Schreiber's story of the story - he read some of the book before it was published - and, though he takes himself a little seriously, it sounds like it turned out alright. Cinematography is by the same guy who did Pi and Requiem for a Dream, and they were loads of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112748017895800494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112748017895800494' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112748017895800494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112748017895800494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/some-stuff-is-illuminated.html' title='Some Stuff is Illuminated'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112739156076168702</id><published>2005-09-22T07:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-22T08:19:23.316-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No Blog, No Beep Beep</title><summary type='text'>Here's what these people think.  The main thing I took away from that movie was, "Call me Mommy."The Portland Trailblazers are turning into the U of MD - West.  They picked up Juan Dixon and are making a bid for his better half.  Ya know why basketball cards were never as popular as baseball cards?  Here's why.  I'd rather see this Steve Blake and GOB.Goin to see these sneaky guys tonight.  Woot,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112739156076168702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112739156076168702' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112739156076168702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112739156076168702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/no-blog-no-beep-beep.html' title='No Blog, No Beep Beep'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112731033777967562</id><published>2005-09-21T09:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-21T09:45:37.806-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Soup Strainer</title><summary type='text'>Stereogum, which is full of good stuff lately, has it that this guy flipped his wig and opened a restaurant. While you're sampling the Minnesotan cuisine, don't forget to meet Stanley. Oh, his antics!You were one day off. What do I win? I hope beer.Just so this isn't a music blog roundup, "sports."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112731033777967562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112731033777967562' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112731033777967562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112731033777967562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/soup-strainer.html' title='Soup Strainer'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112721611596046540</id><published>2005-09-20T07:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-20T07:35:15.996-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Washingtoners Footballing Club</title><summary type='text'>Well, I listened to the second half of the game on the radio, so I still officially haven't seen the Redskins score a touchdown.  Joe Gibbs is happy and Bill Parcells is mad, just like the world should be, except that Mark Brunell pretended he was an NFL quarterback for 3 and a half minutes, and that's just not right.  They have great momentum going into this next.....bye week?  Yay sports?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112721611596046540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112721611596046540' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112721611596046540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112721611596046540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/washingtoners-footballing-club.html' title='The Washingtoners Footballing Club'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112713739613022634</id><published>2005-09-19T09:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-19T09:43:16.366-04:00</updated><title type='text'>KoC News: Sky not Falling</title><summary type='text'>Still, Stephen A. not happy, becasue the defense wasn't tested.Kornheiser's blurb today has a great pic of Friedgen.Kathleen Edwards is opening for MMJ Oct 10th. Not familiar, but her playing with dad-friendly AKUS and Willie Nelson speaks well for a relaxed opening set that I may well miss.Hey, can we tape Arrested Development tonight?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112713739613022634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112713739613022634' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112713739613022634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112713739613022634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/koc-news-sky-not-falling.html' title='KoC News: Sky not Falling'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112687249805041696</id><published>2005-09-16T07:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-16T08:08:18.090-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Roads....Where We're Going, We Won't Need Roads</title><summary type='text'>I can't wait until our cars run on garbage.  I'm gonna see if I can pickup a Mr Fusion on eBay.  Holy crap, you can buy one on eBay.Mmmmmmmm, I have a sudden urge to go to the Cove.Time...................is still marching on.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112687249805041696/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112687249805041696' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112687249805041696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112687249805041696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/roadswhere-were-going-we-wont-need.html' title='Roads....Where We&apos;re Going, We Won&apos;t Need Roads'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112678528060817092</id><published>2005-09-15T07:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-15T07:54:40.650-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Augmonster</title><summary type='text'>Don't know if you saw but there is a Bill Simmons mailbag.  His answer to the 2nd question made me laugh.....a lot.  Phillies are back in front in the wild card, "P the Power."  The Redskins are so bad that I was actually envious of the Ravens latest pickup.......er um acquisition.Groan.Augie is picking up, he got some fine riding clothes, likes a girl, and was mistaken for a gigolo.  Skippity </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112678528060817092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112678528060817092' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112678528060817092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112678528060817092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/augmonster.html' title='The Augmonster'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112670359803934812</id><published>2005-09-14T09:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-14T09:28:05.303-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Take it from me...</title><summary type='text'>From WaPo's coverage: "Chief justice nominee maddens Democrats, delights Republicans and charms both."Does that sound like a Mr. Show newscast to you? "Senator Tankerbell threw up on the nominee twice, setting off a firestorm of partisan vomiting."Phillies don't suck for at least one more day.You Ain't No Picasso blog has video of Ted Leo doing "Dancin' in the Dark."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112670359803934812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112670359803934812' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112670359803934812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112670359803934812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/take-it-from-me.html' title='Take it from me...'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112661941876297581</id><published>2005-09-13T09:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-13T09:50:18.813-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sky is Falling.</title><summary type='text'>At least that's what the Philadelphia Inquirer is saying. Went to Union Jack's to watch the so-called game. Mediocre at best, though the waiter looked like  the real Noonan. Half priced food is alright. Shoulda gone to Rock Bottom, which was next door. Because then the Eagles would have won.I emailed BigYawn dude, and did not include the fact that I once said his band name was stupid, for which I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112661941876297581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112661941876297581' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112661941876297581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112661941876297581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/sky-is-falling.html' title='&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.claybennett.com/images/archivetoons/acorns_fault.jpg&quot;&gt;The Sky is Falling.&lt;/a&gt;'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112652831237153722</id><published>2005-09-12T07:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-12T08:31:52.530-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Farty Teeth</title><summary type='text'>Word is that on the new season of Arrested Development, this guy will play the Bluth's new lawyer.  I'm so excited I might throw up out of my sleeve.Is it wrong of me to think that Barry Bonds and TO are in cahoots?  They seem to alternate blitzing media coverage.  Once one gets too big, the other one does something to distract everyone.  More on this as the story develops.  It will surely end </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112652831237153722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112652831237153722' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112652831237153722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112652831237153722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/farty-teeth.html' title='Farty Teeth'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112626596532343466</id><published>2005-09-09T07:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-09T07:40:27.926-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Shouldn't Be Ashamed</title><summary type='text'>I saw this somewhere else recently, but apparently Jeff Tweedy is as creepy as he is ugly (I was also not aware of the tiny hand growing out of his shoulder).  I think you can sleep easier at night knowing that there are no circumstances under which I will stroke your girlfriend's hair whilst she slumbers.  *shudder*There was a little more in Layer Cake, I think his buddies just dressed up as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112626596532343466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112626596532343466' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112626596532343466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112626596532343466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/shouldnt-be-ashamed.html' title='Shouldn&apos;t Be Ashamed'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112617924227904353</id><published>2005-09-08T07:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-08T07:34:02.313-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Netflix is Faaaaantastic</title><summary type='text'>Punk: Attitude and Punk: Attitude Bonus Materials, both shipped yesterday, bonus materials scheduled to arrive today, actual documentary: Saturday.  I have no idear.  This also arrives today, should be full of British capering, prominent Irish "that guy," Dumbledore Drakoulias, and the main character has at least one X up on Vin Diesel.Mark Kozelek is an odd dude, but hey, I'd buy it.  I also </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112617924227904353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112617924227904353' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112617924227904353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112617924227904353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/netflix-is-faaaaantastic.html' title='Netflix is Faaaaantastic'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112609351181909422</id><published>2005-09-07T07:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T07:45:11.850-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Muschy Jello</title><summary type='text'>Rest in Peace, Maynard G Krebs.  Who'll complete the trifecta?  One of the Wrens?  Jerry Rice?This is coming on Thursday, supposed to be good, Rollins, Jarmusch and Jello, ran on the Indep. Film Channel recently, and Legs McNeil is always a ray of sunshine.Ahhhh, Vince Vaughn.A good thing about Friday is that there will be no Army of Me, I hope they rename themselves "Dick Armey of Me."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112609351181909422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112609351181909422' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112609351181909422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112609351181909422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/muschy-jello.html' title='Muschy Jello'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112600619651722817</id><published>2005-09-06T07:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T07:30:51.406-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Old Grey Blog</title><summary type='text'>She ain't what she used to be.  Sorry I missed your phone call last night but the important thing is we have a lot of beer, which is nice.Catharine's party was fun, these two ladies say hello.  I saw a couple of these guys, they're morons and Smitty's house is a dump.The Orioles continue to drop dead weight and the Phillies dropped out of first in the wild card.Wrens is friday, they are old.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112600619651722817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112600619651722817' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112600619651722817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112600619651722817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/old-grey-blog.html' title='Old Grey Blog'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112557505510431324</id><published>2005-09-01T07:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T07:44:15.136-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to the Glue Factory</title><summary type='text'>Now that we are the official Washington Post sanctioned horse-hating devil blog, I think that we are required to provide thrilling daily content to our entire readership.  Then again, we may just be the flavor of the month, and why compromise the strong punk cred we have built and offend our indie rockstar readership.  We shall have a meeting with Brendan Cunningham and Bob Mould to decide which </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112557505510431324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112557505510431324' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112557505510431324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112557505510431324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/09/welcome-to-glue-factory.html' title='Welcome to the Glue Factory'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112548782519988995</id><published>2005-08-31T07:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T07:30:41.093-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Farthead &amp; Kenneth</title><summary type='text'>You can guess which one you are.  Speaking of fartheads, check out this guy.Put this up in your ear hole.  It's pretty good.Apple awaits piles of cash.I think our blog is the Ministry of Awesome.....and so do a lot of other people who sell useless junk.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112548782519988995/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112548782519988995' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112548782519988995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112548782519988995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/farthead-kenneth.html' title='Farthead &amp; Kenneth'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112540248330935545</id><published>2005-08-30T07:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-30T07:48:03.360-04:00</updated><title type='text'>North by Northwang</title><summary type='text'>From imdb:-Jessie Royce Landis played Thornhill's (Cary Grant's) mother, yet he was ten months older than her.-Azlo, creepy sidekick Leonard was Martin Landau who continues to be creepy....and old.-Cary Grant did not have male genetalia.I'll probably get Bob Mould tickets at the 930 box office after work today.Some Norm Chad from yesterday, which is pretty good because he makes fun of Univ of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112540248330935545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112540248330935545' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112540248330935545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112540248330935545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/north-by-northwang.html' title='North by Northwang'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112508059419981742</id><published>2005-08-26T14:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T14:23:14.226-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Astra-wha?</title><summary type='text'>I took a late lunch today, and missed my customary Kornweasel/Kojo blend, instead enjoying the relaxed soft local news of WAMU's Metro Connection. They finished the show with credits, and a nod the the theme song by "local Washington band Astralyte." Wha? The Ross - er - Astralyte? Sure enough, they've even made it on NPR's All Songs Considered, though I couldn't find them in their archives. I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112508059419981742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112508059419981742' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112508059419981742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112508059419981742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/astra-wha.html' title='Astra-wha?'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112488393011266379</id><published>2005-08-24T07:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T07:47:18.476-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Quite Frankly</title><summary type='text'>Listened to the Orioles game on the radio a bit last night.  Guessing you didn't stick around long enough for Tejada's grand slam at the end, a shame they lost anyway.  Did you see Tony Danza or Danny Glover?  The Palmeiro bobblehead seems upset about this, Chuck Thompson shouts about Frank Robinson's 500th home run, I assume that's who he's siding with.I did abuse Mayorga and get those BSS songs</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112488393011266379/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112488393011266379' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112488393011266379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112488393011266379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/quite-frankly.html' title='Quite Frankly'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112480761790267005</id><published>2005-08-23T10:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T10:33:37.930-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Washington's Socially Broken Scene</title><summary type='text'>I'm really digging on the new Broken Social Scene songs - Moroccan Role (blog) has several. They're all very good. I had given "You Forgot it in People" a chance when it was the coolest thing with a bunch of people in it, but it was too ethereal, except for "Anthem for a Seventeen Year Old Girl," which is good but kind of creepy. The new stuff really has some force to it, and the vocals [</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112480761790267005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112480761790267005' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112480761790267005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112480761790267005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/washingtons-socially-broken-scene.html' title='Washington&apos;s Socially Broken Scene'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112471459280858012</id><published>2005-08-22T08:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T08:43:13.250-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Crazy Blog</title><summary type='text'>I can't wait for new-release Tuesday, because I hear this guy has a new greatest hits compilation. Speaking of hits, Stereogum has Willie doing The Harder They Come.Go sports teams.Any story that starts '"George Bush doesn't listen to us," Keith Richards said' must be good.Is that frog anatomically correct? It certainly doesn't look like the Honduran Frog.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112471459280858012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112471459280858012' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112471459280858012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112471459280858012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/crazy-blog.html' title='Crazy Blog'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112445134713341229</id><published>2005-08-19T07:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-19T07:35:47.193-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Splogger</title><summary type='text'>We got Spam blogged like hell yesterday (a good use of spleening outta you).  I'm guessing it's all in reaction to that "Diddy" article link.  I blame him.McSweeneys also likes Ombudsmen.Here's a funny picture of Hawaiian Matt Howe.Hooray college basketball, #13.I'm goin' to Baltimore for the weekend, send everyone my hate.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112445134713341229/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112445134713341229' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112445134713341229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112445134713341229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/splogger.html' title='Splogger'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112437185040136533</id><published>2005-08-18T09:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T09:31:01.083-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Irked.</title><summary type='text'>Go Phillies. "Tied for wild card lead" is a much better headline than "Cory Lidle Irked when Rain Interrupts his Evening." Watch the Phillies lose live today at 1:05. Tickets are still available for the Labor Day weekend series. Not good tickets.In other news, I'm busy.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112437185040136533/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112437185040136533' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112437185040136533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112437185040136533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/irked.html' title='Irked.'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112428352683302213</id><published>2005-08-17T08:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T09:54:43.253-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Borf day to me</title><summary type='text'>Saw Wedding Crashers last night. Meh. There's a good sequence where they're at the estate on the Chesapeake, and decide to take "a bike ride to this beach nearby" that has waves. Vince Vaughn is in full "Swingers" mode. Whatever Wilson that is is less funny. And this girl is attractive.Erik claims he's putting the team back together - he threw around Howe's name, Nick, etc. We'll see. He should </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112428352683302213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112428352683302213' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112428352683302213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112428352683302213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/happy-borf-day-to-me.html' title='Happy &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dcist.com/images/2005_01_borf-sign.JPG&quot;&gt;Borf&lt;/a&gt; day to me'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112410690048195052</id><published>2005-08-15T07:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-15T07:55:00.520-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Killing Moon</title><summary type='text'>A couple odd shows at the Black Cat:From Echo &amp; the Bunnymen's website: 18/11/05 Washington DC 'Black Cat' (they're foreign and their calendars have more months)Black Cat website:  WED SEPT 28- THE LEMONHEADS (2 days after the Posies, what year is it?)I had a dream last night that they were selling Harry Potter books that were 2x's as big but included classic literary works, and because of Book </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112410690048195052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112410690048195052' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112410690048195052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112410690048195052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/killing-moon.html' title='The Killing Moon'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112385850945927919</id><published>2005-08-12T10:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-12T10:55:09.496-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Luna Park</title><summary type='text'>So Bret "Eastern" Ellis has a new book out. Good, I was getting way too comfortable reading pleasant novels about disconnection from American life, I need some hard core reality bending. Also, according to Amazon, the audio version is narrated by James Van Der Beek. "I don't want... your audiobook!" I'll listen to this instead.As long as we have cable by 2007....So, with bluetooth, can your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112385850945927919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112385850945927919' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112385850945927919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112385850945927919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/luna-park.html' title='Luna Park'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112376001665164133</id><published>2005-08-11T07:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-11T07:40:42.043-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Strap your Skates on Mates</title><summary type='text'>Go Flyers.  They better be good.  Some actual Hockey news.Q and Not U tickets are still avaliable for Friday September the 23rd.  It's the day before the Pharmacists/Thievery Corp. show.  Maybe Tej will be hangin with us at the Black Cat?  Interested?From the soundtrack listing: "Get A Bloomin' Move On!"Written by Quincy JonesPerformed by The Italian Job (vocal)Listen/Download here.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112376001665164133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112376001665164133' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112376001665164133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112376001665164133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/strap-your-skates-on-mates.html' title='Strap your Skates on Mates'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112367801744520351</id><published>2005-08-10T08:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-10T08:46:57.456-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ross! Ross! Ross!</title><summary type='text'>I remembered what was so funny about Bill Simmons's latest cowbell column. He recounts some jokes told at the Pam Anderson roast - the funniest stuff is about Courtney Love. Jeffrey Ross said to Love "God, what happened? Even Kurt Cobain looks better than you!"Simmons also describes Love falling all over herself, and "At one point, Tommy Lee was pouring himself champagne from Rodman's table, they</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112367801744520351/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112367801744520351' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112367801744520351'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112367801744520351'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/ross-ross-ross.html' title='Ross! Ross! Ross!'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112359397151386471</id><published>2005-08-09T09:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-09T09:26:11.523-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The NHL... It's faaaantastic! And outside!</title><summary type='text'>The NHL and Comcast are close to a contract to televise two games a week nationally."The cable giant plans to put the games on its Outdoor Life Network (OLN)." Wha? Guess we have to get Comcast.Even more nuts is that the TV contract is worth $50 mil/year. The NFL must rake in more than that during halftime at a Cardinals preseason game. That's barely the payroll of one team.Least the Phillies had</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112359397151386471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112359397151386471' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112359397151386471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112359397151386471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/nhl-its-faaaantastic-and-outside.html' title='The NHL... It&apos;s faaaantastic! And outside!'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112350034846497231</id><published>2005-08-08T07:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-08T07:25:48.473-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Whisky River Take Me Home</title><summary type='text'>I leave you alone for three days and you go and kill Peter Jennings.  Great.In sports, Greg Lewis will be starting for the Eagles, Gretzky will be coaching the Coyotes, That guy from Ace Ventura got into the hall of fame, and Palmeiro will be enjoying a steroid cocktail at Pickles.On the homefront, the dartboard is back in service and the Badger King has remedied our severe Makers Mark deficiency</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112350034846497231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112350034846497231' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112350034846497231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112350034846497231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/whisky-river-take-me-home.html' title='Whisky River Take Me Home'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112315887629609591</id><published>2005-08-04T08:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-04T08:34:36.303-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow</title><summary type='text'>I guess you're gonna want cable to watch Flyers games.  Forsberg continues to be one of the weirdest looking dudes in hockey.We probably should have seen Murderball when we had the chance at AFI.  It's in the "no release date announced yet" section of my Netflix queue racing against We Jam Econo, The Aristocrats and the Johnny Cash movie.Finally, Pitchfork reviews some reissues I can relate </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112315887629609591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112315887629609591' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112315887629609591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112315887629609591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/free-your-mind-and-your-ass-will.html' title='Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112306898720992754</id><published>2005-08-03T07:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-03T07:49:43.943-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I Have-a Someting to Tell Us</title><summary type='text'>Here's some Down by Law info.  Some further internet movie databasing reveals that the guy in Stanger than Paradise from the AFI magazine cover is the garage attendant from Ferris Bueller and oddly enough, I just read about him since he was Sonic Youth's first drummer.....ya know when they were awesome.What a moron.  Speaking of sports: blockbuster hockey trade.  Go Oilers.Speaking of blockbuster</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112306898720992754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112306898720992754' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112306898720992754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112306898720992754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/i-have-someting-to-tell-us.html' title='I Have-a Someting to Tell Us'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112298552370612331</id><published>2005-08-02T08:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-02T08:25:23.713-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Palmiiiiiiiiierrrrrrro</title><summary type='text'>Bob Mould wrote the theme song to the Daily Show.  Did I know that?  I don't think I did but it sounds familiar.Which of our favorite columnists will weight in on the Palmiero situation first?  Here's hoping it's Simmons, not Killbon 3000 or Frank A Smith.  Jayson Stark has something to say but he doesn't count because he doesn't know how to spell Jason.I think if Sufjan Stevens farts on a snare </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112298552370612331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112298552370612331' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112298552370612331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112298552370612331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/palmiiiiiiiiierrrrrrro.html' title='Palmiiiiiiiiierrrrrrro'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112289649350331856</id><published>2005-08-01T07:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-01T07:41:33.510-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sandboggs</title><summary type='text'>Simmons on Hockey is pretty funny and I am excited to hear multiple songs on the Rubber Soul cover album.  All caught up.The Orioles suck, real hard.  They do not; however, suck certain gases out of certain bathroom holes.  Neither do Ryno and Wade Boggs.Jarmusched!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112289649350331856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112289649350331856' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112289649350331856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112289649350331856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/08/sandboggs.html' title='Sandboggs'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112264004950645824</id><published>2005-07-29T08:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-29T08:37:08.206-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I Feel Free</title><summary type='text'>"Not worth it" can only begin to apply to the Cream reunion tickets.  Even the Rolling Stones and Eagles are surprised.Edie Sedgwick has filled the last remaining date at Ft Reno.  You may remember him from Pitchfork's coverage.  Should be......something.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112264004950645824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112264004950645824' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112264004950645824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112264004950645824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/07/i-feel-free.html' title='I Feel Free'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112246969952309894</id><published>2005-07-27T08:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-27T09:08:19.533-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Best Buy is a Jerk Store</title><summary type='text'>Please to be adding several movies to the Netflix Queueueue. Actually, both  may be worth buying, but I don't want to commit funds and man I'd enjoy some Wyld Stallyns. And Rufus.Also possibly Bride and Prejudice.Pitchfork is being lazy. I hate baseball. The NHL will announce their schedule soon. However, ESPN's NHL news page seems very death focused. Perhaps they've partnered with CNN?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112246969952309894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112246969952309894' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112246969952309894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112246969952309894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/07/best-buy-is-jerk-store.html' title='Best Buy is a Jerk Store'/><author><name>Pete</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='12' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CsHyg8kuDDo/SLMG2rn3bdI/AAAAAAAAABU/0PjGgeEvfjk/S220/untitled.bmp'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112237871351051736</id><published>2005-07-26T07:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-26T08:21:15.950-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Guernica</title><summary type='text'>I did forget to mention that Chop Chop (featuring former members of Silver Spring's own Velocity Girl) played a song last night that was (earnestly) about the Spanish Civil War.  I thought that subject was already covered by this band, a past winner of the Bob Doughty look-a-like contest and a painter named after some famous beans.Go F___ Yourself San Diego...........Padres Firstbaseman Phil </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112237871351051736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112237871351051736' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112237871351051736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112237871351051736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/07/guernica.html' title='&lt;a href=&quot;http://history.sandiego.edu/cdr2/WW2Pics/55010.jpg&quot;&gt;Guernica&lt;/a&gt;'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9628530.post-112229171111154167</id><published>2005-07-25T07:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-25T14:15:13.003-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What Could Be Romantic to Ponson?</title><summary type='text'>NWS says tomorrow's weather will be "Haze."  Gross.But what about the News....and the Nuge.The Orioles got swept by the Devil Rays and the fat guy is the first one to go.  The Sports Guy had a few columns last week that I missed.I now know a lot about these guys, these guys and these guys.  Ha ha, D Boon is fat and gross.  Also, apparently when Husker Du opened for Minor Threat (whaaaaaa?), Bob </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/feeds/112229171111154167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9628530&amp;postID=112229171111154167' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112229171111154167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9628530/posts/default/112229171111154167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kingsofcontrivance.blogspot.com/2005/07/what-could-be-romantic-to-ponson.html' title='What Could Be Romantic to Ponson?'/><author><name>Casey Jones</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry></feed>
