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[Feb. 28th, 2010|11:30 pm] |
It was a long time since I ran across Big in Japan from WUOG (thanks to a co-worker of my wife's)... But they're back. And now with an audio stream. So without further ado its:
http://shows.wuog.org/beasts-from-the-east/
Also special thanks to L&L whose' amazon gift cert allowed me to get a copy of the eponymous "DJ Kawasaki", based on something played on beasts-from-the-east. Great disk. I now need to get my hands on a copy of DJ Kawasaki's "Most Wanted".
One more thing. Which I may have posted before:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/06/takeshi_terauch.html
Takeshi Terauchi and the Bunnies playing surf guitar versions of classic western music like For Elise. |
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[Sep. 14th, 2009|10:15 am] |
From: http://mpettis.com/
(for some reason the direct link to this post returns 404)
For me the tire dispute is par for the course and not a surprise. US labor unions are angry that China’s cheap exchange rate and its interest rate and other subsidies to manufacturers effectively act as tariffs on imports and subsidies on exports, especially since the stimulus package seems to have added capacity unnecessarily. China is angry that the US is imposing tariffs on its products, and wants to retaliate.
This is a dialogue of the deaf. Many in China seem completely incapable of understanding why what it considers as purely “domestic” issues (even the currency is considered a domestic issue) should have anything to do with trade. Many in the US see China cheating in fact but not in form, and cannot understand how slow and how difficult it will be for China to retool its economy and remove its implicit subsidies and taxes.
Most of the press focus is on US-China disputes, and the truth is that these matter a lot because this is the most important trade relationship, but trade-surplus countries are in disputes almost everywhere. This, in my opinion, is only likely to continue. I suspect that we will make a concerted effort to coordinate the adjustment process only after things have gotten much worse for everybody. |
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[Aug. 30th, 2009|01:38 pm] |
First: Steven Segal lawman - how could you go wrong?
I'm waiting for the complete first season DVD box set, to use at the annual white elephant we have at work.
Second: The Expendables - again... how could you go wrong?
Have you seen who is in this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/
Sylvester Stallone ... Barney Ross
Jason Statham ... Lee Christmas
Jet Li ... Bao Thao
Dolph Lundgren ... Gunnar Jensen
Steve Austin ... Dan Paine
Terry Crews ... Hale Caesar
Mickey Rourke ... Tool
Bruce Willis ... Mr. Church
Arnold Schwarzenegger
All thats missing are Wesely Snipes and Jesse Ventura. And, I don't know who Terry Crews is, but with a name like Hale Caesar you know its going to be kick ass.
Third:
I've been pouring over yelp looking for a place to take my wife for our anniversary. If you are running a fancy restaurant in the gourmet ghetto, please, for the love of God, leave the pennies off the menu. Rack of Lamb: 18.50. I know I'm gonna go here and pay through the nose. I'm not going to say Rack of Lamb 19.00, that is just too much. I can't afford that. If it was 18.50 I could afford it. Cursed and Damned, I can't afford that extra $0.50. Finally, for the record $20 is not really that much for a main course. |
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