• Sounding Off with manilajo n e s

    There is a school of thought that says that a woman’s level of intelligence is inversely proportional to how good-looking she is. This may or may not be true. I don’t really know if most hot women are stupid or if most ugly women are brilliant. I know quite a few intelligent women who are not ugl…
  • Top Tracks, Etc.

    According to Last.fm, these were my ten most listened to tracks over the past week: One Wrong Foot - P!nkBlue School - Blue ScholarsI'm Feeling You (featuring Michelle Branch & The Wreckers) - SantanaSpeechless - MusiqTangled Up in Me - Skye SweetnamDanger - Blahzay BlahzayThe Phuncky Feel One -…
  • Top Tracks, Etc.

    According to Last.fm, these were my ten most listened to tracks over the past week: Mysteries We Understand - Sophie B. HawkinsSummer Sunshine - The CorrsLet Me Let You Know - P!nkIn This City - Iglu & HartlyUniverse & U - KT TunstallI'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me - ExposeOpin Wide…
  • The Real Feminist

    Someone once said that I have the musical taste of a gay person. This may or may not be true. I don’t know anything about the musical preferences of the gay community. Right now I have Ingrid Michaelson, Liz Phair, Kate Nash, and KT Tunstall on heavy rotation on Last.fm. Do gay people listen to…
  • The (Metro)Link Between Life and Death

    The greater Los Angeles metropolitan area has a population of over 17 million people. This population is sprawled across five counties (Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino) which encompass an area of roughly 32,000 square miles. The Southland is huge in terms of overall are…
  • Reading Between the Liner Notes

    My right arm has been hurting lately, and I know exactly why. I have a laptop computer and I’m too lazy to get a mouse for it. For the few hours each day that I am on the computer, my right hand hovers over my computer’s touchpad. The constant clicking with the index finger and the motions of the…
  • Sounding Off FTW

    There is a school of thought that says that a woman’s level of intelligence is inversely proportional to how good-looking she is. This may or may not be true. I don’t really know if most hot women are stupid or if most ugly women are brilliant. I know quite a few intelligent women who are not ugl…
  • Musical Musings

    I don’t really know what my friends think of me. I don’t know if they think I’m cool. I don’t know if they think I’m funny. For all I know they might think of me as a big dumb douchenozzle. The only thing I know is that they think of me as someone who knows a lot about music. (I know this becau…
  • Universe & U

    A couple of weeks ago I was watching Alicia Keys perform on television during the Super Bowl Pregame Show. She performed to an enthusiastic crowd on the field at the University of Phoenix Stadium. She sat at her piano during most of her set, but she also got up every now and then and strutted arou…
  • Katenashianity

    Have you ever wondered what the soundtrack for a 1980s-ish, science-fiction, teenage romantic sex comedy would sound like? The producers would likely tap Keane to produce the music for the soundtrack, as their signature piano-rock sound combined with laser beams and synthesizers would make for a un…