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Okay, now it’s getting out of hand with these Catholic priests.  Not cool!

Matt Harding of Where The Hell is Matt? fame has a new video out, that has him spanning the globe dancing with people from all over. It’s pretty awesome, and the song, Praan (available on Amazon MP3 for 89 cents), really makes it stand out. It gave me goosepimples. Check it out:

I wrote this in response to Monica, when she had asked if it was schizophrenia that she would listen to new music one day, and old music the next.  I thought I’d share my reply on here:

Some day you’re in the mood for new music, sometimes you want a comfort listen, a lot like comfort food … well, comforts you. It’s familiar, soothing, has deep-seated memories attached to them whether they be happy or sad.

To me, music is a lot like photography. They remind you of a time, place, mood, taste, smell, sight, and a myriad of other feelings. They’re tiny little bookmarks that make us such incredibly complex and sophisticated beings.

New music need a chance to develop (like new photographs) while old music are fully developed, worn around the edges, but still maintaining their colors, warmth, and personality.

Some days I’m in the mood for new music, to me it’s like deep-sea diving, looking for treasure. When you finally do stumble upon a treasure chest full of all the glories that is ear candy, it’s worth its weight in gold.

Other days I’m in the mood for music of the past, that remind me of my childhood, a certain time and/or place, or just to revisit a familiar friend.

One day it’s indie rock, the next it’s reggae. After that I could have a irresistible craving for new age. Then I’ll go back to indie rock, only to explore the tiny little subgenres of rock; alt-country, bubble gum pop, folktronic, rockabilly, and so on.

We live in the best time in the world for the appreciation of music as a whole. There’s so much at our fingertips, it’s deliciously overwhelming!

This forum thread at Wired New York has an amazing amount of (mostly) black and white photographs showcasing the growth of New York from 1885, the early days of film-based photography, all the way to the 1970’s. It’s a great way to absorb what many say is the greatest city mankind has ever seen — New York.

Word just spread that ETOnline is reporting that George Carlin has died at 5:55 p.m. yesterday of heart failure at 71 years of age. I probably don’t need to reiterate his amazing accomplishments, because there are too many, but just in case you need to brush up on his achievements …

George Carlin, as an entertainer has 23 standup albums, 14 HBO specials, 16 movie appearances, 5 books, 50 years in the entertainment business, and universal respect from his peers. It’s safe to say that there will never be someone quite like him in the entertainment business ever again.

Carlin told Playboy that his sensibilities developed in the 1950s, “when comedy stopped being safe … (and) became about saying no to authority.” He cited such influences as Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Dick Gregory and Bob Newhart.

Even though I’ll miss him, I’m grateful for the immense legacy he has left behind. There’s no shortage of work to enjoy when I need my Carlin fix. Rest in peace, Mr. Carlin.

From AllHipHop.com:

To promote its new “Why Pay More” value menu, Taco Bell sent 50 Cent an offer letter obtained by AllHipHop.com, asking him to change his name to either 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent for one day this summer.

Cue bigwigs in a meeting watching a security cam footage of Seventty-Nine rapping at a drive-in:

Warning: Don’t continue reading if crude, immature, juvenile, jock humor offends you.

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With Ping.FM sending status updates, micro-blog posts, and blog posts to a number of different services, I thought it’d be nice to be able to quickly send an update using Launchy.

To do this, it requires the installation of Blat, a command-line email utility.  Here’s a mini-guide on how to get posting to Ping.FM using Launchy:

1. Download and install Blat.  Here’s an example line on how to install Blat using these details — email: matt@goodblimey.com, smtp server: mail.goodblimey.com, username: mattieboo, and password: blah

   blat -install mail.goodblimey.com matt@goodblimey.com - - - mattieboo blah

2. Open Launchy options and click on the Plugins tab.  Click on Runner and double-click the Program field, then enter the path to the Blat executable.
3. Double-click on Arguments and enter this:

   - -to name@ping.fm -f your@email.com -subject Ping -body "$$"

   Where name@ping.fm is the email Ping.fm gives you to send in updates.