Is anyone out there going to Anime Boston 2003? I kinda wanna go, but I don’t know how up I am for going if nobody else I know is going. I also don’t know how much I’m interested in going to there. I’d probably find the most interesting things at the panels. I’d kind of like to check out the Dealers room. So in general it sounds like I’d like to be there during the one day. I’m just not a big con person, though I enjoy going a little.

Voltaire. “If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.” [Quotes of the Day]

It seems that some parents are quite annoyed at Kangaroo Jack getting the rating it did and it being advertised on Nick Jr. Here’s a bit of the story of How ‘Jack’ hopped away with a PG rating

The critics agree on another point: The PG-rated comedy, which revolves around two bumbling crooks trying to retrieve $50,000 in mob money from a kangaroo in the Australian Outback, is profoundly unsuitable for young kids. The Jerry Bruckheimer-produced movie includes a scene in which heat-dazed crooks Jerry O’Connell and Anthony Anderson spot supermodel Estella Warren, playing a wildlife conservationist, standing before them. As the Washington Post’s Desson Howe describes it, “Thinking she’s a mirage, [O’Connell] clamps both his hands on her breasts and declares, ‘Hey, these feel so real!’ ” There’s also a testicle joke, a wet tank-top scene with Warren under a waterfall, a chase sequence with shotgun fire and a scene where a villain puts a knife at O’Connell’s throat and snarls, “I’m going to carve you up piece by piece.”

Would it come as a shock if I told this you this movie has been advertised every morning on Nickelodeon, the Cartoon Network and other children’s TV outlets?

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The real villain here is the Jack Valenti-controlled MPAA. Its “Kangaroo Jack” ruling is another nail in the coffin for a ratings board that has shown itself to be wildly out of touch with parental standards and totally capricious in its judgments, having given an R rating, for example, to “Billy Elliot,” preventing scores of kids from seeing a truly inspirational movie.

Gotta love the MPAA.

I found a cool little OS X app today called JPEGDeux. You give it a list of images and it lets you move through them like a slide show. It’s just what I’ve been looking for to read manga on my computer. Now I can finally get through YKK.

Eric Hoffer. “You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.” [Quotes of the Day]

Way before I got into DJing I used to make “mix tapes” for friends of mine. I was constantly looking for just the right combination of tracks. I had a number of people I’d trade ones with online. Once I got into the rave scene, the idea of a mixtape changed slightly. It was usually a tape of music mixed together by a single DJ. Now in the last few months I’ve noticed an emergence of mixes, this time in the form of the mix CD. I’ve even sent out one or two myself (different from my DJ mixes). The NYTimes has a cool article on the topic:

For the Mix Tape, a Digital Upgrade and Notoriety. In the age of digital files and the CD burner, the homemade compilations called “mix” tapes have become bigger than ever. By David F. Gallagher. [New York Times: Technology]

There’s also a short piece on artofthemix.org. Now I’m feeling inspired.

Alvin Toffler. “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” [Quotes of the Day]

Over at The Scobleizer Weblog there’s mention of something I blogged about as it was happening:

It gets even worse. Kynn takes on Live Journal for shutting down his site. “These guys are pretty awful with their customer service, in my opinion.”

He also mentions the post Kynn’s LJ was taken down for in the post before that. I sometimes find it interesting how stuff tends to resurface on the net now and then. Even looking at my web server logs I see people hitting a few of my posts from last year quite regularly (even commenting on them now and then).

Hey there folks. Tonight promises to be a fun one. I actually haven’t heart Shwilly spin in ages, so I’m pretty excited about it all. The week’s half over, so come blow off some steam with the Petes and I with a drink made by our wonderful bartender Asia. Here’s the official post:

Changmian and Dubcoast present

*~The Analog Lounge~*

The relaxed side of things. Join us every Wednesday for a mix of

music styles in the lounge at Vertigo. This week, we bring you

someone who’s been in Boston for quite a while. I think the first

time I saw him spin was at Circle way back when it was at its first

location. The one and only:

Shwilly B – Circle, Gnomefatty – Boston, MA

with resident dj’s

Gregory Blake (Changmian) Boston

Special Pete (dubcoast music) CA

Peter Ellis – Boston

Pete Yagmin (Changmian) Boston

Wednesdays

@ Vertigo (upstairs)

126 State St. Boston, MA

617-723-7277

10pm – 2am

21+ with ID

$5 cover (gets you into both the Lounge and Anitya)

No dress code

www.changmian.com

www.dubcoast.com

www.vertigoboston.com

www.mapquest.com (directions)

Upcoming Guests:

02/01 – Daniel Spurling [PitchDown/Improper Bostonian]

02/12 – Growroom night w/ Bon Bons [Growroom]

02/19 – Changmian night w/Dino [Changmian]

And don’t forget Anitya, downstairs at Vertigo every week.

Cartoon Network just announced Giant Robot Week. They’ll be showing two or three episodes of each of the following shows: Nadesico, Evangelion, Dai-Guard, and Robotech. Hopefully this will become a regular features. I think shows like Dai-Guard could do quite well on Toonami.

I’m still quite curious about how they are going to pull off Evangelion. Though the first two episodes don’t have a lot of stuff they might need to cut. The later ones would have to be cut up quite a bit I’d think. Still, this is a good first step.