_uacct = "UA-3868156-1"; urchinTracker(); Tumblr (3.0; @elmartinez)http://elmartinez.org/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NPKDfBdxkMM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NPKDfBdxkMM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Interesting story. This song, “Set Fire to the Third Bar” by Snow Patrol (featuring Martha Wainwright) was a top 20 hit in the UK in 2006. It took a trailer for a hit movie (Dear John) to break it into the US charts in <b>2010</b>. So much for the power of the Internet, huh? It’s still all about local radio and television play. Anyone who argues different is not facing facts.</p> <p>And Martha Wainwright? You are a goddess.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/410404702http://elmartinez.org/post/410404702Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:53:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxy32ndQ4h1qz87dro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just figured out how to turn off Google Buzz. Not useful. Annoying. Invasive. And other bad things.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/393022256http://elmartinez.org/post/393022256Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:25:35 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GhD-oKJI69o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GhD-oKJI69o&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>You asked for it, you got it. Toyota.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/376585282http://elmartinez.org/post/376585282Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:11:49 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxcl1kv1Um1qz87dro1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Snowp0wned ‘10. Bring it.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/371574448http://elmartinez.org/post/371574448Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:46:32 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QuVtO6otu_U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QuVtO6otu_U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Picard doesn’t Twitter, but says ‘make it so’ to iPhone and the Internet!</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/366956667http://elmartinez.org/post/366956667Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:04:39 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YtGSXMuWMR4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YtGSXMuWMR4&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>So you want to do a TV report? Here’s how.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/359771565http://elmartinez.org/post/359771565Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:51:31 -0500<object id="flashObj" width="400" height="344" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/28107384001?isVid=1&publisherID=1815805388" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=60569957001&playerID=28107384001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/28107384001?isVid=1&publisherID=1815805388" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=60569957001&playerID=28107384001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="344" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Danish band Alphabeat brings back the 90’s. The band already took a stab (<a href="http://elmartinez.org/post/28882866/i-heard-this-song-and-it-immediately-made-me">quite successfully</a>) at 80’s pop, but this is a fantastic melding of 90’s House and Timbaland synth à la Justin Timblerlake’s “<a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://s0.ilike.com/play%23Justin%2BTimberlake:My%2BLove:352648:s1591843.8097239.524114.0.1.56%252Cstd_f7ff88dd042fbf91177a35e844d7ac54&ei=8RNhS-vnK8TR8QaGqb2aDA&sa=X&oi=music_play_track&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=2&ved=0CAgQ0wQoADAA&usg=AFQjCNEE9157USu9Qp7lu4wttn4RDokzXg">My Love</a>.” Great pop, great hook. Album out in March, but no U.S. release.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/357285370http://elmartinez.org/post/357285370Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:10:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwrl7hm36j1qz87dro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Landscapes made from bacon. All bacon. Nothing but bacon. Via <a href="http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/i_must_live_there_bacony_foods.php">Geekologie.</a></p>http://elmartinez.org/post/351091567http://elmartinez.org/post/351091567Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:40:29 -0500“You idiots! You did the wrong thing!”<br/><br/> - <em>Robin Williams on “The Tonight Show,” screaming while flipping off L.A.</em>http://elmartinez.org/post/346977837http://elmartinez.org/post/346977837Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:10:00 -0500“NBC esta manejado por hijos de cabras imbeciles que comen dinero y evacuan problemas.”<br/><br/> - <em>Conan O’Brien on NBC. <i><a href="http://tv.gawker.com/5452391/as-obrien-laughs-in-the-face-of-nbc-and-lenos-attacks-once-again-turn-personal-letterman-unleashes-vintage-jay">The Tonight Show</a></i><a href="http://tv.gawker.com/5452391/as-obrien-laughs-in-the-face-of-nbc-and-lenos-attacks-once-again-turn-personal-letterman-unleashes-vintage-jay">, January 19, 2010.</a></em>http://elmartinez.org/post/344505680http://elmartinez.org/post/344505680Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:53:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yiaHZW4GAyM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yiaHZW4GAyM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://elmartinez.org/post/336778925http://elmartinez.org/post/336778925Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:46:57 -0500““When you’re this dumb there’s a price that comes with that…you can’t be walking around stupid and expect to be invited to parties.””<br/><br/> - <em><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIaAL9FcL_k&feature=player_embedded">David Letterman on NBC executives.</a> (And on life in general.)</em>http://elmartinez.org/post/333452815http://elmartinez.org/post/333452815Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:35:13 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v3rhQc666Sg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v3rhQc666Sg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The More You Know</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/330772203http://elmartinez.org/post/330772203Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:59:00 -0500“Poor monkeys can’t even get warm.”<br/><br/> - <em>My Mother, commenting on news reports about how the cold weather is affecting zoos.</em>http://elmartinez.org/post/321829344http://elmartinez.org/post/321829344Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:47:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvogdtt2hn1qz87dro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“<a target="_blank" href="http://www.mikesacks.com/wp/photos-of-tv/">Photos of TV</a>” — via <a target="_blank" href="http://trueslant.com/nathandeuel/">Nathan Deuel</a>.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/314730786http://elmartinez.org/post/314730786Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:29:53 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvmtvgwiJd1qz87dro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hacked road sign in New Hampshire, New Year’s Eve 2009. Via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/akneh/wicked_slippery_i_love_living_in_new_england_pic/">Reddit</a>.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/313197095http://elmartinez.org/post/313197095Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:26:04 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvkwsrQBnP1qz87dro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>First breakfast of 2010, tamale and eggs at Chez Chillag. Happy New Year everyone.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/311442854http://elmartinez.org/post/311442854Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:33:57 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kviuwjNDtu1qz87dro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Where I am now: Chicago, view from the guest bedroom at Ian and Nora’s place.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/309779892http://elmartinez.org/post/309779892Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:57:36 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://elmartinez.org/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/308197032/tumblr_kvh7q7nVP91qz87dr&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Off to see Ian C. and Nora G. in Chicago for the New Year. Have Wilco going through my head.</p> <p><img align="middle" src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/3dVyC0aAz4nwxz3p4kohInnc_500.jpg" alt="I & C" width="500" height="375"/></p>http://elmartinez.org/post/308197032http://elmartinez.org/post/308197032Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:39:43 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jc20vMz0V7Q&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jc20vMz0V7Q&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Ricky Gervais sings to Elmo. My heart grew three sizes today.</p>http://elmartinez.org/post/307068405http://elmartinez.org/post/307068405Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:22:26 -0500