The world's oldest running joke

I was 10 years old when this was first reported - needless to say, I'm cautiously optimistic. From RollingStone.com:

It’s a day many Guns N’ Roses fans thought would never come: Chinese Democracy, the album Axl Rose has labored over for more than a decade, will finally hit stores on Sunday, November 23rd (a departure from the normal Tuesday record release day). The album will be sold exclusively in Best Buy stores and online at Bestbuy.com and iTunes. A music video is in the works, and the band — in which Rose is the only remaining original member — is expected to tour in 2009, according to a source close to G N’ R. “The music is well worth waiting for,” says Gary Arnold, senior entertainment officer for Best Buy, which began negotiating the deal in 2007. “We’ve all heard the stories about this album, and now everybody gets to hear that it’s real.”

The album’s 14 songs include the poppy “Better,” rocker “Shackler’s Revenge” (featured in the new Rock Band 2), the power ballad “If the World” (which plays in the new film Body of Lies), the anthemic title track and a song called “Scraped” that was previously unknown to fans. “It’s going to be a great rock Christmas,” Arnold says. “I just hope it doesn’t take 14 years for the next one.” BestBuy.com has a listings page up that isn’t taking pre-orders yet but does have the full track list and suggests that there will be several different versions of the album available (or at least a few different covers).

Hehehehe...

Uh oh...

Keith Olbermann is pissed.

The view from the trees

Arashiyama, Kyoto, 10.10.08

Politics for the lazy

What I really heard during the second presidential debate:

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A sunny day in Kyoto

Just a few photos I took in the nation's old capital this weekend. It'll be getting colder here soon, but at least for one October Saturday, it was perfect.


Kiyomizu-dera


exploring the temple grounds


the bamboo forest


giant torii


in the gardens at Heian Jingu

The end is near(!)

Here it is: a hefty dose of responsibility in the form of an absentee ballot delivered by the Japanese postal service today. Hard to believe, but after months (or should I say years) of anticipation, we're finally gonna vote on this thing in a few weeks and put somebody new in the White House.

Not candy or American deodorant, but exciting nonetheless.