I actually watched the Academy Awards last night, for the first time in years. And I was happy with the results in a lot of categories. I was particularly happy to see Martin Scorsese win for best director and The Departed win for best picture. It was also great to see Alan Arkin pick up [...]

I finally caught Hotel Rwanda a few nights ago. I expected it would be a good film, and it was. I had been putting off watching it because I assumed it would be incredibly depressing. It was and it wasn’t. Any film about genocide is going to give rise to some sober thoughts about the [...]

Well, this is surely going to be the buzz of the net for the next few days: Steve Jobs (yeah, that Steve Jobs) has thrown down a gauntlet at the RIAA-lovin’ music companies whose products he pimps. It’s a well-reasoned argument, for the most part. For more insight, you can check out John Gruber’s analysis [...]

I’ve caught a few films lately that are worth a mention: Babel Maria Full of Grace Donnie Darko Brad Pitt may be a pretty boy, but he’s also a lot better actor than most people are willing to give him credit for being. Consider this film exhibit A. In a lot of films, he doesn’t [...]

I finally worked out some issues I was having with my recording software, Ableton Live, since upgrading from version 5.2 to version 6.0. Since it’s mostly relevant to my James, Not Jim recording project, I blogged about it over there.. The good news is I seem to have worked out my problems and and now [...]