Maybe the world isn't as crummy as I thought.

It's pretty easy to see the world as a pretty lousy place to be these days. The economy, war, people starving everywhere, network TV.

But then you figure that we live in an age where you can own the 1966 BATMAN movie, starring Adam West, an a high-definition Blue-Ray DVD.

Something about that makes me feel good inside — even though I don't have a Blue-Ray player.

Atomic batteries to power!

Sugarlight

In late May, my best friend James and I took my daughter Presley to see X. She had a blast.

Yesterday, it became apparent what an impact that whole event has had on her.

Like most seven year olds, she loves lightning bugs — even though most other insects freak her out.

She caught four the other day. Their names: Exene, Billy Zoom, John Doe and DJ Bonebrake. I talked her into letting them go. Last night, she had another one in her special plastic bug container thing (a jar with holes in the lid was good enough when I was a kid). She swears it's Exene again.

Hooray! It's The Feelies! Part 2

This morning while drinking my Bushiban coffee and eating my Dolly Madison coffee cake, I geeked out and read a buncha blog entries and stuff about the Feelies' Maxwell's shows.

One of the best came from Stan Demeski's daughter, Katie. You can read it here:

http://howstrange-innocence.blogspot.com

The photo I snagged from her site. (Thanks, Katie. Or maybe it should be "Sorry, Katie!") Down at the bottom of her post, I came across:

http://www.nyctaper.com/

Here, you can download the second set of their July 1 show.

So there. Proof that this whole Internet thing really can make our lives better.

Hooray! It's The Feelies!

I know where I wish I was gonna be on July 4 — seeing The Feelies. But I'm happy just to know they're back.