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![]() The hiatus tune is, appropriately, Dexter Freebish's minor hit "Leaving Town". (9.0MB) The lyrical point of view isn't quite directly compatible to my own move but it's close enough and, more importantly, the whole package is one big pop explosion. The bad news for Dexter is that, the mildly decent "Wonderland" notwithstanding, this seems to be all they have. They wrote and recorded one terrific song and now their time as spotlight performers has probably come to an end. They'll join other bands that go nowhere, one of them will be able to make a living as a producer, one will become a music teacher, one a technical writer. And it'll be sad at first but less so later. 2002/08/15
I'm about to start a move to Madison, so updates are going to be sparse(r) and weird(er) for a little while. Today brings a review of the new Silverchair record from Julian Saporiti. 2002/08/12
Still wetting the bed in your adulthood? Worried that your "It's just a piss fetish!" excuse isn't going to hold water much longer? Sophie has got just the medical Sooth you need. Also, there's some stuff about birds and cellphones. 2002/08/11
Through no fault of my own, I ended up watching part of an episode of CSI the other day. I was surprised to see the actress that I was pretty sure played Guy Pearce's wife in "Memento". This weekend it occured to me out of the blue that she'd also played Zoe Bartlet's Secret Service protection on The West Wing. So, I headed over to IMDb to verify this stuff and found that she had, in fact, played all those roles and was, in fact, named Jorja Fox. I was also a little surprised to see that she had an official site (jorjafox.org) listed, considering I didn't even know she had a name until moments earlier. It's an elaborate, Flash-driven affair, very much concerned with progressive social politics: among the highlights is a very well-reasoned essay by Howard Garcia naming Dec. 12, 2000, as one of America's darkest days. The interesting thing is that Fox's name, likeness and resume are never mentioned outside the site's title. The closest call is a feedback e-mail address @jorjafox.org. Is it really Jorja Fox's site? I have no idea. It's certainly unlike any other official celebrity site I've ever seen. The unofficial fan site at jorjafox.net says the .org site is the real deal and I guess I'm inclined to agree. Doesn't make it any less odd, though.
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