I'm trying to organize (to the best of my ability to organize anything that is) an evening of wrrld music bowling fun. Fortunately, others on Team Mundo know more about local bowling options than I. So we'll see what happens. Generally I find trying to schedule anything about as much fun as herding cats, even when there's fun at the end of the line.
Hot fucking damn!! Acto this site (found via boing2), TCM's going to be showing nine Miyazaki movies next January! That definitely deserves a w00t!
Finally remembered the other thing I wanted to blog yesterday. One of the things I'm enjoying listening to lately is the new CD from Bill Frisell. He's definitely at the top of my list of faves I probably wouldn't know anything about if not for XDU. Altho I actually didn't recommend East/West for playlist when I reviewed it. While it's still true that I think CD2 (the tracks recorded in NYC) doesn't really hold up all that well compared to the LA-recorded tracks, overall I'm much more impressed after having it in the mix on my iPod for the last month. Whatcha gonna do... a month to review something is not a luxury we have at XDU. And even tho it's not on playlist at least it's up there in the library and hopefully some folks will find it and give it some spins on the air.
I used to bowl a lot. One reason I don't anymore is I was tired of bowling during non-league hours, when people on both sides of me were likely drunk: putting their hat on the ball when they bowl; throwing multiple balls at once: throwing their ball in the wrong lane.... So, the last time I did bowl, I found Mardi Gras Bowling Lanes (toward Chapel Hill, but still actually in Durham, I think) a pleasure. Why? No alcohol. And no drunks. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.