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Oops... Looks like "Hush, Hush..." isn't a watch now selection any more. I was using the list you linked to, which isn't up-to-date. I'll keep digging...

There's so much absolute dreck on the Netflix "watch now" list that I wonder if it's more of a challenge to find the *good* movies among the garbage.

That said, one title stands out that's both ridiculous and sublime: "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte." Obviously not the worst "watch now" movie on Netflix, but a great movie that gets much of its greatness from its badness. Enjoy.

The problem with delaying an album for so long is that, as an artist, you change over time. The song you recorded three years ago probably doesn't sound so good anymore. So you go back to the studio and re-work it. By the time you're finished with that song, you have ideas for re-working other songs. Then somebody quits the project and you have to re-record their parts. Etc, etc ... Ironically, the long delays only increase the chances of further delays.

If Axl really thinks he needs to release a new album (and I'm not convinced he does) he should just scrap Chinese Democracy and record something entirely new. Pop music, like all art, is a snapshot in time... not a long, winding journey.

The hardest part of creating something new is knowing when to stop.

On a related note: It looks like Robin Finck is back together with NIN and rehearsing for their upcoming tour. He left NIN a couple years ago to tour with GNR with the expectation that Chinese Democracy would be released at some point during the tour. All the delays must be bitterly disappointing for everyone who has worked on the album.

One of my all-time faves. I have a well-worn VHS tape of it which I watched hundreds of times over the 3 years I toured with a circus. The music still brings back the smell of sawdust. I was lucky enough to see it at the Castro in San Francisco when it was re-released a few years back.

If you like Umberllas, you should check out "The Young Girls of Rochefort" (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort). Same composer + same director + same young and beautiful Deneuve + her sister Françoise Dorléac + Gene Kelly = Ooh La La!

Well, I've jumped in... Now I just need to figure out how to play.
http://friendfeed.com/zilber

First off - This is your best tech post in a long while (by no means a dis to your other tech writing).

I've been swimming around the edges of FriendFeed for a while now, but haven't taken the plunge yet. As much as I tried to get into it, Twitter never really turned my crank, so I've been a little dubious of former Twitter evangelists now piling onto FriendFeed. I'm already suffering from account overload, and I think long and hard these days before setting up new ones. That said, “one social Web 2.0 site to rule them all” is mighty appealing.

I may not dive in this weekend, but I might spend a little time in the deep end.

Hey, that's not 13 words... and you've managed to split two words into three. As they say on the internets: Epic Fail. :)

Being John Maklovich

According to Apple's press release yesterday, rented movies are only compatible with the iPod classic, iPod nano w/video, iPod touch, and iPhone. Sucks for people who still have a perfectly good iPod video.

I went ahead and posted one 'bad video game' idea to the contest 3 thread. Be warned: there's more where that came from.

"Alan Greenspan's BACHELOR PARTY!"

Navigate Alan Greenspan through a room full of strippers, tipping each $1, while avoiding Andrea Mitchell. You lose ("failed monetary policy") if you tip the same stripper twice, or if you run into Mitchell, who performs a Mortal Kombat-style finishing move on you.

Oops... I forgot about the last contest. I don't think you'll have a problem encouraging entries to this one, but for future contests you may want to set a time limit for entries (say, one week) and then write a short reminder post or two as entry period comes to an end. I had meant to contribute a few 'bad' game ideas to the last contest, but it just slipped my mind.

Congrats on (almost) 4000 comments!

You might want to add a spoiler alert to this article. Even though the pilot may seem like ancient history, there are still plenty of people who haven't gotten around to watching it yet.

It seems like many people rushed to write the "first" reviews without spending much time actually using their new iPhones. Dave Winer's complaints are especially silly. When you load a web page, it automatically shrinks to fit the iPhone screen. Yes, this makes the text small. Double-tapping on the section you want to read enlarges it. Double-tapping again shrinks it. Want to really zoom into something? Use the multi-touch finger-spread. Websites on the iPhone look just like websites on your computer (Flash excepted). Makes navigation much easier. IMO this is far superior to the way most phones handle web rendering.

I saw Grindhouse last night and was reminded of this post... April's English version of Chick Habit is on the soundtrack.

Google Reader has really grown on me. One feature I love is being able to display my most recent "shared" items in the sidebar of my blog. It's a quick and easy way to keep a running link blog of interesting, but off-topic items.

I still love NetNewsWire, but I find I'm using it less and less.

It's difficult to believe the story that she was somehow tricked by Gainsbourg. Maybe she didn't understand the (no too subtle) lyrics, but certainly her parents and manager did. I think the whole thing was concocted to try and protect her from the negative backlash the song generated. I also think what really derailed her career was ending her relationship with Gainsbourg. This reminds me to move that Gainsbourg biography to the top of my Amazon wishlist.

Sure, I'll jump on the linkwagon...

http://podophile.com

My little iPod blog. Claim to fame: First to confirm that the Nike+iPod Sport Kit works with any brand of running shoe. My how-to "shoe hacker" guide was linked to by both Gizmodo and Engadget, so I've got no beef with them.