"Tiny Giant"

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"Tiny Giant" is a documentary about Jeff Steinberg, a gospel music singer born without arms and with other physical ailments. Jeff's story is intriguing to me not only because of his unique situation but because I know very little about gospel music except what I have seen in late 1970's black and white - early 1980's over saturated color footage of performances...where gospel music church culture may have peaked if you will. It will be interesting to me to see if, in addition to telling the story of Jeff overcoming his adversity, the doc mentions how the perception crowds have of him and how the overall art he is a part of has changed over his 30+ year career.
IMDB does not list a release date...

My 'Mixed-Handed' Life

Ah, nice!  So there may be a downside to being "unique"?  From this piece it sounds like research is ramping up regarding the study of the correlation between 'left-handedness' and certain brain disorders such as bipolarism, ADHD, schizophrenia and many more exciting flaws.  'Mixed-handedness'  is of particular interest to researchers as rates for certain disorders seem to be higher in this group.  I don't feel so special anymore. (Or maybe I should feel more special?)

Mom, you have some explaining to do.

Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie

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I don't even know what to say about this other than the fact I'll be there on opening night.

"People Who Do Noise"

I'm pretty sure I've posted bits of this doc in the past but here is the full deal in case you needed two hours of information on noise. The term 'noise' in itself has a definition, but in practice and in interpretation, it can't be pinned down uniformly across every set of ears. I'm not that into 'noise' music per se, but then again maybe I am...depending on how certain sounds I enjoy are interpreted. If anything, there is something to be said about the theory, culture and practice of the noise music (total oxymoron) community.

Terrible Terry Tate

Oh, man. How could I forget about this gem?!

J Mascis: "I've Been Thinking"

J Mascis - I've Been Thinking by subpop

Check out this new J Mascis song which is the B-side to a new 7" out next week.

Jason Lytle: "It's a Heartache" (Bonnie Tyler)

It's a Heartache (Bonnie Tyler cover) by Jason Lytle
What a great version of a pretty sweet original.

For $0.44 The USPS Cares

I suppose I find this interesting because it is rare that I mail an actual piece of mail and when I do, every time, I wonder how it gets to where it's going considering my handwriting isn't stellar which means that, playing the odds (reality) game, there are waaaaaaay worse examples of penmanship out there.  To this day, I just assumed it was a completely human routing system (which a big part of it actually is) probably because I used to have this same concern when I mailed a letter as a kid...when technology didn't exist as it does today.

• Processing plant where 36,000 letters are scanned per hour.

• Images of indecipherable letters are sent to an encoding center ("...a big windowless room") where people try to de-code unrecognizable addresses - This is what these people do all day.

• Mail that these poor souls can't decipher is then routed to the 'Peak and Poke Clerk' (sweet title) who is the last line of defense against the dreaded:

DEAD LETTER OFFICE.

Whoa.

Ty Segall: "Spiders"

Check out Ty's new cruncher - rad all the way.

"Spiders"

Danzig: 10/29/11

Danzig at Hammerstein Ballroom, 10/29/11.