Posts Categorized: music, the internet, and life

Calling all bike (or pedestrian) commuters

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From a story in the SC Sentinel: Police spokesman Zach Friend said the department receives funding from the state Office of Traffic Safety to run pedestrian safety operations cracking down on drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. The department also addresses jaywalking during these operations. Friend said that people who want to… Read more »

Cat Power: Jukebox

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A little bird told me that Cat Power’s new album Jukebox, due out on January 22, is going to be very good. Jukebox will probably appeal to both old and new Cat Power fans. Most of the tracks are covers, although you should expect the unexpected; you may hardly recognize the songs, transformed as they… Read more »

Bike/pedestrian rant for January ’08

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What about not blocking the entire width of the crosswalk do drivers not understand? I barely escaped the Branciforte/Soquel intersection with my life. And if you, dear driver, ended up blocking it ’cause you didn’t realize that the heavy traffic was not going to magically speed up for you, then why didn’t you at least… Read more »