SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Sunday, August 13, 2006, Article By J. Poet "In America, I’m still the classic one-hit wonder," Gary Numan says philosophically, via phone from his home outside of London. His 1979 single "Cars" was a worldwide smash, one of the first pop hits to use the synthesizer without trying to make it sound […]
Month: August 2006
the matrix phone has died
In 2003, my former coworker Bill Hall was sitting on the other side of the cube from me when I heard him say, ”Oh my Gawwwd! The Matrix phone!! It’s so cool!!!” I anxiously replied, ”What’s that? The Matrix phone?! What’s the URL for the love of all that is holy!?!” The Samsung SPH-N270 Matrix […]
hanging out with biff tannen
Last Friday I flew into Houston and enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Texas Land and Cattle with Christina, her mom, my dad, and Daniel my houston-based roommate. I use the term roommate loosely because I’m only living in the master bedroom and the rest of the house is essentially all him with the exception of […]