Sep
19
2008
Pirate Joke
tweetmeme_url=’http://xplayer.org/?p=47′; tweetmeme_style = ‘normal’;tweetmeme_source = ‘iupiter’; A pirate walks into a bar with a big ship’s wheel down his pants. The bartender says, “Excuse me, sir, but do you know you have a ship’s wheel down the front of your pants?”
And the pirate says…
“Aaargh, it’s driving me nuts!!”
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Sep
07
2008
Stephane Grappelli: a Life in the Jazz Century
tweetmeme_url=’http://xplayer.org/?p=54′; tweetmeme_style = ‘normal’;tweetmeme_source = ‘iupiter’; With recent releases of material by Dave Holland, Duke Ellington and the Modern Jazz Quartet, owning a DVD player is becoming essential for any serious jazz fan. But the unheralded quality of material and cinematic grace of Paul Balmer’s documentary raises the art to a new [...]
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Sep
06
2008
Overblown Console
tweetmeme_url=’http://xplayer.org/?p=77′; tweetmeme_style = ‘normal’;tweetmeme_source = ‘iupiter’; I swear, all I see in PC stores today are overblown consoles - integrated sound, integrated video, only two slots, 1GB of RAM, flat monitors worse than CRTs, and an AMD chip to heat up your coffee - and the neighbor’s coffee, too. I have to [...]
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