UGH...so yeah, spring has sprung and those damn little, electric, rickshawesque cars have begun to come out of the Montpelier woodwork. I just had the pleasure of following one up a very steep hill and then another 1/2 mile along rutted, frost-heaved residential streets. It took me 20mins to get home and nearly 3 stall outs in my pollution- spewing, jetta turbo (I could barely even maintain the minimum speed, in 1st, going up the hill). ...

Just in from the Senses Fail show up at Higher Ground. What an amazing show! Thanks to everyone who showed up and more importantly thanks to everyone who took interest in Tiny Meat! I know a select few of you did get wristbands and wallets that I was giving out! The show was awesome, one band called Our Last Night had a singer who was only 11 years old but sounded awesome! Props to the supporting bands!! Tommorow night is ...

Well with the launch of Apple's next great OS just a little over a week away we decided we needed to get in on the action. McMacalot and the crew at Small Dog Electronics in Waitsfield VT are gonna celebrate on Friday the 29th/6pm and Tinymeat is going to be there. Their launch parties are legendary and we can't wait to get in on the action. We will be handing out super duper ultra-rare limited edition iPod cases and wallets ...

Betcha didn't know that 'Ol Satchmo cut the original of the Britney Spears hit way back in 1932. Here's the proof. It's also Britney week on Supermasterpiece Match wits with Professeur De La Extraordinaire!

Ahh spring. As I write I can hear the peepers in the neighbors pond down the street. The rhythms of April are in the air. The warm dry stretch of weather has everyone strippin down to expose bare skin not seen since last fall. My ever increasing awareness of the season changes has me convinced that even the pavement welcomes the warm days as it takes on a more mellow tone as the cars pass by. Our lack of rain ...

Miss Lu wanted a new "custom" coinpurse as she informed me that her other one was too full of stuff. She is very much in a pink phase these days.

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Spent most of the day enroute to and from Northampton, Mass picking up my daughter Miss Lucy. Although 5 hours in the car is great to clear ones head it's hell on the ass and lower back. Terry Gross had Thomas Friedman on Fresh Air today. Friedman author of the best-seller Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11 has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his coverage of the Middle East. He is out making the rounds promoting his new ...

Creamy Head and Naked Portafilters Photos from Tonx at my favorite coffee joint back in Seattle Victrola

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Capitol K "Pillow" The mystery that is Capitol K unfolds slowly and incompletely, but is still satisfying near its end. Mechanically, the album is a slice-and-dice composition, along the lines of what Aphex Twin, and more appropriately, Squarepusher have been bringing to the forefront. The opening "City" spins your head with a quick tour of what's to come, as a hyperkinetic beat is quickly surrounded by a variety of busy sounds and a backwards sampled guitar line that menacingly darts in ...

Hey if you're into this sorta thing, Daniel over at "The Sounds in My Head" has a Nick Drake-like podcast available for consumption. Damn, I wish I still had the Cabriolet.

We're really starting to get things together here at TinyMeat! We now have message boards which really allow you to interact with the TinyMeat team and with other "tiny people!" You will be able to use http://forums.tinymeat.com after a couple days from this post, until then you can signup for the forums here. Thanks everyone, and I hope to see lots of people signup!

Allright before you Poo-Poo this and say "Yuck, it's for soccermoms" consider the following: It's small, think "MPV" It gets 40-50mpg /TDI version Gas is on average $2.40 per gallon It's a Volkswagen Touran Seems the folks at VW had the foresight to create a small mini-van that's stylish and is uber-miserly on the petrol. But we don't get it here. Check their UK Site, models fromthe diminutive Lupo to the Fat-Cat Phaeton comes with the option of pump-friendly turbo diesel yet half the ...

Added Fieldmix 1.o Ipod Case to the store. At the urging of my "self" I picked up a iPod Shuffle yesterday from Jimmy B. at Small Dog Electronics I immediately set out to "Tinysize" it and of course that meant constructing a case. My first impression of this chewing-gum sized devise is "Damn, it's small" and secondly that they are much harder to design a case for than the standard iPod.