Gojira69′s Ephemeral Treasures – links to often-updated exotica album downloads.

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Tivo’s wishlists are great. I’d been waiting months for Obstinato to come on the air again after I missed it the first time around, and Tivo made sure to grab it for me when it popped up on some obscure channel last night.

Bela Fleck is the greatest banjo player in the world. The closeup shots of his fingers flying forced me to put down my martini and stare at the screen in open-mouthed dumbfoundedness.

Here’s a Tivo link so you can watch it too!

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I just heard back from the Discovery Channel. Apparently they must get witty messages like mine all the time.

Thank you for contacting Discovery Networks. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns with us. Your comments will be forwarded to our program management and executives and will be taken into consideration. Comments such as yours are very important to us, as viewer opinions tell us what we can improve on and what our audience enjoys. It is these types of comments that contribute to creating change and improving programming.

A reply to this message is not necessary. For more information about schedules and programming check our website, www.discovery.com. If you have any further inquiries or comments, please contact us via our webform at http://extweb.discovery.com/ViewerRelations. Thank you again for expressing your interest in our programming.

Sincerely,
Barbara
Viewer Relations
Discovery Networks

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An open letter to the Discovery Channel:

What happened.

I thought we had something.

Something has happened in recent years that has caused the Discovery channel to turn into something I just don’t want to watch anymore. Shows like American Chopper, American Hot Rod, Monster Garage, Surprise by Design, and even Party Planner have replaced the constant flood of documentaries that I fell in love with in the mid-90s. It’s so very, very sad.

Why did you abandon your tried-and-true formula, Discovery? Was it a ratings thing? When your red-headed stepchild, TLC, started broadcasting home-improvement shows 24/7, I didn’t complain – I just turned to you and watched shows about gazelles grazing and electrons flowing. But now I can’t even tell you and TLC apart anymore. Shows about home improvement and motorcycle building have all but replaced my beloved documentaries about whales and lasers.

I’m letting you know that I’m leaving you, Discovery. I’m leaving you for a younger woman. The History Channel knows what it takes to turn this 26 year old on. I can watch incredible shows like Modern Marvels EVERY DAY on The History Channel.

So you keep airing shows about angry motorcycle building guys with more muscles and testosterone than I’ll ever have, and I’ll be watching the History Channel. I won’t give up on you, though…I’ll check in from time to time to see if you’ve gone back to your roots, and if that day ever comes rest assured I’ll start watching just as much as I used to. But for now, my heart belongs to History.

Your Pal,

Brett Dunst

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If you haven’t heard yet, Bugs Bunny just got a whole new look.

This loud flash animation pretty much sums it up for me!

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On a scale of -100 to +100, where -100 is a womanly woman’s brain and +100 is a manly man’s brain, I scored a 25.

What about you? Do you think like a boy or a girl?

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You know the PlayStation2 is nearing the end of its useful life when you can buy modchips for just 11 bucks.

The only solderless mod for the PS2 remains the $80 DMS4 EZI.

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You hear a lot about bloggers in the news and whatever… But the news media only seem to care about politically-themed blogs, even though they’re such a small percentage of weblogs in general. The White House even invited this blogger guy to a press briefing today. WTF?

So what’s the deal? Does anyone actually read political blogs? I sure don’t! But that’s what the media would have you believe!

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Today I’m a little wiped out from the Indiana Jones event and the copious amount of gin consumed as we waited for the event to start last night at 8:30.

We had a blast. The food was great, the free gifts were classy, and we got to ride Indiana Jones with the lights on. Some guy wrote up a summary of the event with a few (small) pictures, so instead of me talking about it I’ll just link you to that one.

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Martin Denny, a pioneer in the world of exotica, died last night in his Hawaiian home.

The first of the obits is already online.

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