I used to be able to write. I was able to compile large sentences and group them into paragraphs more often than twice. Now it seems an arduous task to contribute more than 140 characters to any singular idea. Moreover the idea of paralysis begins to set in. Am I unable to deliver witty banter and embed code? Will my hands weigh heavy of stone despite my will for them to move. I clamor to think of the root of this paralysis; some sort of disease, congenital defect or injury? I rationalize that the thoughts are simply gone like the moments before a blow to the head. Spilled on the floor from the resonance of a blunt object.

If I were blessed with amnesia from the injury then every possibility would be new. However we are cursed to be the observer.

A friend of mine recommended Baby Dayliner to me and now I’m hooked. Ethan Marunas has taken on the moniker of Baby Dayliner and delivered a persona that’s a throwback to Manchester and the beginnings of New Wave. Dosing heavily on Temptation era New Order Dayliner has created a fantastic haze of eyeliner music. Channeling Morrissey albeit in a skewed key way. I’d hate to say that he sings off key but he doesn’t necessarily sing on key either. The albums should be packaged with Mabaline products and promises of make-out parties. Watch the video below and make up your own mind.

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With the most ironic move of the year, Netflix brings watch on demand to the Mac thanks to Microsoft’s Silverlight. I must say this implementation of their player is fantastic. The quality is excellent, sometimes resembling 720p HD. Not quite getting there but close, close enough for streaming. The player has had no problems playing a few movies. I had more problems on the windows side even a few weeks ago. Having to upgrade to Windows Media Player 11 and getting the Netflix player plugin and lets not even talk about the auto licensing issues that can occur. Also if you have the wrong monitor the movies won’t play properly some times because of the DRM solution. Lets just say it takes some trouble shooting to get the windows version of the player working properly in some cases. I actually hope they adopt the Silverlight player on the windows side as well as it was completely painless.

Link: Netflix Mac Beta

I caught Zack and Miri this weekend and I must say it was a lot funnier than I thought it would be. Oddly the movie doesn’t look like a Kevin Smith film and aside from the gratuitous addition of Jennifer Schwalbach as the class reunion organizer and of course Jason Mewes, you may not even know it was a Smith film. Seth and Banks work really well together in this film and every minor role is played amazingly well. Justin Long is nothing short of brilliant, The rest of the cast holds up really well including Tisha Campbell’s 5 minutes, which are fantastic. It wasn’t ground breaking nor does it even nudge the envelope, other than having the word porno in the title and some nudity, it is actually kind of a tame movie.

Smith is notorious for having the worst musical soundtracks, the guy really should leave those editorial decisions to someone else but in this film, other than the Primus choice in the opening, he doesn’t fall flat on his face. Which doesn’t say much but for those of us who think music is important it’s huge.