April Links Archive

The Truth about 1080p - link

Strategy Guide wiki - link

Affordable Europe - NY Times 4/23/2006 - link

BiancaVision - food video podcast - link

Jon Ronson's columns in the Guardian - link

'The Awful German Language' by Mark Twain - link

Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon - link

Keith Stattenfield, Renaissance Man - link

The Capitol Steps are Terrible

Or to put it mildly, The Capitol Steps Suck. Apparently they seem to be relatively well-liked out there in Culture Land, particularly with the NPR set. However, their appearances on NPR are one of its low points in programming. They're not that funny and exhibit 8th-grade level parody that doesn't even achive the level of satire.

Back to junior high swing choir with the lot of them. Now, about that time in band camp...

Link

Am I being too harsh on them? I don't think so. Not for the bastard children of Mark Russell.