Ramayana

Glenn Kotche (yeah, the drummer from Wilco) based this piece on the Indian narrative called Ramayana. It's percussive genius.

Prison

Two reasons to think about the criminal justice system:

First: the This American Life re-run of  Act V. If you haven't listened to the show, it's worth your time. Essentially the entire show is devoted to the St. Louis based Prison Performing Arts production of Hamlet. The show offers a really unique perspective on Hamlet from the view point of convicted criminals. As Jack Hitt puts it "It's a play about murder and its consequences, performed by murderers, living out the consequences."

Second: the movie Conviction.

Betty Ann Waters continues to put her education and experience to work by volunteering with The Innocence Project-an organization dedicated to "exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent further injustice."

Bein Green

Guess who's doing a cover of "Bein' Green"? Yep, that's right, Andrew Bird!!

Actually there are a whole bunch of people doing Muppet covers for "The Green Album". Here's hoping they're all as good as Bird's.

Shiver

What gives you the chills? 
That'll do it for me. There are so many creepy things...including Dave's hair.

;) jk

This made me lol.

Austin

If I felt the need to do so, I could look out my window every night to watch the bats fly out from Congress Bridge.

 Someday, I'm gonna do this.

And all I have to say is HELLOOOOOOOO AUSTIN!!!!

5.10

My new rock climging shoes. Woot!

I'm gonna need a second job to support this hobby.