Los Angeles News Group breaking news coverage of the Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino

Initially created for internal use, but probably interesting to others. It was a pretty grim exercise reliving all of this over the course of two hours or so.

iPod Top 100: 2015

“Daddy, what’s an ‘iPod?'”

“It’s like an iPhone that could hold a fraction of the data, only contained songs and was controlled by a plastic wheel.”

“Be serious, Daddy.”

At this point, the name is tradition, though.

1. “We Only Come Out at Night” – The Sugar Stems
2. “I Wanna Get Better” – Bleachers
3. “Renegades” – The Young Evils
4. “Bridge to Hawaii” – Tacocat
5. “Pedestrian at Best” – Courtney Barnett
6. “All Your Favorite Bands” – Dawes
7. “West Coast” – Lana Del Rey
8. “Life Rips” – Mommy Long Legs
9. “California Nights” – Best Coast
10. “Shambala” – Three Dog Night
11. “I Love L.A.” – Randy Newman
12. “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” – Ruby Friedman Orchestra
13. “Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party” – Courtney Barnett
14. “Ex’s & Oh’s” – Elle King
15. “Longer Than You’ve Been Alive” – Old 97’s
16. “Black Magic” – Prom Queen
17. “A New Wave” – Sleater-Kinney
18. “Back to the Shack” – Weezer
19. “Feeling Ok” – Best Coast
20. “Restless Year” – Ezra Furman
21. “Go!” – Public Service Broadcasting
22. “R U Mine?” – Arctic Monkeys
23. “The Fish Aren’t Biting Today” – David Allen Coe
24. “Simplicity” – Macroform
25. “Stalking Legs” – The Shivas
26. “Hammerhead Shark” – David Lee Roth
27. “All I Want is to Be Your Girl” – Holly Miranda
28. “I Wanna Be Yours” – Arctic Monkeys
29. “TV” – Colleen Green
30. “7:30 A.M.” – Slothrust
31. “Paul Newman” – The Fontaines
32. “Laughing in the Sugar Bowl” – Veruca Salt
33. “Arabella” – Arctic Monkeys
34. “Over the Ocean” – Best Coast
35. “Honeymoon” – Lana Del Rey
36. “Sugar” – Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
37. “No. 1 Party Anthem” – Arctic Monkeys
38. “In My Room” – Best Coast
39. “An Illustration of Loneliness (Sleepless in New York)” – Courtney Barnett
40. “I Love Beach Music” – The Embers
41. “Moment” – Ever so Android
42. “Don’t Wanna Lose” – Ex Hex
43. “Papaya” – Quitapenas
44. “Why Go to War” – William Onyeabor
45. “Knee Socks” – Arctic Monkeys
46. “Feeling of Love” – Best Coast
47. “Aqua Profunda!” – Courtney Barnett
48. “I’m In Your Mind” – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
49. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” – Lorde
50. “De Día y de Noche” – Los Straitjackets
51. “Stoned and Starving” – Parquet Courts
52. “Do It” – Tuxedo
53. “I Want It Tall” – Arctic Monkeys
54. “Violent Shiver” – Benjamin Booker
55. “Fine Without You” – Best Coast
56. “Midnight In Her Eyes” – The Black Keys
57. “Country House” – Blur
58. “Gangsta” – Bushwalla
59. “Dead Fox” – Courtney Barnett
60. “Oh Well, Pt. 1 (Live)” – Fleetwood Mac
61. “High By the Beach” – Lana Del Rey
62. “Magia Blanca” – Los Straitjackets
63. “Wildfires” – Mariachi El Bronx
64. “The Legend of Chavo Guerrero” – The Mountain Goats
65. “Wagon Wheel” – Old Crow Medicine Show
66. “Valle Moreno” – Quitapenas
67. “Summer Nights” – Van Halen
68. “Snap Out of It” – Arctic Monkeys
69. “Sweet Little Angel (Live)” – B.B. King
70. “Make You Mine” – Best Coast
71. “Debbie Downer” – Courtney Barnett
72. “Baker Street” – Gerry Rafferty
73. “Just Call Me” – Gospel Machine
74. “Nightclubbing” – Iggy Pop
75. “Hey Lupe” – Los Straitjackets
76. “Return Back” – Macroform
77. “The Race for Space” – Public Service Broadcasting
78. “Me Llevaba” – Quitapenas
79. “Dim the Lights” – Wild Ones
80. “One for the Road” – Arctic Monkeys
81. “2^25,000:1 Against and Falling” – Beardyman
82. “When Will I Change” – Best Coast
83. “Hard Row” – The Black Keys
84. “There’s No Other Way” – Blur
85. “Parklife” – Blur
86. “Elevator Operator” – Courtney Barnett
87. “You Are Doing” – Macroform
88. “Gagarin” – Public Service Broadcasting
89. “Os Quitapenas” – Quitapenas
90. “The Commander Thinks Aloud” – The Long Winters
91. “Fireside” – Arctic Monkeys
92. “Heaven Sent” – Best Coast
93. “No Trust” – The Black Keys
94. “Depreston” – Courtney Barnett
95. “1/2 2 P” – The I Don’t Cares
96. “Loco Te Patina el Coco” – Los Straitjackets
97. “Seeing in Purple” – Macroform
98. “Sputnik” – Public Service Broadcasting
99. “Guayabo” – Quitapenas
100. “Mad Sounds” – Arctic Monkeys

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Books read, 2015

So, this is an improvement over the last two years, but only just: I managed to read 15 books in the last year. Let’s see if I can reach the dizzying heights of 16 books in a single year in 2016.

Jan. 27: The Frood by Jem Roberts
Jan. 27: Declare by Tim Powers
Feb. 27: Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers
March 13: Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber
April 22: Mr. Kiss and Tell by Rob Thomas
July 21: Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman
Aug. 29: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
Sept. 1.: Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber
Sept. 28: Realms: The Roleplaying Art of Tony DiTerlizzi
Sept. 29: Doctor Who: 12 Doctors, 12 Stories
Oct. 13: Doctor Who: City of Death
Oct. 16: The Shepherd’s Crown by Terry Pratchett
Nov. 27: Gnomes by Wil Huygen
Dec. 14: Welcome to Night Vale: A Novel by Joseph Fink
Dec. 30: Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett