Things That Are Embarrassing

1) I finally made the (essential) "Reading Room" feed over at Sidney Chen's The Standing Room! Somehow I always knew this day would arrive. I just imagined it catch me in a... slightly more dignified position... ...but whom was I fooling? 2) This blog entry from everyone's OTHER favorite violin-playing one-man-band, Andrew Bird, is excruciating. It seriously reads like an Onion article. Like,

Op-Ed: Our New Album Fucking Rocks by Lars Ulrich.

People, don't do this. Andrew, honey, I love your records too. I am pointing this out for your benefit.