this just in

this just in: newt gingrich has admitted that he was having an extramarital affair while the whole monica-gate thing was going on. pot, thy name is kettle! this is almost as good as when rush limbaugh got busted for illegal possession of prescription oxycontin, then entered rehab to kick his addiction.

moralizing bastards...throw them to the lions!

a music review + RWP

before i get into the friday feature (which, again, i ganked from shellefly), i want to mention what i did last night. went to the lo-fi in eastlake with glaucon, chrisanthos, and drjohn to see the industrial jazz group. we were there particularly to see the beautiful and talented xtingu, who is in town from philadelphia to sing with this group. they are a ~15 piece jazz wind ensemble (brass and a whole lotta sax + drums, electric bass, electric keyboard, and occasional vocals). i would describe their style of jazz as "hopping." most of their songs are instrumental, which is unfortunate because xtingu is a wildly talented vocalist. she is under-utilized, to put it mildly. don't get me wrong, the band is great--they are tight and everyone hits the appointed notes at the appointed times, with the attendant challenging jazz keys and time signature changes and all that. i just find this kind of jazz more interesting with vocals, i think; and did i mention how great xtingu's voice is? really, i'm not just saying that because i like her (though i do, very much). she has an impressive range, she can change from smooth and velvety to rough and trashy to "hey, i'm on broadway, hear me soar" on a dime, and she's got great stage presence. hey, you dudes+1 dudette in the band: use her!!!

(i don't know if anyone else noticed this or not, but...throughout the show, the band leader introduced the band 1 row at a time. they played a couple of songs, he introduced the front row; they played a couple more songs, he introduced the second row, and so on. unless i missed it, he never introduced xtingu. what's up with that???)

( RWP behind cut )

computer compatibility query

can anyone help me? i just checked out a hypertext novel from the library--shelley jackson's patchwork girl, and i can't seem to read it on my computer. i'm running the latest version of os-x on a mac powerbook, almost 4 years old, etc. when i insert the cd-rom it tries to open os-9 classic, but that doesn't seem to be installed on my computer, and it's also not on my tiger disk.

suggestions? i've tried looking at the mac website but can't figure it out. i really want to read this text!