#16: Radio Debut, The End of the World As We Know It, Miami Nice, Ride.

In very exciting news, Nina and I are tentatively doing our first radio interview tomorrow, Tuesday Oct. 3, around 6:00 pm mountain time. The program, which is called The Ride Home, is syndicated to 38 states and 3 countries, so we'll be sure to post more info tomorrow in case anyone wants to listen in!

Remember those prophetic pronouncements of the world's imminent demise due to overpopulation? According to this, it seems like those folks had it backwards. Indeed, nearly half the world lives in countries that are "not reproducing fast enough to replace themselves," including nations like China, Russia, and the United States (even though the U.S. just hit a demographic record, the 300 million population mark). Apparently, the average couple must produce 2.1 children to ensure that numbers don't shrink; the U.S. presently averages 2.03. Get to work, people!

Since Jacksonville has pitched a tent at the head of our voting but I've never really spent time there, I thought I'd share a few of the things that make living in South Florida nice: Cuban bread (made with lard and available everywhere for less than a buck) and pastelitos (procured from ubiquitous bakeries) and the weather (go ahead, I bet it's perfect) and the Hurricanes (not the hurricanes). Cons? The way people drive, the housing situation, and, um, sweating quite a bit.

Had to share this from the vaults, footage of British shoegazer-kings-cum-Britpop-failures Ride introducing their video for "Leave Them All Behind" back in 1992. Remember life before Suede and Oasis? Probably.



xoxox
Danny