http://hotrod.vox.com/library/posts/tags/navel+gazing/page/1/ i quietly tied all my guts into knots en Vox Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:13:03 -0500 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss navel gazing http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/a-thousand-words.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hotrod) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/a-thousand-words.html?_c=feed-rss http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/a-thousand-words.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:13:03 -0500 A couple of days ago, we glanced over to the left there and noticed that we're on pace for 2009 to be our most prolific year as a blogger. That surprised the hell out of us. It had seemed to us that the month that just ended was a microcosm of o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/a-thousand-words.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11413d7d0819d0123ddcd7b35860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> navel gazing national blog posting month a thousand words phoning it in http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/rocktober-conundrum.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hotrod) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/rocktober-conundrum.html?_c=feed-rss http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/rocktober-conundrum.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:47:53 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/video/6a00c11413d7d0819d0110186ff7a4860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c11413d7d0819d0110186ff7a4860f-50si" alt="Guns N&#39; Roses - Welcome to the Jungle" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> We've been wondering for the past few days what is the protocol on the off chance one of the copycats happens to post a song we had on our agenda. Because that happened. We ultimately decided to go ahead and stick with our original setlist becau... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/rocktober-conundrum.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11413d7d0819d0123dddf33a2860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> insanity navel gazing guns n' roses cap'n crunch thirty-one days of rocktober http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/more-cowbell.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hotrod) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/more-cowbell.html?_c=feed-rss http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/more-cowbell.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:46:29 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/video/6a00c11413d7d0819d011018110f5a860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c11413d7d0819d011018110f5a860e-50si" alt="Nazareth - Hair of the Dog" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This is shaping up to be a pretty crappy Rocktober. We mean, sure the songs all rock and all, but the commentary has left a little something to be desired. We'd say it's the "Worst. Rocktober. Ever." if only Cap'n Crunch hadn't set the bar so go... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/more-cowbell.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11413d7d0819d0123ddd75c34860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cowbell navel gazing nazareth phoning it in thirty-one days of rocktober http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/under-the-wire.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hotrod) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/under-the-wire.html?_c=feed-rss http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/under-the-wire.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:11:17 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/video/6a00c11413d7d0819d0123ddce3aea860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c11413d7d0819d0123ddce3aea860d-50si" alt="The Pretenders - My City Was Gone" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Man, I feel like Daby or Jodi today - throwing up junk at the last minute just to meet some arbitrary deadline. I got to Ohio later than I expected, and time is running short. Plus, I don't want to do this now. So more tomorrow. Maybe. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/under-the-wire.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11413d7d0819d01240b66e7fe860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> navel gazing the pretenders flyover states thirty-one days of rocktober http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/damn-were-good.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hotrod) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/damn-were-good.html?_c=feed-rss http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/damn-were-good.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:23:27 -0400 Well, lookee here: we made the [music is good] page. Again. This time it was for our insightful commentary on Weezer and the Replacements' legacy in the annals of rock history. We're surprised - not to mention honored and flattered - to be feat... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/damn-were-good.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11413d7d0819d011018065ba6860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> navel gazing smugness hcoiro (dc) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/roger-wilco.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hotrod) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/roger-wilco.html?_c=feed-rss http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/roger-wilco.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:12:34 -0400 Hey, we made the [music is good] box again! And we love the caption. It encapsulates perfectly - and much more succinctly than our words - one of our most valued rules for life. In fact, let's go ahead and update the rulebook right now. Hotrod... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/roger-wilco.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11413d7d0819d011016b0f0b1860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> shoes navel gazing rules for life http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/bah-bah-dah-shooby-doo-wah.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hotrod) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/bah-bah-dah-shooby-doo-wah.html?_c=feed-rss http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/bah-bah-dah-shooby-doo-wah.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:03:43 -0400 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/video/6a00c11413d7d0819d011017e6efc0860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c11413d7d0819d011017e6efc0860e-50si" alt="Yacht Rock Episode 9" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> We may have mentioned this before, but those that pay attention can track our general disposition through this humble blog. We've noticed over the past three years a clear (to us) pattern of negligence when we are down. Now just so happens to be... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/bah-bah-dah-shooby-doo-wah.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11413d7d0819d011016a648e2860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> navel gazing despair yacht rock i *heart* question of the day phoning it in now that's what i call a coke party http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/enter-better-text-here.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hotrod) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/enter-better-text-here.html?_c=feed-rss http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/enter-better-text-here.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:53:48 -0400 Now is the time when I'm supposed to announce that for the next week I'll be posting nothing but a daily response to the Question of the Day. But I'm not very clever to begin with and I had a really shitty afternoon. Just this introductory post ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/enter-better-text-here.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11413d7d0819d01101617c1e2860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> navel gazing despair i *heart* question of the day fucking memes phoning it in what is a 'meme' anyway? http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/another-hotrodvoxcom-clip-show.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hotrod) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/another-hotrodvoxcom-clip-show.html?_c=feed-rss http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/another-hotrodvoxcom-clip-show.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:41:54 -0400 Today is a big day. We turn three years old today. We've come a long way since our humble beginnings, and have much to commemorate. It's a less-than-ideal day for festivities, given our other plans, but birthdays are meant to be observed on the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/another-hotrodvoxcom-clip-show.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11413d7d0819d011016920b96860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> cycling anniversary lake tahoe team in training navel gazing phoning it in http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/no-one.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(hotrod) http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/no-one.html?_c=feed-rss http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/no-one.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:38:04 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c11413d7d0819d0110180b832b860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c11413d7d0819d0110180b832b860f-50si" alt="No One" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I was going to write a lengthy introduction to this song just like all the others, but you know what? Fuck it. I think I've earned the right to slack off here. I'm a three-time KttD champion. You know who else has won multiple times? No one.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://hotrod.vox.com/library/post/no-one.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c11413d7d0819d011017ae1a43860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> kttd alicia keys navel gazing smugness phoning it in