Mixed Meters

This is an advertisement from today's LA Times, page A11, whose red ink is elsewhere in the news today. This ad is part of a series o...

By my own definition the Christmas season begins on the first day I notice Christmas music being played at Starbucks. So today, Thursday No...

AWFUL STARBUCKS MUSIC DRIVES ME TO IPOD Over the years I've had surprisingly few issues with the music selection in my local Starbucks. ...

One of the Mixed Meters Regular Readers ( MMRR s) might have noticed a few pictures posted here and there. I've taken many of them mys...

This is Spark. He's an artist. He draws and paints things both real and imagined. He's very good. I met him because we both han...

click here to hear The Gray Song. I remember thinking how easy it would be to turn this into a never ending piece of electronica. But I res...

click here to hear And Pretend That It's a Circus Clown - This afternoon the muzak in Starbucks was turned down low. I happily wrote th...

On most of my trips to Starbucks I never talk to anyone beyond pleasantries. It's a coffee shop, not a coffee house. But Saturday I foun...

I removed the sanitary wrapping from my straw and a bit of paper was left, attached by static.. Looks like an animal - if you use your ima...