three times ten plus three equals cake and ice cream

Friend Kevin Church celebrates his thirty-third birthday today. I'm not exaggerating for the sake of praise when I say that BeaucoupKevin.com was a major source of inspiration behind my creating Armagideon Time. As someone who specializes in convienience and complacency, I find myself dumbfounded by the attention to detail and drive toward aesthetic excellence that Kevin puts into his site. The written content ain't bad, either.

Kevin also collaborates with the also-awesome Benjamin Birdie on The Rack, a mighty fine webcomic, updated multiple times weekly, and through some unnatural ability to manipulate temporal currents finds the time to also maintain Very, a blog dedicated to the pop music institution that is Pet Shop Boys. There's this, too.

Happy birthday, Kevin!

Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake (from Viva! La Woman, 1996) - A song with a strong message, and that message is "You really ought to go back and play Jet Set Radio Future again."

Underworld - Tin There (from the WipeOut XL OST, 1996) - Because Mr. Church digs the Underworld, and "Born Slippy" would have been too predictable.

Decoder Ring - Ether (from Decoder Ring, 2002) - Every party needs favors. This Decoder Ring comes from Down Under to impart sweet communications of rock-inflected electronica (or vice versa).