Tape Noise Diary is a personal blog published and maintained by Jay Cruz. It discusses topics such as books, films, music, personal development, web tech, personal narratives of mundane events and everything in between.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg, an actress I only knew from the film The Science of Sleep, but also happens to be a singer- songwriter, collaborated with Beck on this song called “Heaven Can Wait”. The song is from Gainsbourg soon to be released third album,...
Fight Club Fight Goes On
The film Fight Club is celebrating its ten year anniversary. A special collectors Blue Ray edition was released for the occasion. People have reported that it comes with a Project Mayhem-like prank. The Ny Times article takes...
Flesh of Your Flesh
New Yorker profiles Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals.
Foer was just nine years old when the problem of being an “eating animal” first presented itself. One evening, his parents left him and his older brother with a...
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Oxford Word of the Year
The New Oxford American Dictionary has officially added unfriend as a verb meaning “to remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook”. I know it’s easier to write and say, “I unfriended Bob” than...
As personal blog go, Tape Noise Diary is well written and a departure from the 'daily routine' norm. Each entry focuses on a thought or objective and stays true to it. I found that I could choose a post at random and really come away feeling like I have learned something about the topic, and Jay as well.
