Tales of the Weird Shipping...

Ever order two things from the same place that are shipped separately but via the same service on the same day, only to have them take widely disperate amounts of time to arrive?

Ever order two things from the same place and have them shipped on the same day but they arrive by different carriers?

Anyway, so I ordered a bunch of stuff from Amazon a while back and it's slowly trickling in. I have learned that UPS is both faster and slower than US Mail. If you're ordering Volumen, you had better use US Mail. However, don't use US Mail for Everything, Everything; Mine is still in the nether regions somewhere. UPS does a good job delivering the Beastie Boys Video Anthology but a rotten job with books.

Speaking of the Beasie Boys video anthology, or the "Beasties Boy" as my chump-ass roommate referred to them earlier, it is really a fine product. I thought I'd give this whole "music video DVD" thing a shot so I ordered the three linked above. The Bjork disk is good in the sense that it is 15 great songs and all the videos are wonderful, but that's all it is. Precisely zero additional features. The Beasties Boy DVD has 18 songs, 40 remixes, audio commentary by the band and the directors including my boy Spike Jonze, some humorous alternative angle stuff, interviews, storyboards, still photos (some also by Spike Jonze!), some additional short stuff and a free poster.

And god damn that "Alive" video is hillarious.