December 2011
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New Year’s Resolutions 2012
1. Lose 10 pounds. 2. Gain 15 pounds. 3. Start smoking. 4. Move part in hair half-centimeter to the left. 5. Finally learn how to play piano and when instructor tells me that I’m actually getting very good, never ever play again. 6. Meet girl, lose girl, think about winning girl back, but really listen […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 12/27/11
EPISODE #4: NEW TO ME IN 2011 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Yellowbirds — “Pulaski Bridge” Bandana Splits — “Sometimes” Big Eyes — “Why Can’t I” Full of Fancy — “Dear Summer” Roadside Graves — “West Coast” Bern & the Brights — “It Goes Like That” Those Darlins — “Screws Get Loose” Big Troubles […]
Writing Experiment: 2011 in Puns and Wordplay in 1 Hr., 11 Min.
I wrote a Facebook status earlier: “Clearing out my 2011 puns. R.E.M. breakup = Stipe-end.” That was it. Nothing earth-shattering. But, people liked it. “Liked” it. As I type this, 17 likes, 8 comments. Now I’m home, I’ve had three beers, and I’m giving myself a challenge. Using Wikipedia’s entries on 2011 and 2011 in […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 12/20/11
EPISODE #3: THE 2011 HOLIDAY SPECIAL The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Woody Guthrie — “Hanukkah Dance” Bob Dylan — “Must Be Santa” Yo La Tengo — “Rock N Roll Santa” The Black Arts — “Christmas Number One” C-3PO & Friends — “R2-D2, We Wish You a Merry Christmas” Sisterhood — “Rocking Disco Santa Claus” […]
Movie Review: The Sitter
1.5 stars out of 5 It’s Jonah Hill’s last movie as a big fat guy! (For now, anyway.) And like the thinner fellow we’ve seen emerge, there’s a mediocre movie trying to break free from this unfortunately crappy film. It almost gets there, but alas there is too much shoddiness and willful stupidity from the […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 12/13/11
EPISODE #2: WORK The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Elvis Costello — “Welcome to the Working Week” Nothing Painted Blue — “Career Day” R.E.M. — “Finest Worksong” Nina Simone — “Work Song” Nellie McKay — “Work Song” Roy Orbison — “Working for the Man” Bruce Springsteen — “Working on the Highway” Devo — “Working in […]
Movie Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
3.5 stars out of 5 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a smartly written, wonderfully performed, expertly directed film which I enjoyed very much… and yet, left the theater wondering, “Wait—what the hell just happened?” I never read the book, mysteries not really being my bag, and I was too young for the mini-series. But it’s […]
Movie Review: Melancholia
4 stars out of 5 It’s the end of the world as we know it, and Kirsten Dunst feels… melancholy. This is an art film with a capital A, so those of you who don’t care for that sort of thing, stop reading right now. I beg you. Don’t tell anyone, but I’ve only seen […]
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