March 2012
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Laura, My Love, Delegate From the Philippines
While you were exploring the mysteries of raging hormones, sneaking cigarettes and wine coolers, I was busy learning Robert’s Rules of Orders in the Model United Nations. It was an after-school club. We’d be assigned countries and bone up on their policies, using any research materials we could dig up in that pre-Internet world. (Facts […]
Movie Review: Casa de mi Padre
2.5 stars out of 5 Thanks for ruining my birthday, Will Ferrell. Tuesday was my birthday, and on Tuesdays I can see movies for free at Clearview Cinemas, thanks to my Optimum Rewards card. Ah, but there was nothing of interest at my favorite Clearviews this Tuesday, so… I spent SEVEN DOLLARS for a matinee […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/27/12
EPISODE #17: JACK The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Kinks — “Jack the Idiot Dunce” Chet Atkins — “Ballin’ the Jack” The Smoke — “My Friend Jack” Bruce Springsteen — “Jack of all Trades” Elvis Costello — “Jack of all Parades” Laura Veirs — “Jack Can I Ride” Elvis Presley — “From a Jack […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/20/12
EPISODE #16: HAPPY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Housemartins — “Happy Hour” The Promise Ring — “Happy Hour” Rolling Stones — “Happy” Jenny Lewis w/ the Watson Twins — “Happy” Clem Snide — “No One’s More Happy Than You” The Beat — “You Won’t Be Happy” Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “I Hope […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/13/12
EPISODE #15: ST. PATRICK’S DAY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Pogues — “The Sickbed of Cuchulainn” Elvis Costello — “No Action” Thin Lizzy — “Jailbreak” The Men of No Property — “The Bogside Man” Sinéad O’Connor — “Mandinka” Boomtown Rats — “I Don’t Like Mondays” Van Morrison — “Jackie Wilson Said” U2 — “Beautiful […]
MLB Fan Cave 1, Silbert 0
I have warm feelings for the southeast corner of 4th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Tower Records held the spot for years, and I was sad when they went under in 2006. So I’ve kept an eye on the intersection ever since. There was some sort of art project there, and a satellite Toys R […]
Movie Review: The Salt of Life
4 stars out of 5 Is this me in 20 years? (The Salt of Wound?) Sixty-three-year-old writer/director Gianni Di Gregorio plays 63-year-old Gianni, a prematurely-retired admirer of beautiful younger women who is a bit too shy to pull the proverbial trigger. The result is a light, charming film that either you will totally love, like […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/6/12
EPISODE #14: WOMEN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Laura Cantrell — “Do You Ever Think of Me” Amy Allison — “The Whiskey Makes You Sweeter” Amy Rigby — “Don’t Ever Change” Joan Jett & the Blackhearts — “Bad Reputation” Fastbacks — “Everything I Don’t Need” Heavenly — “Sperm Meets Egg, So What?” Bessie Banks […]
Movie Review: The Artist
3.5 stars out of 5 The Artist is a pretty nice film, but it doesn’t have a lot to say. I didn’t want to see it. I resisted seeing it. The trailers seemed too cutesy for me. A little too slick. You know who does good homages to the silent era? This Canadian guy named […]
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