August 2013
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Jack’s 2013 Fall TV Preview
Oh sure, it’s easy to write a fall TV preview when you’ve been sent DVD screeners and top-secret URLs and download codes. It’s another matter altogether when all you have to go on is the TV Guide Fall Preview 2013. But for the second year in a row, that’s what I’m going to do for […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 8/27/13
EPISODE #91: THE END OF SUMMER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Bruce Springsteen — “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” Life in a Blender — “Summer Goes Too Fast” New York Dolls — “End of the Summer” Dar Williams — “The End of the Summer” Palma Violets — “Last of the Summer Wine” Florence & […]
Movie Review: In a World…
3.5 stars out of 5 In the ’90s, my then-roommate Joe and I were watching Letterman, and Hank Azaria was the guest. He started riffing on movie-trailer voiceovers. “A Time to BLAAAH” was the phrase that really cracked us up, and we repeated it to each other over and over again. I had never really […]
Holiday Inn, Tewksbury-Andover
Eating room service French onion soup in the dark hoping the baby will sleep Merlot arrived sheathed in Saran Wrap sealed for someone’s protection not mine Two-alarm fire in a three-story building watched across the way yesterday We were safe, always safe bag baby 2000 Subaru Brooklyn Brookline beyond Puncturing cheese with a hotel spoon […]
I Add Some Words to a Snippet From the New York Times
Kerry Cheeseboro, a manager at Dorrian’s Red Hand, a Yankees-leaning bar on the Upper East Side most known as the place preppy murderer Robert Chambers and his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Levin were hanging out just before he killed her, said it would be difficult for many fans to come to terms with Mr. de Blasio’s feelings. […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 8/20/13
EPISODE #90: REQUESTS VI The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Bob Hillman — “Everyone’s an Actor in New York” [for Sarah] Mel Torme — “Careless Hands” [for Ken] Kraftwerk — “Tour de France” [for Kate] The Magnetic Fields — “Papa Was a Rodeo” [for Audrey] Jerry Lewis — “Come Rain or Come Shine” [for Elyse] […]
Separated at Birth XXIX
Spectacular Now star Miles Teller and Mark Zuckerberg who started Friendster or something
Movie Review: The Spectacular Now
4.5 stars out of 5 A couple of quick things: —You know you’re in trouble when Bubs from The Wire is a major positive influence in your life. —Maybe Miles Teller should’ve played Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network. He looks more like him than Jesse Eisenberg does. He might look more like Zuckerberg than […]
It’s a Tie
My uncle moved to Australia and all I got was this lousy tie. Actually, eleven ties, and not the slightest bit lousy: Italian, silk, that sort of thing, likely nicer than all the neckties I’ve collected over the years. The thing is, I just don’t wear ties very often. You could make a strong argument […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 8/13/13
EPISODE #89: HELL The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Steve Earle featuring Allison Moorer — “Heaven or Hell” The Volcano Suns — “Descent Into Hell” The Clash — “Straight to Hell” Elvis Costello — “This Is Hell” The Duke & the King — “The Morning I Get to Hell” Times New Viking — “Half Day […]
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