2013
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My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/19/13
EPISODE #68: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2013 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Nellie McKay — “Mother of Pearl” The Shangri-Las — “The Dum Dum Ditty” Sleater-Kinney — “Little Babies” Vivian Girls — “Take It As It Comes” Wild Flag — “Romance” Big Eyes — “Since You Left” Emmylou Harris — “Lonely Girl” Dolly Mixture — […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/12/13
EPISODE #67: ST. PATRICK’S DAY 2013 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Bern & the Brights — “Irish Boys” Niall Connolly — “She Makes Me Want To Be Clean” Fionn Regan — “Put a Penny in the Slot” Gilbert O’Sullivan — “Clair” Feargal Sharkey — “A Good Heart” Stiff Little Fingers — “Suspect Device” The […]
Movie Review: Two Pints Lighter
3.5 stars out of 5 The pinball museum was closed. I’d gone down to Asbury Park from Hoboken for the day and this had thrown a monkey wrench into my evening plans. They were holding a charity event there, autism, $100 entry. I’m a charitable guy, but, come on, a hundred bucks? I just wanted […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 3/5/13
EPISODE #66: HIGHWAYS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Depeche Mode — “Route 66” Bob Dylan — “Highway 61 Revisited” Bruce Springsteen — “Highway 29” Continental Drifters — “Highway of the Saints” The Beach Boys — “Honkin’ Down the Highway” The Merry-Go-Round — “Highway” The Ergs! — “Out on the Interstate” Peter Case — “Spell […]
Movie Review: Koch
4 stars out of 5 A nice documentary double feature might be Koch and Helvetica, because the font is all over this movie. Not just on the subway signs that are a seemingly integral part of any movie shot in New York City, but also in Ed Koch’s old campaign materials and even the on-screen […]
Movie Review: A Good Day To Die Hard
3.5 stars out of 5 I’ll keep seeing Die Hard movies as long as they keep making them. They’ll wheel out Bruce Willis, it’ll be “Yippie-ki— wait, what was I talking about?” and I’ll be sitting there in the virtuo-theater munching eCorn. But if they expect me to remember anything from film to film, they […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 2/26/13
EPISODE #65: DREAMS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Everly Brothers — “All I Have To Do Is Dream” Elf Power — “O What a Beautiful Dream” Get Well Soon — “Your Endless Dream” Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong — “Dream a Little Dream of Me” The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — […]
Meatball Sandwich Review: Sanpanino
I know the intersection of Christopher and Hudson Streets very, very well. From 1994 through 2011, it was an important part of my daily commute: Get off the train at Christopher, cross Hudson, and be on my merry way—and the reverse in the evening. Still, I’ve never really “hung out” a lot over there. Sure, […]
Emails Found on my Old Computer, Episode #5
12/15/01 SUBJECT: it’s 5:06 a.m. …and i fucking hate myself. went to [name redacted]’s xmas party. [Redacted] is 27 and clean-cut and an absolute sweetheart. i kid myself thinking i could get her. i can’t get her. co-worker nancy brings her cute-and-sassy friend Melissa, who i met the night that I took care of the […]
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