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My Internet Radio Playlist, 7/7/15
EPISODE #188: CASEY KASEM TRIBUTE 2015 “The New Scooby-Doo Movies” [ALTERNATE THEME] Chuck Berry — “My Ding-a-Ling” [Billboard No. 1, 10/21/72 – 10/28/72] The Temptations — “Papa Was a Rolling Stone” [No. 1, 12/2/72] Billy Paul — “Me and Mrs. Jones” [No. 1, 12/16/72 – 12/23/72] Paul McCartney & Wings — “My Love” [No. 1, 6/2/73 […]
Movie Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
3 stars out of 5 For recent vintage coming-of-age movies set in Pittsburgh, Adventureland (2009) is—in my not-so-humble opinion—far and away the best. Coming in second: 2012’s The Perks of Being of a Wallflower. Taking the bronze from the Iron City? Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. In a nutshell, our teenage protagonist befriends […]
Trending
I’ll admit it, I’m kind of addicted to the “trending” column on Facebook’s desktop version. Yes, it’s taken a little of the fun out of “discovering” celebrity deaths, but there is often some helpful or interesting info there. And yet, I am often left wondering, “Why the fuck is this trending?” What I’ve done right […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/30/15
EPISODE #187: STATES The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] John Linnell — “The Song of the 50 States” The Bee Gees — “Massachusetts” Kate Jacobs — “Indiana” Frank Zappa — “Montana” The Delta Spirit — “Idaho” Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young — “Ohio” Bruce Springsteen — “Nebraska” James Carr — “Gonna Send You Back to […]
The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Israel, Vol. 4 (2010)
Having obtained a newly uncovered photo of Lee as a little girl (with her brother Edward), I thought it was high time to return to her collected e-mails. Since our last installment, we learned that the extremely funny, talented, and charming Chris O’Dowd has joined the cast with the already announced, amazingly wonderful Julianne Moore in […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/22/15
EPISODE #186: SUMMER 2015 dedicated to Jack Leonard The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Pixies Three — “Summertime USA” Sam Cooke — “Summertime” Sly & the Family Stone — “Hot Fun in the Summertime” Linda Guilala — “Verano” The School — “Summer’s Here” The Duke & the King — “Summer Morning Rain” Tweedy — […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/16/15
EPISODE #185: CHILDREN The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Brian Wilson — “Little Children” The Smiths — “Suffer Little Children” Blind Willie Johnson — “Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time” Future Bible Heroes — “Keep Your Children in a Coma” Rubber City Rebels — “Child Eaters” Evans the Death — “A Small Child Punched Me […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition X
“TV is my friend,” sings Colleen Green, “and it has been with me every day from an early age.” I have initiated legal action against Ms. Green for obviously plagiarizing my life. While I wait for my briefs to be be filed (hey now!), here is my biannual rundown of the new or new-to-me shows […]
Movie Review: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
4.5 stars out of 5 P.T. Anderson: Sure, I’m a fan. Wes Anderson, of course — huge favorite of mine. But who the hell is Roy Andersson? All I knew was that my friend Cat posted a movie trailer on Facebook and wrote “Amazin’.” She seems to like cool, quality things, so I clicked. I […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/9/15
EPISODE #184: A REAL SHIT SHOW The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Ballboy — “All the Records on the Radio Are Shite” The Minus 5 — “Aw Shit Man” Mudhoney — “Run Shithead Run” Against Me! — “Holy Shit” The Ramones — “Censorshit” Rachael Yamagata — “Bullshit” soundbite from The Wire — “Later for that […]
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