Monthly Archives: November 2008

Attention shopping assholes: Try Amazon. There’s less death involved. I suppose I could go on a long rant about how consumerism in this country is tearing us apart and turning us against each other. But I don’t really believe that. … Continue reading →

Ok, normally I don’t like just reposting silly stuff I’ve found from Reddit, but there is just so much to love in this. The inanity of the responses, the hats, the symmetry, their faces! Pure Reddit gold: (click image for … Continue reading →

Rob Horning of PopMatters posted a really thoughtful response to a Peter Suderman post on the inherent positivity of music criticism (in response to a Joe Queenan article, aaaaa! blogosphere!). First, Suderman’s claims: Scan the sidebar of Metacritic’s music page. … Continue reading →

I watched the classic noir The Big Sleep last night. It was pretty great. As with many of the old Howard Hawks films, I find myself sitting up in my chair to catch all of the lightning fast dialog. Here’s … Continue reading →

Check em out: AWS Russia Tour

I’m back from Alarm Will Sound’s Russia tour, taking a day to rest and recoup. I haven’t been this exhausted in a while. I think I’ll stay in on this nice rainy day and watch a horror movie. Or maybe … Continue reading →

I’m off to Russia for a few Alarm Will Sound shows in Moscow and St. Petersburg, so there’ll probably be nothing here for a week or so. In the meantime, if you are or find yourself in the Miami area, … Continue reading →

Well, I’m back on Netflix after a hiatus of a year or so. What brought me back? Why, Mac support for the Watch Instantly service of course! I signed up for the $8.99 a month/one DVD at-a-time/unlimited-viewing plan. I signed … Continue reading →

This is fucking insane: Whoolery and his wife couldn’t believe it when their second and third graders got off the bus last week and told them what other students were saying. “They just hadn’t heard anything like this before,” said … Continue reading →

I realized I’ve been neglecting to use this blog to let y’all know when I have an interesting performance. I guess I’ve been so caught up in the election season and everything, I didn’t even think to post about my … Continue reading →