Repeat… repeat… repeat… the driving bassline, the beautiful harpsichord/dulcimer/autoharp-ish piano, the anti-shuffling drums… can’t get enough…
Also enjoying Vampire Weekend (like everyone else did months ago)… A-Punk is The Beat in a bottle…
Category: Consumption
Batched update
Once again, behind the 8-ball… Continue reading “Batched update”
Oh Happy Day blog spaz!
I think it is centered around the fact that I just got a haircut – a real haircut – in a salon and everything – for the first time in months. Continue reading “Oh Happy Day blog spaz!”
Traditional Easter dinner at Grammy’s house
Easter dinner tradition continues, this year with a fabulous Celebration Roast at Grammy’s house, followed by a round of Pictionary. Wonder what we did with that huge Pictionary whiteboard we had in the 90’s…
Another Carolina Brewing Company outing
This is hard to beat: the Carolina Brewing Company is virtually a stone’s-throw from the house, and they have free beer- err, “tours” – every Saturday. The beer doesn’t get any fresher or tastier. Continue reading “Another Carolina Brewing Company outing”
9.0 No Country For Old Men
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Bring your expectations of standard Hollywood conventions to this movie and you’ll be left hanging in a big way. I always preach that it’s great to break the rules and veer away from the formulas in movies once in a while (check out this excellent article on “plot immunity” to whet your whistle on the subject), but resolution is not a convention that’s easy to let go. That’s the challenge of this latest Coen brothers’ trip. |
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We have liftoff – The Boxcar Kid is released!
My pop’s been working his tail off on his first novel, The Boxcar Kid, for a few years now, and yesterday it hit the stores! It’s on the front page of his publisher’s site right now. This is BIG NEWS, we’re all so excited and proud of ya, pop! :>
There’s full info at the publisher’s page, and I’ve been hosting a website for it for a while now, too. I’ll try to update this as more news rolls in…
UPDATE: Andrea is a librarian at goodreads (my lovely nerdy girl! I’m married to a librarian, how sexy is THAT?! :P). She added the book there, so you can rate and discuss it!
9.0 Incubus – Dig
Chase what’s important to you in life. Play this while you do it. Sometimes optimism is alright! :>
Other times, sarcasm does the trick, ala Cracker’s Teen Angst. Here‘s an interview with Cracker dude David Lowery, where he gives a nod to Kurt Vonnegut for his “irony and humor”, and says “I think Bush has done more for energy conservation than Clinton ever did just by screwing everything up”. I’m currently reading Vonnegut’s Jail Bird, it’s Vonnegut so I don’t have to tell you it’s good.
8.5 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Bittersweet drama with some nice time slicing.
9.0 Juliet – Waiting
This sweet song has a shadow of the heartache of Matt Johnson and Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Kingdom of Rain’ duet. Keep them both tucked away for that next post-fight pity party… Then when you make up put on Beck’s ‘I Think I’m In Love’ or The Dandy Warhols’ ‘Bohemian Like You’…