I’m off to Savannah again (read posts from my last trip), back in a week. I may post from the road, but don’t count on it. Behave yourselves while I’m gone.
The Queen of Memphis Soul
I celebrated my birthday this past weekend. The highlight was at a barbecue when I was asked — nay, urged — to recount the plot of the film Soylent Green (1973) to several bystanders who were unfamiliar with it. Believe me, people, I live for moments like that. I got some great books and CDs, [...]
Breaking The Code
I saw The Da Vinci Code. It was okay, as conspiracy thrillers go. The critics were pretty damn harsh — overly so. Didn’t you read the damn book? Dan Brown makes Clive Cussler read like F. Scott Cussler. The book was great pulp, but very talky, so making a movie was always going to be [...]
“Even your emotions had an echo…”
Closing out new music week… (All three days of it. And what did you pay to get in here?) Unless you waste all day on pop culture blogs, you may not have heard of overnight sensations Gnarls Barkley yet. The duo is made up of Cee-Lo Green (of the Goodie Mob) and DJ Danger Mouse. [...]
Thoughts on your new Idol
Look, you either watched American Idol last night or you don’t care, so whatever. (Spoken like a viewer who’s never watched an entire episode before this season, but whatever.) Last night’s finale was packed with stars: Al Jarreau, Wolfgang Puck, Toni Braxton, Prince. The contestants sang better than they have before, although the group numbers [...]
What the Dickens?
After last year’s season finale for Lost, a lot of fans were crying like little babies that they didn’t get enough. Oh, sure, in a stunning development, the Others showed up, Walt got kidnapped and the boat got blown up, but we didn’t get to see inside the hatch. Wah, wah, wah. I though it [...]
Pictures of Lily
Continuing with new music… Remember Arctic Monkeys? (I posted about them here and here.) They were a sensation due to their MySpace page (See note in the comments as to the validity of this statement). Here comes the next MySpace superstar: Lily Allen. Now that would probably be the best reason for me to blow [...]
Soul Patrol v. Kat Pack
I’ve never really watched Idol and I keep being reminded why (as I said before). For example, last night’s terrible debut singles from Taylor and McPhee (a duo along the lines of Tippecanoe and Tyler Too) were one example. Then, His Dawgness says Taylor Hicks’ version of “Levon” is “pitchy” and Paula Abdul replies that [...]
“Back to that same old place…”
I’ll be posting some new-ish tunes this week. For no particular reason. Following up on last year’s super mega hit (which means he still didn’t sell jack compared to Britney) Illinois album, Sufjan Stevens will be releasing in July The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album. This disc contains tracks that didn’t make [...]
Spiced Ham
In recent weeks, I have been inundated with comment spam, which I have been able to keep offline, but only with enormous (and tedious) effort. As ticked off as I am about it (a baseball bat keeps popping into my mind), I couldn’t avoid laughing at this one: Name: Kim | IP: 207.210.110.4 Kim Looks [...]