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Music Monday
Joni Mitchell plays “California” on The Johnny Cash Show Neil Young plays “Needle and the Damage Done” on The Johnny Cash Show Ray Charles performs “Ring of Fire” on The Johnny Cash Show Andy Kaufman performs as Elvis on The Johnny Cash Show
Follow Friday
Why not tell you a bit about my friends & family. My friend Howie wants to get knocked up, fortunately so does her husband. She’s documenting their journey over on WordPress, in a blog titled Better Baby Box. My sister is a painter, and has recently started a blog. Her blog’s over here, it’s called In The Paint. She’s pretty good. My apartment is one of her many galleries, I have two of her paintings hanging. My bestfriend and bestfriend-in-law can sometimes be the most domestic people in the universe, but they make fabulous food. You can read about their domestic Life at Number 71. You can also read about my… Read More »Follow Friday
The Runaways
I received a last minute invitation to see The Runaways last night. I couldn’t really turn that down. How could one resist chicks with guitars? I’m not quite sure what to make of the film. The story was sloppy, and didn’t seem to go anywhere. The timeline of the band was so compressed and it seems events were cherry picked out of nowhere without any sense of a timeline to their story1. It seems more to be a vanity project for Joan Jett (who served as Producer) and Cherie Currie (who wrote the book it was based on). Then there’s the band itself, if you were to go by the… Read More »The Runaways
State of Play
Britain, Britain, Britain. This weekend I watched the new Doctor Who, but I also watched a six-part BBC drama called State of Play. The show is a political drama, which takes place in London. It starts with the murder of a young black man, by a professional killer. That same morning, a young woman jumps in front of a subway train. Her boss/lover, Steven Collins (Member of Parliament for a Manchester-area riding) hasn’t been an MP for long, but he’s making waves. He’s heading up a cross-party energy committee, and is seen as a contender for a cabinet post. His public grief at the loss of his employee make it… Read More »State of Play
The Doctor Is In
Back in January, I wrote about The Doctor’s swan song. Now, three months later, he’s back again, but in a different form. This time, Matt Smith takes over the titular role in the longest running science fiction series. The Doctor, as we all know, is a time traveler, who once ran from his own people, and found refuge with his granddaughter on Earth. Unfortunately her nosy teachers sent them fleeing again, and since that fateful day in 1963, the Doctor has been on the run. Though his companions have come and gone1, and through a process known as Regeneration, the Doctor’s changed his appearance and personality, he’s still the same… Read More »The Doctor Is In
Music Monday
Whale Tooth’s “Hibernation Song” Don’t back down like you always do. THE INBREDS WILL BE PLAYING IN KINGSTON IN JUNE! Isobel Campbell sings “Time Is Just The Same” Jonathan Richman is a little dinosaur.
The Sweet Hereafter
The Sweet Hereafter is a classic Atom Egoyan film from 1997. Egoyan’s narrative is emotional and strong. He deftly parallels the grief of Ian Holm’s character over his destroyed family with the grief of the the small community who’s children are lost or injured in a school bus crash. Non-linear narrative is something which has come to be more and more common-place. Television has succeeded at this structure with Lost but more often than not, it fails when countless TV writers don’t know how to make a good teaser and instead jump to the climax of the show. Egoyan is able to successfully navigate the story in a non-linear manner, which… Read More »The Sweet Hereafter
Stop! Sandwich Time!
Over the weekend, I went to Sky Blue Sky again. For those who don’t remember Sky Blue Sky is the Wilco-inspired sandwich shop in The Annex. This time I went with Via Chicago. Roasted onion and chick peas with a hint of curry topped with mango chutney and a tomato on the bread of your liking. The lovely man who I believe owns the place, suggested I try it on the french bread, I was more than happy to take his suggestion. Ooh! Depth of field. Wait, I’m supposed to talk about the sandwich. I was asked to rate the Hoodoo Voodoo by someone, a while ago, I don’t remember… Read More »Stop! Sandwich Time!
March 2010, in review
Books I read (6/10) – 60%: Overqualified by Joey Comeau | Originally published 2009 
Fear of Fighting by Stacey May Fowles & Marlena Zuber | Originally published 2008 Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 4 Time Of Your Life by Jeph Loeb & Joss Whedon | Originally published 2009 Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby | Originally released 2009 Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 5 Predators & Prey by Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson, Steven S. DeKnight, Drew Z Geenberg, Jim Krueger, Doug Petrie & Georges Jeanty | Originally published 2009 Films I saw (28/52) – 54%: In The Loop | Originally released 2009 Inglourious Basterds | Originally released… Read More »March 2010, in review