Tuesday, July 31, 2001
Moby and David Bowie ask each other ten questions each. How entertaining...
MOBY: Have you ever kissed someone while one of your songs was playing? And, if so, how did it make you feel?
DAVID BOWIE: I've sometimes started kissing someone and then broken off to rush over to the hi-fi to slip Laughing Gnome onto the deck but then on my return the party has usually left the building. I have milked a cow to "Heroes."
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MOBY: Have you ever kissed someone while one of your songs was playing? And, if so, how did it make you feel?
DAVID BOWIE: I've sometimes started kissing someone and then broken off to rush over to the hi-fi to slip Laughing Gnome onto the deck but then on my return the party has usually left the building. I have milked a cow to "Heroes."
8:41 PM | e-mail |
How Race Is Lived In America: Speaking Truth To Superpowers. God bless the Modern Humorist for this (year-old) parody of both the New York Times and the X-Men. Deeeeelightful.
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3:28 PM | e-mail |
What the fuck is this? It's like a combination of a Hong Kong action movie and a video game, all done with stick figures and Flash. How brilliant.
(thanks to Thomas)
I'm a few days late in saying so, unfortunately, but good luck to Kevin in his move to NYC. It'll kind of suck to be without Ghost for a month, but I hope everything works out smoothly.
I have to go to the grocery store now to buy flowers for my mother, who's coming out of a minor surgery this afternoon. Don't worry, it's nothing really worrisome. At least we don't think.
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(thanks to Thomas)
I'm a few days late in saying so, unfortunately, but good luck to Kevin in his move to NYC. It'll kind of suck to be without Ghost for a month, but I hope everything works out smoothly.
I have to go to the grocery store now to buy flowers for my mother, who's coming out of a minor surgery this afternoon. Don't worry, it's nothing really worrisome. At least we don't think.
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Monday, July 30, 2001
Sunday, July 29, 2001
Still constantly on the move, but: I saw PLANET OF THE APES (twice) and I liked it, even if it made no sense. Also, go see Melissa's Blogathon layout. I like it a lot. Even if she does keep misspelling "weird." I know, I know, "I before e except after c," but it's not true for "weird."
God, I'm so anal. But of course, my neighbor on the Webloggers ring is the Human Spellchecker, so... (it's true, go click to the right)
4:56 PM | e-mail |
God, I'm so anal. But of course, my neighbor on the Webloggers ring is the Human Spellchecker, so... (it's true, go click to the right)
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Friday, July 27, 2001
God, I'm being run all over the place. But if you like comics, then perhaps you'll want to read my first article for NinthArt.com, a review of the fabulous graphic novel HICKSVILLE. Also worth reading is Paul O'Brien's consistently excellent column, which this week is putting a well-deserved thrashing to PROMETHEA. Enjoy.
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7:21 PM | e-mail |
Wednesday, July 25, 2001
FUCK MTV!: There's no sex in your violence. And while we're talking about you, I feel it worth mentioning that you're a headache in a suitcase. Star.
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4:42 PM | e-mail |
Tuesday, July 24, 2001
Our windows just shook - sonic boom from the re-entry of the space shuttle.
Living in the future is cool.
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Living in the future is cool.
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Dutch Launch Glossy Magazine For Heroin Users.
"Vogue" it ain't. But ``Mainline Lady,'' a new Dutch glossy magazine for female drug addicts, is perhaps the ultimate in heroin chic. Stuffed with tips on fashion, sex, beauty and health -- the stock-in-trade of women's journals the world over -- the new magazine bears a passing resemblance to its more staid sisters. But ``Mainline Lady,'' financed by the Dutch health ministry, is definitely no mainstream publication. Its fashion model is Shauna, a tattooed recovering addict. The sex section recounts recollections of a junkie prostitute. The beauty rubric counsels on countering drug-induced dry skin, and ``Dear Doctor'' deals with HIV hazards for syringe users. Wijnie, a 38-year-old cocaine and heroin addict from Amsterdam, gets a hair and face make-over. An HIV-positive former convict talks about her grim experiences in prison.
(via Comicgeek)
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"Vogue" it ain't. But ``Mainline Lady,'' a new Dutch glossy magazine for female drug addicts, is perhaps the ultimate in heroin chic. Stuffed with tips on fashion, sex, beauty and health -- the stock-in-trade of women's journals the world over -- the new magazine bears a passing resemblance to its more staid sisters. But ``Mainline Lady,'' financed by the Dutch health ministry, is definitely no mainstream publication. Its fashion model is Shauna, a tattooed recovering addict. The sex section recounts recollections of a junkie prostitute. The beauty rubric counsels on countering drug-induced dry skin, and ``Dear Doctor'' deals with HIV hazards for syringe users. Wijnie, a 38-year-old cocaine and heroin addict from Amsterdam, gets a hair and face make-over. An HIV-positive former convict talks about her grim experiences in prison.
(via Comicgeek)
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Sunday, July 22, 2001
Because I should have done it a long time ago: Some shout-outs to people who deserve them and who I have neglected to link.
Anthony's Weblog. Amongst his many projects, he maintains an NYU-bloggers webring that I don't think I've joined, and probably ought to. Found his name in my referrer logs today, remembered that he'd said some nice things about me a couple of months ago and that I never did anything about it, and he's been linking to me ever since. So now I feel all bad. So, go pay him a visit. He's even joined The Navy for the summer, just like me (and from the looks of his bathroom mirror, he was in Weinstein last year -- A-side or B-side, man?)
Subinev is another NYU blogger who wrote me a really cool e-mail a few months ago, and I'm not sure if I ever responded. God, I am such a little shit. He takes neat pictures, and you should see them.
Pie In The Sky also wrote me an absurdly nice e-mail today. I've had her linked on the sidebar for about a week and a half, I think but she's cool enough to deserve more notice. She digs on U2log, too. Wish her luck on the bar exam, which she's taking VERY soon...
And finally, one last note on you-know-what: In our first full day of official business, FUCK MTV! topped 110+ hits. Many of them came from here. Thanks for giving us the time of day; we really appreciate it...
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Anthony's Weblog. Amongst his many projects, he maintains an NYU-bloggers webring that I don't think I've joined, and probably ought to. Found his name in my referrer logs today, remembered that he'd said some nice things about me a couple of months ago and that I never did anything about it, and he's been linking to me ever since. So now I feel all bad. So, go pay him a visit. He's even joined The Navy for the summer, just like me (and from the looks of his bathroom mirror, he was in Weinstein last year -- A-side or B-side, man?)
Subinev is another NYU blogger who wrote me a really cool e-mail a few months ago, and I'm not sure if I ever responded. God, I am such a little shit. He takes neat pictures, and you should see them.
Pie In The Sky also wrote me an absurdly nice e-mail today. I've had her linked on the sidebar for about a week and a half, I think but she's cool enough to deserve more notice. She digs on U2log, too. Wish her luck on the bar exam, which she's taking VERY soon...
And finally, one last note on you-know-what: In our first full day of official business, FUCK MTV! topped 110+ hits. Many of them came from here. Thanks for giving us the time of day; we really appreciate it...
8:51 PM | e-mail |
Attention All Competent Web Designers:
I need help. At FUCK MTV! (yeah, I should really stop talking about it), I'm using stylesheets to get the one-pixel black line borders on either side of the main content (div). I'm also using "text-align:justify" because otherwise, it looks like crap. Something about the text-align:justify command is wiping out the black border on the right side of the content (div), and it's pissing me off. Is there anything I can do about it short of stripping out that text alignment and having things break awkwardly? Does the fact that the (div) is inside a table cell have anything to do with it? The way I hacked the site together is not terribly professional, but it is relatively dependable cross-browser...
3:30 PM | e-mail |
I need help. At FUCK MTV! (yeah, I should really stop talking about it), I'm using stylesheets to get the one-pixel black line borders on either side of the main content (div). I'm also using "text-align:justify" because otherwise, it looks like crap. Something about the text-align:justify command is wiping out the black border on the right side of the content (div), and it's pissing me off. Is there anything I can do about it short of stripping out that text alignment and having things break awkwardly? Does the fact that the (div) is inside a table cell have anything to do with it? The way I hacked the site together is not terribly professional, but it is relatively dependable cross-browser...
3:30 PM | e-mail |
Random upsetting incident: At Barnes & Noble last night, in the bathroom, somebody had left copies of The New Joy Of Sex and More Joy Of Sex by the toilet. The whole stall was covered in wadded-up toilet paper.
Don't ask me why I'm sharing this. It was funny at the time. Now it just kind of makes me want to throw up all over and burn the place down.
2:16 PM | e-mail |
Don't ask me why I'm sharing this. It was funny at the time. Now it just kind of makes me want to throw up all over and burn the place down.
2:16 PM | e-mail |
FUCK MTV: Shake what ya mama gave ya.
Before you ask, yes, I am going to be posting a link to FUCK MTV! whenever I put up a new review. We want you to pay attention to it. We seek validation and love.
11:16 AM | e-mail |
Before you ask, yes, I am going to be posting a link to FUCK MTV! whenever I put up a new review. We want you to pay attention to it. We seek validation and love.
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Saturday, July 21, 2001
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the doyoufeelloved.com family the new and improved FUCK MTV!, bearing a new design by yours truly, as well as several fine new staffers. We're quite happy with how it's turning out; let us know what you think.
10:18 PM | e-mail |
10:18 PM | e-mail |
Friday, July 20, 2001
You know you want to know all about U2 coming back to the U.S. this fall. I'm gonna try to make it to all four (!) New York gigs, but we'll see how THAT turns out...
In other U2-related news, Paul introduced me to this, which is fucking HILARIOUS.
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In other U2-related news, Paul introduced me to this, which is fucking HILARIOUS.
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Thursday, July 19, 2001
I have decided that my contribution to the weblogging community is to hop aboard every meme five minutes too late. Therefore, here are the results of my Online Personality Disorder Test:
Link via everyone, so I'm not even going to bother with a credit.
I can see how they got those responses from the answers I gave. Like all tests, the questions were sometimes misleading, but to be honest, this actually does paint a pretty good picture of me. Sigh. Time to start changing things.
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| Disorder | Rating |
| Paranoid: | Low |
| Schizoid: | High |
| Schizotypal: | Moderate |
| Antisocial: | Low |
| Borderline: | Low |
| Histrionic: | Low |
| Narcissistic: | Low |
| Avoidant: | Moderate |
| Dependent: | Low |
| Obsessive-Compulsive: | Low |
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-- Click Here To Take The Test -- | |
Link via everyone, so I'm not even going to bother with a credit.
I can see how they got those responses from the answers I gave. Like all tests, the questions were sometimes misleading, but to be honest, this actually does paint a pretty good picture of me. Sigh. Time to start changing things.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2001
Happy birthday to you! Twenty-nine is entirely decrepit. You may as well drop a toaster in the tub now, because from here on it's all infirmity. ;-D
Give me a little bit before I start posting, by the way. I'm working like a busy little working gnome who works. Yes.
9:04 PM | e-mail |
Give me a little bit before I start posting, by the way. I'm working like a busy little working gnome who works. Yes.
9:04 PM | e-mail |
Friday, July 13, 2001
Things are going to be slow for the next couple of days -- hell, they'll probably just be stopped. Tomorrow I have to bring the dogs to the kennel, be trained in the ways of the Old Navy for four hours (THAT'll be a blast, I'm sure), then drive for two and a half hours to Orlando, where I will engage in Unspecified Fun with former-roommate Jeremy, and possibly my family, until sometime Sunday night. Wizard.
Anyway, I've set some things in motion, and hopefully, within the next week, I'll be able to unveil a keen new addition to doyoufeelloved.com. Stay tuned.
5:48 PM | e-mail |
Anyway, I've set some things in motion, and hopefully, within the next week, I'll be able to unveil a keen new addition to doyoufeelloved.com. Stay tuned.
5:48 PM | e-mail |
Thursday, July 12, 2001
The Good News: I finally got a job.
The Bad News: It's here. And the training session HAD to be right when I was going to go to Orlando and visit Jeremy and my sister... GRRRRR. More as it comes.
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The Bad News: It's here. And the training session HAD to be right when I was going to go to Orlando and visit Jeremy and my sister... GRRRRR. More as it comes.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2001
Man, I'll watch anything, won't I.
Apparently, every single artist on the list was "the only one playing real rock and roll in a time of artifice." Which is interesting, since almost all of the bands in question were working concurrently. Hmmmm.
8:51 PM | e-mail |
Apparently, every single artist on the list was "the only one playing real rock and roll in a time of artifice." Which is interesting, since almost all of the bands in question were working concurrently. Hmmmm.
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Monday, July 09, 2001
Finally, Hole 18 is here! Warning: Don't click this link if you ever plan to have free time again.
9:18 PM | e-mail |
9:18 PM | e-mail |
Everybody else is doing it, so why can't I? My Recommended, and Actual, Summer Reading Lists.
Recommendations first:
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Recommendations first:
- The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie: Probably my favorite novel. Rock and roll and classic mythology combined into a long, rambling treatise on, well, something, but you won't care: you'll be having too much fun reading to pay any attention to what he's getting at.
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith: Just a really fun book. It deals with Big Issues but never gets weighty; it just gives you characters to care about and then sets into its storytelling business. Like a younger Rushdie with tits. (I really hope that goes onto the jacket of the next printing.)
- Snake 'N' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret by Michael Kupperman: Easily the most screwed-up and HILARIOUS comic I've ever read. It completely redefines the word "deadpan." Thrill to the adventures of Two-Fisted Poe ("Quoth the Raven... LIGHTS OUT!"), Cousin Grandpa, and the ubiquitous title duo in a procession of one-panel gags and pages-long romps. I can't even start to describe it, so here's an example. Warning, big file.
- Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem: The story of a mafia detective with Tourette's and the men who want to kill him. It's as good as it sounds, and Edward Norton bought the film rights before the novel was ever even released, so make sure you've read it before the film hits to impress your non-hipster friends. (I'm afraid everyone truly hip read it a long time ago, but you still get points for getting in now.)
- A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick: Hardly a zippy summer read, but if, as I expect, you're one of those people who loves reading something obscure and unimaginably complicated while everyone else clutches the new Tom Clancy, then this is for you -- the futuristic tale of a narcotics officer pursuing his own drug-created schizophrenic alter-ego. Your head has never been fucked harder.
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman: What happens when a culture comes to America and abandons its mythology? The answer, according to Gaiman, is that the gods must fend for themselves in a country that doesn't give a shit. It's all a bit precious but it's also interesting, especially if you've never encountered Gaiman before. At his most pungent he's hard to swallow, but he's never like anyone else, and that's almost always a good thing. (Already Finished)
- Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen: An oldie I missed out on a while ago. If you don't know who Hiaasen is, he's a crime writer who focuses on Florida; easily the funniest and wittiest of the whole pack of them that do so. He wrote the book Strip Tease that was turned into a Demi Moore movie, but don't hold that against him -- the book itself is one of his best. If you're new to the Hiaasen game, Native Tongue looks to me like as good as any a place to start. (In Progress)
- Underworld by Don DeLillo: Because I've heard great things, and because it's so damn long, and Because It's There.
- Invisibles: Entropy In The UK by Grant Morrison et al.: The most recent collection of the best comics series ever; containing the only issues I still haven't read. I don't know when I'll be able to afford a copy (even if it is cheap) but damn it, I will afford a copy.
8:35 PM | e-mail |
Well that's that, then. If you ask me, then it's all over for The Backstreet Boys, as A.J. McLean has checked into counseling for alcohol abuse. No announcement of a breakup or anything like that, but combining this with other factors makes me believe that they're not exactly going to recover from this one. There's so much to say on the subject that I don't even know where to start, except to say rest in peace. Others may bitch, but I don't see anything wrong with anything they ever did. Except for the grammar in their lyrics. I can't condone that.
6:11 PM | e-mail |
6:11 PM | e-mail |
The website for one of the world's best comics, TRANSMETROPOLITAN, has been redesigned. I'm not crazy about it but it's better than the last one, which looked like ass and often just didn't work. If you're not at all familiar with TRANSMET, then you can read up on it here, but I would instead simply tell you that it's Hunter S. Thompson in the future, that it is very violent and profane and moving and funny, and that you should buy the cheap, cheap first volume, BACK ON THE STREET, right now. It's only $8 (cheaper at Amazon) and while it's also only three issues, you will NOT feel ripped off. I have converted at least a dozen people who did not otherwise read comics into raving TRANSMET addicts, and that should tell you a little something.
1:36 PM | e-mail |
1:36 PM | e-mail |
Sunday, July 08, 2001
Y'know how when you're stuck in a really boring meeting or class or whatever, you draw little pictures of the people boring you having comically violent things happen to them?
Well guess what -- Joseph Stalin did it too! How fun!
(((shivers)))
(via Comicgeek)
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Well guess what -- Joseph Stalin did it too! How fun!
(((shivers)))
(via Comicgeek)
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Saturday, July 07, 2001
Because I couldn't stop:
Escape From Autumn In New York: In a post-apocalyptic future, convict Kurt Russell is sentenced to watch a truly abominable film.
Hollow Man Without A Face: Kevin Bacon is a disfigured man who compensates by showing us his digitally-generated invisible wang.
Forget Last Tango In Paris: Billy Crystal and Debra Winger lube with butter.
For The Love Of THE GAME: Kevin Costner is psychologically tortured for our amusement.
Wayne's World Is Not Enough: Hopeless loser Mike Myers makes the least interesting Bond film ever. Denise Richards co-stars as a pile of shit.
Deep Blue Velvet: Sharks do really weird shit in a small town. LL Cool J takes helium and says "Daddy wants to fuck."
Star Wars Episode One: Don't Be A Phantom Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood: Next.
Mystery Trainspotting: Two cult classics combine and destroy each other in the process. Also, heroin.
Ghost Dad: Way Of The Samurai: Bill Cosby becomes an avenging gangsta samurai upon his death.
Bring It On The Waterfront: Kirsten Dunst and Marlon Brando as competing cheerleading squad leaders.
Six Days, Boogie Nights: Harrison Ford and Anne Heche are stranded on a desert island with Ford's 14-inch penis.
The Lost Boys In The Hood: Says it all, really.
And now, the ones I'd have to bend the rules to use, but still really like:
Ran Lola Ran: A hyperactive re-imagining of King Lear starring a crazy German chick.
Friday The Earth Stood Still: Ice-T stars in this uproarious urban alien-invasion comedy.
The Léon King: Young Simba watches his father murdered by deranged CIA lion Scar (voice of Gary Oldman), and becomes a hitman.
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Planet Of The Apes: George Burns looks like a monkey.
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Escape From Autumn In New York: In a post-apocalyptic future, convict Kurt Russell is sentenced to watch a truly abominable film.
Hollow Man Without A Face: Kevin Bacon is a disfigured man who compensates by showing us his digitally-generated invisible wang.
Forget Last Tango In Paris: Billy Crystal and Debra Winger lube with butter.
For The Love Of THE GAME: Kevin Costner is psychologically tortured for our amusement.
Wayne's World Is Not Enough: Hopeless loser Mike Myers makes the least interesting Bond film ever. Denise Richards co-stars as a pile of shit.
Deep Blue Velvet: Sharks do really weird shit in a small town. LL Cool J takes helium and says "Daddy wants to fuck."
Star Wars Episode One: Don't Be A Phantom Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood: Next.
Mystery Trainspotting: Two cult classics combine and destroy each other in the process. Also, heroin.
Ghost Dad: Way Of The Samurai: Bill Cosby becomes an avenging gangsta samurai upon his death.
Bring It On The Waterfront: Kirsten Dunst and Marlon Brando as competing cheerleading squad leaders.
Six Days, Boogie Nights: Harrison Ford and Anne Heche are stranded on a desert island with Ford's 14-inch penis.
The Lost Boys In The Hood: Says it all, really.
And now, the ones I'd have to bend the rules to use, but still really like:
Ran Lola Ran: A hyperactive re-imagining of King Lear starring a crazy German chick.
Friday The Earth Stood Still: Ice-T stars in this uproarious urban alien-invasion comedy.
The Léon King: Young Simba watches his father murdered by deranged CIA lion Scar (voice of Gary Oldman), and becomes a hitman.
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Planet Of The Apes: George Burns looks like a monkey.
12:02 AM | e-mail |
Friday, July 06, 2001
GEEK ALERT:
This is really, really bothering me. I've been downloading a lot of U2 bootlegs in MP3 -- I can't tell you where from, because the server is relatively low in traffic right now and I don't want word getting out -- but because the speakers on my parents' computer are really crappy, I can't tell which are actually good enough to burn to CD, and I don't want to waste any since I have no money. I've already checked For Love Or Money, but to be honest, they didn't help much. So, on the off chance that anyone familiar with the subject is reading this: Can anyone tell me if POPMART BELIEVER: FIRST NIGHT IN EUROPE (The Rotterdam 07/18/1997 show) is worth burning? I'd be extremely helpful if you could compare the sound quality to that of the only other non-soundboard bootleg I'm intimately familiar with, the Charlotte ELEVATION show. Thank you in advance.
10:16 PM | e-mail |
This is really, really bothering me. I've been downloading a lot of U2 bootlegs in MP3 -- I can't tell you where from, because the server is relatively low in traffic right now and I don't want word getting out -- but because the speakers on my parents' computer are really crappy, I can't tell which are actually good enough to burn to CD, and I don't want to waste any since I have no money. I've already checked For Love Or Money, but to be honest, they didn't help much. So, on the off chance that anyone familiar with the subject is reading this: Can anyone tell me if POPMART BELIEVER: FIRST NIGHT IN EUROPE (The Rotterdam 07/18/1997 show) is worth burning? I'd be extremely helpful if you could compare the sound quality to that of the only other non-soundboard bootleg I'm intimately familiar with, the Charlotte ELEVATION show. Thank you in advance.
10:16 PM | e-mail |
From Prol (though not originally) comes a magnificent game: combine the titles of two movies with common words to create a fascinating new result. My suggestions:
A Few Good Men In Black: Special Agent Will Smith goes before a Marines tribunal for murder, and is sassy and irreverent in the process.
All About My Mother Night: Imprisoned American spy Nick Nolte reminisces about his Nazi mother and her worldly ways.
The Breakfast Fight Club: Troubled teen Judd Nelson starts a terrorist faction with his schizophrenic alter-ego Emilio Estevez, until a chain-smoking Ally Sheedy drives a wedge between the two.
Jurassic Park - Bigger, Longer, and Uncut: Tyrannosaurs tear Kenny to shreds and then satirize Broadway musicals. Warning: some profanity.
Kiss Of The Dragonheart: Jet Li (voice of Sean Connery) overcomes his monstrous nature and saves a medieval village, with the help of some Quaid or another.
The Thin Red Square: Richard Gere is detained by Chinese officials, then turns into a palm frond which the camera fixates on for over four hours.
The Princess Mononoke Bride: Willfull wild-child Claire Danes is wackily seduced by Cary Elwes, until a wolf god (voice of Gillian Anderson) devours him.
I'd better stop there. But boy, this could go on for hours.
2:56 PM | e-mail |
A Few Good Men In Black: Special Agent Will Smith goes before a Marines tribunal for murder, and is sassy and irreverent in the process.
All About My Mother Night: Imprisoned American spy Nick Nolte reminisces about his Nazi mother and her worldly ways.
The Breakfast Fight Club: Troubled teen Judd Nelson starts a terrorist faction with his schizophrenic alter-ego Emilio Estevez, until a chain-smoking Ally Sheedy drives a wedge between the two.
Jurassic Park - Bigger, Longer, and Uncut: Tyrannosaurs tear Kenny to shreds and then satirize Broadway musicals. Warning: some profanity.
Kiss Of The Dragonheart: Jet Li (voice of Sean Connery) overcomes his monstrous nature and saves a medieval village, with the help of some Quaid or another.
The Thin Red Square: Richard Gere is detained by Chinese officials, then turns into a palm frond which the camera fixates on for over four hours.
The Princess Mononoke Bride: Willfull wild-child Claire Danes is wackily seduced by Cary Elwes, until a wolf god (voice of Gillian Anderson) devours him.
I'd better stop there. But boy, this could go on for hours.
2:56 PM | e-mail |
Thursday, July 05, 2001
Via Ghost In The Machine, an EXCELLENT Salon article about the sociological problems of STAR WARS. Read it whether you care or not; this is not a pile of fanboy wank, it's a serious literary and philosophical critique.
11:36 AM | e-mail |
11:36 AM | e-mail |
Wednesday, July 04, 2001
Is this the world's best weblog? According to Bloghop, yes it is. It has an 85% approval rating, placing it first on their ratings page.
If you're curious, DYFL rates 65% with a #160 placement. Respectable. Though of course the ratings are largely meaningless. Mind you, I wouldn't cry if you stuffed the ballot box... *it'sinthesidebarcoughcough* ;-D
This has just been a random competitive post that will no doubt make people think I am an approval-seeking whore. Please go about your business.
3:35 PM | e-mail |
If you're curious, DYFL rates 65% with a #160 placement. Respectable. Though of course the ratings are largely meaningless. Mind you, I wouldn't cry if you stuffed the ballot box... *it'sinthesidebarcoughcough* ;-D
This has just been a random competitive post that will no doubt make people think I am an approval-seeking whore. Please go about your business.
3:35 PM | e-mail |
Speaking about the new single, vocalist Shirley Manson told Kerrang!: "It's a fantasy sequence, where Garbage goes down to a whorehouse in New Orleans and meets up with TLC and Noel Coward and Prince. A frisky, tongue-in-cheek, playful fucking kind of song". The band cite other highlights as the "incredible" 'Cup Of Coffee', and 'Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)', which guitarist Duke Erikson claims is "the first time a tuba has ever been sampled and run through a wah-wah pedal".
Garbage reveal the tracklisting and release date for their new album. Can I get a "huzzah!"?
2:50 PM | e-mail |
Garbage reveal the tracklisting and release date for their new album. Can I get a "huzzah!"?
2:50 PM | e-mail |
A few new developments on the Web:
I don't know what this means, but I like how it looks. And I like goats. Prol starts a new Dutch group-blog.
Also, Michele launches a photo site. Keen.
2:41 PM | e-mail |
I don't know what this means, but I like how it looks. And I like goats. Prol starts a new Dutch group-blog.
Also, Michele launches a photo site. Keen.
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Tuesday, July 03, 2001
Linked on plasticbag.org. Throat constricting. Overwhelming burden of fame crushing. ;-D
No, really, it's nice to know that the first person whose blog you ever encountered and loved is still popping in from time to time. Thanks, Tom.
9:09 PM | e-mail |
No, really, it's nice to know that the first person whose blog you ever encountered and loved is still popping in from time to time. Thanks, Tom.
9:09 PM | e-mail |
The new Tori Amos album is all covers, including new versions of songs by Eminem and Depeche Mode. And there's a Point, too. Holy CRAP. Read This.
12:12 PM | e-mail |
12:12 PM | e-mail |
Monday, July 02, 2001
Baby did a bad bad thing. Baby spent $40-something at Best Buy today. I emerged with 10 blank CD-Rs, the new Weezer album, and THE VERY BEST OF ELVIS COSTELLO.
I knew going in that the Weezer album was 28 minutes long; I knew it wasn't as good as (THE BLUE ALBUM) or PINKERTON, and I knew everyone had been complaining about it, but I Had To Know For Myself, you know? Somehow I couldn't bring myself to download & burn it, so I just bit the bullet and shelled out the exorbitant $13.99 to finally see for myself.
The main thing I have to say about it:
Somebody, please, break Rivers Cuomo's heart again.
Far be it from me to urge a band to do the same thing over and over again -- this is the kid who fell in love with U2 when POP came out -- but happiness is just not suiting this group. "Don't Let Go" works just fine as an up-anthem, and even has its twinges of angst to make it colorful. And "Photograph" rocks, even if it's not about anything. But by the end, we're mired in cliched car-wrecks like "O Girlfriend" --
Though we fight I love you so much
Now I can't feel your touch
--which don't even begin to compare to Cuomo's past lyrical smashes.
Sigh. If they'd clipped some of the choice tracks out and pumped this out as a quickie E.P. -- just a "Hey, we're not dead! Here's some funny rock music!" gesture -- then followed up with a kick-ass album six months later, I'd be a happy camper. But this is, as oh-so-many people have noted, NOT the album we've waited five years for. Ah well, here's hoping for the next one -- an album like PINKERTON earns you several shots at recapturing the crown, at least in my book.
I've only listened to some of Elvis Costello so far, but what I've heard kicks my ass. More later; as far as geek-pop goes, it's been quite a day.
4:53 PM | e-mail |
I knew going in that the Weezer album was 28 minutes long; I knew it wasn't as good as (THE BLUE ALBUM) or PINKERTON, and I knew everyone had been complaining about it, but I Had To Know For Myself, you know? Somehow I couldn't bring myself to download & burn it, so I just bit the bullet and shelled out the exorbitant $13.99 to finally see for myself.
The main thing I have to say about it:
Somebody, please, break Rivers Cuomo's heart again.
Far be it from me to urge a band to do the same thing over and over again -- this is the kid who fell in love with U2 when POP came out -- but happiness is just not suiting this group. "Don't Let Go" works just fine as an up-anthem, and even has its twinges of angst to make it colorful. And "Photograph" rocks, even if it's not about anything. But by the end, we're mired in cliched car-wrecks like "O Girlfriend" --
Though we fight I love you so much
Now I can't feel your touch
--which don't even begin to compare to Cuomo's past lyrical smashes.
Sigh. If they'd clipped some of the choice tracks out and pumped this out as a quickie E.P. -- just a "Hey, we're not dead! Here's some funny rock music!" gesture -- then followed up with a kick-ass album six months later, I'd be a happy camper. But this is, as oh-so-many people have noted, NOT the album we've waited five years for. Ah well, here's hoping for the next one -- an album like PINKERTON earns you several shots at recapturing the crown, at least in my book.
I've only listened to some of Elvis Costello so far, but what I've heard kicks my ass. More later; as far as geek-pop goes, it's been quite a day.
4:53 PM | e-mail |
Learned today: Chris Farley was the original voice of SHREK. It was re-recorded (twice -- once with a Canadian accent and once with the final Scottish) with Mike Myers after Farley died. Learned this from PEOPLE magazine, of all places.
4:09 PM | e-mail |
4:09 PM | e-mail |
Sunday, July 01, 2001
Neat article on the marketing of AMERICAN GODS, at CNN.
I liked it, by the way. I'd say more but I'm in no mental shape to do so.
10:24 PM | e-mail |
I liked it, by the way. I'd say more but I'm in no mental shape to do so.
10:24 PM | e-mail |
Does anyone know why my computer's DVD player doesn't work, and never has? It's a WinDVD player, and every time I put in a disc, the green light blinks but the computer seems to have no idea that there's a DVD in the drive -- it won't play when I press the button, and none of the controls will illuminate, and it never even tries to spin the disc in the drive. I know it's a DVD drive, the logo's right there on it. GRRRRRRRR.
I ask because I'd really like to watch the other half of PRINCESS MONONOKE, but the rest of my family is watching something lame in the room with the DVD player. I can't win.
7:35 PM | e-mail |
I ask because I'd really like to watch the other half of PRINCESS MONONOKE, but the rest of my family is watching something lame in the room with the DVD player. I can't win.
7:35 PM | e-mail |