Daily posting is still my ultimate goal, but until then I'm thinking of naming this feature The Weekly Five. Anyway, without further ado, here are five new songs that have been rolling through atmosphere around me this week.
1. "Hollywood" by Codeine Velvet Club: Besides an awesome band name, the Codeine Velvet Club has something else going for it: Jon Lawler (better known as Jon Fratelli from the Fratellis). While I don't actually know much about the Fratellis--I always avoided them because the name makes them sound like some gooey teenage pop--apparently Jon Lawler is awesome. And I've been into a ton of Scottish bands lately (Frightened Rabbit, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Camera Obscura). After listening to this CD three or four times, I'm beginning to agree about Lawler, plus I love the retro, 1960s big band sound.
2. "Terminally Chill" by Neon Indian: The first 10 seconds sound like Daft Punk and then the song breaks out into a nice 1980s synth-jam. This song makes me want to drive to Palm Springs and snort cocaine with Julian--but (SPOILER ALERT!) hopefully not die in the car ride back.
3. "Sun Hands" by Local Natives: Apparently this LA-area band killed at SXSW (according to my friend Jeremy from New York). I'm into almost any song with a catchy, sing-along section that you can clap to (see: "15 to 20" by the Phenomenal Handclap Band). Before you go overboard there with the clapping, I said "almost." Maybe I should dial that back to "some" before you drag me to a karaoke bar and force me to sing along with "Saturday Night" by the Bay City Rollers. (And yes, I am now thinking about So I Married An Axe Murderer. And no, I don't think I digress too much.)
4. "Stranger" by Dr. Dog: I was a huge fan of Dr. Dog's last album, Fate--especially the Beatles-esque "Army of Ancients" and "The Beach"--and this follow up of the recently released album Shame, Shame continues along with the same, smooth sound. So far, this might be my early-summer anthem. I'm seeing Dr. Dog (along with Deer Tick) in a few weeks at the Fonda, and I'm excited.
5. "White Punks on Dope" by the Tubes: Inspired by my t-shirt today(which says "White Dopes on Punk"), here's an old track by the Tubes. You better know where you came from, son.
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Friday, April 09, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Evolution of Heartbeats
I had these songs running through my head last night and I thought I'd put them together in a playlist.
Though it's not in order of release (I know the Knife's version came first), I think this flow is better as it builds as the songs go on. José González starts it off with his cover of the Knife's 'Heartbeats,' which comes second. Finally I threw in the Get Busy Committee's new track, 'My Little Razorblade,' that builds off the Knife's version and adds some much needed attitude to the electronic rhythm. Also, I highly recommend the Get Busy Committee's album Uzi Does It, because who doesn't love koalas, machine guns, and good samples?
Ladies and gentleman, introducing the Evolution of Heartbeats:
Though it's not in order of release (I know the Knife's version came first), I think this flow is better as it builds as the songs go on. José González starts it off with his cover of the Knife's 'Heartbeats,' which comes second. Finally I threw in the Get Busy Committee's new track, 'My Little Razorblade,' that builds off the Knife's version and adds some much needed attitude to the electronic rhythm. Also, I highly recommend the Get Busy Committee's album Uzi Does It, because who doesn't love koalas, machine guns, and good samples?
Ladies and gentleman, introducing the Evolution of Heartbeats:
Thursday, December 17, 2009
What's Been Ringing In My Ears This Year
I'm a bit of a music junkee. Really. Anyway, I just spent so much time putting together the list below that I don't feel like writing a proper intro to this post. So let's just get into it: here are Diabolical H. Crazy's top 10 albums of 2009.
1. Dirty Projectors "Bitte Orca" -- As in, please, I'd like another whale of an album like this. While it seems that the rest of the music press penciled in Animal Collective as the year's best album in January, "Bitte Orca" came out in June and picked up steam throughout the summer. "Stillness Is The Move" is definitely the highlight track (I think I must have Shazamed this song about a dozen times before buying the album, plus there's the Solange Knowles cover. Any song that is still amazing when covered in another genre must be an amazing song). The album starts with "Cannibal Resource," one of my all time favorite, "is this music? what the hell is this? wait, this IS music!" album openers ever. The vibe continues through "Temecula Sunrise" and "No Intention." At moments, it sounds like a cacophonic experimental middle school band, and it others it is simply pure genius.
2. Phoenix "Wolfgang Amedeus Phoenix" -- At first I had it really low on this list. Then not as low. And then I listened to it again. And again. It's a damn catchy album, and I can't believe I am putting something this poppy so high, but that's just the thing--who expected a (mostly obscure) French band to make one of the best pop albums of the year and then name it after one of the best composers ever? Everyone knows "1901" (thanks, Cadillac. By the way, I know someone who should do your marketing) and "Lisztomania," but this album is steady all the way through--so solid that I had trouble picking which song I wanted to link to (I went with "Lasso," but make sure you check out "Love Like a Sunset, Pt. II"). Oh yeah, and thanks to my wife for turning me on to this band and buying me tickets to the show.
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "It's Blitz" -- I liked "Show Your Bones." Having said that, it was definitely not the right album to follow their stellar debut "Fever to Tell." The YYYs could have retreated from "Show Your Bones," licked their wounds, and put out another indie-punk gem. Instead, they completely blew up their sound (seriously, Nick Zinner, keyboards? I had no clue.) and came out with one of the most backward-sounding, forward-reaching albums I have ever heard. It's hard to outshine Karen O, but in some cases on this album--like "Zero"--the music is at the forefront. Luckily Karen gives us "Heads Will Roll" and "Dull Life."
4. Girls "Album" -- "I wish I had a pizza and a bottle of wine." This line, from "Lust for Life," is so many perfect moments wrapped up into 11 little words. It's the first song on the album, and I completely skipped over it for a month, listening to "Laura," "Big Bad Mean Motherfucker," and "Hellhole Ratrace." And then one day, while walking the dog, I listened to "Lust for Life," over and over and over again. And then the rest of the album. It's at once retro and lo-fi, yet somehow modern and vulnerable. "So come on, come on, come on and laugh with me." And listen to this album.
5. The Flaming Lips "Embryonic" -- Okay, Wayne and company, the album's called "Embryonic"; we really didn't need to see that birth scene in the video for "Watching the Planets." As you say so well on the album's first song, "that's the difference between us." But you did show us that and so much more. Starting with "Convinced of the Hex, this album feels like the birth and destruction of something, but what? The ego (as in "The Ego's Last Stand")? Yourself? Celebrity? What?
(bonus side note: Karen O offers some amazing animal vocals on "I Can Be A Frog." Some called this the year of Jack White. I call it the year of Karen O.)
6. Passion Pit "Manners" -- Of the year's electronic albums, I like this one the best. Maybe it's the way "Moth's Wings" builds up. Maybe its the way "Sleepyhead" reminds me of my wife. But most likely it's the singing, sometimes high pitched, sometimes a collection of voices, that adds depth to everything else. That, and it's fun. Whatever it is, I have the manners to say, "thank you, Passion Pit."
7. The Decemberists "The Hazards of Love" -- I really didn't want to like this album. I even took most of the songs off my iPod for a while to make room for some newer albums. But there's this one riff that's repeated in a number of songs that just makes me want more, and I started adding them back. In my opinion, the Decemberists have always engaged in a bit of puffery and fluffery in their songs, making them sound complex and grandiose. And some of their so-called period songs (like "Eli, the Barrow Boy") seem like a creative writing class gone wrong. But this album, "The Hazards of Love," though a concept album, never feels overblown. It might be that refrain that first appears in "A Bower Scene" or it might be the presence of My Brightest Diamond, but this compact (one hour!) musical is simply Ear Delicious.
8. Animal Collective "Merriweather Post Pavilion" -- So okay, here it is. I think it deserves the hype it got. The band finally makes sense to me. I have to mention, I was a little skeptical for the first few listens. But after a while, you peel through the layers (and occasionally something that sounds like a siren backwards) to listen to an amazing album. And my wife liked "My Girls," which counts for something. From the confusingly named "Lion in a Coma" with its didgeridoo, through the never-ending build-up of "My Girls," there's only one word that can describe this album: genius. Or swirling. Your pick. I'm going with swirling.
9. DJ Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse "Dark Night of the Soul" -- This is an eerie, alternate universe of an album, almost like what Edward Scissorhands would have on his iPod if he didn't keep cutting the cord on his earphones. No wonder it accompanies a series of David Lynch's photography. It starts out strong, with a slowly haunting collaboration with the Flaming Lip's Wayne Coyne (each song has a different vocal collaborist). This album really plays like an old double record, with four distinct sections. From a slowly psychedelic beginning, the album delves into punk, and then another psychedelic turn--this one working its way down to the haunting, final two songs, which feature church (death?) bells, the fuzz from an old record player, and some understated Vic Chesnutt vocals. Don't listen to this album alone in the dark.
Oh yeah, and this record was never released (officially). Start your search here.
10. The Drums "Summertime" -- Even though it didn't come out until almost Fall, this brief debut EP by the Drums perfectly encapsulates every summer from the last 60 years. Surf rock, hand claps, and the catchiest whistling this side of Peter, Bjorn and John almost make this album sound like a relic from the past--as do the album's repeating themes of schoolyard love, holding hands and old-fashioned dates. It's a simple, classic format, perfectly executed.
The next five albums just missed my Top Ten. They are the best of the rest. But I'm making some tough decisions by leaving Wilco, the Dead Weather, blakroc, Metric, Mos Def, Soulsavers, The Very Best, Bat for Lashes, and Beirut off this list.
11. The xx "xx"
12. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes "Up From Below"
13. Arctic Monkeys "Humbug"
14. Miike Snow "Miike Snow"
15. Neko Case "Middle Cyclone"
Notable Omissions:
The Antlers "Hospice" -- I'm sorry, but the slow-building church organ just didn't do it for me, especially after trying to make it through Grizzly Bear's "Veckatimest." Speaking of ...
Grizzly Bear "Veckatimist" -- I get it. Kind of. "The Knife" was great. As are moments of "Veckatimist," like "Two Weeks." The rest of it just feels empty. And not in the amazing Bon-Iver-there's-no-one-else-around empty, more like soulless empty.
"Dark Was the Night" -- great album, but it was a COMPILATION. Sorry, not valid in my book. Neither are soundtracks (unless all the music is original and new). Sorry, them's the rules.
And now, if you've made it this far: time to debate.
1. Dirty Projectors "Bitte Orca" -- As in, please, I'd like another whale of an album like this. While it seems that the rest of the music press penciled in Animal Collective as the year's best album in January, "Bitte Orca" came out in June and picked up steam throughout the summer. "Stillness Is The Move" is definitely the highlight track (I think I must have Shazamed this song about a dozen times before buying the album, plus there's the Solange Knowles cover. Any song that is still amazing when covered in another genre must be an amazing song). The album starts with "Cannibal Resource," one of my all time favorite, "is this music? what the hell is this? wait, this IS music!" album openers ever. The vibe continues through "Temecula Sunrise" and "No Intention." At moments, it sounds like a cacophonic experimental middle school band, and it others it is simply pure genius.
2. Phoenix "Wolfgang Amedeus Phoenix" -- At first I had it really low on this list. Then not as low. And then I listened to it again. And again. It's a damn catchy album, and I can't believe I am putting something this poppy so high, but that's just the thing--who expected a (mostly obscure) French band to make one of the best pop albums of the year and then name it after one of the best composers ever? Everyone knows "1901" (thanks, Cadillac. By the way, I know someone who should do your marketing) and "Lisztomania," but this album is steady all the way through--so solid that I had trouble picking which song I wanted to link to (I went with "Lasso," but make sure you check out "Love Like a Sunset, Pt. II"). Oh yeah, and thanks to my wife for turning me on to this band and buying me tickets to the show.
3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "It's Blitz" -- I liked "Show Your Bones." Having said that, it was definitely not the right album to follow their stellar debut "Fever to Tell." The YYYs could have retreated from "Show Your Bones," licked their wounds, and put out another indie-punk gem. Instead, they completely blew up their sound (seriously, Nick Zinner, keyboards? I had no clue.) and came out with one of the most backward-sounding, forward-reaching albums I have ever heard. It's hard to outshine Karen O, but in some cases on this album--like "Zero"--the music is at the forefront. Luckily Karen gives us "Heads Will Roll" and "Dull Life."
4. Girls "Album" -- "I wish I had a pizza and a bottle of wine." This line, from "Lust for Life," is so many perfect moments wrapped up into 11 little words. It's the first song on the album, and I completely skipped over it for a month, listening to "Laura," "Big Bad Mean Motherfucker," and "Hellhole Ratrace." And then one day, while walking the dog, I listened to "Lust for Life," over and over and over again. And then the rest of the album. It's at once retro and lo-fi, yet somehow modern and vulnerable. "So come on, come on, come on and laugh with me." And listen to this album.
5. The Flaming Lips "Embryonic" -- Okay, Wayne and company, the album's called "Embryonic"; we really didn't need to see that birth scene in the video for "Watching the Planets." As you say so well on the album's first song, "that's the difference between us." But you did show us that and so much more. Starting with "Convinced of the Hex, this album feels like the birth and destruction of something, but what? The ego (as in "The Ego's Last Stand")? Yourself? Celebrity? What?
(bonus side note: Karen O offers some amazing animal vocals on "I Can Be A Frog." Some called this the year of Jack White. I call it the year of Karen O.)
6. Passion Pit "Manners" -- Of the year's electronic albums, I like this one the best. Maybe it's the way "Moth's Wings" builds up. Maybe its the way "Sleepyhead" reminds me of my wife. But most likely it's the singing, sometimes high pitched, sometimes a collection of voices, that adds depth to everything else. That, and it's fun. Whatever it is, I have the manners to say, "thank you, Passion Pit."
7. The Decemberists "The Hazards of Love" -- I really didn't want to like this album. I even took most of the songs off my iPod for a while to make room for some newer albums. But there's this one riff that's repeated in a number of songs that just makes me want more, and I started adding them back. In my opinion, the Decemberists have always engaged in a bit of puffery and fluffery in their songs, making them sound complex and grandiose. And some of their so-called period songs (like "Eli, the Barrow Boy") seem like a creative writing class gone wrong. But this album, "The Hazards of Love," though a concept album, never feels overblown. It might be that refrain that first appears in "A Bower Scene" or it might be the presence of My Brightest Diamond, but this compact (one hour!) musical is simply Ear Delicious.
8. Animal Collective "Merriweather Post Pavilion" -- So okay, here it is. I think it deserves the hype it got. The band finally makes sense to me. I have to mention, I was a little skeptical for the first few listens. But after a while, you peel through the layers (and occasionally something that sounds like a siren backwards) to listen to an amazing album. And my wife liked "My Girls," which counts for something. From the confusingly named "Lion in a Coma" with its didgeridoo, through the never-ending build-up of "My Girls," there's only one word that can describe this album: genius. Or swirling. Your pick. I'm going with swirling.
9. DJ Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse "Dark Night of the Soul" -- This is an eerie, alternate universe of an album, almost like what Edward Scissorhands would have on his iPod if he didn't keep cutting the cord on his earphones. No wonder it accompanies a series of David Lynch's photography. It starts out strong, with a slowly haunting collaboration with the Flaming Lip's Wayne Coyne (each song has a different vocal collaborist). This album really plays like an old double record, with four distinct sections. From a slowly psychedelic beginning, the album delves into punk, and then another psychedelic turn--this one working its way down to the haunting, final two songs, which feature church (death?) bells, the fuzz from an old record player, and some understated Vic Chesnutt vocals. Don't listen to this album alone in the dark.
Oh yeah, and this record was never released (officially). Start your search here.
10. The Drums "Summertime" -- Even though it didn't come out until almost Fall, this brief debut EP by the Drums perfectly encapsulates every summer from the last 60 years. Surf rock, hand claps, and the catchiest whistling this side of Peter, Bjorn and John almost make this album sound like a relic from the past--as do the album's repeating themes of schoolyard love, holding hands and old-fashioned dates. It's a simple, classic format, perfectly executed.
The next five albums just missed my Top Ten. They are the best of the rest. But I'm making some tough decisions by leaving Wilco, the Dead Weather, blakroc, Metric, Mos Def, Soulsavers, The Very Best, Bat for Lashes, and Beirut off this list.
11. The xx "xx"
12. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes "Up From Below"
13. Arctic Monkeys "Humbug"
14. Miike Snow "Miike Snow"
15. Neko Case "Middle Cyclone"
Notable Omissions:
The Antlers "Hospice" -- I'm sorry, but the slow-building church organ just didn't do it for me, especially after trying to make it through Grizzly Bear's "Veckatimest." Speaking of ...
Grizzly Bear "Veckatimist" -- I get it. Kind of. "The Knife" was great. As are moments of "Veckatimist," like "Two Weeks." The rest of it just feels empty. And not in the amazing Bon-Iver-there's-no-one-else-around empty, more like soulless empty.
"Dark Was the Night" -- great album, but it was a COMPILATION. Sorry, not valid in my book. Neither are soundtracks (unless all the music is original and new). Sorry, them's the rules.
And now, if you've made it this far: time to debate.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Things to do in Los Angeles when You're Dead
This weekend, I played tourist in my new home town of Los Angeles. Some things were fun; others were not so fun. Before I get to the good stuff, I present this list of things to do in Los Angeles when you are dead (or, don't bother wasting your time on this crap while you are still breathing):
Written while listening to: Sirius Left of Center, MGMT, Beck's "Soul of a Man"
- "You're Going to Hollywood": Old glamour and American Idol aside, Hollywood (specifically, Hollywood Boulevard) is a cesspool of fanny packs, jean shorts and bad hair cuts. Yes, Mann's Chinese Theater is cool (Frank Sinatra had small feet, while Dean Martin's footprints were larger than expected), but the sightings were mostly a big waste of time. I was especially disappointed in the "celebrity" and "superhero" impersonators: it looked like these costumes had been dug out of a trash bin behind a failed children's pizza establishment. Here is a list of the celebrities we saw impersonated: Lucille Ball, Spiderman (at least two), Batman (at least three), the Joker (Heath Ledger's version, although he was posing with a grey Batman, so it was clearly a much earlier batman; I'm not sure about the continuity here), some naked dude with cobras (not an impersonator but the only impressive thing I saw), Barney (the kid's character, but his suit was so faded it was almost brown), the Tin Man, Darth Vader, Yoda (note: if you are 5'6", you are about three feet too tall to impersonate Yoda, and some stripper that was probably supposed to be Marilyn Monroe. (Non sequitur: I think "glamor" should be spelled "glamour," especially when referring to old glamour.)
- Um, I'm not sure. I actually enjoyed the rest of the weekend: getting lost in the Hollywood Hills, driving through Brentwood, buying and then using a pretty funny Star Map, visiting the Santa Monica Farmers Market, checking out a gallery opening in Silver Lake, and hanging out with my little sister.
Written while listening to: Sirius Left of Center, MGMT, Beck's "Soul of a Man"
Friday, July 27, 2007
Non-Digital Blog (or, how I learned to stop typing and love the pen)
Despite the lack of posts here, I have actually been blogging lately--in a little moleskin notebook I keep in my bag. Yes, I've been putting the pen to paper, and if some of you aren't careful, you may actually receive a letter or card from me (actually, this is not very likely). I have also been arguing (read: "debating") about the internet with my wife. I'm starting to see the internet as a giant cesspool that is making my generation and those younger than me stupid (though I havent' read his book, I agree with some of this guy's points).
But since most of you will never see the inside of my little moleskin notebook (it's pure genius, and, frankly, I don't think most of you could handle it), I will be moving over some of my wittier observations. After all, I have the title of "Funniest Man in the World" to maintain (though Mr. Keen would contend that this is more "cult of the amateur").
Things I like this summer:
-Beaches
-Remembering the ferry schedule (or, alternately, forgetting the ferry schedule, calling a car service, waiting 3 hours for said car service, sitting in said car service's car for 2 hours, paying said car service $140, getting home from the beach at midnight)
-The song "Club Foot" by Kasabian
-All you can eat mussels, with a Stella on the side
-Dining outside. Just ignore the traffic, pollution and noise
-The fact that the 2007 MTV Movie Awards used "Club Foot" to open this year's show
-The fact that I used the same song to open my wife's Bash 8 fashion show two years ago
-Sarah Silverman's opening monologue at the MTV Movie Awards. Sarah, speaking about the recent panty-less outings of certain celebrities: "I see four of the most famous vaginas in Hollywood here tonight. Five, actually, I just saw Toby McGuire."
I didn't like the rest of the awards. Maybe it's because I'm old and I remember when MTV played videos, or at least original programming (what the hell is up with full-day marathons of "Australia's Next Top Model"?). Or maybe it's because the entire production felt like a three-hour commercial for "Transformers."
Things I found ironic in my life:
-Watching the movie "Airplane" on an airplane while flying from New York to San Diego.
Quotes I found funny:
-Tom Arnold, in the so-unbelievable-its-bad-its-good movie "True Lies," talking about his ex-wife: "I get home and the ice cube trays are gone from the freezer! What kind of a sick bitch takes the ice cube trays out of the freezer?"
Other miscellaneous thoughts:
-Do online mortgage advertisers not realize it is 2007? Why am I going to click on a dancing gnome to get a mortgage quote. Flashing "click now" in bright red and blue is helpful, too.
-I hate revolving doors, but I wonder: do revolving doors turn the opposite direction south of the equator?
-Street food is everywhere in Manhattan. I've become a regular at the fruit cart outside my building, but I think it is a little weird that he sells pineapples. Whole pineapples. What I am supposed to do, bring that up to my office, set it on my desk and pull out a machete?
-There is also tons of outdoor smoking here, since you can't smoke inside anywhere (which is awesome), so the image of a cigarette break is not unusual. What is unusual is the guy I saw taking a cigar break at lunch today.
-Does anyone besides me think the bow tie is making a comeback?
-And finally, yes, I do have plans this weekend. You know -- the typical New York night: going to a restaurant where it took me five months to get a reservation, and then going out to a small bar with no address where you actually have to call a phone number to get on the list and get the address, then pass through two security doors to get in. You know, just a normal night.
But since most of you will never see the inside of my little moleskin notebook (it's pure genius, and, frankly, I don't think most of you could handle it), I will be moving over some of my wittier observations. After all, I have the title of "Funniest Man in the World" to maintain (though Mr. Keen would contend that this is more "cult of the amateur").
Things I like this summer:
-Beaches
-Remembering the ferry schedule (or, alternately, forgetting the ferry schedule, calling a car service, waiting 3 hours for said car service, sitting in said car service's car for 2 hours, paying said car service $140, getting home from the beach at midnight)
-The song "Club Foot" by Kasabian
-All you can eat mussels, with a Stella on the side
-Dining outside. Just ignore the traffic, pollution and noise
-The fact that the 2007 MTV Movie Awards used "Club Foot" to open this year's show
-The fact that I used the same song to open my wife's Bash 8 fashion show two years ago
-Sarah Silverman's opening monologue at the MTV Movie Awards. Sarah, speaking about the recent panty-less outings of certain celebrities: "I see four of the most famous vaginas in Hollywood here tonight. Five, actually, I just saw Toby McGuire."
I didn't like the rest of the awards. Maybe it's because I'm old and I remember when MTV played videos, or at least original programming (what the hell is up with full-day marathons of "Australia's Next Top Model"?). Or maybe it's because the entire production felt like a three-hour commercial for "Transformers."
Things I found ironic in my life:
-Watching the movie "Airplane" on an airplane while flying from New York to San Diego.
Quotes I found funny:
-Tom Arnold, in the so-unbelievable-its-bad-its-good movie "True Lies," talking about his ex-wife: "I get home and the ice cube trays are gone from the freezer! What kind of a sick bitch takes the ice cube trays out of the freezer?"
Other miscellaneous thoughts:
-Do online mortgage advertisers not realize it is 2007? Why am I going to click on a dancing gnome to get a mortgage quote. Flashing "click now" in bright red and blue is helpful, too.
-I hate revolving doors, but I wonder: do revolving doors turn the opposite direction south of the equator?
-Street food is everywhere in Manhattan. I've become a regular at the fruit cart outside my building, but I think it is a little weird that he sells pineapples. Whole pineapples. What I am supposed to do, bring that up to my office, set it on my desk and pull out a machete?
-There is also tons of outdoor smoking here, since you can't smoke inside anywhere (which is awesome), so the image of a cigarette break is not unusual. What is unusual is the guy I saw taking a cigar break at lunch today.
-Does anyone besides me think the bow tie is making a comeback?
-And finally, yes, I do have plans this weekend. You know -- the typical New York night: going to a restaurant where it took me five months to get a reservation, and then going out to a small bar with no address where you actually have to call a phone number to get on the list and get the address, then pass through two security doors to get in. You know, just a normal night.
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Bad Movies I Always Watch
Four bad movies I always stop and watch on TV:
1. Back to the Future 3
2. The Replacements
3. Drumline
4. Vegas Vacation (This may not qualify as "bad" but it's certainly no Citizen Kane)
1. Back to the Future 3
2. The Replacements
3. Drumline
4. Vegas Vacation (This may not qualify as "bad" but it's certainly no Citizen Kane)
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Things I learned while watching the Today Show.
1. During the coldest week of the year, resort advertisers are getting meaner. Scottsdale, Bermuda, the Virgin Islands . . . these are the images on my screen at 8:17 am when it is 11 degrees outside here.
2. Natalie isn't the most professional -- she laughs during stories about breast augmentation, and she flashed the first lady during a fashion show.
3. Meridith might be a lush. The crew was talking about perfect dishes on a cold day--stew, vegtable soup, biscuits--and Meridith throws cocktails into the mix. On a morning show. Cocktails. Maybe I should spike my espresso.
2. Natalie isn't the most professional -- she laughs during stories about breast augmentation, and she flashed the first lady during a fashion show.
3. Meridith might be a lush. The crew was talking about perfect dishes on a cold day--stew, vegtable soup, biscuits--and Meridith throws cocktails into the mix. On a morning show. Cocktails. Maybe I should spike my espresso.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Things I did last night, in order
1. Watched the second half of National Lampoon's Vacation.
2. Watched the first half of National Lampoon's Vacation.
2. Watched the first half of National Lampoon's Vacation.
Friday, January 12, 2007
TFMITW Lists
Possible jobs held by the woman who lives on the fourth floor of the building across the street (according to my wife):
1. Doctor
2. Escort
3. Actress
4. Stewardess
1. Doctor
2. Escort
3. Actress
4. Stewardess
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