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Paul

About Me

Humble genius.

My Interests

theatre, film, music, etc., purple bunnies (they're out there, I swear. And apparently they're very very dangerous!)

Music:

Tom Petty, Replacements, Stones, Wilco, Old 97's, Sleater Kinney, Billie Holiday, Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Mercury Rev, Doors, Janis Joplin, Ramones, Bikini Kill, Nirvana, Public Enemy, Outkast, and on . . .and on . . and on. . .

Movies:

1) Local Hero 2) Blade Runner 3) Casablanca 4) Life is Beautiful 5) Return of the Kingand others.

Television:

Northern Exposure, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, M*A*S*H, South Park, Seinfeld, Friends (yes, friends, got a problem with that?)

Books:

I read like a fiend. Neil Gsiman, Don Quixote-Cervantes, Dante, Mark Helprin, John Irving, Poppy Brite, Dennis Cooper, Darcy Steinke, Langston Hughes, William Blake, Thomas Hardy, Margaret Atwood, Rick Moody, D.H. Lawrence, Alan Moore, etc.And no matter how I try. I just don't get Jane Austen . . .so I've stopped trying.

Heroes:

My heroes have always been cowboys 'cause my momma didn't let me grow up to be one.

My Blog

Darkness

Already pundits and newspapers are commenting on how Hollywood honored darker fare this year. Which is, of course, true. I mean, look at the films: No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Atoneme...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:41:00 PST

Big Blonde

Dorothy Parker's "Big Blonde" may be one of the most perfect short stories I've read in a long time. Immaculate craft, engaging and haunting. It's been staying with me for over a week now.
Posted by Paul on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:55:00 PST

Discoveries

So, being a music hound, I tend to like to introduce people to all kinds of different music. I have about 8,000 songs on my iPod ranging from punk to world music to adult alternative to jazz, hip-hop,...
Posted by Paul on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:11:00 PST

Great Lyric 23,343

Why do I pull wings off butterflies Look for things that hurt my eyes I kiss the boys but I'm the one who cries Why do I get off on misery Loneliness feels good to me I'm happy when I'm all hung out t...
Posted by Paul on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:35:00 PST

Uncle Paul

Yes, yes indeed. I am an uncle for the first time. My nephew Joshua Steven Weissman was born at 10:00AM on Saturday morning. He's cute as a button and completely alert. He was looking around, taking s...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:59:00 PST

Tom Petty is playing the halftime show at the Superbowl

Maybe he'll show nip.
Posted by Paul on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:12:00 PST

My guy’s gone

John Edwards is dropping out of the race today which bums me out. Once again, the democrat I would choose isn't even going to make it to the New York primary. He was easily the most progressive, socia...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:10:00 PST

Weekend of movies

I ran into a spate of great movies this weekend. Not a dud in the bunch: 1) Into the Wild -- Sean Penn's take on Jon Krakauer's book is simultaneously a paen to the independent American spirit and a c...
Posted by Paul on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:07:00 PST

Weeds

So, along with the new place came DVR for my cable which came with a three months free of Showtime and TMC. So we sat down and checked out the showtimes sitcoms. Which all pretty much sucked. Except f...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:21:00 PST

I am happy

Why? Because I'm going to see The Hives with The Donnas in March. THAT's why!
Posted by Paul on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:08:00 PST