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John

you'll talk about me to your grandsons

About Me

I like to write Cut Shallow Radio
http://cutshallowradio.blogspot.com/

My Interests

CUT SHALLOW RADIO

Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years (1987-2006)

Starting August 1st


An album tribute a day
for 100 days
Counting down from 100 to 1
(Monday-Friday)
at cutshallowradio.blogspot.com

I'd like to meet:

whoever that handsome devil is who writes Cut Shallow Radio.

Music:

Current tunes: Spoon, M.I.A., Cannibal Ox, Oasis, De La Soul

Television:

waiting for Heroes and The Office to start.

My Blog

Raz's 100 Best Songs of 2006 [part 2]

I don't know what happened at the end of part 1. There's some html P thingy hanging out there, & I couldn't get it to go away, so I split the blog. Here's 30 thru 1. Enjoy.   30. Regina Spekt...
Posted by John on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:13:00 PST

Raz's 100 Best Songs of 2006 [part 1]

Well, this is the short & to the point version. The list will, at some point, be reissued in a deluxe format with musings & links to associated videos. Anyway... Let's start with...  15 n...
Posted by John on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:08:00 PST

soundtrack to turning 30

Behold the power of an iPod on shuffle   Saturday, August 26th  7:53pm Commence party mix   Notorious BIG (w/ Method Man): The What Ryan Adams: To Be Young (is to be sad, is to be high...
Posted by John on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:36:00 PST

the best films of 2005...for now

...that I've seen, of course. It's hard for me to keep track. 1. The Constant Gardener2. Munich3. King Kong4. Batman Begins5. Good Night, & Good Luck6. Jarhead7. Walk The Line8. Hustle & Flow9...
Posted by John on Fri, 02 Sep 2005 10:56:00 PST

the 1990's in 10 cds

Recently, my friend & yours Cynthia had a nice little July birthday party, and with that party came a challenge: make a mix CD of 90's songs. Of course, knowing me, I can't just do one. I have to ...
Posted by John on Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:49:00 PST

the mostly pathetic genre of superhero films

I was reading an article on Superhero movies last night, and I realized how few good ones there actually are. The majority of the genre is just shit. Now, I'm not including movies that are based on gr...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Best Movies of Recent Years

I found a site recently that listed all the movies released in a calendar year going back to 1997. It was interesting to see that, on average, there's almost the same number of movies released in the ...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

how much does Alien Vs Predator suck??

First let's get this out of this way... Raz's opinions on the previous 6 movies (as a gauge): Aliens (1986): 10 out of 10 Alien (1979): 9/10 Predator (1987): 7/10 Alien3 (1992): 5/10 Alien Resur...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

weekly question 4

Q: 10 songs that describe you as a person/your way of thinking 1) D'angelo: "Greatdayndamornin'" "Today I played it safe, cards are in my favor / Can't U leave 2 much 2 chance, Woke up with tim...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Weekly Question 3

Q: What are your 10 favorite movie scenes ever? A: 1. Swingers: The NHL Hockey/Pink Dot Guy scene. My favorite scene of all-time. I had probably uttered the line "It's not so much me as it's Roenic...
Posted by John on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST