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About Me

After stints surfing in San Diego and drinking heavily in Chicago, I returned to the fine city of Columbus to write for an entertainment magazine.
This means I get to attend concerts, plays, movies and other fun things for free.
As the founder, president and current CEO of Funtime Society, a group dedicated to hitting it hard and preserving fun times everywhere, I often can be found at many local establishments holding shit down.
I'm also a member of the Central Ohio Film Critics Association. Check it here .

My Interests

Skinny skiing, going to bullfights on acid, debating whether LeBron James can realize his full potential, bitching about the Cleveland Browns, drinking, chewing nicotine-based gum products

I'd like to meet:

Michele, Tameka, Tonya and others who ride the train.

Music:

Five Best Albums of 2006:
1. Brightblack Morning Light, Brightblack Morning Light
2. Wolfmother, Wolfmother
3. The Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
4. The Aggrolites, The Aggrolites
5. Maia Sharp, Eve & the Red Delicious

Movies:

Best Movies of 2006 (in no order):
District B13
Wah-Wah
Brick
Children of Men
Jackass Number Two
Half Nelson
Thank You for Smoking
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Blood Diamond
The Last King of Scotland

Television:

Lost, Tribe baseball, South Park

Books:

My all-time favorite books are Where the Red Fern Grows, The Grapes of Wrath, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and It, by Stephen King.I also like non-fiction by Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese and Bill Bryson.

Heroes:

LeBron James, Tom Wolfe, Jamison Lee and Demetri, whose back I once shaved

My Blog

Song of the Day: Priestess

Artist: PriestessTrack: "Lay Down"Album: Hello Master (2006)Listen About the musicOh, that stark, one-word name implying the occult is such a perfect one for this band of intimidating Canadians. What ...
Posted by John! on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:16:00 PST

Wexner Center wants your film

Got some interesting news from our friends over at the Wexner Center for the Arts... The Wexner Center is now accepting entries for the 12th annual Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase. The showcase p...
Posted by John! on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:15:00 PST

Song of the Day: Guardylou

Artist: GuardylouTrack: "You Who Never Arrived"Album: Wide-Eyed Collective Sampler No. 1Listen About the musicColumbus musicians put out a decent share of memorable folk, and this song adds to that ri...
Posted by John! on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:13:00 PST

Inter view with John Reuben

Check out the "Locals Only" feature on John Reuben in this week's Alive. Reuben will release his new album Word of Mouth Monday at the Basement. For more on his music, click to www.johnreuben.com. He...
Posted by John! on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:12:00 PST

Song of the Day: Blue Cheer

Artist: Blue CheerTrack: "Just a Little Bit"Album: Outsideinside (1968)Listen About the musicRegarded as one of the first important power trios, Cheer remains an underappreciated West Coast band that ...
Posted by John! on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:54:00 PST

Song of the Day: Blue Cheer

Movie Review: Breaking and Entering

Compared with other recent films dealing with passion in the face of propriety and the random events that transform our world, the latest from writer/director Anthony Minghella is a crisp, calm and ba...
Posted by John! on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:53:00 PST

Song of the Day: Brian Eno

Artist: Brian EnoSong: "Mother Whale Eyeless"Album: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)Hear it About the trackJust read DeVille's interesting, but somewhat congested bloggy blog and learned that...
Posted by John! on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:52:00 PST

Top Play Nominees

Alright, some beef with the recent picks on SportsCenter's "Top 10 Plays," which they select daily to showcase amazing athletic feats performed the previous day. Problem No. 1Lately, game importance h...
Posted by John! on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:50:00 PST

Cavaliers Live Blog

This is a transcript of my thoughts last night during the second half of the Cavaliers double-overtime loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, started by a text message from friend Joe Chamberlain... 8:30: Au...
Posted by John! on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:49:00 PST