My Month in Media Jan '07 |
Annuals, Be Here Me Stars of Track and Field, Centuries Before Love and War The Shins, Wincing the Night Away Trailer Park Boys, The Festival, Beerfest, Upright Citizens Brigade Michael Ondaatje, Th... Posted by on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:11:00 GMT |
5 Things White People Should Never Say (as inspired by the Hollywood Xmas Parade) |
1. "You guys, prepare to get served!" 2. "Heyyyy!" 3. "You'd better go and ask somebody!" 4. "I think that was my first drumline; I've never seen one before. How neat!" 5. "Pimp my" anything. Posted by on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:28:00 GMT |
My Month in Media, Nov. '06 (delayed) |
The Album Leaf - everything he's recorded Will Oldham - everything he's recorded Mark Kozelek - ditto Eric Bachmann - tritto Velocity Girl - Simpatico Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand The Unit, Da Ali... Posted by on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:41:00 GMT |
IF EVER YOU SHOULD READ A BOOK AGAIN... |
...reach for no other book in perpetual existence, either written or yet to be written, than Mark Z. Danielewski's debut novel, HOUSE OF LEAVES. Anything you think you know about reading, writing, nar... Posted by on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:34:00 GMT |
THE TODAY SHOW MAKES ME WANT TO KILL MYSELF |
...just watch it, once, and you'll see what i'm talking about... Posted by on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:41:00 GMT |
MY MONTH IN MEDIA, OCT. '06 |
The Crane Wife - The Decemberists Boys and Girls in America - The Hold Steady Okonokos - My Morning Jacket Bug - Dinosaur Jr. Amber Headlights - Greg Dulli The Night Buffalo by Guillermo Arriaga, Dev... Posted by on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:10:00 GMT |
WHY CAN'T I JUST WATCH THE FUCKING WORLD SERIES? |
It's bad enough they got the revolving banner ad thing behind home plate, the one blatantly aimed at television viewers, but I can't get through a single damn game without being subjected to two pop s... Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:05:00 GMT |
THE PIG: GREATEST OF ALL GOD'S CREATURES |
I've thought long and hard about this, scoured land, sea and air searching for what I determine to be the pinnacle of creation, the perfect animal. Kind of like a zoological "Endless Summer" that no o... Posted by on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:13:00 GMT |
YET ANOTHER SIGN HUMANS WILL NOT SEE THE NEXT CENTURY |
So I met this kid, one of these typical Portland kids, 19, baggy and tattered black everything, sitting outside the 7-11 one night trying to get someone to buy him a 40 of Pabst. I didn't, of course, ... Posted by on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:20:00 GMT |
10 BEST VACATION VIDEOS EVER |
So, in Portland the winter has settled, the grey skies and perpetual rain, the interminable purgatory that is this time of year in the Northwest. Makes me think of Southern summers, of days on the bea... Posted by on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 03:30:00 GMT |