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Category Archives: Music
Monkee Gone To Heaven
Davy Jones of the Monkees died of a heart attack Wednesday. He was 66 years old. I’m too young to have been involved in the first wave of Monkee mania back in the 60s. And to be sure, the Monkee’s … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Television, The Grim Spector
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All You Need is Hate
Over at the Onion Av club, they have an interesting discussion of movies, TV shows and music that people have fallen out of love with. As much as I’m loathe to admit it, Sam Adams has a point about Tim … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Music, Shun Them!, The Grim Spector
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Goodbye, Mike
If you’re my age, plus or minus a couple years, then Michael Jackson’s music was part of your life. And yeah, later, he became a troll in his own life, poisoned by celebrity and the weird depredations that lifestyle brings, … Continue reading
Posted in Music, The Grim Spector
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The Universe Has Gone All Wobbly
So, Joaquin Phoenix has apparently quit the film industry to become a rapper. I… hold on. Wait, let that sink in a moment…You know that scene in Being John Malkovich where Malkovich tells his agent he wants to be a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies, Music, Things That Are Awesome
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Awesome Sandwhich
Michael Gondry directed an episode of Flight of the Chonchords and is rumored to be directing the Green Hornet movie. That’s an awesome sandwich, right there. I mean a sandwich made of awesome, not just like a really good roast … Continue reading
Long Live Triphop
After ten years, Portishead has a new album. This is undoubtedly a good thing, though you wouldn’t know it from this Salon article by James Hannaham, who seems to think that because the band’s new album doesn’t sound like their … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Things That Are Not Bombs
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Old Time Family Values
Today, Elvira and I celebrated our Seventh Wedding anniversary in that tried and true way couples have for years: we bought Guitar Hero III for the Wii and spent most of the afternoon making really loud (and bad) music. It … Continue reading
Posted in Geek, Marital Bliss, Movies, Music
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Sounds From Up North
Picked up the new They Might Be Giants album, The Else* this week and my faith in the Johns is restored. where The Spine was a little disappointing (felt like Left over B-sides from John Henry) the Else has a … Continue reading
Where Does All The Music Go?
It’s recently come to the attention of my wife and I that our music collection is not organized correctly. We have more than 13,000 songs in our iTunes Library, classified into 28 genres, which is a pretty representative collection, providing … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Where'd I Put My Keys?
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This Post Is Dedicated To My iPod, What Died Today
Now that my supervisors are perusing this blog, I thought I’d give them something fun to read that also provides genuine insight into my personality (lest they think I’m just a disgruntled atheist with an overwrought fondness for cats). So … Continue reading
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