… and bring out your dead. Can you imagine being an employee at walmart (let alone a temporary one) and losing your life while a consumer-crazed mob of assholes crushes you beneath their feet in an attempt to roll back the cost of their holiday savings? If you haven’t heard, here’s the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html?partner=rss&emc=rss While … Continue reading
… is apparently going to tour the US next fall. Let’s just let that hang there for a moment. You can go here for a version of the story* : http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/the-jesus-lizard-reuniting-in-2009-1003917496.story Those of you that know who they are will no doubt know what this means the return of what is quite possibly the greatest … Continue reading
… is truly the worst kind of comedy. What kind is that you might ask? The kind that has a mammoth budget and spends all of it on cast, cameos, special effects and soundtrack, getting so carried away with itself on every level that it forgets that it is a comedy and THUS SHOULD BE … Continue reading
… are one of my favorite bands in the world. November 11th saw the release of their new album, THE BRONX (titled exactly the same as their last two albums) and since finally acquiring it this past Saturday I have not stopped listening to it. What do they sound like? The Bronx sound like that … Continue reading
is not only a damn fine breakout E.P. by TV ON THE RADIO but also a balls to the wall, smoke ’em if you got ’em monthly comic book written by Mr. David Lapham. If you are not reading it, you should be. Here’s why. If you’re not familiar with Mr. Lapham’s work let me … Continue reading
I’m just settling into a buzz, am halfway through Stanley Kubrick’s BARRY LYNDON (my 1st viewing of this; I love Kubrick and his intermissions) and thought I should try to get this Monday blog posted, even if it’s only still Monday on my coast. I’ll start by saying that when I woke up and drove … Continue reading
I’m sure some of you out there work retail. And so I’m sure you will understand the rant I am about to expunge. However, retail experience or not, imagine working nine (9) days in a row without a day off. In retail. So yes, I’m fucking tired. What is it about retail that brings out … Continue reading
I’ve been waiting for this one for a pretty long time now. Brad Anderson’s SESSION 9 got me when a friend showed it to me several years ago. Then, a few years after that I saw THE MACHINST and was floored. Even though it almost had ‘that’ ending, it was different enough in transition and … Continue reading
Let me start out, right off the bat, assauge any fears of spoilers here within – this is not a blog about SAW V. It is a discussion, philosophical no, fanboy yes, about several of the previous movies of the SAW franchise. So, any spoilers are old hat and probably mostly irrelevant to most folks … Continue reading
…. are essentially this really needs to be over. If John and Sarah Quayle win, well, I just don’t know. Anyone else feel like they’ve been holding their breathe for about six months. …….. Anyway… So I just returned late last night from my six day stint in my home city of Chicago and I’m … Continue reading