Normally, I pride myself on being a manly man. That means, if you cross me or look at me funny, I’ll come at you like a fucking nightmare. All you’ll see are blinding movements consisting of blurry fists and swollen knuckles. I’m so manly I crap out mallets and piss lava. My nutsack is layered … Continue reading
The Liars do not just make records – they make what you could probably get away with calling something like ‘Repeatable Audio/Visual Installation Experiences’. Such a hoighty toighty New York Nouveau title may place me in the same contingent as a twenty-one year old art student who’s just has his first run-in with Ayn Rand, … Continue reading
Ever set up a perfect day only to have it spoiled by circumstances beyond your control? Check this. I had my Saturday all sorted. I was going to sleep in, in the morning, play Cricket in the afternoon then go to a concert being co headlined by Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga, and Tim Finn, the … Continue reading
A few years ago, I was on a flight to Los Angeles from Dallas. During this flight I was seated next to a young boy. Among his various items, he had a book entitled Diary of a Wimpy Kid. The boy was extremely nice offering me a chance to not only play on his PSP, … Continue reading
The original Wolf Man is one of my all time favorite films, and one of the things that I love most is it’s simplicity; Dog bites man, man becomes dog. That type of direct storytelling seems to serve genres like horror well, because you can devote more time to suspense and atmosphere that would have … Continue reading
Having socks that don’t match is one of those mildly annoying non-entities in our lives that shouldn’t really be given a second thought, but are easily avoided. You go through your socks each day and waste precious seconds looking for a matching pair. “Oh fuck a duck in it’s greasy asshole, this sock is off-white!” … Continue reading
You know how sometimes when you’ve been doing something for a long time, it inevitably starts to make you comatose, even if you love it? This has been the case for me for a while, the offending activity being my Avid studies. When I got my Avid Certification, I still had 8 units left to … Continue reading
I see a lot of movies every year. A ton. But this year I’ve decided I don’t see enough movies, so one of my New Year Resolutions was to simply see more. And to write about them. See, that’s the other half of the equation: I see a ton of movies, but I write about … Continue reading
I see a lot of movies every year. A ton. But this year I’ve decided I don’t see enough movies, so one of my New Year Resolutions was to simply see more. And to write about them. See, that’s the other half of the equation: I see a ton of movies, but I write about … Continue reading
I see a lot of movies every year. A ton. But this year I’ve decided I don’t see enough movies, so one of my New Year Resolutions was to simply see more. And to write about them. See, that’s the other half of the equation: I see a ton of movies, but I write about … Continue reading