High School Musical: Not Bad at All

I was fully prepared to cringe my way through. I’m not the target audience for this movie, but as musicals-for-tweens go, it was watchable (geez, damn with faint praise much?). I’ve only seen bits at a time, channel surfing over Disney on my way from Comedy Central to the Cartoon Network. But HSM 3 is [...]

Too Early for Best Music of 2008?

Idolator‘s been snarky, which is cool, but when I check my iTunes library, here’s my top 5 of the year so far:

1. Vampire Weekend Yes, a lot of hipster fuckwits latched onto them, and posers think they’re now wise to world music, but it’s a consistently well-written album and I’ve played the crap out [...]

The Man Himself Rickrolls the Planet

Far out. NYC just got pwned:

Rick Astley, you are made of awesome and win.

Thanks

This is the day for it. Not that we shouldn’t be thankful the other 364, but today, we’re forced. So, Morgan, I am thankful for you. you’re stoic, resolute, funny, caring, talented, forthright, capable, and a million other adjectives I admire. If I take you for granted sometimes, I’m sorry, but you make it easy, [...]

Cheap Gas…for Now

Enjoy this while it lasts. I won’t be surprised to be paying four bucks again to haul my surfboard out to the beach next summer.

The Stills – Eastern Europe

Man is this six kinds of win.

You hit Eastern Europe With a broken heart And when you came back the town was gone Now every little step that you take feels wrong And I’m here acting chicken

Remember Kissing, making love In the rolling Black Sea Underwater Slipping your tongue Through my teeth [...]

Premonition: No Psychic Ability Necessary

It sucked. Giant holes throughout. I like Sandra Bullock, she’s charming, and I’ll give her a shot in most anything, even if it looks like it’ll be awful (I’m looking at you, Miss Congeniality), but she sleepwalked (what is the past tense of “sleepwalk”?) through this dog.

I think I’ll spoil it for you. Bullock [...]

Hamster on a Piano

Yeah, it’s official: anything you can think of, you can find on YouTube. Ancient commercial about obscure action figures? Check. People getting punched in the face in slow motion? Check. Guy who found a super cute video of a hamster eating a piece of popcorn on a piano keyboard and decided to make a goofy [...]

Also, Phil Spector Totally Looks Like a Dandelion

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Sick Day, Sort Of

I saw through a fog most of the day. There was nausea, but it seemed as if it was inside my head more than my stomach. I’m not sure what caused it. The problem is, when you work for yourself (or are unemployed; sometimes the essence of both is the same, except if you’re collecting [...]