July 2008
32 posts
Balloon priest's body found at sea →
Since there won’t be a next time for this guy, I’d like to offer a friendly bit of advice to priests out there thinking of ways to raise a little money for a chapel for truckers at their highway parish: Drive a truck for charity. Airbrush a picture of Jesus on the side if it’s not flashy enough for you. A trucker Jesus with tattoos, greasy locks, and oil-stained jeans. ...
Addition to Casting for Batman 3
I nearly forgot!
Mia Kirshner, from The L Word and the outstanding Exotica, would be another fine, and I mean fine, choice for Catwoman. Just watch a clip from her role on 24, as the assassin Mandy, in case her ravishing beauty and acting’s not enough for you.
Still no Riddler.
Casting for Batman 3
Both my girlfriend and I found ourselves utterly bored while at work yesterday so we continued a discussion began the night before: What actors will play the roles of the potential villains in a third, Christopher Nolan-helmed Batman film?
My girlfriend is really great at this game. She could actually be a casting director. For example, when we found out about The X-Files: I Want to Believe,...
“The next night, Haze parked the Kraken in front of the Hotel Aggro and climbed...”
– This is an excerpt of an excerpt of an “abomination”. That “abomination” being, the successfully created by super-scientists, 33 1/3 Hex Enduction Hour by Flannery O’Connor.
The brilliant piece was actually written by Hayden Childs for Powell’s Books...
The Gutter + Papacitos = Una Parte Pequena ante...
“Our plan is the secret to success. Bowling and fish tacos. What else could people be doing, on a Saturday afternoon, that could possibly be better? Really?”
For the past few months, my girlfriend and I have been going to The Gutter, the bowling alley/bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Saturday afternoons. Almost every Saturday afternoon. Sometimes friends join, but for the most...
News Flash: Ticketmaster Rips You Off
Two $35 tickets with taxes, convenience charges (convenient for them, not me) and whatever else they decide to tack on comes to $91.
If these tickets weren’t for Sonic Youth, who’s awesomeness spans through time/space/dimensions, I’d be really upset about this.
(A similar thing happened with Of Montreal, but, again, how can I complain about The Greatest Show on Earth!?)
The Mummy Returns...Again!
Hey?! The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is coming out a week from tomorrow, on Aug——
Wait! Where are you going?
Wh-what do you mean?
You don’t care? But it’s The Mummy! With Brendan Fraser!
Ok, so I don’t really care for him, but what about Jet Li? It has Jet Li!
Yes, seriously, Jet Li!
What do you mean what does Jet Li have to do with mummies?! Are...
“My pitch for the next Batman movie: Batman runs into a female cat burglar with a...”
– Anthony Is Right
Even if Anthony is just kidding around, that’s a pretty good idea!
(via perpetua)
I agree. This is definitely a great idea.
My girlfriend and I were discussing the villains most likely to be a part of a potential third film by Christopher Nolan and his crew. Considering the...
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks: “Two...
A Dark Knight
I met up with my girlfriend after work Friday night in Union Square. We had purchased tickets earlier in the week to see The Dark Knight and were trying to kill a little time before our showing. She hadn’t eaten more than a snack all day so we went to Chipotle.
After completing the line dance, she had her order of tacos and her Sprite/Lemonade concoction. We looked for a spot to sit down...
Holy Fucking Shit, Vol. 1
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks covered Eddie Money’s “Two Tickets to Paradise” at the Siren Festival in Coney Island for their last song.
(Hopefully a video of this glorious moment will emerge soon. So far, only this.)
“Because these two young men on their trip to nowhere don’t really know how...”
– - Richard Linklater’s 16 Reasons to Love Two-Lane Blacktop
I watched the cult classic road movie Two-Lane Blacktop last night. I agree completely with Linklater’s assessment. You get pulled into and absorbed by the film and its images of these lonely guys and girl racing across the...
The Breeders' Pool Party
Yesterday, The Breeders played an excellent (and free) show at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn. With a little bit of luck, proper timing, and guts, I was able to attend it.
At about 4:30, I left my apartment and walked the five blocks to the pool. When I got near the location, I found a gargantuan serpent, much like the one from the film Anaconda, J-Lo’s finest work other than Out of Sight,...
Led Zeppelin - “Hey Hey What Can I...
Ladyhawke: “Paris Is Burning (Cut Copy...
R.E.M. - “Catapult”
“Cowered in...
33 1/3 Murmur or: In Defense of "Catapult"
I’m a fan of Continuum’s 33 1/3 Series. It’s a great way to delve deeper into an album’s production, history, meaning and various other aspects. They’re well-designed (compact and color-coded to the album’s art), affordable ($8 - $11 depending on where you go) and informative (each in different ways). Of the 58 published thus far, I’ve read 12. ...
Fourth of July Weekend
From Thursday, July 3rd, to Monday, July 7th, my mother and brother were in the city.
Here’s a day-by-day breakdown of the events that occurred:
Thursday
Receive a call from my mother. In a cab with my brother. She tells me which street they are on. It is way past where they should have turned. I inform her of this. Banshee wail. BANGBANGBANG. Tires screech. Yelling. Banshee wail....
Awesome! It's the Apocalypse. - I Love Money
Fuck you, VH1.
I would take Matchbox Twenty videos 24-7 over the disrespectful, offensive, base, vile, insincere, indecent, despicable and disgusting pile of putrid trash, I Love Money.
How dare you insult my intelligence, as well as, humanity’s?
Yeah, we get it. These reality show contestants are attention-starved, depraved, greedy and seem to have no qualms about making complete...
