| The Constant |
[Jun. 26th, 2009|09:04 pm] |
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| | SmackDown! | ] |
- One of my kindergarten classmates moonwalking.
- The cover story in Electric Co. magazine, tattered, with the photo spread about his love of toys and E.T.
- Hearing "Eat It" for the first time at an elementary school birthday party.
- I have a memory of some sort of trying to figure out what was going on lyrically in "Billie Jean"...
- Thriller on vinyl, being scared by the title track, the song and the video (I may have seen it once on Entertainment Tonight or something?).
- Did the "Bad" video debut/air on regular TV too?
- The Jacksons: An American Dream
- The Dangerous videos all getting high-profile debuts on Fox, starting with "Black Or White." I still love "Remember The Time." "Brrrap bap bap bap, brrrrap, ba ba bap!"
- Tim Meadows "on his backo"
- Later, Amy Poehler in a tree.
- The trial ending while I was in New York City for work.
- June 25, 2009
- and so much more.
Michael Joseph Jackson has been everyone's Constant. |
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| What was I thinking when I let go of you? |
[Jun. 17th, 2009|04:07 pm] |
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| | The Killers - When You Were Young | ] |
Wow! Soulful, funky cover of "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" done by a soulful, funky Chicago band.
Take that, Mark Ronson and your Dap-King horns!
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| Cognitive Dissonance |
[May. 31st, 2009|08:08 pm] |
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| | R.E.M. - High Speed Train (live) | ] |
One of my favorite topics on LJ, "cognitive dissonance," gets a big, well-written write-up in today's Inquirer by Frank Fitzpatrick. It's pretty much in the same context I've used it in...trying to come to terms with the questionable moral decisions your favorite athletes make. I've written about this concept when it comes to Mark McGwire and wrestling fandom. Fitzpatrick uses it for sports fan in general, how 'we' decry the other team's player when he screws up but will circle the wagons around our own. A good read. Ch-check it out. |
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| las peliculas de Mayo |
[May. 24th, 2009|12:26 am] |
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| | SNL | ] |
A month of blockbuster films, condensed into ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) fatherbingo-esque brief reviews:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Well they got Gambit pretty accurate and Hugh Jackman is awesome, but the script is full of holes the more you think about the film. Plot points and details are never explained. I.e. - why is Wolverine "Logan" but also "Jimmy" to "Victor" (who is never called Sabretooth or Victor Creed...)? Ryan Reynolds made a great Wade Wilson...but the "Deadpool" we meet later on is something else. And the lazy FX and CGI are hit-and-miss, most notably the unforgivable Roger Rabbit-ish cartoony claws Wolvie has in the bathroom scene.
Star Trek - The best of the Summer Blockbusters so far. Fun, light, nostalgic, exciting. Aside from a pair of forced comedy moments, I had no complaints. I do love me some time travel.
Terminator Salvation - I realized there's no colon in the title...it's just the salvation of a terminator or FROM terminators. Grim and gritty and dark...if you love Intense Robots vs. humans, this is the movie for you (for two months at least). I wish they hadn't totally given away the reveal about Marcus' character in the trailer. Although it's hinted at from the very start of the film, it would've been a more effective and powerful moment in the film if it hadn't been completely spoiled like that. It's not the deepest or heaviest of Sci-Fi and certainly no T2, but it's a well-done action movie full of great set pieces (and cool robots!). There's still plenty more that could've been done with the characters, themes, etc. and you have to know the basics of the back story, because they really aren't explained enough.
P.S. - Wow...it's been 10 years since Owen's death. :(
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| Did I fall asleep? |
[May. 7th, 2009|03:28 pm] |
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| | Janelle Monae - Many Moons | ] |
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| Good riddance to bad rubbish |
[Apr. 28th, 2009|08:47 pm] |
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The odious Hummer brand, one of the most garish and awful vehicles known to man, will cease to be by the end of 2009. This is cause for celebration! Soon, the over-privileged and the hip-hop community alike will no longer be able to purchase a vehicle suited for driving through the desert terrains of the Middle East...and cruise through the suburbs or crowded city streets. Seriously, I need to keep an eye out for the last day one of those abominations rolls off the assembly line and plan a party. |
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| The definition of irony? |
[Apr. 16th, 2009|12:11 am] |
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Realizing I never put Green Day's Insomniac album on my iPod, and then doing so at midnight. |
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| Bad News & Good News |
[Mar. 14th, 2009|10:28 am] |
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| | WWE Smackdown! | ] |
Bad news: "Former WWE star Andrew "Test" Martin was found dead in his Tampa, Fla. apartment on Friday night, according to a report by PWInsider.com. Martin was 33 years old and nearing his birthday on March 17."
Damnit...just...damnit...not another one...only 33? Seriously? I distinctly remember reading an interview with him back in college where he talked about saving his money and not overstaying in the business... Sad sad sad...
Good news: The Roots totally covered Werewolf Bar Mitzvah when Tracy Morgan came out on Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon last night! Apparently the clips of his interview on NBC.com don't include when he came out, so you have to open the whole episode and jump to the second chapter and the 12 minute mark. |
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| Once In A Lifetime |
[Mar. 3rd, 2009|03:48 pm] |
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| | Kaiser Chiefs - Good Days Bad Days | ] |
Last year's David Byrne show was one of the most amazing and uplifting concerts I've been to in recent years (though this writer disagrees). I was unaware Byrne was going to be on the Colbert Report last night, but thank you Internet, for letting me get to watch it anyway!
And just as I'm putting this together, I get this in a press release:
David Byrne
Friday, June 5 at 8pm
On Sale Monday, March 9 at 10am
By popular demand – David Byrne brings his "Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno" show back to Philadelphia. The tour, which stopped for a sold-out show at the Tower Theater in November, had critics raving and audiences dancing in the aisles. With Byrne and his band doing Talking Heads classics like “Burning Down the House,” “I Zimbra” and “Life During Wartime” next to songs from his acclaimed solo collaborations with Eno, the tour was a smash success. We are very happy to bring this show back to the first show of what promises to be a truly memorable MANN 2009 Season!
It's the exact same tour from last year, but if you didn't see it...you really should. |
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| Saying goodbye to Conan |
[Feb. 21st, 2009|03:43 pm] |
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| | Chris Cornell - Ground Zero | ] |
Conan, you will be missed...for a few months. Then you will make me choose between you and our hero Dave (and Colbert!). Damn you, you red-headed monster!
I had the pleasure of seeing Conan once in person, with brantastic & sillyhippy (for her birthday!) many moons ago. We got to learn the origin of the Coked Up Werewolf! (He was an ordinary werewolf...bitten by a coked-up dude!)
( Enjoy some of the best of Late Night, via NBC.com ) |
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| Wyoming means "No State Here" |
[Feb. 12th, 2009|01:03 pm] |
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| | Kasabian - Club Foot | ] |
platypi25 & I have been saying that for half our lives...yet I'm sure I haven't seen this bit since the late '80's...UNTIL TODAY!
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| Fox is sexxin' up the Friday Night Death Slot |
[Feb. 4th, 2009|04:35 pm] |
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| | Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire | ] |
I just hope they pay attention to the online streaming numbers as well, because that's how I'll be watching both shows... |
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| O frabjous day, calloo, callay! |
[Jan. 13th, 2009|08:58 am] |
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| | The Strokes - Reptilia | ] |
I've been waiting for this news for a lonnng time....
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| NPHSNL |
[Jan. 12th, 2009|08:51 am] |
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| |  okay | ] |
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| | Better Than Ezra - Good | ] |
Surprisingly, the best part of Neil Patrick Harris' turn hosting SNL is not available on NBC.com/Hulu...perhaps so they don't have to pay the music rights? So enjoy it via YouTube as long as you can:
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