Monthly Archives: August 2006
Rock Music for a Beginner
My in-laws are an interesting bunch. They are all wonderful singers, but they rarely listen to music. My father-in-law spends every Sunday listening to either musak or bluegrass, but beyond that, they don’t really appear to be that interested in music as anything other than a means to pass the time while driving across town.
For instance, my sister-in-law, who lives next store, almost never listens to music. Her husband owns 2 CDs (Loreena McKennit and Jethro Tull) and, until recently, that was the family music cachet. However, her daughter has just been given the Carrie Underwood CD and, I assume out of the principle that nature abhors a vacuum, she apparently listens to it all the time.
Based on the principle that I am the most vocal member of the family regarding music not meant for church or barbershop quartet, my sister-in-law has asked me to make a few CDs for my niece so that she will have something else to listen to. Read the rest of this entry
Top 5 Most Attractive Movie Performances/Characters
MALE
1) Jude Law in Alfie
2) Brad Pitt in Fight Club
3) Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones series
4) Peirce Brosnan in The Thomas Crown Affair
5) George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven
FEMALE
1) Audrey Tautou in Amelie
2) Uma Thurman in the Kill Bill series
3) Kiera Knightly in Pride and Prejudice
4) Cameron Diaz in Charlie’s Angels
5) Gwyneth Paltrow in The Talented Mr. Ripley
My newest loves
I don’t have a band spotlight this week, since I’ve been on vacation. But we haven’t had a new-acquisitions post for awhile. What’s new for you?
Here are my newest loves:
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Name These Soft Rock Tunes
I’ve spliced together clips of songs to see how many you can all identify. This batch of songs are all clips of (brilliant) soft rock tunes, mostly from the 70′s.
I’ll give you a day or two to make your guesses, then I’ll post the answers. There are clips from 17 songs this time. I’ll be surprised if all of these songs aren’t at least somewhat familiar to you. Some of the artists might be harder to recall than others, though.
Song clips are in the radio.blog: “Name These Soft Rock Tunes”
NOTE: You might want to listen and make your guesses before reading the comments, or other people’s guesses might spoil your fun.
UPDATE: I’ll paste the answers in down below. If you haven’t had a chance to make your guesses, don’t click on the “more” link until you have!
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Top 5 Greatest Sugar Cereals
1) Lucky Charms
2) Cap’n Crunch: Crunch Berries
3) Golden Grahams
4) Honeycomb
5) Frosted MiniWheats
If Cracklin’ Oat Bran is considered a sugar cereal then it’s #1.
Next Cinemasochist Theme — UPDATED
The next Cinemasochist theme: “Swords and Sorcery.” Let’s have it folks, name the worst of ‘em.
Here’s your chance to go medieval on my ass, I suppose. I’ll post a poll from your suggestions in a day or two.
UPDATE: as a special treat, I will watch and review BOTH Quest of the Delta Knights AND Hercules in New York. Enjoy!
Cinemasochist review: Most eXtreme Primate
People have been raving about Most eXtreme Primate for years, and at last I know what all the hype is about. Read the rest of this entry
Book Review: Everything Bad Is Good For You
The title of this book gives the impression that within its pages you will find the reasons that Krispy Kreme will help you lose weight, badmouthing other people strengthens them and playing Halo makes kids more intelligent. Read the rest of this entry
Comedy Central is My Primary TV News Source
I watch two news shows on TV: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report. And I’m not ashamed of that fact. Read the rest of this entry
And you thought "Loonatics" was a bad idea…
They’re remaking THUNDERCATS. It looks terrible. Read about it here.
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