Monthly Archives: March 2007
Show Some Emotion: Hoodoo Gurus in L.A. 3-28-07 and Anaheim 3-30-07
If you’ve been reading my posts on this blog, or listening to my podcast, you know I have a lot of favorite bands. I can’t help it, I can find a lot to love in a lot of different music. They really are all my favorite. I realize that takes away somewhat from the impact of what I’m about to say, but this is very true: the Hoodoo Gurus are special to me.
Yeah, I know, a lot of bands are special to me. But the Hoodoo Gurus are unique. Most bands, I love their music as a whole. I love individual songs, and I have songs that are my favorites among their catalogue. But the Hoodoo Gurus are different. Each song to me is like something new to marvel over. Each song takes on a life of it’s own. Each song has it’s own personality and reason to be loved.
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Best Cold War Spy Films
So what are the best Cold War spy films? There are a ton that range from the silly (James Bond) to the sublime (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). As I rewatched Casino Royal last week (probably by far the best Bond film yet – who’d have thought they could breath new life into a series older than I am) I was reminded of a lot of the films. Now to count, these have to be spy films set in the Cold War. So the recent Bond, Bourne or other films simply don’t count.
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Top 5 Root Beers
Major distribution:
1) A&W
2) Stewart’s
3) Hires
4) Mug
5) Barq’s
Minor distribution:
1) Henry Weinhard’s
2) Virgil’s
3) Thomas Kemper
4) IBC
5) Soux City
LOST: “Expose”
At last, the dreaded, feared, and much-anticipated Niki and Paolo episode.
Spoilers and more after the break.
The Apple TV
OK, since I did the excited iPhone writeup back in January I thought I’d revisit the Apple TV (henceforth aTV because Windows browsers don’t display the Apple character correctly). Now let me note that I don’t have one of these things. So this is basically an apology for why I’m not buying one and why you probably shouldn’t either.
American Idol Week 3 [Updated with a Mean Game]
And that’s why Jordin will beat Lakisha and Melinda. Both of the latter made big mistakes this week. They had a chance to do something new and young and to show their versatility, but they did the same old thing. It was predictable and boring, even if they were both impeccable. Melinda was worse because her song didn’t really have much of a tune. Jordin, on the other hand, was young and fun. The No Doubt song she did isn’t very tuneful, either, and it didn’t showcase her singing ability very well, but she was in this century while Lakisha and Melinda were still in the 70′s. Read the rest of this entry
Moviedrome #10: Multiple Story Edition VOTE!
Run Lola Run vs. Amores perros
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Popular vs. Underground Music: the 50′s
I was driving in my car the other day (the story of my life), and I started thinking about popular vs. underground music, and how the music classified as both have changed over the years. Of course for me every musical road leads to the 80′s, but you can’t really talk about the 80′s without talking about the 70′s. And you can’t talk about the 70′s without talking about the 60′s. And so on. So I thought it might be interesting to do a post about popular vs. underground music for each decade, starting with the 50′s.
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Businessmen, they drink my wine: BSG Season 3 commentary
A great final episode, leaving us with lots of questions. Perhaps we’re holding onto questions even when we shouldn’t, however: read this.
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An Interview with Mira Nair
As promised when I posted my review of The Namesake, below is a slightly edited transcript of my brief interview with Mira Nair, the director. The interview took place in a small conference room at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas, with four other interviewers and myself. Ms. Nair was extremely gracious, and even tolerated the presence of my seven-month-old son, Henry, in the room. (Henry makes a few appearances in the audio transcript, which I’ve posted to the radio.blog, so our readers can hear Ms. Nair’s voice as well as reading what she said.) Immediately following the interview, in fact, she asked to hold Henry, and the two of them seemed to really hit it off.
Problems in transcription and typographical errors are, of course, mine.
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