Monthly Archives: December 2009
What DVDs did you get for Christmas?
Normally I buy my kids whatever the new blockbusters are on DVD. But IMO, there weren’t many good movies this year, so I got my kids (who are all teenagers) mostly cult classics. I think it’s safe for you to assume that my kids would appreciate them more, anyway.
My 15 year old son asked for and received:
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New Music for the End of the Decade: Stereophonics
Leave it to band of the decade nominee Stereophonics to capture the moment as this unfortunate decade winds to a close. They are making their case for the brass ring with their new album, very appropriately titled, Keep Calm and Carry On. I especially like the second half of this album, with the closing song “Show Me How” winning me over as the album eases to a melancholy but soulful close. Read the rest of this entry
Best Christmas Present Ever
In honor of the now past Christmas and just so we could have one more holiday post before next year. What are your favorite presents ever?
Mine, that I still remember well, was my Six Million Dollar Man action figure along with is backpack which was an actual radio (although it had an alligator clip you had to attach to metal for an antenna). I still have fond memories of falling asleep that Christmas listening to the radio with that backpack. And Steve Austin’s arm. You could roll up the skin and see the electronics and actually fix his bionic arm!
Wow. What a great Christmas that was. Nothing ever came as close in my memory.
Supergenius Picks The Top Ten Films of 2009
The top ten films that I saw this year:
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Movie Review: Avatar
AVATAR is a huge gamble — a big special effects work, huge budget, big promises of groundbreaking cinematic work. Does James Cameron deliver?
Yes, he does. AVATAR is an amazing show, an immersive world that is wonderous and wonderful to watch. Read the rest of this entry
The Best Bands of the Noughts
MCQ asked for it, so here it is. What are your nominations for the best bands of the last ten years?
(As always, links to songs and/or videos are welcome here at KB)
Worst Band of the Naughts
So we’re about to leave “the naughts,” those ten years no one was quite sure how to name. (The 90′s and the 80′s were easy). It’s overall been a pretty dismal period for music — although let’s be honest that goes back to the rise of the boy bands and Disney girls at the end of the 90′s. Still there have been some great music if you looked. But I come not to praise but to condemn.
So here’s the question. Who are the absolute worst bands? The criteria is that they have to have been nationally popular, often played, yet suck horribly.
It Isn’t Christmas Without…
We have talked about Christmas music before, but I thought I’d try a little different tack this time around. My question is, what’s the one performance you just can’t do without at Christmastime? Read the rest of this entry
Is there a better character on TV than Dexter Morgan?
I didn’t think so.
What a great season. John “Trinity Killer” Lithgow was inspired casting [1] and the ending — oh the ending! There are few shows that make me as deliciously uncomfortable as this. I live in constant fear that Dex will be caught. Never have I enjoyed sociopaths — nor wanted them to succeed — this much.
There’s no way he can tell the police about Rita is there? All roads to Trinity lead back to him.
Best thing on US telly.
1. The scene where he made the woman jump from the building was supremely nasty in a good nasty kind of way.
Pocky
Just so you know, I converted this recipe for Pocky into standard measures below:
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