March 2010
3 posts
“Knowledge may be power, but as the history of the post-1968 left in this country...”
– Manohla Dargis. We were over this for awhile, let’s not fall back on it.
Oscar Nominations
So, I have offered these each of the last two, with varying levels of success. I even tried liveblogging last year. I didn’t see everything I would have liked to this year, but I will do what I can all the same.
Best Picture Avatar The Blind Side District 9 An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Precious A Serious Man Up Up in the Air
What will win: The Hurt Locker
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Top Ten Films of 2009
I held this for a long time in hopes that I could see more films, but I should have known that once winter break was over that wasn’t going to happen. At any rate, these are my ten for 2009:
Up in the Air, Inglorious Basterds, An Education, A Serious Man, The Hurt Locker, Up 500 Days (of Summer), Adventureland, The Messenger, Where the Wild Things Are, Lymelife
In something like that...
February 2010
3 posts
“Only connect.”
– EM Forster.
“But I should scorn to shiver with terror at the thought of annihilation....”
– Bertrand Russell
“Real love, it finds you somewhere with your back to it”
– “Real Love,” Beach House.
January 2010
7 posts
“If Sean were an animal, he would be a slow loris.”
– Emily Simpson
“You can’t want to marry every girl you make out with on a dance floor.”
– Renise Washington
“You’re right back where you started from / I see it in your eyes / Now...”
– “Giving Up The Gun,” a pop masterpiece from Vampire Weekend’s new Contra.
“Stick up for yourself, son / Never mind what anybody else done”
– “Ambling Alp,” Yesayer.
“You don’t move me anymore / And I’m glad that you don’t /...”
– “ONE,” Yeasayer. Odd Blood, for a four-song stretch, is as good as anything you’ll hear in 2010.
I am going to be cheering against UK this year,...
December 2009
4 posts
“They say we will go far, but they don’t know how far we’ll go”
– “10 Mile Stereo,” Beach House.
Just wanted to point out that Pandora from Avatar...
“I thought I had a good life here but your going away doesn’t make it seem...”
– Irene Jansen, Dark Passage. Not a Bogie-Bacall masterpiece, but damn good.
“In a matter of time, it would slip from my mind / In and out of my life, you...”
– “Walk in the Park,” Beach House. It’s true. Having had Teen Dream for almost a month now, I can say that it is unlikely this will be my last quote from it. So good.
August 2009
11 posts
“Look at the valedictorian, scared of the future while I hop in the Delorean.”
– “Good Morning,” Kanye West.
“They don’t love you like I love you.”
– “Maps,” Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Pitchfork, on its top songs of the decade, was definitely right on calling this the ballad of the 2000s. Further commentary on the list forthcoming.
No offense
angelakimdinh:
But I know there’s someone out there who is right for me. I’m just not going to waste my time looking. I’d rather enjoy life and just let things fall into place because truth is, I don’t want to play a game when my feelings are at stake. If someone cared enough, I figured they would find a way to prove to me that not all guys are scums.
Scum is plural. You don’t need the s....
Funny People: An ironically titled defense of...
“Put down your iPhones, put down your cameras; this is a fuckin’ memory, so...”
– Billie Joel Armstrong. Last thing I want to do is stroke the ego of this guy, but apparently that was his comment to a sold out Madison Square Garden. Considering the modern concert world, it is one I am rather inclined to agree with.
“I don’t know. I keep going to a lot of places and ending up somewhere...”
– Don Draper. On a night like tonight, am I the only one left wondering how much better Mad Men might be if it was on HBO? Cheers to AMC for letting this show be a reality, but between the use of “witch” to my lusty need to see the rest of that stewardess, I felt a little cheated. Not by...
“there’s a science to fear
it plagues my mind
and it keeps us right here...”
– The Temper Trap’s “Science of Fear,” another of the stand-outs from Conditions.
Since seeing it three weeks ago, I’ve been...
Am I back? Yeah, I think I'm back.
After all what is blogging about? It is about me, not you. If I wanted a public forum through which I could subtly and passive-aggressively launch missives at those I’m too afraid to confront directly, then I wouldn’t be me. I’d be you.
Oh, I do see how that can fun though. Don’t think I didn’t enjoy myself doing it just now.
Now, I just need to transfer over those...
May 2009
18 posts
I'm not sure:
If I can give up the 300+ follower audience of the below to come back here and assume true self. Perhaps I can combine the two.
misstumblarity:
the pressure’s on both hearts...
“Each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique. That is why you...”
– William P. Young, The Shack (via overflowing) (via lovebot) (via pinkeezy) (via spareunderthemat) (via mynoisyheart) (via karen0z)
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Studying for AP Lit. reminded me of how amazing that novel is.
kaChing Stock Performance
Bragging about gains in imaginary stocks, especially in this volatile environment in which such advances can be short-lived, seems silly. Nonetheless I want to document that last week on kaChing I was up 13.4% compared to the S&P 500’s 5.9% increase, 20.7% to 8.5% in the last month, and 15.9% to 6.8% in three months. These above average performances have dragged out of my -29% hole to a...
NBC's faux fall schedule announcement - Sepinwall... →
So, NBC has announced much of its line-up for next season and from what I have seen has generally been panned for it (and let us be honest, Ben Silverman has it coming). The common complaint is that there is nothing original here. This is fair to a certain extent, but besides your occasional Lost or Chuck, how much of network television is? Half of the top 20 shows on television are procedurals,...
NBC picks up 'Southland' drama - Entertainment... →
Having watched all four episodes of Southland, (Primetime on Demand is pretty nifty) I am glad to see it renewed. I can see it has potential, but there is clearly something not entirely right about the show in its current state. There are times when it seems to want to be The Wire for the networks (middle school-aged gang members playing with a naked woman’s corpse) and other times when it...
WatchJudd Apatow, I love you, but all the same this is very true.
April 2009
25 posts
indierawk:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero (Animal...
