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I won free passes to see a preview of a new movie called (500) Days Of Summer. I had read a couple pretty positive reviews and was hoping that it would be as good as I was hoping. Well, stevenology, hope no more because it was really, really good. This was one of the most enjoyable movies [...]
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Today’s Terrific Tune for Tuesday is a nice, mellow, acoustic number from Conor Oberst with one of his bands, recording as Bright Eyes. It’s called “The First Day Of My Life“. The video is a charmingly simple series of people. I find it heartwarming and the song is a great guitar-folk song too. He [...]
For today’s terrific tune we delve into the modern rock area with a synth-poppy tune from The Faint called “I Disappear”. It’s got kind of an eighties sound with a prominent synth bass line and jerky feel (aka “a good beat”). There are semi-deadpan vocals and it’s a clever and visually interesting video. And there’s [...]
It was a Friday night video double feature here at the old homestead. I watched two (more or less) recent Woody Allen films. I had seen both before but not for quite a while. And of course, with his films you can watch them many times and still enjoy them.
First up was “Small Time Crooks” [...]
We went to Portland, Oregon a few weeks ago, and spent a week or so up there. You can read all about what we did. We were a bit lazy about taking pictures, so you won’t see all the big fun we had, that’s why you should read all about it. But we did take some [...]
Tonight I watched The Beatles’ classic film from 1964, “A Hard Days Night”. It’s really hard to believe that it has been 45 years since this film was released. Feel old? Nevermind that, it’s a classic and for good reason. It’s still entertaining after all this time and the Beatles music is timeless and will [...]
Hello again, faithful readers. Today’s Terrific Tune is from industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails (learn more). The song is “Down In It (Shred)”, the official video is below. The original song “Down In It” is from their Pretty Hate Machine album, which is a must-own and is their best album IMNSHO. The video here is for the [...]
Now here’s a terrific tune. It was written by Elvis Costello and he plays some bad-ass guitar here. But the vocal is by moody singer-wongwriter Fiona Apple. She’s covering Elvis’ “I Want You”, a menacing ballad not about love so much as stalking and desire. Her amazing voice makes it even more menacing. Oh she’s [...]
Today we went to the theater to see the new movie “Whatever Works.” (official site, wikipedia) It’s the latest comedy from writer and director Woody Allen. It stars Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Michael McKean, Ed Begley Jr., and others. Those of you who know me also know that I am a huge Woody [...]
We took a vacation up north in the Portland, Orgeon area. You shoulda been there. Maybe you were. Whatever, we had a great time! Here’s the play-by-play.
Thursday June 25
And we hit the road running. Well, driving actually. Portland is a ten or eleven hour drive from our NorCal home base. On our way, we stopped [...]