December 2009

Low Content Mode

22 December 2009

Gang, You probably won’t see a lot from be before the end of the year. I’m putting a Christmas mixtape up soon, and maybe some sort of seasonal post before Friday.  Friday Cover Songs is likely on hiatus until 2010, and I’m going to try and keep a few weeks in advance of it to [...]

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The Mathematics of Fiction

16 December 2009

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. We’ll look back one day and realize it ruined everything. When I first heard about PPZ, I wanted to lobby the state legislature to change laws so that I could marry the thing. I love Jane Austen, and I love zombies.  What, I ask you, could be better? How, I [...]

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Humbug

15 December 2009

The radio in our office has been playing Christmas music for a few days straight now and it’s driving me crazy. “But Jeff,” you’re thinking, “you love Christmas.  You’re all about Christmas specials and ugly sweaters and Christmas music – especially Christmas music!” It’s true; I do love Christmas music.  But there are a few [...]

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Friday Cover Song

11 December 2009

Just one today, ladies and gentlemen. But it is a doozy. Chester French – She Wolf (Shakira cover) I owe you all for last week, too, so maybe you’ll get some bonus covers over the weekend.

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Top Ten of the Decade

10 December 2009

1. Item that most people will rank #2 or #3 – a safe choice that has consensus in that everybody likes it but not enough to make its inclusion as number 1 seem controversial or edgy. 2. -5. Safe choices that are primarily chosen by looking at sales charts/box office numbers/Metacritic scores and choosing the [...]

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Where’s My Bandit Hat?

10 December 2009

Make no mistake: The Fantastic Mr. Fox is not so much an adaptation of a Roald Dahl book as it is an animated Wes Anderson movie. Yes, it clings to the bare bones of the plot – a fox steals things from three farmers named Boggis, Bunce and Bean, who then try their darnedest to [...]

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Pop Autopsy, Holiday Edition: Christmas Shoes

8 December 2009

At the end of time, the members of New Song will have to fight a rabid Bob Carlisle in a pool of childrens’ tears. As they are locked in vicious battle, “Christmas Shoes” and “Butterfly Kisses” will drone, klaxon-like, from half-functional loudspeakers, punctuated by short bursts of the Reggaeton air horn.  Actually…note to self…work on [...]

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Horror Movie Review: Jersey Shore

7 December 2009

“But first,” she tells me, “I want to show you the most fantastic thing ever on television.” And then Jersey Shore was on. I’m not entirely certain that what C said to me was, “But first, I want to show you the most fantastic thing ever on television;” I’m paraphrasing because the mental trauma that [...]

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Items of Interest

3 December 2009

1. You know how some people say “Airwolf” instead of “cool?” That’s a bit too 2005, so I’m updating it.  Now, cool things are “Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn.” ex. “Have you seen Ninja Assassin? That movie is totes Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn.” “Oh dude, I know.” 2. How good has Detective Comics been? [...]

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Things Will Shortly Get Completely Out of Hand

3 December 2009

The Mountain Goats wrapped their current tour at the Bell House in Brooklyn last night. I had tickets literally since the first day I could get my hands on them. The band played in larger venues in Philly and in Manhattan just the previous night, but I wanted to see one of my all-time favorite [...]

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