Morning, y'all! Last night, I discovered the trailer for the new Jeff Bridges movie Crazy Heart. As far as trailers go, this one looks promising. Bridges, playing an alcoholic country star, has the Bocephus thing nailed down tight; Maggie Gyllenhaal, as the reporter who helps Bridges turn his life around, looks smart and womanly; christ, [...]
Afternoon, y'all! I keep forgetting how self-righteous music critics can be when it comes to the term "indie," which was coined as shorthand for "independent music," or music that is made and released independently of the Big 4.
But as with other words–"gay" no longer means thrilled to be alive, and "damn" will no longer send [...]
As the lead library technician for the Library of Congress’ music division, Carl Cephas specialized in retrieving obscure rock and jazz materials for patrons. To a handful of his coworkers and managers, he specialized in being a major headache. There was the time he told his supervisor Mary Wedgewood, “Fuck you, go suck eggs,” after [...]
Is that they all suck, apparently. Morning, y'all! Re TV: You got Chris Klimek and Glen Weldon gracefully dropping huge turds on the new Prisoner, and here's Bill O'Reilly meh-meh-mehing about how the script writers for the alien invasion show V are taking "potshots" at the Obama Administration. Incidentally, Klimek and Weldon are criticizing [...]
Good morning, y'all! Did you miss us yesterday? Bet you did! Especially the theater trolls! Top of the news pile this morning: According to the Student Press Law Center, the University of Maryland's Board of Regents opted to not make a constitution-violating anti-porn policy for the university. "The students couldn't be happier," Sarah Elfreth, the [...]
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Morning, y'all! Roundup's a little late today, as your pep pep had a helluva night. Top of the news pile: the Book World podcast is in trouble! Daniel Radcliffe fulfills early 2000s-era MAD magazine prophecy by morphing into Harry Pothead! Somebody get Mike Phelps [...]
Hopefully not, but Ron Charles, deputy editor of WaPo's Book World, says the paper's top brass have threatened to kill the section's podcast if it can't rally more iTunes subscribers.
Morning, y'all! At the top of the news pile: WaPo's Dave Malitz almost missed his date with Bob Dylan, but then didn't! Also, my niece, who is 4 years old, does not "get" VHS.
Tony Millionaire's potty mouth, the legacies of Leo Strauss and Lemmy, the scarcity of female comedy writers, Trace Adkins: Comic Book Hero, [...]
Arena Stage wants your children, grades 5-12. Specifically, they want your children's ten-minute plays. If your child's play wins, he or she "will receive playwriting master classes and participate in further script development with professional playwrights, directors and dramaturgs," according to an Arena Stage press release. The winning children will receive $250, to be spent [...]
Morning, y'all, and good Veterans Day. If you're the remembering type, check out the Big Read radio show episode about The Things They Carried. Top of the news pile: The writing at Idolator sucks now, after only a day; Lady GaGa's new music video, not so much. The FLOBOTS, makers of one of my favorite [...]
