November 2008
16 posts
'Mysteries of Pittsburgh' premieres →
It looks like the film adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Mysteries of Pittsburgh finally premiered in front of a paying audience. I’ve been curious about this for a long time. Back when they were filming this in 2006, when I still lived in Pittsburgh, my morning commute cut right through the area where they were filming. Someone recently told me that they were screening this over a year...
“Those who think that they have just voted to legalize Utopia (and I hardly...”
– Barack Obama’s victory didn’t magically eliminate America’s problems and enemies. - By Christopher Hitchens
WatchNew York Times Special Edition Video News Release - Nov. 12, 2008
WatchDinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin
I got really into Dinosaur Jr. when I was in college, which was probably about 5 years after they broke up. I can vividly recall taking a roadtrip with my then-girlfriend, with whom I was having a fairly tumultuous relationship (if tumultuous means you spend most of your day silently wanting to strangle another person). She had never listened to Dinosaur Jr. before....
WatchAt the Drive-In - One Armed Scissor
At the Drive-In dominated the one college radio station that I could pick up back in my high school/post-high school, still living at home days (WCLH, Wilkes University-METAL MONDAY! WICKED WEDNESDAY!). They always seemed to have a shortage of DJ’s and would often rely on preprogrammed mixes that would repeat every 90 minutes or so. After I graduated, I...
WatchThe Promise Ring - Emergency! Emergency!
I just started poking around in the MTV video archive. Get ready for a shitstorm of nostalgia. This one goes out to Briana. Don’t be a hater.
How Much Is Your Vote Worth? →
Not surprisingly, not a whole heck of a lot.
A.C. Newman - “There Were Maybe Ten or...