Category Archives: Film

Listening/Reading/Watching

Listening
* Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt
* Hoover - Lurid Transversals of Route 7
* Mates of State - My Solo Project
* Rush - Power Windows
* Van Halen - 5150
* Sludgeworth - Losers of the Year
* Seaweed - Weak
* Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn, Country Hymn, Secret Hymn
Reading
* Kitchen Confidential - Bourdain
* […]

The Wisdom of Coach Bobby Finstock

I’m reminded of the wisdom of Coach Bobby Finstock (@2:33 ):
1. Never get less than twelve hours sleep.
2. Never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city.
3. Never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.
Now you stick to that, and everything […]

The Year in Lists

Top Five Albums of 2008
1. The Sea and Cake - Car Alarm
2. The Constantines - Kensington Heights
3. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
4. Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
5. Deerhunter - Microcastle
Top Five Films of 2008 (note: I have yet to see any of the December films like “The Wrestler”, “Gran […]

Year End…

The Young Thomas was giving me crap about not posting a recap of 2007 like I have in the past. Well, here’s an abridged version:
Top Five Albums 2007:
1. Battles - Mirrored
2. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36
5. Kevin Drew - Spirit If…
Top Five Someone […]