February 2012
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January 2012
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5 things I thought re: Extremely Loud and...
Man.
I really liked the book. I did. And I knew it would be a challenge to adapt. But. Jesus. I wanted to give this movie the benefit of the doubt, and I tried my darnedest.
I’m gonna give these in the order that I thought them.
1. The Lucky One trailer was the porniest thing I’ve ever seen in a theatre.
Major LOL at 1:10. Also, this does not bode well for EL&IC.
2....
WatchHighlights: Sean falling down, “What’s grindr? what’s grindr?”
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5 things I thought re: Young Adult
I saw Young Adult. Great movie. Not perfect—it lost me with about 30 minutes to go—but very good. Here are some things I thought.
1. Diablo Cody should let the haters hate.
People like to hate on Diablo Cody because she is, among other things, a strong female figure who speaks confidently and throws her opinions around, whether in interviews or in her work, with little hesitation,...
hellochriscole asked: If you had an eraser that could erase any one thing off of any other one thing (e.g. pencil chin strap off of a guido's face), what would you want to erase and off of what.
December 2011
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Ginuwine Advent Calendar Day 10: "Switch It Up"
At the end of their journey, the wise men had the baby Jesus, savior of the world, an infant king. We have “Switch It Up.” Let’s get to it, shall we?
Robert’s thoughts:
Maybe it’s Stockholm Syndrome, but I think this is the fattest beat on the record so far. Off the heels of Christmas Eve’s miserable track, it’s nice to hear Ginuwine being cocky...
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Ginuwine Advent Calendar Day 9: "Merry Christmas"
Robert’s thoughts:
WHOOOA and we’re listening to an album for kids, as opposed to what I assumed was Gin’s target audience (horny African-American divorcees? dot biz?).
So yeah, on the heels of some VERY adult Christmas music, you get children’s voices, but they kind of sound like maybe adult voice actors’ impressions of children. It’s all quite unsettling....
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Ginuwine Advent Calendar Day 8: "Christmas Letter"
Yes, this is actually the seventh track on the album. Sincere apologies for messing up the order (to no one! this blog is basically Home Alone, pre-booby traps, post parents-gone ((aka terrible))).
HAVE A LISTEN.
So. Wow.
Robert’s thoughts:
Well. The name of the song is “Christmas Letter.” But while the filtered drum track gets things a’rollin, Ginuwine tells us that...
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Ginuwine Advent Calendar Day 7: "Joy to the World"
Robert’s thoughts:
You know what’s coming, because it’s a Christmas standard. “Joy to the World.”
But you also know, when the Lakers are announcing their starting lineup, that Kobe Bryant is gonna be in there. But they amp it up anyway. That’s how this song opens, kind of letting the tension build for what you know is going to be a pretty painful...
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Ginuwine Advent Calendar Day 6: "I Love Christmas"
Robert’s thoughts:
This is my favorite song from the album thus far.
JP’s thoughts:
No matter how good the lyrics of this song could’ve been, I absolutely cannot get over the Casio keyboard drum machine beat of this jam. As I have previously mentioned, Ginuwine may be broke, but he could’ve at least had a little production value. From my limited knowledge of the music...
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“Robert, Thank you for braving the unmitigated lunacy of Ginuwine’s Christmas album and reporting your discoveries back to the rest of us. After reading your Ginuwine Advent series, my first reaction was to create a fake email account, masquerade as Ginuwine, and submit essays in defense of this album. And then I watched the music video for Pony. As I delved deeper into the arcane...
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Ginuwine Advent Calendar Day 5: "12 Days"
Robert’s thoughts:
The beat is like a fatter “No Scrubs.” It’s not altogether the worst, though it’s slightly the worst.
Okay, I’ve been in the song a little bit, wondering if there’s another clever way to say that this sounds like three songs playing at once that I haven’t already used on EVERY SONG ON THIS ALBUM, and I just realized that...
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Ginuwine Advent Calendar Day 4: "All I Want"
Robert’s thoughts:
A little piano. I’m feeling it. Very processed. This particular piano timbre reminds me of something. Can’t remember what. Maybe going to the mall when I was little and playing the keyboards at the piano store.
We’re 30 seconds in, and I’m enjoying this track. Here come the vocals.
Okay, Gin’s voice is a little annoying, but I’m...
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Ginuwine Advent Calendar Day 3: "Without You"
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Robert’s thoughts:
I hit play on this track and unmuted my computer and immediately assumed there was a YouTube video running simultaneously, because this song sounds like three kind of terrible songs happening at once. Ginuwine adds enough spoken “uh huh”s “Ginuwine”s “Christmas”s and “[whatever record company this...
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Ginuwine Advent Calendar Day 2: "Silent Night"
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Robert’s thoughts:
I remember growing up, our preacher used to always tell this story about how on Christmas Even during WWII, American soldiers heard, through a break in the violence, German soldiers singing “Stille Nacht” along with them.
Then there’s Ginuwine’s “Silent Night,” which comes fresh off the heels of a song...
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Genuine Advent Calendar Day 1: "Mistletoe"
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Christmas come early, folks. Like a sweet little child, I rolled out of bed at 9:45 am PT (12:45 pm ET) and tiptoed my hand to the floor to pick up my laptop, open it, and check to see if I had any more Twitter followers (THE ANSWER IS ALWAYS NO) and found, with a skip in my heart, that someone had given me music on Spotify. The gift had no note, and came from a...
“I’m going to try to keep this space open for original stuff, rather than...”
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November 2011
8 posts
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WatchHoly cow. @naserca and I have been doing impression of Herman Cain answering questions, and now Herman Cain is doing an impression of us doing impressions of him.
thedailywhat:
Train Derailment of the Day: Herman Cain experiences a Rick Perry-esque meltdown while attempting to respond to a straightforward question about Obama’s handling of the situation in Libya. If this doesn’t end his...
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A quick family conversation regarding Alabama vs....
My sister: I'm in need of spiritual guidance. Should I cheer for LSU or Alabama?
My dad: Tough call. I'm pulling for a Norwalk virus at the tailgate parties.
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I like DOOM and Radiohead enough to post a song...
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Movie review/recap: THE SKIN I LIVE IN (spoilers!)
So once I realized that I had made a huge mistake and this wasn’t PUSS IN BOOTS, I nearly left. But then I stuck it out and saw THE SKIN I LIVE IN, which was similar, but with a less sexually confusing main character. Spoilers ahead.
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I took the liberty of giving the pretty amazing movie poster an appropriate tagline.
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Before I cut off my seriousness and give myself a joke-o-plasty, let...
October 2011
44 posts
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New game: Anagrampix
So I took the top headline on NYTimes.com (SLAPPING AT SYRIA, TURKEY SHELTERS ANTI-ASSAD FIGHTERS)
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Then I anagrammed it
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PRAISING US AGAINST THE TAPESTRY SHED, KILLERS SAY “FART.”
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Then I made a picture of it.
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The moral of this story is that I think I would make a great addition to your company; hire me.
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Dear Vanderbilt Commodores,
Trust me. I’ve been there. You got caught up in a moment, having a lot of fun in front of someone you really respect and want to think you’re cool, and you did something really stupid and embarrassing. Here’s the thing: Just don’t bring it up. I know. I know it’s counterintuitive. I know you just want to make things better. But drop it....
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That Is All with John Hodgman
John Hodgman is The Deranged Millionaire in the trailer for his final book of complete world knowledge.
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Anonymous asked: IM me on Yahoo Msngr it's important. my username is jonespapasdd121318
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The Mountain Goats - No Children
This is a song...
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“I really thought you should have toned down the Italian accent. It’s a...”
– Ben’s constructive criticism of Italian friend Giulia’s monologue from acting class
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Re: "Life Is Beautiful"
Girl: I told her to do something from Life is Beautiful.
Me: I haven't seen it. But everybody loves it, right?
Girl: No, everyone hates it. It's a Holocaust comedy.
Me: A "Holocomedy film"?
Girl: A "Haha-caust movie".
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WatchDamon kills it.
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