How many Watchmen reviews does the internet really need?

I think this is one of the first times that I am indulging in some sort of pop culture phenomenon: Watchmen. I’m just always that person who doesn’t watch popular movies or TV shows until after the fact.  The only reason I went was b/c a friend from work had extra tickets and I enjoy [...]

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Review: Lake City

I saw this movie with a warning: “it’s bad.”
I wouldn’t label it as “bad” but my personal preference was begging for comic relief. However, I am thinking twice if it actually would’ve belonged in the film with its serious topics. Anyone can sit there and be judgmental of a low budget film, but how [...]

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Half-assed review: Graffiti Monsters, Ponytail, Yeasayers

It’s kind of rare that I’m pleasantly surprised in terms of music and movies. It’s very rare that I don’t want whatever show I’m watching to end.
Granted I could’ve done without the first two acts. Or maybe Skirball was just the wrong place for bands that would’ve been enjoyable if given the opportunity to awkwardly [...]

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New York Neo-Futurists

You have to appreciate it for what the New York Neo-Futurists is: “30″ plays in 60 minutes. It’s not Al Pacino screaming “ATTICA” in Dog Day Afternoon, but I’m sure he had more than one take to get that done. These guys performed randomly selected plays nonstop for exactly 60 minutes. The premise is that [...]

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Committing Journalism: The Prison Writings of RED HOG

I committed bank robbery and they put me in prison, and that was right. Then I committed journalism and they put me in the hole. And that was wrong.

This book is worth far more than the dollar I payed at The Strand. The majority of the books in those $1 and 48 cent bins at [...]

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Alkaline Trio: Agony to my ears & Ironically Empty

Maybe I’m too old to review this album. This band epitomizes my adolescence – destructive depression and obsessive heartbreaks. It was the band an exboyfriend from high school and his best friend love/d and quoted as their Bible. The best friend actually burnt me at least three of their CDs and “assigned” me to listen [...]

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Sex and the City – This took five years?

I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it. I wasn’t disappointed but I wasn’t impressed either.
IMDB.com’s rating is 5.1/10 stars, which sounds about right the more I develop this blog entry. 
I might as well start with the beginning – why in the HELL did they butcher the theme song? The movie was instantly disconnected [...]

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