In November Capitol Records released Love, the soundtrack album for the Cirque de Soleil show in Las Vegas that uses remixed Beatles songs as its soundscape. It’s a fascinating album to listen to, presenting new ways of listening to old favorites. Some songs are heavily reworked, with backing vocals, instrumental parts, and the like takenContinue reading “On "Hey Jude" and Love”
Monthly Archives: December 2006
On an Unexpected DVD Find
I stopped at the grocery store on the way home from work. I needed shaving cream, I’d run out several days ago, and my experiment with shaving without cream was not without its successes I much prefer using shaving cream for a smoother shave. It’s my face, I get to be picky. 😉 Grocery storesContinue reading “On an Unexpected DVD Find”
On a Movie Quote
My life as a (mangled) movie quote…. Love means never having to say you’re allyngibson. Which movie was this quote from? Get your own quotes: I’m Tiggerallyn! I’m Tiggerallyn! Which movie was this quote from? Get your own quotes:
On Prezzies
It’s been a quiet Christmas in Lake Wobegon, my hometown. Wait, that’s not right. It’s been a quiet Christmas. Slept late. Opened presents well past noon. Ate some cookies. Drank some nog. What did I get? A Fossil watch. Despite the tag saying that I can adjust the links myself, I can’t get the damnedContinue reading “On Prezzies”
On Christmas Viewing
Last night, wrapping presents, I watched that classic film — Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. For those unfamiliar with the film, it’s the story of Kimar, leader of the Martians, and his plan to kidnap Santa Claus and bring him to Mars in order to make the Martian children happy, but along the way twoContinue reading “On Christmas Viewing”
On Grandmothers and Eight Year-Olds
We’ll start with an eight year-old. I’ve never recommended a YouTube video. More than likely I never will again. But if you hate Bill O’Reilly, watch this eight year-old spout sense that would do Keith Olbermann proud. I’ll put it like this. My jaw hit the desk a few times. You go, girl! Now, myContinue reading “On Grandmothers and Eight Year-Olds”
On The Pacifier
There wasn’t anything on television this afternoon, so flipping through channels I found The Pacifier, the comedy starring Vin Diesel about a Navy SEAL assigned to babysit and bodyguard a family. I remember seeing a trailer for it, and I remember thinking to myself what had happened to Vin Diesel that he would do aContinue reading “On The Pacifier”
On Recent Changes
I’ve made some recent changes to the layout. Unless you’re reading this through the LiveJournal feed, in which case you probably haven’t noticed. For the theme underlying the webpage, I use Tarski, a very flexible layout with some features that I really like. I find the plain generic Tarski to be a little bland, butContinue reading “On Recent Changes”
On Battling Orcs
I put Lord of the Rings: Return of the King in the XBox. I wanted to kill some Orcs. 🙂 Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn might argue at the rampant militarism in fighting the Orcish hordes and the centuries of oppression the Orcs have endured at the hands of Gondor and the Men of theContinue reading “On Battling Orcs”
On What I'm Thinking on Festivus
Today is Festivus, the holiday for the rest of us. The next forty-eight hours are going to fucking blow. Cracks have become fault lines, and they will shift. Fortunately, I have liquor. That may blunt the damage. One can hope, anyway.