I’m in utter shock. I haven’t had a chance to see ONCE, yet, but I’ve been playing the song “Falling Slowly” since it appeared in last September’s PASTE compilation CD. It’s a phenomenal song, one of those rare occasions where the words and the music and the performances meld into something that’s hopeful without being [...]

I kind of dropped the blogging ball this past week or so, but no one really wants to hear about me being sick and coughing up phlegm disguised as chewing gum OR complain about the weather. (I survived my first winter up here pretty well, but this one is just more gray… if that makes [...]

The one with Michael Jackson’s glitter glove… Tift Merritt | Broken Thao | Swimming Pools The Magnetic Fields | California Girls Bon Iver | Skinny Love Goldfrapp | A&E Jason Collett | Out of Time Seven Mary Three | Laughing Out Loud Foxtail Somersault | Motionland Shelby Lynne | Pretend Willie Nelson | Gravedigger De [...]

The headline, and the fact the windchill over the last few days dropped to 30 below, is all you really need to know. ;-) – Basara, Vol. 25 by Yumi TAMURA [VIZ Media] | It’s a rare (and wonderful) thing when the final volume–of the series’ main story, at least–lives up to the tremendous expectations [...]

I really went into this week with the intention of trying to post every single day. Not necessarily meaningful posts, but… something. As you can see: nada. Instead, I ended up falling asleep on the new sofa each evening. >_

I’m in a genuinely dreadful mood that is now worse because I stumbled across multiple blogs bemoaning Tom Petty’s half-time show. Except for the Janet Jackson incident, when have these half-time extravaganzas been titillating? Get real. Everyone — across several generations — knows his music, and it’s consistently good. (If you hate his music so [...]

So here I am, going about my Friday night: My pizza has arrived, and I’m settled with food and some sangria, watching FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS. Matt’s not been doing well since Julie broke up with him for “the Swede” — something that is still beyond fathomable for me. Although I didn’t really like Carlotta, I [...]