Archive for October, 2009

Talking lemons and porn stars: a small collection of 30 Rock parodies

Okay, even though this season has gotten off to a rough start, 30 Rock is still one of my all-time favorite TV shows.  And, given my documented fondness for Sesame Street, you can imagine how tickled I was to find this very clever send-up sketch, entitled “30 Rocks.”

I’m quite amused by the fact that Liz [...]

Watch what you advertise

I’m not really a ‘fancy watch’ kind of guy.  I rarely dress up, and the few watches I’ve owned were Fossils that I liked but didn’t last longer than a year.  Because, of course, FOSSIL WATCHES ARE CHEAP WATCHES.  So I’ve never owned a watch that cost more than, say, $80.  And I was okay [...]

Random Playlist: I know why the Caged Elephant sings

The first time I heard Cage the Elephant on the radio, it was like a breath of fresh air.  The song, “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked“, with its dusty guitar riffs and rap-singing, was a throwback to the 90’s, when 311 and Beck ruled the airwaves.  It’s especially reminiscent of Sublime, and as you [...]

Unforgiven sucks. There, I said it.

Once upon a time, I held fast to the notion that I didn’t like movie westerns. I don’t know why, I just assumed I didn’t. I’d seen Tombstone, which sort of counts, but I didn’t love it as much as my friends. I mean, it has Val Kilmer dying of tuberculosis and Kurt Russel sporting a [...]

The movies-by-mail dilemma

I sincerely need help with this problem, and I hope reaching out to the depths of the internets can help me.  We’re talking a Sophie’s Choice-caliber problem here, people: I am currently signed up for both major movies-by-mail programs, and I need to cancel one.
I’ve been a Blockbuster Total Access subscriber for a couple of [...]