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Film

Irreversible Thriller

January 22, 2009
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On New Year’s Eve this year, I got into a heated discussion about the film Requium for a Dream. The guy I was talking to was a 20-something privileged kid who works at an opera company, and asserted that the film had absolutely no artistic merit simply because it “manipulated” him and made him feel “horrible”. I argued that maybe that’s exactly WHY it has merit, but he was stating his opinion as obvious artistic FACT.

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Nice Goin’ Netflix

May 22, 2008

On Tuesday of this week, in an attempt to out-Apple Apple, Netflix announced that they are offering a $99 set-top box with the uninspired-but-functional name of “The Netflix Player”. The device, manufactured by Roku, is similar to AppleTV in that it hooks to your television and allows you to download movies and [...]

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The Future Is Unwritten

October 31, 2007

A self-described “mouthy little git,” Joe Strummer was the quintessential rude boy, rebel musician, artist and activist.

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thoughts on recent media while grooving on a cookie

January 16, 2006

24: This show is like crack cocaine. Watching the 2-hour season premiere at her place last night, rev and I were comparing notes on how Jack Bauer never has to recharge his cell phone or pee. Neither did 007. Jack Bauer is the new James Bond. Racist? Sure. oh, and [...]

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Hated

November 27, 2005

I’ve been wanning to write down about the GG Allin doco, Hated, since I (finally) saw it on Friday. I’d been meaning to see it since someone (I don’t remember who. I apologize if it was you) gave me the poster* – featuing artwork by John Wayne Gacy – several years ago, and my ex-grindhouse [...]

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