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Monthly Archives: December 2009
RIP Dan O’Bannon
The screenwriter who wrote the first Alien movie died this week after a 30-year battle with Crohn’s disease (after looking it up on the NIH’s site, he really suffered). Besides creating a very iconic monster through HR Giger and Ridley … Continue reading
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1989: The Simpsons make their sitcom debut
It’s late but last night I was dog tired after the day I had at work and the evening before. I thought about skipping the milestone yet there was some lameass piece in Salon about the anniversary from an alleged … Continue reading
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Manhattan Transfer
Sunday night I saw the greatest Vocal-based/Crossover act of the last 40 years at the One World Theater for the third time. Most are ambivalent about the Manhattan Transfer but I know they can draw out a really some serious … Continue reading
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Mea culpa for December 2009
So much to write about but such a lack of time plus some other stories on the horizon. Sorry! The car gave me some concerns by Sunday morning already but it’s working…for now. I’m seriously thinking of commissioning a piece … Continue reading
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Christmas shopping brings out my car’s jealousy
First off, I decided to make a new Category because car trouble and its happy (or happier) ending isn’t exactly “breaking news” as Headlines would imply. I feel the Category with the most entries should be reserved for matters that … Continue reading
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Molly mystery may be solved
For years, Molly has refused to leave her deuces in the litter box. Originally I kept suspecting it was her dislike of the switch to Feline Pine in 2005. This theory was somewhat flawed because her other waste went where … Continue reading
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Marty Brodeur ties the all-time shutout record
Last season he beat Patrick Roy’s record for the most wins (552) and now he is tied with Terry Sawchuk for the most shutouts in NHL history (103). Obviously Marty will beat Sawchuk’s in a matter of days because the … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Sonia
The first friend I made in Austin 15 years ago gets to celebrate her birthday. Maybe nothing too crazy, she lives in Switzerland which is a rather uptight country, according to her. I wouldn’t know, I’ve never been there. I … Continue reading
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Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal
Today I got to meet a member of Music Royalty, the lovely and very talented Rosanne Cash! Royalty? Yes. She’s the daughter of Johnny Cash, step-daughter of June Carter, step-sister of Carlene Carter and through all these relationships Rosanne is … Continue reading
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Flyers fire Stevens, hire Laviolette
I wasn’t too surprised over the firing. The Flyers being serious Stanley Cup contenders before the season started was the bigger one. Once again, I think the “leadership” in the front office is being too hasty. Admittedly, the Flyers have … Continue reading
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Eric Woolfson RIP
The primary singer and co-founder of The Alan Parsons Project passed away earlier this week according the NY Times. Contrary to the band being named after his partner; the more famous recording engineer (practically everyone knows about Alan’s contributions to … Continue reading
“Snow Storm” in Austin was a bust!
For my first post on the new server (aka Graceland) it’s all about how Austin didn’t get squat for snow and I’m glad. After 16 Winters in Illinois, one in Indiana, one in North Dakota and five in Wisconsin, I … Continue reading
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Metric
When it comes to describing this Toronto-based quartet, I usually fallback on Ladytron but I think Echobelly is more accurate or maybe something in between. I finally got to catch them while the iron is hot because their current album … Continue reading
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At least it wasn’t from the Unabomber
I remember reading or hearing a factoid about the USPS only losing one out of every 600,000 pieces of mail. It’s better (or worse, depending upon your viewpoint) than being hit by lightning (2 million to one against) so it … Continue reading
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A videogame to guarantee snickering
Caught this gem at Target. If it didn’t have the horrible, double entendre title, it would only be remembered for being a dull game. I only wish I could find the ad for these shoes called Steamers, something I thought … Continue reading
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