When I drink a cup of coffee, I don’t care about it. I expect a reasonable temperature, an inoffensive taste, and a familiar aroma. That’s it. I don’t want to talk about it. I don’t want to look at it. I don’t want to take a picture of it. I don’t want to doctor a …
Sometimes I read my posts here and I think I come across as having my head up in the clouds or somewhere else. If you know me, you know that’s not me, at least not completely. But what am I to do? I’m blogging with a purpose (“Purpose Driven Blogging”). I agonize over pop culture …
Look, I’ll be watching every new episode of The Office this season. I’ll probably act kind of reluctant and surprised, afterwards, when I invariably say, “Yeah, it was pretty good!” That opinion will be slightly more predictable and slightly less reliable than Thefoodreviewer’s take on “Pizza Rolls.” I’ll end up buying the season on DVD. …
I wasn’t quite sure what to make of Nitsuh Abebe’s latest column for Pitchfork, “How to Be a Vampire.” In it, he turns the nostalgia talking point on its head, and reminisces over his approach to music in adolescence, “listening like a vampire, listening because I desired to suck something out of the music for …
Sitch rolls into the ambulance with Pauly at his side. In the house, Vinny and the Meatballs console themselves in that last vestige of family togetherness, the kitchen. Soon, they will breathe fresh air and reflect upon the futility of violence, even consider the subtle hints of their own surprising mortality, but for now, this …
The story begins on the neighborhood corner. A fire is crackling, and it’s night time, midsummer. The whole scene has the feel of an apocalyptic summer camp for young adults. After a strange welcome, female voices sing, “Everybody throw your hands up high, if you don’t give a f***, throw your hands up high.” Then, …
TeenNick’s new late-night 2-hour block of shows, The ‘90s Are All That seemed compelling enough to me that I upgraded my cable package at a time when “going cable-less” is an increasingly attractive proposition. The upgrade includes the addition of some other channels I’ve already enjoyed, like MLB Network and IFC, but it was TeenNick …