October 15, 2004• Books
Hey, I remember now: Graphic novels are cool. My latest acquisition, recommended by , is the One Volume Edition of Jeff Smith’s Boneg...
October 8, 2004• Music
So, when we last saw our intrepid Canadian guitar-slinging meathead, he was on top of the world: His career-defining masterpiece Reckless...
October 1, 2004• Music
Bryan Adams has a new album out. It’s called Room Service: I think this is cause for some exploration into the Bryan Adams catalog...
September 29, 2004• Meta
Spam subject line of the day: To taste sweet in trying your hand at this subjunctive...
September 18, 2004• Consumerism, Junk Food
I think this shit is hilarious: I mean, there’s pandering to a demographic, and then there’s pandering to a demographic. And...
August 31, 2004• Music
My favorite is the Train clip:...
August 15, 2004• Music, Television
So, Tivo. My brother got it for me for Christmas, and I love it. I love it a lot. Hey, I know a lot of the technology we take for granted...
August 13, 2004• Television
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July 26, 2004• Current Events
America is built on simple principles: Everyone should have the same opportunity to get ahead, and everyone has a responsibility to give...
July 14, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
I’m payin’ off credit cards, so bid on my comics and shit! Tons of good readin’, mint bronze age Marvels, and if you ever...
July 13, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
Okay, I’ve been bugging and bugging my friend Matty to start his blog, ‘cuz he’s fucking hilarious and has about seventy...
July 12, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
Thine subtle humor While others laugh on cam’ra I love you, Frondi...
July 10, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
After last night’s little excursion and expirement in BWI, I woke up today feeling a little insecure. I mean, I was probably one of...
Blogging While Intoxicated. Apparently, it’s the hip thing to do now. I’ve read several blogs in the past few days where the...
July 9, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
I admit it. This show gets me every summer. I give up three hours of my week to spend it with Julie Chen, her bizarre body glitter and...
July 8, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
Thanks for all the IMs and e-mails folks, but I know. This is usually the part where I come up with a bunch of bad “heart” puns...
July 7, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
Strange Johnny Convergence Moment – #52 in a series As an impossibly aggressive junior high school geek, I was obsessed with British...
July 1, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
Get erect. The incredibly nasty, dirty, skanky, whorish Gravy Train are touring. Nationwide even. Stop what you’re doing NOW and go...
June 30, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
Liz Phair is 37. I am 36. From 1986 to around 1988, Liz Phair and I lived a mere 10 miles away from each other (she at Oberlin College, me...
June 29, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
After 22 months of biting my lip as the President of the company I work for screamed (at me…at his receptionist…at the guy who...
June 28, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
1. The internet 2. Alternative music becoming mainstream 3. (The London) Suede 4. Bowie going industrial 5. That cool Prodigy band with the...
June 28, 2004• Current Events
Today we look at Kerry’s AIDS position paper, and as usual, our candidate talks a great game. In a sense, one could almost argue that...
I had to run some errands on this lovely partly cloudy day: • I stopped first at Fingerprints Records to pick up the new Lloyd Cole...
June 22, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
If anyone knows this incredibly hot guy in the green shorts that was at “Lapride” this past weekend, please propose to him for...
Lollipop Thrower Hits David Bowie in Eye OSLO, Norway (AP) – Halfway through his third song at a Norwegian music festival, an object...
June 21, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
Today, I paid off the last remaining balance of a Visa I’ve had since I was 20 years old and living in Cleveland. It’s done....
June 17, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
Beautiful synchronicity led me to the International Channel where I saw a quickie documentary on artist Takayuki Mitsushima. Mitsushima...
June 15, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
In the winter of 1990, I found myself in Tongduchon, Korea, a smallish military town about 15 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone, or...
Don’t pay her a promised Toyota. Everything about this story is hilarious, from her expression, to the prize, to the fact that she...
June 10, 2004• Lost in the '80s, Music
A recap for those just joining us. At this point, we had been at the party for about an hour and it was a nice, mellow affair, with about...
