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I was in San Jose yesterday, driving down Steven's Creek Blvd. If you're from around here, you know that there's a stretch of it that looks like it never left the 50s (which we may use as backdrop for a Beach Boys-esqe music video someday) and right next to that is a block of ultramodern California upscale consumerist paradise. I think they should ( Read more... )

We've been watching The 1940s House on DVD, because, you know, we're trying to live in a 1940s house even though our house is clearly post-war.... but I digest. Anyway, the show tries to make you realize the hardships of living in England in the 40s with the rationing and wardens and what-not. I kind of love it though; the strict English discipline ( Read more... )

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The other night I was watching a 2004 Frontline documentary about the music industry which prominently featured a then up and coming singer/songwriter named Sarah Hudson. She had a big budget studio album, MTV videos, extensive connections in the industry and was all set to be the next big thing. As is the case with most next big things, it didn't ( Read more... )

I watched an interesting low-budge (it had some wipes I recognized from iMovie) fan-made documentary about the Kinks last night called Two For The Road. It starts out with home videos made in the early '80s of two teenage guys in southern California badly lip syncing and acting out the lyrics of Kinks songs and ends 25 years later with the same two ( Read more... )

So last night was the unveiling party for our DVD documentary about annarama and morty's wedding. (deadslug was even there, in person.) I think it went over pretty well. Once I learn how to use Youtube I'll try to post some of it. Afterward we all played a game of Guitar Hero ( Read more... )

I signed up to give blood yesterday but they rejected me because I was a malaria risk. Now I'm paranoid that I might have malaria. I have mosquito bites from Mexico that still haven't gone away and I can never stay awake between the hours of 7 and 8 pm. In the past week I have fallen asleep during "Good Night And Good Luck", "Darwin's Nightmare" ( ( Read more... )

Weekend Digest

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I've added a whole new level of tedium this year by linking you to sound clips from my favorite albums and IMDB profiles of my favorite movies.

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