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Movies, Music and Books

6 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die – Part 1

January 4, 2010

[The 50's] Louis Prima – The Wildest!
I’ve never been a Jazz fan until hearing this record. Prima brings a joy, a sense of fun and humor to this disc that is simply infectious. It’s no wonder that every generation seems to discover it anew. Did you know David Lee Roth’s Just a Gigalo is a [...]

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A Bad Situation Leads to a New Favorite Website

July 19, 2009

I related this story on the Geek Dads @ Home podcast a few days ago, but I wanted to write about it here because it’s such a great story.
Checking your credit card statements regularly is a good thing. In my case, I was able to catch a fraudulent charge a week after it happened. I [...]

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Watchmen: I am Never Going to the Movies Again

March 11, 2009
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Never is a strong word. It’s easy to say that I’ll never go to the movies again after my experience this afternoon, but I’ll feel differently the next time an event film comes out. I’ll probably get sucked in again. This is about the movie, not the graphic novel from whence it came.
Earlier today I [...]

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Sad Little Numbers: Wikipedia is a Black Hole From Which I Cannot Escape

February 9, 2009

Many are the days and nights when I have looked at a clock after using Wikipedia and realized that multiple hours have passed. Wikipedia is the greatest time suck ever devised by man.
Earlier today I remembered a conversation about music that I had with my chiropractic provider. We had talked about music, and he said [...]

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New Guns N’ Roses… Meh.

November 21, 2008

Two GNR-related posts in one week? Let me see… yeah, there’s my picture… there’s my logo… this is definitely my website. Huh. Whaddayaknow?
My initial reaction to hearing the new Guns N’ Roses tracks was a definitive “meh”. I wasn’t impressed, and my expectations were close to zero. I heard about it, coincidentally, on the night [...]

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Mr. Brownstone on the Late Show with David Letterman

November 20, 2008

Last week I got a message from my mother, saying that she had talked to my Aunt Pam. The big news was that my cousin, Drew, was going to be on the Late Show with David Letterman with his band! Now, Drew is in a project called Takka Takka, and my first thought – since [...]

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