October 2009
39 posts
Get Down (And Out) Goblin
Halloween (Or l’halloween to my Quebec revolutionary pals) is a day where fantasy and narcissism align with marvelous panache. Everyone’s atwitter about venturing out in their costumes. Costumes that are designed to pop with a wonderful “look at me” factor. We want attention, and bygum we’re going to get it. How? By employing the weapon of culture-referencing...
Madonna - Material Girl
It’s been a thrilling week for Glee fans. Not only was last night’s episode delightful (and angsty), but equally delightful is the news that the show has locked up Madge’s catalog for future use.
To resolve any argument the twelve best Madonna tracks are as such.
12) Don’t Tell Me
11) Cherish
10) Like A Virgin
9) Human Nature
8) Hung Up
7)...
A Real Cool Time
Last night I recieved a text message from a number I didn’t recognize. This mystery number’s text asked me to attend a birthday party on Saturday night for a person whose name I didn’t recognize. The missent text filled me with a strange sense of dread.
“What if it were a celebrity’s party?” I wondered. I’d look quite the fool for missing it. I mean,...
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control
The last Spike Jonze + Karen O + Children film project was the gawrshdarn loverly video for Y Control. It’s positively cuddle-a-roo! Revisit it again and get into a tizzy about how wonderful Where The Wild Things Are could be.
Heck, get into a tizzy imagining Jonathan Glazer adapting Where The Red Fern Grows if you like. It’s your tizzy.
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
It wasn’t until an uneventful Saturday night that I figured out it’s Tom Kenny and Jill Talley in the video. Callooh! Callay! I’m not sure why I never picked up on that. I knew that Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris worked on Mr. Show, so those dominos of logic should have fallen a long time ago.
My dumbassery aside, it’s still a...