Tag Archives: reviews

November 11, 2008 – 1:32 am

Oh Good Lordi

You must be kidding.
I like monsters. I do.  And  I love music.  But I’m not so sure the two of them do a chocolate-in-my-peanut butter, peanut-butter-on-my-chocolate kind of a thing if you catch my drift.  Case in point?  Lordi, the Finish “heavy metal” (you’ll understand the quotes in a minute) band I saw on Conan [...]

October 29, 2008 – 9:50 pm

X @ SXSW

Look ma, no words in the title!
Last night I finally got to watching X’s performance at last year’s SXSW (I dvr’d it off of HDNet).  It was…odd. First up? Why, silly censorship of course.  During the song “Los Angeles” (which is one of my favorite songs, ever), the sound guy appeared to be ducking the [...]

October 22, 2008 – 11:57 pm

Thomas L. Friedman’s Brain is Hot, Flat and Crowded

Captain Obvious writes another book built on a stupid metaphor.
Thomas L. Friedman just sucks.  We’ll start there.  Oh, and here too: since I have in the past written reviews of things I haven’t seen or read (like my virtual review of the Sex And The City movie) I ought to tell you up front that [...]

September 26, 2008 – 11:34 pm

Ralph Nader Is Insane, Palin Is Dopey

Lisa Schiffren is neither. And Chris Rock is a funny, funny man.
After I watched the Presidential debate tonight (about which I do have a few things to say, but they’ll keep,) I flipped over to HBO to watch Real Time with Bill Maher.  I’m not much of fan of Maher, who purports to be a [...]

September 15, 2008 – 10:59 pm

America’s Toughest Jobs Short Review

They ain’t Lehman Brothers, and the show sucks too.
Being the reality show douche bag that I have apparently become (to my everlasting embarrasment,) I’m watching America’s Toughest Jobs tonight.  For those that don’t know, ATJ is the series poduced for NBC by Thom Beers, the cable television uber-producer that can’t seem to make a show [...]

August 28, 2008 – 9:12 pm

The Moment Of Truth Redux

Still Horrible.  Still Watching.
I’ve posted about this abomination of a broadcast before, but I’m watching it as I post this, and can’t believe what I’m seeing.  I also can’t believe I’m watching it.  I further can’t believe I’m admitting watching it. It’s the kind of show that you want to sit in judgment of; talk [...]

August 1, 2008 – 10:10 am

On Friday, I Hate The Contender

Making “reality” feel like a crappy movie.
I like MMA.  I like Muy Thai.  I love the UFC/Spike series “Ultimate Fighter”. So you’d think I’d like the new version of “The Contender,” (called “The Contender Asia”) which features Muy Thai fighters instead of traditional boxers like the original, horrible Sylvester Stallone produced and hosted version of [...]

July 31, 2008 – 10:08 pm

On Thursday, I Love The Loud Family

The band, that is.  And that goes for Mitch Easter, too.
I bitch a lot. So today I’m going to spread the love and tell you about a record.  A Loud Family record. The first Loud Family record: “Birds and Plants and Rocks and Things.” The Loud Family is (or was anyway - this record was [...]