10.27.08 My Top Ten RIGHT NOW
1. PLAY A Man For All Seasons It has been a long time since I’ve heard such a hush fall over an audience as I did a few nights ago when Frank Langella commanded the stage, delivering his final speech
Cocktail Crashers Vol I: The Etymology of Iota
Welcome to my new Friday column. The other day I was hanging out with PopTen regular Nick, and told him the story of Erik the Red naming Greenland- an epic marketing ploy. He replied, “Ooh, I’ll have to use that
Why aren’t you watching Mad Men?
Why isn’t everyone? Seriously, everyone should be watching this show. Plus, it’s on AMC, it’s the Emmy winning Best Drama two years in a row and you don’t even have to pay any extra cable bills to see it! 4
Everybody Wins!
Sometimes we all want to see an action star do something other than an action movie and it not be a kid comedy. Kindergarten Cop – The Shwarzer The Pacifier – Dieseline The Game Plan – Rockefeller Finally one man
Aliens Exist
Checking my Gmail this morning, an odd thing came up on my Google Web Clips above the Inbox. Filed under Yahoo’s Odd News (not the NY Times front page, somehow) it seems that dozens of UFO sightings have just been
The Funniest Joke of All Time
It’s mid-October, the sun is getting shy, and as they wind develops a nasty bite, so plummets the mood of all us Seasonal Affect Disorderlies. Today was bouts of sunny with periods of general despair. Who can save my mood?
10 Ten Things I Learned from the “80′s Babies” Art Show
Popten’s Jason Griffin, had an awesome art opening for the highly anticipated 80′s Babies, at Leo Kesting gallery in the Meatpacking district, New York. Apart from being floored by his arresting portraits, I also learned some really interesting things about
10.20.08 My Top Ten RIGHT NOW
1. ALBUM Gossip in the Grain Ray LaMontagne Another stunner from LaMontagne, this time he returns to his folkier,‘60s horn-tinged sound that he explored back in 2004 on Trouble. It doesn’t reach the levels of lyricism of 2006’s Till the
Italian Spiderman
I’ve sat on this for way too long. If you haven’t caught Italian Spiderman yet, I’m jealous. I know I’m one for hyperbole, but I’m 100% sure you’ll agree that this series is the greatest and best thing captured on
What Songs are Actually Saying…
I’m tired of politics this week, and I thought this was pretty damn funny….