Monthly Archives: September 2011

NSFCCDP Protest and Strike and TV Series Review: Dexter Season 5

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

The NSFCCDP formally declared a moratorium on shite movies last night in canceling the scheduled monthly bacchanal. Seriously, there wasn’t a single movie that even slightly interested me. Shark 3D, please! Where the hell are the good SciFi or just … Continue reading →

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Music Review: Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Dude, if you are not listening to Black Joe Lewis then you are missing something, like, major. These guys rock big time. From funk to motown to country to 70′s rock to well just name a style and these guys … Continue reading →

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Running low on creative juices

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

I feel like I have nerly exhausted my blog post ideas. Well, that’s not entirely true. Its just that I am so busy with crapola that I don’t have much time to do stuff that’s interesting enough to blog about. … Continue reading →

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DFW: First approach and quick blurb on Klosterman IV

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

To be honest, I had never heard of David Foster Wallace before he was already gone. I saw a bunch of obits on various writer’s blogs that I was scanning at the time and got mildly interested but was reading … Continue reading →

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Musings: Horizons

Posted on September 25, 2011 by

Back a few posts ago, I reviewed some of the albums from 1991 that were particularly influential for me and a whole host of Gen-Xers (or are we considered Gen-something-else?) including Achtung Baby by U2. Somehow, that thought led me … Continue reading →

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R.E.M’s Breakup: Its the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

I suppose that it had to happen at some point or another. But I sure as hell wish I had seen them live before it did. REM announced last week that they were splitting up. Perhaps that is not such … Continue reading →

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Measuring my BKT (Beer Karaoke Threshold)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Yes, I think there must be a scientific method for determining at which point I go from casual, sardonic observer of karaoke with colleagues to singing and air-guitar’ing maniac. Perhaps it is around 5 or 6 beers. I am fairly … Continue reading →

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Waiting for Inspiration to hit…and 5 Tips for a successful pitch

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

Has this ever happened to you when you had a, let’s just say, creative, assignment to fulfill with a tight deadline and you draw blanks for days leading up to the final day or so? I had a presentation to … Continue reading →

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TV Series: Dexter Season 4

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

Wow! What a season! I watched the 4th season of Dexter on my trip over to Boston this week – 8 episodes on the plane, one in the hotel room until it got too late and then the remaining three … Continue reading →

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Music Review: Achtung Baby By U2

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

Since I am on a 20th anniversary mode at the moment, having talked about Nevermind, Metallica and Blood Sugar Sex Magik in my last couple of posts, I figure I owe another landmark recording from 1991 a tribute post as … Continue reading →

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