January 2008
11 posts
The Martha Blog: The Big Idea
Everyone vote for... →
WatchThrillseekers hiJack-son train | The Sun Some people know what life is all about.
Hot Men at the Oscars? →
New Crush: Literally Schoolgirlesque →
David Byrne. Did you know that he’s probably the best lyricist ever? Here is an excerpt from The Good Thing from More Songs About Buildings and Food: As the heart finds the good thing, the feeling is multiplied. Add the will to the strength and it equals conviction. As we economise, efficiency is multiplied, To the extent I am determined the result is the good thing. So I say: I have...
I Love When Advertising Does Its Job →
It is nice to know that some companies know their target when it comes to advertising. Sometimes, I feel like I belong to such a niche that I will never again be successfully advertised to. And then something like this happens: And I am reminded that I am not alone in the world, for lo and behold, what we have here is a fantastic ad campaign influenced by Godard’s Le Mepris. I never thought...
Greetings from Miami: Dexter Spoiler →
Goodbye Sgt. Doakes. You will be missed. If anyone can find me a better quality image of the photo of James Doakes above, it would be greatly appreciated.
Album Art Meme →
Thanks to Sameer, I am joining the “Album Cover Meme.” Here are the rules: The first article title on the Wikipedia Random Articles page is the name of your band.
The last four words of the very last quotation on the Random Quotations page is the title of your album.
The third picture in Flickr’s Interesting Photos From The Last 7 Days will be your album cover.
Use your graphics...
2007 in Photos →
Shamelessly stealing from Sameer, and also paying him thanks (tribute?), I’ve compiled a month-by-month encapsulation of 2007. January: From my famous facebook album Existence: scenes from my single room at Loretto. February: Loretto again. It didn’t seem to go away. I drew this and displayed it outside my door: March: The Cineforum. Investigations for my American Independent...
Happy New Year/Irrationality is the Root of all... →
I’ve decided to kick off the new year with something of relative weightiness. We all know of the horrors and miseries that continue to prevail throughout the contemporary world, and everyone seems to have an opinion as to the nature of the root of it all. For the most part, I am a person who is not political enough to broach the subject directly, at least on this blog. However, I do indeed...