I’m obsessing about Project Runway again. Misty thinks Suede knows Suede is over the top. Someone told me Tim Gunn had a podcast. Anybody know anything about that?
Category Archives: Consuming Media
My New Perfect Song
July 14, 2008 – 11:34 am
Sometimes, a band’s disparate elements will come together into a single amazing song.
“Antarctica,” off of The Weepies’ new album Hideaway, is that song for me right now.
Antarctica - The Weepies
What We Can Learn from Reality TV
July 10, 2008 – 9:59 am
Hey, Reality TV contestants, what are your thoughts on friendship?
Ah, glad you cleared that up for us.
Paper Dolls: After the Internet
July 5, 2008 – 7:48 pm
I loved paper dolls when I was a kid. I know it’s rooted in my obsession with paper, so it’s not really a surprise that any craft that involves cutting, folding and gluing paper is going to rock my paper socks.
Back in the day, paper dolls were hard to come by. When you could [...]
Wall-E as a 1970s Science Fiction Eco-Disaster Movie
July 3, 2008 – 2:50 pm
Wall-E is as delightful and enchanting as you’ve heard. At Metacritic it currently has a score of 93%; at Rotten Tomatoes, 96%. It enthralled the kids (including ours) who were at our showing, and entertained the adults.
It wasn’t until some hours after I saw it that I realized I’d seen the best 1970s SF eco-disaster [...]
A Four-Year-Old Reviews Wall-E
July 2, 2008 – 10:46 am
Where’s Waaaaaaall-E? I don’t see him.
Why is his shelf swinging?
Is that Waaaaaaall-E’s cricket friend? Why did he leap around?
Why did that explode?
What are those red lights?
What is that? Is that a rocket?
What’s that robot’s name?
Why is Eeeeeeva flying around?
Look, I folded up in my seat!
What does die rective mean?
What’s wrong with Waaaaaaall-E’s eye?
I need a [...]
Stephen Belatedly Gets Into Transformative Remixes
June 25, 2008 – 5:40 pm
I’ve never listened to a lot of mashups. I appreciate a lot of vs. songs, like most of Party Ben’s, more than I enjoy them. That’s especially true of the Evolution Control Committee’s “Pwn Monkey”, which layers the vocals from Jonathan Coulton’s “Code Monkey” over thirty different songs, all chosen to match the vocals’ chord [...]
Pushing Past Dora and Diego to the Better Stuff
June 12, 2008 – 3:47 pm
Due to Stephen’s LOLprowess, our site now has enough Diggs or Technorati gold stars in heaven to rate us being approached by marketing firms. The first couple of times we got emails, I was like, “Huh? They want to do what? What’s the catch?” The catch is that these companies want to send us free [...]
Misty’s Debut Album
June 12, 2008 – 2:07 pm
Thanks to Amy for this link on how to figure both the name of my band and the title of my first album. Also, I get cover art out of the deal. I’m glad this is now taken care of because it was weighing on my mind.
Update: I didn’t realize I faved the photo in [...]
Indiana Jones and the Halls of Academe
May 29, 2008 – 1:00 pm
Two notes on Indiana Jones, teacher and archaeologist. One, via Andrew, McSweeney’s looks at why Dr. Jones was denied tenure.
Two, something I didn’t realize until last night. At the end of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, the government agents tell Indy that top men are examining the ark. “What are their names?” he demands. “Top [...]