Is it possible that Hollywood is simply one giant cry for help?  That the only reason many of the films that get made do so is because there’s an industry wide attempt to get us to stop them?  You know, like a kid who announces that he’s going to go hit the side of the […]

Some years ago when I was living in Portland, there was a series of storms that led to flooding and a lot of property damage.  In fact, the ceiling of my apartment collapsed. (conversation between my landlord and I at 2:30am – “There’s water coming through the ceiling!”  “Can’t you put a bucket under it […]

I saw, earlier, a preview for a documentary coming out entitled American: The Life of Bill Hicks.  If you are familiar with Bill Hicks, I would you’re your head has exploded a little.  Maybe there’s something to the title I don’t know – maybe on his death bed he looked up and said, “When you […]

How come people who “dress up 80’s” never look like anyone looked in the 80’s? “Safety Dance” may be the most joyous, happy-inducing song ever. Footloose is a movie about dancing, but the theme song is not very good to dance to.  Ironic?  Yes. People have bad taste.  The VJ opened up to requests, and […]

Bill: How do you respond to allegations that you have exceeded – Terry: Grossly exceeded. Bill – yes, grossly, massively exceeded your authority? President Me: That depends what you’re referring to.  Can you be more specific? Bill: Suspending the Congress? PM: Oh that, sure.  Okay, but I didn’t suspend them, see?  You media people; the […]

First thing’s first in looking at the Beastie Boys’ second album, Paul’s Boutique:  If ten people tell you they loved the album when it first came out or even the first time they heard it, nine of them are flat out lying.  The tenth?  Crapshoot.  Paul’s Boutique was not a commercial success in any sense […]

A couple weeks ago I re-purchased Licensed To Ill, The Beastie Boys’ first album for the first time since buying the cassette when it first came out.  “Whoop-de-do,” you say?  Well, yes as a matter of fact: Whoop-de-do.  I’m a huge Beastie Boys fan, but have always retroactively ignored the first album because in part […]

So, one of my favorite places in the world is gone.  Berbati’s Pan in Portland, Oregon closed up for good in 2011.  Man, my favorite little Italian restaurant turned into a sports bar (and really, just in time because where oh where can someone go if they want to watch sports in a bar?), and […]