social-creature

More on Lightning in a Bottle later.
First i’m trying to recover from a week in the forest. As part of the decompression process, yesterday involved a trip to the hair salon, which meant I actually had time to do nothing but sit around and read for the first time in quite a while.
“It’s the Adultery, [...]

heard a track on indie 103.1 a couple of weeks ago by a dude named yoav and really dug the sound, then i checked out the lyrics last night, and was completely sold. with songs about the nightlife underbelly (”club thing“) and celebrity culture (”adore adore“) it’s like social psychology insights on a guitar–with [...]

“The idea that whoever appeared onstage would play not me but a character was central to imagining how to make the narrative: I would need to see myself from outside.”
~ Joan Didion

In the midst of the quicksand hazard posed by every single episode of Lost available online, and in high def, I saw an ad [...]

from realitytvmagazine.com:
As if Hollywood’s not a circus enough as it is, ABC and NBC are both getting in on the action. Roll out the big top, guys, the circus is coming to town.
NBC has announced its plan to air Celebrity Circus, based on an Endemol format that’s been a huge hit in Portugal and Argentina, [...]

absolutely phenomenal:

cut it out, internet.
everyday there’s some kind of new technology hoopla vying for my attention with the sordid insidiousness of a tabloid magazine at the checkout counter. and i don’t even buy that shit, but for some reason i can never resist trying to get the latest download on what’s going on in brad and [...]

it’s kind of hard to write a post advocating a sense of balance. it’s easy to get all riled up and energized on preaching some kind of extreme; is it even possible to create a polemic for moderation? i’ve been sitting on this particular post for weeks, unable to summon up the oomph to do [...]

do 11 year olds really talk like sitcom writers now? i mean, it’s kinda funny… in a mildly disturbing sort of way. like one-liners are the next evolution of jr.’s “first words”…an eventually unmanageably annoying evolution, but, like the kids say… whatever.
check out these little Red “characters” (such as chill, grumpy, whatever, flirty) that were [...]

on my way to see Day Watch at the arclight in hollywood last night (in case you’re wondering, Night Watch was soooooo much better. don’t even bother with the sequel.)
i walked through THIS exhibit happening in the theater lobby, which is just awesome:

ANNA [...]

craving some easy meaning i went to blockbuster on a quest for a teen movie from the mid 80’s - mid 90’s. i am an addict for these movies. from sixteen candles to edward scissorhands. with heathers, pretty in pink, breakfast club, the legend of billie jean, and empire records in the middle. yo, i’ll [...]