Athens PopFest Countdown: Spotlight on High Water Marks
I'm leaving for the Athens PopFest in 3 days and I'm cramming in as much PopFest-prep to familiarize myself with the bands I'll see while…
Mid-summer movie roundup
Typical of many a summer movie season, this year's has had its share of silly, loud, teen-male-friendly fun. I'm talking Ocean's Thirteen. And Transformers. And…
John Sellers' recommended show for tonight!
A couple of months ago I went to a book reading at Elliott Bay Book Company for John Sellers' book Perfect From Now On: How…
Can we just make today Roger Ebert Day at TIG?
On the heels of imaginary embracey's post about Roger Ebert's online chat from yesterday, I just wanted to add one more note about America's most…
"Tootled" by Orbital
Yesterday, I spent 16 hours in the lab running samples for my research. That is a long time to spend in a room with loud…
A chat with Roger Ebert: "Ambiguity can be an inevitable conclusion"
Yesterday evening the nation's most popular film critic, Roger Ebert, who has been on an extended leave-of-absence from his TV show for the past year…
Beware of the Cyrus
Somehow I've missed until now the fact that Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana of Disney Channel and tween pop fame) is the daughter of none…
Most brilliant Twitter ever
This comment just received by one of my brilliantly clever Twitter contacts:How many Iraqiis do we have to kill to get enough oil to fuel…
"Bling" is so 2002
From the NYPost:If you use the word "bling" these days, you're unhip and totally out of style, according to Kanye West. The hip-hop star tells…
"Can It Be All So Simple" by the Wu-Tang Clan
Being a kid from central Massachusetts, I might be the last person in the universe to have any useful insight on the Wu-Tang Clan. I…