Black humor, sarcasm. Not *quite* as funny as the book. And missing a major plot point that would’ve actually given Katie Holmes something to do other than say the F word. Enjoyable. Funny. But the book is a lot funnier.
Author Archives: Duff
Live Tunes for Summer…
June 9 Boy Least Likely To @ Schubas
June 10 Bodeans @ Ravinia
June 11 Canasta ?
June 23 Corinne Bailey Rae @ Schuba’s
July 10 Bob Schneider @ Schuba’s
July 13 Damien Rice / Fiona Apple @ Northerly Island
July 16 Tom Jones / Etta James @ Ravinia
August 4-6 Lollapalooza @ Grant Park
August 29 Beethoven @ Ravinia
September 8 Lye Lovett @ Ravinia
September 18 Kasey Chambers @ Park West.
Mystery Music.
“Communicate” by the Strive Roots from Bio Resonance Therapy. HUH???
Never heard of the song, the group or the album. Yet here it is, playing on my iPod. It’s a fun song, but where the fuck did it come from?
Now that takes me back a decade. Seriously.
Maceo Parker is playing Chicago’s House of Blues in June. Last time I saw Maceo Parker was New Year’s Eve of either 1995 or 1996, tickets bought “sight unseen”* on the recommendation of a friend who loved loved loved Maceo. Nanders, do you remember Sean’s obsession with MP?
Too funny.
It was a GREAT show, by the way. I just don’t listen to jazz that frequently.
*”Sound unheard” doesn’t really have the same resonance, does it.
Where’ve I Been?
Snow Patrol’s new album came out on the 9th. “Eyes Open.” I guess we know what tonight’s iTunes purchase is going to be…
A quote for this dreary Monday.
Some measure of generality must be present in any high-class theorem, but too much tends inevitably to inspidity. ‘Everything is what it is, and not another thing’, and the differences between things are quite as interesting as their resemblances. We do not choose our friends because they embody all the pleasant qualities of humanity, but because they are the people they are. And so in mathematics; a property common to too many objects can hardly be very exciting, and mathematical ideas also become dim unless they have lenty of individuality.
–GH Hardy “A Mathematician’s Apology”
Wow.
Really great interview with Gina Frangello, author of “My Sister’s Continent” a very intense book that kept me awake all the way to Australia…, here. Some great info about the publishing industry.
I am such a good cousin. And – Boys Suck. As usual.
Here’s an email response I wrote for one of my cousins who has a jackhat sending her the most ridiculous emails on earth. The items in bold = those are where I am quoting him back at him.
Dear [name removed to protect the GUILTY],
When I said “I won’t meet up with you for dinner”, I was being honest to where my feelings were at the time, but not entirely true of my overall feelings about you. I did not mean “I won’t meet up with you for dinner next week”, I meant “I do not want to see you, speak to you, or get emails from you ever again.” By “next week”, I meant “for eternity.” By “I won’t meet up with you,” I meant “I do not want you in my life.” I just thought you should know that–however hurtful it may be. I just have a difficult time understanding when there are what I perceive as conflicting desires. I’m sorry for how I’ve interpreted my feelings.
I hope they are clear to you now.
Sincerely,
please do not contact me ever again, stupid moron,
[name removed to protect the INNOCENT].
DangerMouse Does It Again
The mixmastered Grey Album was magnificent. Much better than the Black Album (Jay-Z). (Altho, of course, not QUITE as good as the White Album (do I need to tell you whose album the White Album is? If so, this may not be the blog for you…).)
I am in the midst of my first listen to the latest DangerMouse work: Gnarls Barkley “St Elsewhere”…and I love it. So much fun!!
Read Me Like A…
I think we all know how I feel about books. So it should be no surprise that I enjoyed this article (found via Gaper’s Block). Slightly academic toned; still enjoyable.