{"id":966,"date":"2008-08-05T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2008-08-05T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/wordpress\/?p=966"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:38:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T23:38:26","slug":"best_of_july_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2008\/08\/best_of_july_2.html","title":{"rendered":"Best of July"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best movie <\/a>I saw in July was also the only movie I saw in July (or the only one I saw for the FIRST time anyway…). It was The Dark Knight <\/a><\/strong>and it was pretty fantastic. I had reservations, but they weren’t “I don’t love you” reservations. More like “I do love you, but I probably wouldn’t marry you, because I know you’ll only hurt me in the end.”<\/p>\n

The best book <\/a>I read in July was Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart<\/strong><\/a>, which was just outrageously fucking funny.<\/p>\n

The best gig <\/a>I went to in July was either the Fleet Foxes <\/strong><\/a>set at Pitchfork or the Earlimart <\/strong><\/a>show at the Hideout. Probably have to tip the hat to Earlimart since the sound was better (purely by locational happenstance), but I remain equally entranced by both.<\/p>\n

My favorite tunes <\/strong>in July were Fleet Foxes <\/strong>and (more) Joseph Arthur <\/strong>and The Kills <\/strong>and Nana Grizol “Love It Love It”<\/strong>(which you sooo need) and this totally awesome mixdisc\/playlist I made for Juno. My question for you is*: What would you give me to get a copy of that?<\/em><\/p>\n

Random personal highlights:<\/em> Visit from the Nipper. Secret Family Craft Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lowlights? <\/em> Long slow stressful month. This summer has sucked some fucking rotten ass, let me tell you. I mean, except for that it’s all shit I can’t tell you.<\/p>\n

*Do you remember when I used to use this phrase ALL THE TIME? Dang, I miss it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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