Entries from August 2009

August ’09 Mix

Date August 30, 2009

1) All is LoveWhere the Wild Things Are – Karen O and the Kids
2) Laughing With a Mouth of BloodActor – St. Vincent
3) From the Devil himselfViva Voce Loves you – Viva Voce
4) Last DanceIn And Out Of Control – Raveonettes
5) If You Say SoB-Sides and Rarities – Spoon
6) Dance Song ’97Dig Me Out – Sleater-Kinney
7) The ’59 SoundThe ’59 Sound – The Gaslight Anthem
8) Berlin, Without ReturnBerlin, Without Return (Single) – Voxtrot
9) Silver MoonBlack River Killer – Blitzen Trapper
10) Way Over Yonder In The Minor KeyMermaid Avenue – Billy Bragg/Wilco
11) Sleep All SummerScore! 20 Years Of Merge Records – St. Vincent And The National
12) Call MeWar Child Heroes – Franz Ferdinand

Weekly Twitticism

Date August 30, 2009

  • soda leak in my bag… and then my pants. Well, that's one way to start off the week. #
  • Dental appt rescheduled for next week. My day just got a little less scary. Next Monday will now be extra awful. #
  • fyi PAPER HEART was cute but aimless. I look forward to the sequel where Yi dates Jesse Eisenberg instead #
  • I'm like this at IKEA too. Maybe I'm genetically predisposed http://bit.ly/2UbE4C #
  • I figured they would ruin The Blind Side, but crikey http://bit.ly/gcGnp The trailer is cut like Radio Pt 2 #
  • fuuuckfuckfuckfuuuuuuuuuuuuuck there goes a waste of day #
  • Terrific print for LOST fanatics by @ollymoss JohnLockeHitchCock! http://bit.ly/htzX6 (i am sucker for anything remotely Saul Bassy) #
  • been awake since 530am. zzzzzzzzzzzzombie #
  • This is wifebeater and boxers weather, is all i'm sayin #
  • korean fried chicken, snow leopard and i didn't burst into flames. highly productive lunch break. #
  • It had to happen sooner or later… The Snuggie Sutra: http://thesnuggiesutra.com/ #
  • weep for the children, READING RAINBOW goes off the air today http://bit.ly/11TptW #
  • i can't tell if this is the Itis or heatstroke, but I definitely want to nap #
  • This library is more like a mall http://twitpic.com/frfnu #
  • maybe i'm just tired, but does this really say that Andrew WK is recording an entire album of GUNDAM SONGS?!?!? http://bit.ly/en36Z #

Weekly Twitticism

Date August 23, 2009

  • Hunh… me and Pete Campbell have the same celebration dance. #
  • DISTRICT 9 was amazing. Like the most violent episode of THE OFFICE ever. #
  • DISTRICT 9 is a little better if you imagine the star is actually Murray from Flight of the Conchords #
  • What's MODERN FAMILY and why are they filming outside my apartment? I'm gonna go snag a donut off their breakfast table. #
  • Ugh, I always forget how heavily taxed bonuses are. KEEP THAT SHIT SAFE, USA. I AM COMING BACK FOR IT AT TAX TIME. #
  • Been coveting the old school print styles of Aardvark Letterpress all morning. http://www.aardvarkletterpress.com/index.htm #
  • Zemeckis remaking YELLOW SUBMARINE sounds like a terrible idea. I am not ready for creepy mo-cap Beatles #
  • Cameron's AVATAR trailer is finally up! It sorta looks like Aliens vs Smurfs. http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avatar/ #
  • FOR REFERENCE: Pete Campbell's victory dance in animated gif form http://i26.tinypic.com/2m6saz4.jpg #
  • Apparently the secret pizookie recipe is just baking a shit ton of pre-made dough and dumping ice cream on it http://bit.ly/aZRl6 #
  • How is this theme restaurant legal? http://www.reaglebeaglechicago.com Is there an accompanying Jack's Bistro? #
  • Aw yeah, new Doug Pray doc about advertising, ART AND COPY http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/artcopy/ #
  • Obsessed with Persian rice. This time shirin polo with orange peels and pistachos. And some meat. http://twitpic.com/ensfm #
  • Bon Iver is playing Hollywood Cemetary … at DAWN. I've never heard of a 6AM concert before… #
  • First I see this link on the internet http://bit.ly/cHyiX and then "Vampire Ed" starts following me on twitter… SPOOOOKY #
  • Basterds: incredibly shallow but oh so Glourious #
  • oh the humidity… oh the humanity #
  • Breakfast at anisette, now in theatre for BANDSLAM. There are only 2 other people in here. #
  • Hey that BANDSLAM was pretty good. And Jason Street was in it! #texasforever #

Weekly Twitticism

Date August 16, 2009

  • Yup. That headline says "Olivia Newton-John's 'dead' ex-lover sends letter from Mexico saying he is alive" http://bit.ly/RkzHL #
  • NO, NOT EL SUPER TACOOOOO http://bit.ly/7G6kd #
  • i usually roll my eyes at PETA's attentiongrabs, but their Unhappy Meals are rad. I love stabby Ronald! http://bit.ly/pLULh #
  • haha i addressed that email to the wrong person. RECALL RECALL DON'T FIRE ME RECALL RECALL #
  • the Amateur Gourmet's dinner at El Bulli told fumetti style http://bit.ly/WOEzT #
  • Apparently there's a police standoff a block from my office. I guess I'll be going the other way for lunch http://bit.ly/1whd1X #
  • Obama, listen to this guy http://www.flickr.com/photos/granitepics/3812645821/ #
  • Watching live feed of the standoff http://bit.ly/dFTCG right now a robot and a tank are shooting lasers into a VW bug #
  • Good news: got my laptop back from apple. Bad news: they threw away my gelaskin. No reimbursement. #
  • That's a strange way of selling coffee, Jimmy McNulty http://cartenoire.co.uk/ #
  • Magic Johnson turned 50 today. His greatest work? Either his baby hook in Boston Garden or maybe MJ's "Remember the Time" video #
  • co-worker incompetence episode #403125. Sure, I'm happy to bail your dumb ass out on a Saturday, minutes before your project goes live. #
  • Lush discontinued Sonic Death Monkey. My showers will not be the same. #
  • I seem to have completely understimated the popularity of district 9. Couldn't get tickets for all of us and the only seats ere in 1st row #
  • margarita movie was a total bust this week. At least I got to see Ponyo earlier. #

This guys hat is like a chip n dip

Date August 11, 2009


Weekly Twitticism

Date August 9, 2009

  • Funny People was pointless and meandering and yet… I really liked it. #
  • I don't think THE ITIS can even begin to describe how i feel after all those margaritas and a plateful of BBQ. I'm closer to hibernation. #
  • Great recording of the Decemberists doing Heart's CRAZY ON YOU. http://bit.ly/6kfH7
    Shara Worden is hilarioussss #
  • It's pretty ballsy of Jack In The Box to call those things tacos. #
  • Left 4 Dead: Crash Course announced http://bit.ly/dr1Cz #
  • This weird murder median is right by my house. It's a mini-park that's completely fenced off on all sides. http://bit.ly/V7kr7 #
  • A cupcake for every nerd http://bit.ly/kiqYM #
  • URGENT — North Korea has released two U.S. journalists after Kim Jong-il issued a "special pardon." via @BreakingNews #
  • Waiting around so I can throw my defective MacBook pro at one of these geniuses #
  • Gotta send the poor laptop in. Could be worse, the lady next to me has a water damaged iPhone and is in tears. #
  • I've decided I never want to have dinner with Zooey Deschanel. Sorry, Z. #
  • i think i've seen Some Kind of Wonderful almost 100 times but Ferris is probably still my #1 John Hughes film #
  • watching THE WATCHMEN director's cut. It feels longer and I haven't even hit any of the new material yet. #
  • fuck this i'm watching GHOSTBUSTERS #
  • RT @sethmeyers21: Great Hughes tribute from a one time teenage pen pal of his http://bit.ly/6C9Ao #
  • Trailer for THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS http://bit.ly/j3ZgE starring Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell as Heath Ledger #
  • I didn't realize this, but THE IRON GIANT is now 10 years old http://bit.ly/2u63u sniff #
  • Sunny in Philadelphia – Kitten Mittens http://bit.ly/vDm8r #
  • I can't feel my face. Yooooooo Joe! #
  • shockingly, gi joe is better than wolverine and transformers in the battle of incredibly crap summer franchise films #

Weekly Twitticism

Date August 2, 2009

  • Locked myself out of the apartment. Briefly considered breaking in. #
  • Sitting on the stoop. You can mock me on AIM if yr bored. #
  • Could be worse. At least I have wifi. #
  • Apparently non-fat muffins work by being so inedible you'll take a bite and toss it in the trash. #
  • Aziz Ansari's RAAAAAANDY will probably upstage everything else in Funny People: http://www.laughyourdickoff.com/ videos are mustwatch #
  • UCLA finally cancels the Undie Run. They probably heard I was participating in the next one. http://bit.ly/1sudy9 #
  • http://twitpic.com/c2yul saffron and cherry rice w lamb Shanx #
  • Dodgers are KILLING me. ARGHHHHHHH. #
  • About to cut my own hair for the first time… how bad could it be? #
  • Maybe eating an entire raw onion wasn't the best idea. #
  • 7 yr old steals car, has a low-speed chase. http://bit.ly/9xm5D Best part is when he jumps out of the car. #
  • I wonder if I can get this shirt shipped to me before the premier of the GI Joe movie: http://bit.ly/JDPBL #
  • Remember how I locked myself out of the house the other day? Turns out I had a spare key in my messenger bag all along. DURRRR. #
  • Weekend starts now! LATER, SUCKERS #
  • Kyochon breakfast #
  • Freaky lineup at the wiltern for … Vamps? Guessing there's a lot of twilight crossover #
  • This is what 199 lumpia shanghai looks like: http://twitpic.com/cflco #
  • Gah only came in 2nd place in the Tug of War tournament. I have shamed my people. #
  • This is way too early #
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