I listen to as many or more podcasts and audiobooks on my commute and driving around the state for work as I listen to music. Over the years, one of the podcasts I've listened to regularly is This American Life from NPR, which occasionally features work by comedian Mike Birbiglia. Birbigilia's stuff always feels very honest, a sort of milquetoasty Louis CK with a painful level of self-awareness.
Birbiglia has delivered his monologues on air/ podcast before regarding his issues with sleepwalking, so when I heard he was doing a movie on the topic, I more or less figured I knew what it was going to be. So, yeah, lo and behold that was pretty much exactly right.
Film. Comics. Sci-Fi. Superheroes. Pulp. Noir. History. Superman. 20th Century Archaeology.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Novemberama! Joan Crawford!
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| Joan really looks like she knows her way around a sharp, deadly knife... |
No. Just, absolutely, no. We are not doing this.
Happy Turkey Month, everybuddy!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Halloween Close-Out
Well, that was a whole lot of Halloween on this blog. I hope you kids enjoyed it.
I figured I might as well do a real Halloween blowout here once, so, that was it. I like me some Holidays, for sure, but Halloween and it's focus on lightweight scares, costumes and candy has always been a favorite.
In days of yore I might have tried to make more of Halloween night itself, but these days I'm pretty happy just to spend the evening in the driveway and get the chance to see the kids come up in their costumes. And this year we had a heard of turtles. Man, there were a lot of kids.
Some great costumes from Adventure Time characters to Kermit the Frog to Witches and Werewolves to somebody named "Minecraft Steve", who was the kid across the street with a box on his head. And, because memes never really die, we had The Honey Badger.
Jason and Amy came by, so we had some company as we handed stuff out to the trick-or-treaters. It's always more fun with company.
Anyway, it is a weird Halloween partially because the next several days are going to be nuts. I have serious meetings at work followed by a work trip to Denver that will last all of 36 hours and end on Monday.
Hope your Halloween was fun!
If what I saw at CVS when I popped in this evening was any indication, we are now officially in the Christmas season.
I figured I might as well do a real Halloween blowout here once, so, that was it. I like me some Holidays, for sure, but Halloween and it's focus on lightweight scares, costumes and candy has always been a favorite.
In days of yore I might have tried to make more of Halloween night itself, but these days I'm pretty happy just to spend the evening in the driveway and get the chance to see the kids come up in their costumes. And this year we had a heard of turtles. Man, there were a lot of kids.
Some great costumes from Adventure Time characters to Kermit the Frog to Witches and Werewolves to somebody named "Minecraft Steve", who was the kid across the street with a box on his head. And, because memes never really die, we had The Honey Badger.
Jason and Amy came by, so we had some company as we handed stuff out to the trick-or-treaters. It's always more fun with company.
Anyway, it is a weird Halloween partially because the next several days are going to be nuts. I have serious meetings at work followed by a work trip to Denver that will last all of 36 hours and end on Monday.
Hope your Halloween was fun!
If what I saw at CVS when I popped in this evening was any indication, we are now officially in the Christmas season.
Happy Halloween, Y'all!
About this time you people should be heading home to deal with little ones and to hand out candy. I hope your Halloween season was spooktacular!
Trick or Treat, smell my feet.
Halloween! "Frankenstein" and Edgar Winter!
If you finish listening to this all the way through, get yourself some Halloween candy as a reward.
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Happy Halloween! Monster Mash!
You are now legally allowed to play this song until midnight, and then it needs to go back in the vault for another year.
Happy Halloween! Vincent Price!
It would simply be bad form to celebrate Halloween without a nod to Mr. Price.
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