Dear eight pound, six ounce, newborn infant Jesus - don’t even know a word yet, just a little infant so cuddly but still omnipotent - peace on earth and the happiest of Christmases to anyone reading along. Be well.
Of course, it has been Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis since I was 16 and fell madly in love with Science vs. Romance, her short red locks and pouty bass playing. Kori Gardner and others have been affections or fleeting passions, but I haven’t had true blue new Indie Rock Girlfriend for years.
Spurred by nothing much [...]
Every year a bunch of kids at Tufts get drunk and run around naked on the last day of classes; we call it NQR. This year, a reporter (obviously without any exciting Monday night plans) from a local paper1 got the bright idea to head up to campus with a video camera and a dream [...]
Jenny Lewis sings about sex in the 1996 flick Foxfire, long renowned amongst Rilo Kiley fans and…well, probably just Rilo Kiley fans. It’s remarkable how her voice has remained, though she has grown up a whole lot. Maybe notable for also starring Angelina Jolie? And Peter Faccinelli?
Without a TV I miss some important cultural milestones; one which I stumbled upon with some amazement tonight is a nifty habit of Showtime’s Weeds.
Their theme song is a pithy bit of suburban satire from the 1960s by San Franciscan folk singer Malvina Reynolds called “Little Boxes,” and after the first season they started inviting [...]
‘Marry Me’ from the folks at Schedule Two, who happen to have a lot of other great shows up.
David Lynch here. I don’t want to have anything to do with Hitler. We all know he was not a good person who did terrible things.
Shitshow at David Lynch’s meditation conference in Berlin when his guest speaker expresses a desire for “an invincible Germany.” When the crowd points out that Hitler wanted one, too, speaker [...]