If you could be anything you want I bet you’d be disappointed, am I right?
Very few words here. A lot of words elsewhere. Continue reading If you could be anything you want I bet you’d be disappointed, am I right?
Author: Dan Seeger
Bad Movie Night — The Box/Surrogates
At some point, I’m sure it will happen. We’ll assemble one of our Bad Movie Night double features with a film that doesn’t really deserve such a condemnation. It’ll be one of those proudly lurid thrillers that are appealing in … Continue reading Bad Movie Night — The Box/Surrogates
My Misspent Youth: Marvel Two-in-One by Tom DeFalco and Ron Wilson
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. When I transitioned away from reading kid-friendly comics about a wealthy … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Marvel Two-in-One by Tom DeFalco and Ron Wilson
College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1989, 74 and 73
74. Todd Rundgren, Nearly Human One of the old inside jokes about Todd Rundgren in the music industry states that his contract is supposedly drafted to mandate that he deliver one normal album for every weird one he creates. Since … Continue reading College Countdown: 90FM’s Top 90 of 1989, 74 and 73
Who’s your friend when things get rough?
Some nights I just need a little Mr. Show. Continue reading Who’s your friend when things get rough?
One for Friday: Cheating Off of Someone Else’s Paper
So I’ve been having some technical difficulties today, necessitating a little bit of a cheat for this week’s One for Friday. I’m working on something that will hopefully allow me to make up for it next week. The other day I realized that I have a remarkable number of different versions of Billy Bragg’s “A New England” on my iPod. Unfortunately, that epiphany was quickly followed by the sad realization that I don’t have this version of it. There may be no better way to ensure I have a touch of a crush on Kate Nash than for Billy Bragg … Continue reading One for Friday: Cheating Off of Someone Else’s Paper
Away up on a hill there’d be so much to kill
Today you will want to look elsewhere for a conglomeration of my words. Continue reading Away up on a hill there’d be so much to kill
You could sleep along the way, dream in black and white
In 2008, a 16mm print of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis was found in Buenos Aires that was significantly longer than any other version that currently exists. When the silent film debuted in Germany in 1927, it ran around two-and-a-half hours. As … Continue reading You could sleep along the way, dream in black and white
Top Fifty Films of the 90s — Number Eight
#8 — Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995) It can be taken as an indicator of the faultiness of my prognostication skills that I thought Toy Story would never work. I’d seen a couple of the Pixar studio shorts previously, and, while … Continue reading Top Fifty Films of the 90s — Number Eight
I’m walking a line—just barely enough to be living
Today is a day I have the pleasure of directing you elsewhere. Continue reading I’m walking a line—just barely enough to be living
Coffee for Two 