Archive for March, 2006

More on Unkown White Male

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

The Washington Post is running an article about the Unkown White Male controversy, which is pretty interesting and more detailed than any other I’ve read. I still find it hard to believe the whole thing is a fake, but I’m wondering more and more.

Dave Chappelle’s Block Party (2006, Michel Gondry)

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

What he said, although a bit less enthusiastic. I agree with the assertion that this may be due to the film not being made in my ‘hood. If this had happened in Logan Square in Chicago instead of Brooklym I likely would have gone ballistic over it. I certainly understand that kind of visceral reaction, […]

Unkown White Male (Rupert Murray, 2006)

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Unknown White Male a documentary about Doug Bruce who wakes up one afternoon on the train at Coney Island with no idea of who he is. He has lost all his memories of his experiences, but he still has his “procedural” memory allowing him to walk and talk and hold a fork. In one early […]

Last.fm

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

As anyone who reads this blog outside of an RSS feeds has probably noticed, there is a new little graphic over on the right representing my most played bands for the last week. This comes courtesy of last.fm, a new music-based social networking site which tracks the music you play. You have to download and […]

ATTENTION PEOPLE WITH CABLE

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

It has been brought to my attention that two times this month in the wee hours of the morning, The Sundance Channel is showing Olivier Assayas’ heartbreaking masterpiece Cold Water. Details here. This is a must-TIVO situation, spring for the high quality. Hopefully this means some of the rights have been worked out and […]

Bicycling Northgate To South Lake Union

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

One thing that has happened since I moved to Seattle is I’ve gotten more interested in like, being outside and stuff. The main way this has manifested itself is through bicycling. Ever since I got my new job last year I’ve been doing some bike commuting. For a while I was getting it in two […]