Spurned lover concocted Dalek kidnap and rescue plot to win back heart of ex-girlfriend
Spoiler alert! It didn't work.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Bruuuuuuuce!
Okay, I could have done without 5 cover songs (even if three were the famous & crowd-pleasing Detroit Medley), but Monday night's Springsteen show was fan-freaking-tastic. He opened with Out in the Street! Mary's Place! Sherry Darling, by request! Because the Night! Hungry Heart! Held Up Without a Gun, for only the third time EVER!! Girls in their Summer Clothes! No Surrender! The Rising! The Promised Land!! Americanland! Glory Days! Born to Run!!! Thunder Road!!! BADLANDS!!!!! AHHH! I was jumping up and down and singing along like a crazy person. Here's the setlist. And here's a more coherent review.
And let me tell you, these old dudes (and Patti, who looked fantastic on the day before her 55th birthday) are in shape. That running slide that Bruce did during Mary's Place would have decommissioned a man half his age. And then there was the Nils Lofgren guitar-playing somersault during Because the Night...
Here's Out in the Street:
And my friend Gary, whom I've known since the first grade, was seated behind us. Hadn't seen the guy in years. That's some Jersey Magic right there. Wave to Gary, everyone!!
And let me tell you, these old dudes (and Patti, who looked fantastic on the day before her 55th birthday) are in shape. That running slide that Bruce did during Mary's Place would have decommissioned a man half his age. And then there was the Nils Lofgren guitar-playing somersault during Because the Night...
Here's Out in the Street:
And my friend Gary, whom I've known since the first grade, was seated behind us. Hadn't seen the guy in years. That's some Jersey Magic right there. Wave to Gary, everyone!!
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Look out Kelly Taylor...
Brenda Walsh is coming for YOU!!! And you totally deserve it, sneaking around with Dylan while she was in Paris! That's just not right.
I am irrationally excited about the 90210 remake. Because rich people with problems make great television. Add in the tensions of kinda rich people mixing with the truly wealthy? TV heaven. One day I'll make an argument that these shows are the natural heir to Jane Austen or Edith Wharton, but that day is not today.
Anyway, here's hoping it's at least half as good as Gossip Girl. (And while I'm hoping for things, let me add how the only thing that would make that show better is the addition of Chuck's pet monkey. Or if they gave Chuck & Blair their own show featuring Julie Cooper. And possibly Alexis Colby. Scheme-tastic!)
I am irrationally excited about the 90210 remake. Because rich people with problems make great television. Add in the tensions of kinda rich people mixing with the truly wealthy? TV heaven. One day I'll make an argument that these shows are the natural heir to Jane Austen or Edith Wharton, but that day is not today.
Anyway, here's hoping it's at least half as good as Gossip Girl. (And while I'm hoping for things, let me add how the only thing that would make that show better is the addition of Chuck's pet monkey. Or if they gave Chuck & Blair their own show featuring Julie Cooper. And possibly Alexis Colby. Scheme-tastic!)
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
The Cops Finally Busted Madame Marie
RIP, Marie Castello
I've always had half a notion to drive down to Asbury Park and pay her a visit, even though I think she had closed up shop there years ago. So it goes...
I've always had half a notion to drive down to Asbury Park and pay her a visit, even though I think she had closed up shop there years ago. So it goes...
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