--Best TV of 2007--

Andy Barker P.I.
Mad Men
Life

Tempest of Trouble

--Best Books of 2007--

I really hate to think that I have nothing to say--that just, ultimately, depresses me. My belief has always been that you might as well be dead if you have nothing to say. There are quite a few areas on the net where inanition is quite common. The problem that I see with most blogs--mainstream blogs especially--is that the content covered is trivial at best--and deserved substance is an after thought. I really like to read and hear about interesting ideas; I know most people have them. I will admit that I have been rather stagnant in thought lately. I guess I better pick up my game. If I stay like this, I am going to be quite miserable in the near future.

It's also dangerous to speak in cliches. I often utilize the cliche because it is quite the cop out. I do prefer colloquials, which is a term that has been stripped of its true meaning. Anyways, cliches give me a headache.

Well, at least we only have two weeks before the Wire starts back up on the Home Box Office. I don't know why the mainstream press ignores the show; it is one of the world's many mysteries.

Woody Hookpecker

2008 in Movies:

--enjoyed--
Rescue Dawn
Bourne Ultimatum
Knocked Up
No Country for Old Men
Gone Baby Gone
The Lives of Others
3:10 to Yuma
Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten
--thought was ok--
Superbad
Talk to Me (Drunk)
--thought i would like, but i didnt like--
This is England (really disappointed)
Waitress
Into the Wild
--need to see--
there will be blood
the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford

What are you taking about?

I was thinking about the great Steely Dan last night. It was brought to my attention that quite a few people enjoy listening to Fagen and Becker's 1977 classic album AJA. I guess I like the AJA album; it's alright to listen to when you are sitting at the bar drinking black and tans.

In my opinion, Can't Buy a Thrill is the ultimate S.D. album; it's complete from the edge to the center. The song that gets my attention has to be Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me). Its simplicity is quite wonderful--though many have accused it of setting back music for ten years. Admittedly, If I was alive during 1972, you know that Can't Buy a Thrill would be blaring through my headphones. Also, it must be mentioned that Can't Buy a Thrill set the blueprint for the TV theme song from the year 1974 to 1985.

cool...

Jack Cusp

Computer games are addictive. I have been playing the WSM 2008 for the past four hours; it is a sickness that will undoubtedly lead to my downfall. Speaking of Downfall: I watched the best movie of 2005--or was 2004--last night, which is also titled Downfall. I think Obama should alter the spelling of his name to O'Bama.

Speaking of O'Bama, I guess he has dreamed of being president since his grade school days--he even wrote in essay in Kindergarten exclaiming the aforementioned dream.

syphones...

Trying to get off the high sawhorse, I must say that there are an overabundance of sycophants and phonies out there. Walking down the street to get a bite to eat, you will see what I mean.