Lost Causes, “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” (play) This is the opening track on my first album, and I vividly remember where I was and what I was doing the first time I heard it on one of the real, honest-to-goodness manufactured CDs I printed up. It’s a memory that’s lingered not only because listening to your first “real” album is usually a pretty significant personal milestone, but because the emotions it triggered were so seemingly incongruous that it[...]
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I know what’s in store for me today. Katie Herzig, “Shovel” (play) Ornette Coleman, “Snowflakes and Sunshine” (play)
I haven’t posted here this week, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been slacking. Here’s what I’ve been up to lately: Blu-ray Review: The Princess and the Frog (Dadnabbit) CD Review: Ratboy Jr., Smorgasbord (Dadnabbit) DVD Review: Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority (Popdose) Our Favorite Movie Time Machines (Rotten Tomatoes) CD Review: Goldfrapp, Head First (Eat Sleep Drink Music) Six Artists We Wish Would Retire (Popdose) CD Review: Uncle Rock, The Big Picture (Dadnabbit)
Pair of new articles up at Dadnabbit today: A review of the new Rubinoos kids’ album, Biff-Boff-Boing!, and reviews of Disney’s first four Studio Ghibli deluxe DVD/Blu-ray titles.
I’ll be a tad scarce around the Web over the next few days, as my sister is visiting with her boyfriend (who brought me two bottles of bourbon — score!), but I’m still keeping busy. In the meantime, snuggle up with my latest Rotten Tomatoes feature, which takes a look at Matt Damon’s ten best-reviewed movies.
Much as I dread the symphony of bloodsucking bugs that comes with spring and summer, there’s something about the first few days after the mercury rises above 40 out here. Jackets off, windows down…and that snow on the ground melts away, a few centimeters at a time.
Yes, I’m still here, even though this space hasn’t been updated since October, due to a glitch between my WordPress installation and Twitter Tools (one which I haven’t been able to fix no matter what I do, so I’m giving up). After a year of forwarding this URL to Popdose, I reactivated Jefitoblog because, although I’m always writing for one site or another, there’s always stuff that doesn’t fit anywhere else — mostly observations and remembrances that I think are[...]
I love the new Dean Jones record even more than @jasonhare loves New England clam chowder.
Just pulled the Dean Jones/Felice Brothers CD out of my mailbox. YES.
What with all the bubble bathing and white wining with @KellySkittles, I forgot to finish my bourbon last night. Damn.