Okay, here's the story. Bruce Springsteen is going on his first tour with the E Street Band in five years. Me and my mom's entourage want to go. Badly. So, we set up a plan to have multiple people at multiple computers the instant the tickets went on sale. I was all ready to go when they went on sale and I started to buy them, and then this window ( Read more... )

I've noticed a trend in my concert-going history. Whenever I start listening to an artist and then go see them perform, the concert differs from the norm in some way. The first time I saw Bruce Springsteen he was on one of those rare solo tours with no backing band. When I saw Randy Newman he was accompanied by the North Carolina Symphony (which, ( Read more... )

1. Put your music player on shuffle ( Read more... )

Nearly two months after having seen the movie, I finally wrote the last couple of paragraphs of my review of "28 Weeks Later." Enjoy. Coming soon: My review for "Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix ( Read more... )

This past Saturday saw the release of the seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows." I, of course, picked up a copy Saturday morning and spent the weekend (and Monday night until 3:30am Tuesday morning) reading it. I won't talk too much about the book itself, since it's not really the book ( Read more... )

My sincerest thanks to ACC Staffing for NOT calling to tell me that GlaxoSmithKline was going in a different direction and wasn't accepting any of the resumes sent over (including mine). I really appreciate when people are courteous to me. I mean, the fact I had to call THEM shows such a high level of professionalism on their part. In addition, I' ( Read more... )

Maybe I should have kept going to a psychologist after high school. I'm more fucked up than I thought I was.

This evening I received a message from a girl on MySpace regarding a mutual friend, Jason. I hadn't talked to him in months because he was stationed as an army medic and I assumed work was keeping him busy. I had only briefly entertained the possibility that he might have died, but I had no reason to believe so until tonight. The message enquired ( Read more... )

PAN’S LABYRINTH (EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO ( Read more... )

With the arrival of 2007, I would like to take this opportunity to present my opinions on the music of 2006 - that is, I will post what I think were the best albums and a list of my favorite songs (that I think will fit on a single CD, that is). Enjoy ( Read more... )