Morrissey tour dates were finally announced today. He hasn't been to he Pacific NW in about 4 years or so. And this time, it seems like he's skirting Portland. Frustrating ( Read more... )

R.I.P. Robert Altman.

He had a nice long life though.

For some reason, I often forget when authors i like come to town. I've missed Tim O'Brien a few times along with a couple others. So, now I post in here so as to not forget.

October 24th: Richard Ford
October 27th: Richard Dawkins.

Hot damn, 2 in one week, a mere 6 blocks from my apartment.

a music video i made a while ago got posted to YouTube. I didnt know. Go and... "give it some love".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXRfmqVa-5g

... as in, give it some top ratings, man.

It appears that Tom Waits, when scheduling his current tour forgot to add West Coast dates. I know he said he needed to play Kentucky and Tennassee because he needed to pick up some fireworks and someone down there owes him money, but I would think that he could play out here... right? So now, I am trying to figure out if its even possible to ( Read more... )

I know what I will be doing from Oct 24th on.

Lay of the Land, the new Richard Ford novel is released!

With The Sportswriter, in 1985, Richard Ford began a cycle of novels that ten years later - after Independence Day won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award - was hailed by The Times of London as “an extraordinary epic [that] is ( Read more... )

No offense to John, who is working on a pretty bad ass zombie project, but I am very much ready for all things zombies to not be hip. They're everywhere!

from the Trades:

BLADE RUNNER the "Final Cut" will be coming to DVD this September ( Read more... )

Last night was Courtney's birthday night at The Tube. But of course, it didnt stay there. It was Tube, Dante's, Voodoo Donuts, back to Tube, Magic Gardens, Tube, Roxy. At Magic Gardens, I sat and talked with Melanie most of the time. She has the greatest laugh i've ever heard. Very loud, shrill, and very, very frequent. Over the slow, quiet, ( Read more... )

I've got a case of The Mondays.

All day I've been looking forward to going home and making a bunch of fallafel and watching the 3.5 hour Oliver Stone epic, "Nixon".