Shows, showmanship

So since the most common complaint I hear about this blog is “jeeeeez, mbg, you just, you post so frequently, and they’re such short posts - could you just wait awhile longer and roll everything you want to say into a really thick post so we can really sink our teeth in, as it were?” I have been going to shows for the last couple of weeks and thinking about things to say but not writing the things. Not until tonight, anyway. (more…)

Neeeeeeeerds!

Ok, so, tough question time. We posed this to Tomahawk Chop (one of four or so unofficial roommates here at the Castle) last week and it spurred much deliberation, so I thought it’d be a good one to turn over the the ‘crowd’ (our massive, adoring readership). Simple question: rank the 5 (official) roommates, from nerdiest to least nerdy. (more…)

Answer me this question of three

Months ago, before this blog existed (at least outside of our minds), MBG, CV and I were discussing what the lineups would be for our dream concerts. Rules being:

  1. Bands must still exist (No original Clash)
  2. Bands must actually still tour (No Led Zepplin, at least at the time of this original discussion)
  3. Lineup must be feasible in terms of each spot (Your opener must be an obvious opener and your headliner must be an obvious headliner; e.g. you can’t have the Arcade Fire opening for Radiohead opening for U2).

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Viewing habits

Here is a short list of favorite movies I should own on DVD but don’t (more…)

Too sweet tout de suite

I went into the grocery store a few weeks ago, a place where I normally just get the exact same things every time, because it’s easy and it’s not like I do enough cooking to make my meals interesting anyway, but I had just been talking about pudding, so I naturally went to the pudding/JELL-O section to see what flavors of JELL-O they had. (more…)