Archive for August, 2008

31Aug08

For the last four Sundays, I’ve had to make a decision: to watch Mad Men as it airs on AMC at 10pm in standard definition, or wait until sometime tomorrow (most likely not until after work), and watch it on demand in high definition. I usually wait until Monday and watch it in HD (I [...]


31Aug08

I am wasting so much of my free time playing Magic Pen.


28Aug08

Word has it that Buck 65 is leaking his latest album Dirtbike in three parts, with the first part showing up on the internet yesterday.
The album is formatted like Buck’s early work, with one song flowing into the next like a mixtape.
Download here.
I’ll update with any new info on the album (currently there is [...]


28Aug08

I’m only about about halfway through, but I’ve already heard enough to highly recommend checking out Travis Barker & DJ AM’s mixtape Fix Your Face.


26Aug08

Pineapple Express
1.I was not stoned when I saw this movie.
2.James Franco is a funny dude.  He should do more comedies.
3.This movie is hilarious for the first twenty to thirty minutes, after that not so much.
a meaningless rating: 4.5/10


18Aug08

Criterion will finally be releasing a deluxe edition of Wes Anderson’s 1996 debut film Bottle Rocket.
Special Features

- DIRECTOR-APPROVED DOUBLE-DISC SET SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer supervised and approved by director Wes Anderson and director of photography Robert Yeoman
- Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack
- Commentary by director/co-writer Anderson and co-writer/actor Owen Wilson
- [...]


17Aug08

Killer Mike is back with his second installment of Sunday Morning Massacre.  This week’s song is “Jockin’ Jay-Z”


16Aug08

Skateboarder Magazine has highlighted some of the best features of my “almost” hometown Buffalo, New York.