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I needed a laugh. I needed a Sarah Silverman type belly laugh.Here it is.(I promise no videos after this for a while.)

The Mountain Goats review is coming. I promise. I am still digesting this album. It takes many many listens. It demands an audience. Nothing perfunctory here. Simply put, it’s fantastic.Until the review comes, let me whet appetites with this glorious video from the first single.Yes, I know John Darnielle has Continue Reading

I don’t know why it hasn’t occurred to me before this but I really should be posting my reviews from Shuffleboil here, right? I mean, if there are those of you that read this blog (all 6 of you…put me in your blogrolls, dammit!) that don’t shuffle over to the Continue Reading

One of the reasons that Barack Obama is doing so well is that he seems to be a different kind of politician. One who doesn’t get caught up in the politicing. One who, when confronted with the made up process story that he turned his back on Senator Clinton the Continue Reading

A friend of mine, a smart and talented film director made this point about TWBB and I agree: “There Will Be Blood was one of the stories of the birth of what America became…the idea that Capitalism and religion are the two halves of the American soul, and this movie Continue Reading

Daniel Day Lewis won the Saggy tonight. I think it was richly deserved.But his speech…..his speech…….he brought a tear to my eye. Invoking Heath ledger the way he did.Go to There Will Be Blood.Go see it. Oh, yeah. There were a bunch of actors that have teensy little resumes that Continue Reading

After watching “Waitress” last night I developed a hankering to back pies. Having no pie ingredients I decided to make a pot pie out of the pot roast from the weekend.But I also decided to make a lattice top.here is the pie. When my wife’s 87 year old Nana saw Continue Reading

In 1988 or thereabouts I was summering, as I did in my youth, with my family in Bar Harbor, Maine. I was a worldly college dropout, a few credits shy of a degree in a field I would never pursue. And my brother was just getting ready to go to Continue Reading

About 3 minutes too long. But I applaud the effort. Well, not that much effort. But, since he’s my nephew, I figure, give him a forum.For what, I am not sure……

Got 3 hours? I’ve got something for you. A couple years ago VH1 celebrated the 25th anniversary of MTV by airing the FIRST DAY! Except that it really wasn’t. It was cut up. Filled with a lot of videos that actually weren’t part of the first day, etc.And, where were Continue Reading