Happy Holidays, folks. Wow, it’s been way too long. I’ve been amassing lists for the past week or so and writing some of my own. My Top Ten Albums of 2008 is almost done- that one always takes a while to sculpt, and is one of those annual labors of love. For now, here’s what everyone else had to say…
By Chris Baily
New Years Eve may be one of the biggest party nights of the year, but let’s be honest here, there’s gonna be a lot of events where people will stand around, make small talk, sip a little alcohol, and wonder how in God’s name they’re going to find a lady to kiss at midnight. Personally, I think these parties just…
By Jeremy Kotin
Year Ends: Not necessarily the best, but the best of what I remember…
1. STAGE August: Osage County
Beyond supporting my hometown players of the Steppenwolf Theater, this play sizzled with a fresh and new voice. Creating a complete family tree and watching them self-destruct on stage generates a fascinating and haunting night at the theater. But the heat is truly turned…
By Chris Baily
Merry Christmas everyone – in honor of this special day, I thought I would get into a serious discussion: what constitutes a good, Christmas themed, fashion decision? Now I admit, I haven’t participated in this tradition as much as I feel I should have… I think one of my New Years Resolutions is going to be to start participating in…
I was hype. Ecstatic. I mean, totally boosted to see the new Will Smith, Rosario Dawson movie, Seven Pounds. I watched Will on every talk show discussing how he couldn’t say ANYTHING about the movie, because one small slip, and the movie was spoiled. I watched Rosario discuss how when she read the script there was an incredible revelatory moment at…
By Jeremy Kotin
Holiday Music Edition from a Christmas Lovin’ Jew
1. SONG “I Remember” Barbra Streisand
Not at all a Christmas classic, rather a song from a rarely seen Sondheim television musical called Evening Primrose, but thanks to a new little intro, the Christmas spirit is alive and well, altering all that follows. The song mixes the excitement of the holiday season with the…
By Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza
They’ve got a few really nice designs overall. The competition was stiff, and these guys definitely made the cut.
By Hawkes Klein
Someone in my life mentioned that they’re going to look like David Bowie soon, so I googled and found this:
And created this:
Then discovered that really the scope of the “paint” program is limitless.
I feel like I finally get LOLCats
More DB’s after the jump! Leave your own!
As most PopTenners know, I’m a massive board game junkie. I pile games up in my closet and behind my couch, scour thrift stores for any I don’t yet own, and if there are more than two people at my house, I’ll try my damnedest to foist one on them.
I’ve spent a lifetime amongst these peaceful, gentle creatures. The…
By Chris Baily
Let me repeat.
Your boyfriend doesn’t care about what you ate today.
This is important. He may listen to you summarize the details of your daily gastronomical adventures. He may exclaim over your decision to go with arugula instead of baby spinach in your tossed salad. But he doesn’t care. You should accept this and talk about something else. Trust me.
This is…
Matt Ellsworth and I met while making Second Skin, a documentary I directed on virtual worlds. He’s one of the boys from Indiana who loves to game. Our conversations over the years have led to a few things, one of them was finding a common love for Johnnie Walker Black Label, and the second was a penchant for postulating about…
The geek have officially inherited the Earth, as was prophesied in Psalms 37:7 (more or less) so many bearded men ago. It’s a fairly recent thing, having happened somewhere between Google’s ascent to ubiquity, the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the eyebrow-raising popularity of Weird Al’s White & Nerdy. And since history is told by the…
How much does James Cameron ride George Lucas’ dick? Only enough to base an entire movie, Avatar, on the final battle sequence from the last good film in the Star Wars franchise, Return of the Jedi. Each film has its ragtag band of native creatures, each film pits basic bush weaponry against mechanized slaughter machines, each film has exploding trees.…
Come with me, friends, to another time. Let’s say 1998ish. Ross and Rachel rule the airwaves, ER is hailed as the Best Drama Evar. As the sun sets on Seinfeld, critics mourn its passing, proclaiming that we’re not likely to see a show of its brilliance ever again.
I watched an episode of Seinfeld yesterday. It’s still funny, despite the canned…
I sincerely hope I made every attempt to be fair and honest and if I left off a film you love, please know that it was not with malice and there are only ten spots. I even split them into two genres because taking any of these off the list kind of made my heart hurt. Also, feel free to…
