December 2009
10 posts
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High School is Over. Be a Grown-up.
“High School is such a serious thing… these problems matter.” (note the sarcasm).
Even though you have to sometimes fight through Seth McFarlane’s political agenda to enjoy it, Family Guy is one of the best shows on television for this reason: It reminds us of how ridiculous we look when we take things that don’t matter way to seriously. I am among the guilty...
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Thoughts on "500 Days of Summer".
So I just finished watching the movie “500 Days of Summer”. I’m no movie critic, but I thought it was very well done. The episodic structure of the movie was perhaps the most interesting part about it. The contrast between the various periods of the relationship between Summer and Tom was vivified by the quick mood changes provided by the non-chronological scene changes and...
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What Is Music?
Studying music at the University level has provided me with friends that have no problem voicing their opinions regarding the definition of music. The interactions I’ve had with these people have given me the opportunity to evaluate ideas that I otherwise would not have considered. I know that this post will be, to some people, extremely pretentious and mind-numbingly boring, which is why...
“If they act too hip, you know they can’t play shit.
—Miles Davis”
– (via jazzaintjive)
An awesome comment from my buddy Zach
My buddy Zach commented on my last post with a really good point. Here it is:
Loved your post, still love it in fact. Not sure what you said about Jazz was completely accurate though. I believe Jazz artists from Louis Armstrong to Miles Davis had to have the balls to do something insane, something that no one else had done before, perhaps not with a scowl on their face but for sure with the...
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A Post about Queen that's probably way to long.
Let me first say that I do not believe there is such a thing as the single greatest band of all time. But let us forget for one moment that the opinion of music is completely subjective, and think scientifically for just a small moment in time, never forgetting that this little experiment is completely and totally hypothetical. You know, just for fun…
Queen is the greatest band of all...
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If you haven’t read Craig Ferguson’s book you should. Awesome book.