http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ Hot licks and rhetoric Don't count much for nothing - Steely Dan en-us siherlis@yahoo.com 2010-03-07T20:53:25-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/007046.html In his novel HOCUS POCUS, Kurt Vonnegut relays the story about a guy who, as a kid, got stuck in an elevator. He was stuck for about twenty minutes; he thinks that this is a major point in American history;... 7046@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2010-03-07T20:53:25-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/007004.html Short Thoughts on the Academy Award Nominees: AVATAR - It is what it is: a three hour spectacle that I have no interest in seeing again. Sigourney Weaver, adding humor and pathos, was a welcome presence because the Na'vi themselves... 7004@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2010-03-04T18:41:31-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/006966.html MY ENEMIES LIST (IF YOURE ON IT, LOOK OUT!) 1. DONALD TRUMP - YOURE WORTHLESS 2. E.E. CUMMINGS - CAPITALIZE YOUR NAME, MORON! 3. KATHERINE HEPBURN - YECH!!!!!! 4. PHILLIP RIVERS - I'M SORRY, I DON'T LIKE YOU AND I... 6966@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2010-02-28T12:31:44-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/006798.html Remember those ads for THE DARK KNIGHT: "Why So Serious?" I'd like to ask that question to Win Butler and his memorial to a burning arcade, but I'm afraid he might cheer up. Butler's seriousness - one part Eeyore, one... 6798@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2010-02-08T19:28:02-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/006578.html (FYI: This album might have actually been released in 1999 - according to the Wikipedia anyway. If you care about this, let me know and I'll mail you an apology sometime before my best of the 2010s list) Nothing about... 6578@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2010-01-19T13:07:08-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/006434.html 10. The Strokes, IS THIS IT? I immediately caught onto The Strokes, hopping on an already full-to-capacity bandwagon, because they seemed loud, disgusting, and vaguely untalented. But they've proved anything but - after a few years adopting the personas of... 6434@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2010-01-04T14:37:16-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/006356.html 20. Sigur Ros, ( ) I would say something witty like "these guys would be like the Beatles and there would be an Icelandic invasion if we could pronounce their names," but that would be stupid. I don't possess the... 6356@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2009-12-27T14:25:42-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/006250.html We had better go ahead and get used to Zac Efron being a big star. And why shouldn't he be? Unlike Shia Labeouf, he doesn't coast on being a mildly witty, kind of goofy-looking star of action movies. Efron is... 6250@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2009-12-16T22:56:53-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/006133.html Last night's Saturday Night Live was unusually funny - that's a back-handed compliment for a comedy show. Comedy shows should be funny, and SNL hasn't been. Its Obama imitations grasp none of the nuances of the character to exploit for... 6133@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2009-12-06T13:28:02-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/006110.html I have to admit something: I am obsessed with a one minute clip from a TV show I know nothing about. It is a show that is mostly disreputable and that contains over about 1000 footage I have no intention... 6110@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2009-12-03T22:28:08-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/006073.html 30. The Arcade Fire, NEON BIBLE There is a humorless earnestness to the best Arcade Fire songs; its best accomplishment is that these pretensions are not themselves laughable. When I saw Win Butler smash a guitar on Saturday Night Live... 6073@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2009-11-30T10:47:55-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/006011.html I love Woody Allen - I love the way his films oscillate between psychological realism and gleeful absurdity. I love the moment when he pulls Marshall McLuhan out from behind a cardboard movie stand-up, and I love the part in... 6011@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2009-11-23T17:55:24-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/005982.html (I've taken out the intrusive album covers, but kept the music) 40. The New Pornographers, CHALLENGERS My favorite NP album is everyone else's least favorite. I feel TWIN CINEMA and MASS ROMANTIC are a lot of nice parts that don't... 5982@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2009-11-21T13:06:21-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/005800.html (The pictures and songs for these are subject to removal; hopefully they won't be eradicated. I apologize if the format is shaky - I did the best I could) 50. Josh Ritter, THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO (2001) Ritter's first... 5800@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2009-11-08T12:16:58-06:00 http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/archives/005788.html Hi everyone. I'm back. I'm returning to you so I can participate in these addictive "Best of the Decade" lists. As anyone who knows me knows, I's all about the lists. I have lists of my favorite condiments (1. Horseradish),... 5788@http://andytown.memphisblogs.org/ 2009-11-07T11:36:59-06:00