January 2010
28 posts
“Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” is a major annoyance. I tolerated...”
– Robert Christgau, dissing Paul and Linda McCartney’s Ram but chiefly dissing a song I really like. However, he’s not at all wrong about the dude who created it. The contrary. The last sentence is probably the most concise and savage takedown of post-Beatles McCartney I’ve yet...
Multiple Choice
Given all the calamities that have transpired, both at home and abroad, on both a personal and a global-societal level, the new decade thus far has been
a) on a hesitant, woozy path up to just below subpar b) less savory than the dog piss sandwiches from Nat’l Lampoon’s Vacation c) cursed due to that deal we made with Beelzebub to expel those dickish French colonialists d) an adorable...
“[The Lovely Bones i]s based on the best-seller by Alice Sebold that everybody...”
– I think I love Roger Ebert most when he’s dissing. I could have easily quoted the whole review.
“The Obama enthusiasts who dominated so much of the 2008 campaign cycle were...”
– Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Twat.
“It was a sobering reminder that for years, a mostly pliant press has allowed a...”
– Adam Serwer limns Jon Stewart’s unspectacular John Yoo interview. Of course, Stewart’s been saying the same thing for years.
7 Books We Lost to History That Would Have Changed... →
easetheseatback:
“…a God-authored version ofLord of the Rings plus Inglorius Basterds plus Star Wars plus HOLY SHIT CAN YOU EVEN COMPREHEND HOW AWESOME THAT IS?!”
Luckily, we do have Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. (Take that.)
“I saw a Rohmer film once. It was kind of like watching paint dry.”
– Too soon? Love you, Éric.
Six Films Made After the Death of a Prominent... →
Also! Leap Year!
