Kings Of Leon: Only By The Night

Kings Of Leon: Only By The Night Release Date: September 23, 2008   Every once in a blue moon, an album gets under my skin so bad that it engulfs my bloodstream. I want to breathe it. I want to drink it. I want to fuck its brains out, while it plays in the background. Twice. I guess a great album is kind of like a good romance, it falls in your lap when you aren’t searching for it. This rings exceptionally true with southern rock boys, Kings of Leon, and their fourth full-length release, Only By The Night. Truthfully, I despised the first (and in turn, the last) thing I heard from Kings of Leon,... [Read more of this review]

You, Are My Sunshine?

No. You, are not… Little Miss Sunshine is overrated! There, I said it. This critical darling, independent film sensation from a few years back is a joke. I am a supporter not only in theory, but in practice, of independent film, but this movie is a black stain on the culture. This movie is a gilded turd masquerading as a gem. It’s mind-boggling to me how many respected film critics heaped praise on this preposterous piece of puff (how do you like that for alliteration!). The worst part is that I’m a Carelly? A Carellite? A Careller?  I’m a big fan of Steve Carell - let’s... [Read more of this review]

Luke’s Hand, Cooled…

Cool Hand Luke PAUL NEWMAN HAS PASSED AWAY. When I first heard the news, I literally gasped. It wasn’t an ironic, forced or facetious gasp.  Nor did I merely utter a disinterested “gasp”. A sincere gasp manifested itself as I stumbled upon the sidebar on IMDB while looking up cast info for Choke. To say that Paul Newman is a great actor, wow, I guess I mean, to say Paul Newman was a great actor, is to say that Pope Benedict is kinda religious. I don’t believe anyone, short of possibly Robert Redford could do this man any justice in remembrance, so I won’t even try. ... [Read more of this review]

This Is Our Punk Rock Pt. 2

Hey there my pretty little chillun, and welcome to the second installment of my article. If you did not catch the first post, you can click here to read part one.  I hope that this article will give some people some insight into this genre of rock and moreover what rock is supposed to be and shouldn’t have been.  There will be plenty more preaching coming soon, so stick around… What GY!BE do is quite deliberate.  This isn’t always the case.  For instance, take Explosions in the Sky. This band does not employ noise quite nearly as much as GY!BE, however there is a crushing monotony,... [Read more of this review]

ONE Sunset: West Hollywood, CA

ONE Sunset is a restaurant & lounge located at 8730 Sunset Blvd West Hollywood, CA 90069. Being that it is on Sunset, street parking is a joke, so expect to pay the $9 valet charge, or walk a mile. We arrived pretty early, to avoid any potential of not getting in. It was around 10:30 p.m. when we got there, and the place was still in “restaurant” mode at that time (this will be explained later). You walk in and what you see is what you get. It is essentially just one really large room, with tons of tables, and two bar areas. ONE Sunset - Who am I? What am I? The bar areas could... [Read more of this review]

Appaloosa aka Ed Harris will Kick your Ass

Appaloosa is a modern-day Western written, directed and starring mister Ed “I will fuck you up” Harris.  The film costars mister Viggo “I will gently kick your ass” Mortensen. The film will be in theaters everywhere on October 3rd, but being that I live in Los Angeles, I am part of the “lucky” few that get to see it early.  Harris plays the bad ass Marshall, and Mortensen is his “not-as-bad-ass” bad ass Deputy. Look! Two Indians Kissing! Harris and Mortensen meet up again after kicking your ass in A History of Violence.  There seems to be a pattern... [Read more of this review]

Springbok Bar & Grill: Van Nuys, CA

This little gem is located at *16153 Victory Blvd Van Nuys, CA 91406.  Springbok is a really chill bar to have a solid evening of drinks and grub.  Personally, I’ve never had the food there, but my friends who have eaten there all say it is delicious.  The theme of the bar is more on the sports bar side of things, coming from South African owners, but it’s far from a straight-up sports bar. On a typical weekend night, they will have some shitty live band play some shitty cover songs…but after a few drinks in, you are singing along, and don’t even notice the quality (or... [Read more of this review]

This Is Our Punk Rock

Welcome kids, to the first installment of a series of blowhard music articles from a man who knows much more than you, but much less than, lets say, Jesus Christ.  The following is in two parts and discusses a totally awesome genre of music oft overlooked.  It’ll blow your freakin’ mind, man. “Progressive” music has always been something of a black sheep in the rock ‘n’ roll community. It has been a label plastered on most bands with a penchant for long, sweeping tracks and using non-traditional instrumentation (as far as our ubiquitous rock community is concerned).  The... [Read more of this review]

V is for Vagina

Continuing the theme, I’d like to think that my vagina makes for interesting conversation. And the fact that my little ol’ hot pocket always seems to find itself in some amazingly awkward situation or another, well, it kinda makes me believe that I’m sitting on a Super Hero with magestic powers. (Or, if you are one of my exes, a Super Villain.) Behold my most recent vagina adventurequest… Mike: if i don’t make menstruation jokes who will? Mike: its creepy when women do it Mike: because then shit gets real Casey: well i guess i know to keep my mouth shut then Casey:... [Read more of this review]

The Best Show You Never Saw

So what’s your guess? I doubt you’ll guess it, since you’ve never seen the show. Ready? Groovy. The best show you never saw is Sports Night, which aired on ABC for two seasons.  After just two short seasons, Sports Night won several awards, including two Emmy’s (believe it or not).  It ended with a bang, and I highly recommend you pick up the DVD set, and watch it the entire way through.  Several times. Sports Night: The Best Show You Never Saw Sports Night is an extremely witty show, with great writing, great dialogue, and amazing acting.  There isn’t one actor... [Read more of this review]

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