Hackneyed

Category: Media Diet

  • 63 Up

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    Realized a day or two ago: 63 Up will be coming out this year and I am tearing up just thinking about it. This series tugs at every heart string. I could barely hold it together (read: could not hold it together) just watching the trailer for the previous installment. We should also be what,…

  • If a star was born in 1937, 1954, 1976 and 2018…

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    … the mid/late 90s Mariah Carey/Diddy R&B/hip-hop remake must have gotten lost in a time warp.

  • #52Films By Women

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    I made a pledge to watch at least one female-directed film per week that I hadn’t seen prior in 2019. I will log them as I go, and likely rank them in the same list when I am done. Did the same thing in 2016. *** Speaking of movies. This is going to get discussed…

  • So I have been reading. A bit.

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    I was very slowly working my way through Jude the Obscure, but I put that down for the Beastie Boys Book. I am aware I am the only person in the history of civilization that will ever say that. I’ve been missing Bob lately. I was hoping to see his name in the photo credits.…

  • Hallmark & Chill

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    If you ever find yourself looking for a Christmas movie involving a grown woman trapped in a magical snow globe, I’ve seen two. Also, Holiday in Handcuffs, the Buffalo ’66 of the genre. PS: Luke, read more, you philistine.

  • Sunday Morning/Early Afternoon Not Live

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    Last night ‘s episode had some fun moments. Really related to the bit in Matt Damon’s monologue about staying up late with his dad to watch the show as a child. And somehow related to the Weezer sketch even more. #TeamLeslie Also, say what you will about Miley (I have), but I enjoyed her performance and…

  • Favorite “Live” Dead:

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    Dick’s Picks, Volume 8 Cornell, 5/8/77 The Closing of Winterland Ladies and Gentlemen… Bear’s Choice Europe ’72

  • Welles

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    Been devouring Orson Welles the past week or so. Started with watching The Other Side of the Wind, which I would not recommend to another human being. Still, I found it fascinating. Since, I’ve watched/rewatched eight films either by him, and/or starring him, or about him. Plan on keeping that up while I await next…

  • #FrasierFriday

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    Frasier Well, actually, we’ve been out a couple of times. I’m really rather taken with her. She has a very playful side.  She took me miniature golfing last night. Martin Oh, sure, when she takes you, it’s playful. When I take you, it ends up as a short story in the high school literary magazine.…

  • Rules for a Knight

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    Just finished Ethan Hawke’s epistolary novel written as a letter from a knight going into battle, to their children, imparting knowledge and what they assume will be their last words. The book is brief and contains simple, effective language and great advice, mostly collected from various sources (credited at the end). A few rules that…

  • Ugly Delicious

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    I chose the wrong career path. As an outsider that is still obsessed with good food (read: I have an unrefined palette), it’s speaking my language. Bourdain is my hero, but he’s far more who I want to be than who I am. From the New York Times: David Chang and his new Netflix series,…

  • Two Opinions Concerning Miley Cyrus:

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    1. I am not really a fan of her music. 2. I am absolutely a fan of her “Backyards Sessions.” She has great taste in music. “Love What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma,” “So Happy Together,” “Different,” “True Trans Soul Rebel,” “Androgynous” and “Don’t Dream It’s Over” are all worth a listen. Whomever is…

  • “No, it’s the children who are wrong.”

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    Don’t know exactly how I feel about Apu in 2018. But I think the conversation deserves more than a troll/PR stunt response. I wonder if Al Jean or Matt Groening understand that part of the problem with Apu is that his name is used as an insult. My best friend is Indian. I’ve seen it firsthand.…

  • “Sooner or later…

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    your legs give way, you hit the ground. Sooner or later, you hit the deck, you get found out. Save it for later, don’t run away and let me down.”

  • Darren Brown: The Push

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    Trying to figure out how to never have to agree to anything ever again. Afraid getting dinner with someone is only a few steps away from committing a crime.

  • In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

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    “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”