Hackneyed

  • Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie

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    Also: My (other) Favorite Films of 2025. If the Oscars can wait, so can I. The premise of Nirvanna the Band the Show, first seen on YouTube and later Vice, has always been beautifully stupid. Two musicians want to play a show at Toronto’s Rivoli. They never consider contacting the venue directly. Instead, they devise…

  • A Mostly Defensible List of What I Find Amusing

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    Influences and obsessions, too long and entirely incomplete: George Carlin, Kurt Vonnegut, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Muppets, Richard Pryor, John Candy, David Sedaris, Don Rickles, Danny McBride, John Mulaney, Marc Maron, Pee-Wee, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner, Harold Ramis, The Original Kings of Comedy, Phyllis Diller, Joan Rivers, Dave Attell, Patton…

  • Newsletter #100: Reflections, Advice, Ideas, etc.

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    💯 What began as a place to collect interesting links, thinks, advice and opinions mixed in with personal updates and bad jokes has grown into something hopefully a bit more meaningful from someone apparently just trying to embrace their authentic self. Amidst the music recommendations and articles on film, art, science, etc., there has been a lot…

  • Status Update

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    Wrote this for Kottke.org, but thought I’d share here, too. Jason, It is Day 16 of Michigan’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” initiative. As long as I am productive, I think I am fine. I take my temperature and vitamins every day. I mostly eat the same things: fruit and/or vegetable smoothies for lunch, chicken and…

  • Eight Ways to Not Get Hit in the Face with a Brick

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    Wrote this for McSweeney’s back in 2004 but it’s just as relevant today. “If someone asks if they can hit you in the face with a brick, say no. Any other response guarantees you’ll get hit in the face with a brick.”