TV Review: Whale Wars
OnSeason 1 on Animal Planet. Season 1 marathon airing Friday 4 pm e/c, Season 2 coming Summer 2009. Season 1 DVD releases Feb. 10, 2009. Whale Wars has harpooned my heart and drawn me in. It has everything a tree hugger could…
Book Review: Mock Stars: Indie Comedy And The Dangerously Funny
On[Purchase Book] This may come as a shock, but I’m a comedy geek. I think way too much about comedy, and I tend to get obsessive over comedians I like… much like the way I do about music… and just about everything…
Book Review: Frost/Nixon: Behind The Scenes Of The Nixon Interviews
On[Purchase Book] I’ve always found Richard Nixon an incredibly interesting figure — I think most Americans do. After all, he’s the only President to ever resign to avoid being impeached. Given that, Nixon is often thought of as a cartoon of evil;…
A Bit More On Steve Young
OnFor those who are interested, here’s R&R’s coverage (Radio & Records is a radio industry trade, for those not in the know), a short video of Steve, and a Facebook tribute (with some great photos and remembrances. The mood at work has…
Steve Young, RIP
OnI hope you forgive me if I don’t quite feel like posting a review of some record or movie or comic book today. My friend and boss, Steve Young, died yesterday. Steve was a brilliant radio programmer and consultant — and a…
Book Review: Things The Grandchildren Should Know
OnCover of Things the Grandchildren Should Know [Purchase Book] The blurb from Rolling Stone that appears in the front of my copy of Things The Grandchildren Should Know calls Mark Oliver Everett (a/k/a E, of EELS) “the Kurt Vonnegut of the rock…
Interested In Contributing To Kittysneezes?
OnImage via Wikipedia Sometimes folks ask about contributing to Kittysneezes, and I thought I’d write up a little FAQ type sheet to address some of the concerns! First up, YES — we DO welcome contributions! If you are interested, you can contact…
I'm A Wound And A Sword; A Victim And Executioner
OnImage via Wikipedia It’s time for another hypothetical mix CD! Like the most of them, this is another themed compilation — none of these songs were, as far as I could research, originally released in the US. Mostly, they’re from Japan-only and…
Interview: Wry Ann Duchane
OnWry Ann Duchane first came to Internet Comic Prominence with the strip Hound’s Home, a long-running strip about George Glass, his two cats he taught to talk, and a talking, hyper-intelligent monkey. The strip went from being about the trials and tribulations…
Book Review: The Trials Of Lenny Bruce
OnLenny Bruce via last.fm [Purchase Book] As you’ve probably already guessed, I’m much of a First Amendment/Free Speech absolutist. It’s part of the handful of things that’s a political deal-breaker for me — in fact, it’s why I was initially distrustful of…