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Archives for: February 2010

Ain't No Grave

"There ain't no grave can hold my body down" is the line that opens what is presumably the final album of new material from Johnny Cash. Like so many of the songs from his last two albums, it takes on extra layers of meaning in light of its release six… more »
posted by Kyle | 02/27/10| 11:38:31 am| Music| Leave a comment »


Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain more »
posted by brendoman | 02/26/10| 11:37:19 am| Media| Leave a comment »


Deadwood

Deadwood: The Complete Series more »
posted by brendoman | 02/26/10| 11:36:52 am| Media| Leave a comment »


Hemingway's Chair

Hemingway's Chair by Michael Palin more »
posted by brendoman | 02/26/10| 11:36:08 am| Media| Leave a comment »


Cop Out

Let me just preface this by saying that I saw an early cut of the film several months ago so there have likely been changes made since then. I might revise this post based on those changes, I might not. That being said, I enjoyed this movie a lot. Yes… more »
posted by brendoman | 02/26/10| 11:35:04 am| Movies, Kevin Smith| 3 comments »


American VI: Ain't No Grave by Johnny Cash more »
posted by Kyle | 02/26/10| 06:47:50 am| Music| Leave a comment »


Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part VI

My dad is very much alive.  But I dreamt that he hung, dead, from our coat rack many times.  His body held no surprises; it always hung in the same spot, impotent, unable to touch me.  One night, the nightmare just stopped, but that visual often haunts m… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/25/10| 07:39:49 pm| Books, Writing| 2 comments »


$3.99

That's how much Amazon.com is charging for an mp3 download of the latest Johnny Cash album produced by Rick Rubin. $3.99. I love Amazon's mp3 store. more »
posted by Kyle | 02/25/10| 06:07:00 pm| Music| 4 comments »


Up in the Air (2009)

Since so many people have been laid off or experienced stress in the workplace, a movie like Up in the Air is one that takes our common experiences and features them from the more »
posted by Jeri | 02/24/10| 04:30:49 pm| movies, 2009| Leave a comment »


My wife the blogger

My dear and loving wife Erika has joined the ranks of blogdom. more »
posted by Kyle | 02/24/10| 01:56:05 pm| Home and personal| Leave a comment »


We Are Here to Change the World: The Return of Captain EO

Yesterday after work I went with Phil and Janelle over to Disneyland to catch an opening day performance of the newly re-opened Captain EO. I was 6 years old when the 3D movie made its debut in Tomorrowland so there was a huge amount of nostalgia for m… more »
posted by brendoman | 02/24/10| 09:33:09 am| Movies, Disneyland| Leave a comment »


Bonsall Weekend

Hey kids! Just checking in now that anew week is here yet again. Ric and I were out of town the entire weekend visiting Colin and Liz in their cool home/neighborhood. Bonsall is basically horse and wine country near Vista, and they live right next to t… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/22/10| 06:55:28 pm| monday| 1 comment »


Awesome Rumor of the Day: Ian McShane to Play Blackbeard

I got Deadwood: The Complete Series for Christmas and started watching it last weekend. I'm already 2 episodes into season 3. It's freaking awesome. The biggest factor making it awesome is Ian McShane. The dude is just a badass and the idea of him as… more »
posted by brendoman | 02/22/10| 04:47:56 pm| Movies, TeeVee| 2 comments »


Random Movie Thoughts

Since Lost is pretty much the only show I watch regularly that seems to be airing right now thanks to the Olympics and various other hiatuses, I've had a chance to catch up on movies. I've watched all the films that are nominated for Best Picture except… more »
posted by brendoman | 02/22/10| 09:37:26 am| Movies| 1 comment »


Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part V

My wife and I attempted to find sleep, listening to the wind blow against the house.  Melanie lay to my left, on her stomach, comforter drawn up tight around her neck.  Our single-paned windows shook violently back and forth in the frames.  Car headlight… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/19/10| 10:05:35 pm| Books, Writing| Leave a comment »


Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part IV

The corpses all hang headless and limp Bodies with no surprises. 3 I'm at the doorway to the basement stairs.  I slowly turn the knob until the latch pulls free of the recess in the wall that holds it shut.  I open the door, and darkness fills the… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/19/10| 02:10:34 pm| Writing| Leave a comment »


The Imaginarium of Dcotor Parnassus (2009)

I feel like that episode of The Simpsons when Ringo Starr is answering all of his fan letters with the post script, "Please forget the lateness of my reply." I have been trying to post reviews of in-theater movies while they are still in the theater, bu… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/18/10| 05:56:50 pm| movies, 2009| 1 comment »


Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part III

One night, near the end of my sophomore year of high school, I camped out in the forest with Brian Miller and Cameron Anderson.  We actually camped in Brian's backyard, but the vast yard included a forested area.  Brian's house lay on a side street off M… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/18/10| 10:04:17 am| Writing| Leave a comment »


Holiday Inn (1942)

Yes! The last of my Christmas-catchup! Hahah. I can't believe I got to be over two months late in reviewing movies. I guess I've been in denial about it, but I may need to do another huge movie roundup.I watched Holiday Inn for the first time thi… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/17/10| 05:27:49 pm| movies, netflix/tivo| 2 comments »


Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part II

All encompassing defeat awaits the day, I choose to plunge and embrace this nightmare. 2I watch myself, as through the lens of a camera, glide smoothly through the front door.  My eyes absorb the empty living room.  Paintings of deer used to adorn… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/17/10| 04:00:03 pm| Books, Writing| Leave a comment »


Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part I

I'll take you to a place where chimes are ringing, To a place with a chill where souls are singing,I'll bring you to a state of nightmares clinging, Where your innocence dies with lies I'm bringing. I'll take you to a place lying six feet bel… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/16/10| 08:40:37 pm| Books, Writing| Leave a comment »


In Case You're Wondering

I am NOT going to comment on the Kevin Smith/Southwest Airlines fiasco since I know it will attract trolls and I fear I will be unable to control myself in responding to them. I'm only posting this because folks have been asking. So how bout LOST, eh… more »
posted by brendoman | 02/16/10| 12:17:40 pm| Rants and Raves, Kevin Smith| 1 comment »


Valentine Weekend

Hey everybody! What's new? Eh. I'll just read about it on Facebook. I hope you all had good weekends. Mine was a good one, though it went by too quickly. Friday night we had a movie night with Ryan and Amy at our place, and it was my pick, so I exp… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/15/10| 04:30:32 pm| monday| Leave a comment »


End Times by Eels more »
posted by Kyle | 02/15/10| 12:59:19 pm| Music| Leave a comment »


IRM by Charlotte Gainsbourg more »
posted by Kyle | 02/15/10| 12:58:22 pm| Music| Leave a comment »


Movie Review Roundup

With the kids taking up a lot more time in the evening, Erika and I got out of the habit of watching movies in the last couple of years. Since Daniel quit taking a three-hour nap every day, though, he's been going to bed much more easily, and Eva someho… more »
posted by Kyle | 02/14/10| 10:22:19 am| Movies and TV| 5 comments »


Illinois politics is never dull

So we have former governor Ryan in prison, ex-governor Blagojevich probably heading there, a Senator (Burris) who probably bought the seat, a candidate who wins the lieutenant governor primary for the Democrats (but needs to quit the race after troubling… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/11/10| 07:25:02 pm| General| Leave a comment »


Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

I went to see this movie at the cheap theater simply because I loved the book as a child. I was well aware going into it that it wasn't going to be very close to the book (which is a short book anyway), so I was somewhat prepared for the insanity that w… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/11/10| 04:10:15 pm| movies, 2009| Leave a comment »


Slowly Recovering

On January 25th, at about quarter to nine in the morning, while driving to work, I was hit by a car that careened out of control.  I was heading south, she was heading north, and she lost control of her car and it veered across the lanes at an intersecti… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/10/10| 08:29:04 pm| General, Work| Leave a comment »


No blog post yesterday

So I had joined a 28 Day Blogging Challenge that was started on Twitter, by Scott Bishop.  He made a resolution to blog everday in the month of February.  I joined the challenge a few days ago, and already failed by my 7th day. My biggest reason for ac… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/10/10| 06:45:20 pm| Books, Writing| Leave a comment »


The Young Victoria (2009)

The same day I went to see Broken Embraces, I also saw The Young Victoria. I wish I would have known they were going to be more popular, since I drove out to Irvine to see them. They both ended up playing in Brea. Personally, I feel that The Young Vic… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/10/10| 04:00:42 pm| movies, 2009| Leave a comment »


Broken Embraces (2009)

Over the holiday break I made a point of going out to see several movies despite the fact that I didn't feel very passionate about seeing anything that was in the theaters. I have enjoyed several of Pedro Almodovar's movies, but the idea of Broken Embra… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/10/10| 03:20:30 pm| movies, 2009| Leave a comment »


Best Book Ever

Remember when I was talking about St. Brendan a while back? Now this book is coming out and it got a good review. I don't know why the reviewer put an accent on the "a" though. That's not Irish at all. This is almost as cool as having one of the origi… more »
posted by brendoman | 02/09/10| 09:53:02 am| Anything Else| 2 comments »


A non-fiction kind of mood

I don't know why, but the majority of books I have been reading lately are non-fiction. I think it started with Joe Bonomo's Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band, a great account of the titular band.  Then came John Grisham's An In… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/08/10| 07:24:00 pm| Music, Books| Leave a comment »


Plainview 111

1Plain View #111 - Post Christmas, 2010 The winter was a dark one. Wolves howled. Small fires flickered. And men huddled together in caves. But in the midst of the cold and darkness a small light shone.And that small light was… more »
posted by matt | 02/08/10| 04:42:18 pm| kids, podcast, education| Leave a comment »


Dickensbowlthday Weekend

So, I think I may officially be a nerd. Either that, or I'm just sure of myself in my cultural interests. This past Saturday my sister and I went to Dickensfest, a celebration of all things Charles Dickens. We got there early and plotted out our entir… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/08/10| 03:16:17 pm| monday| 1 comment »


I Can't Stop Watching Heroes - Help Me

People are always asking me (well, a couple people have a couple times) why I keep watching Heroes if I hate it so much. I think this article from Topless Robot sums it all up pretty nicely and reminded me of the number one reason why the show sucks now… more »
posted by brendoman | 02/08/10| 12:05:20 pm| TeeVee, I'm a Big Geek| 4 comments »


Upcoming Conventions

This year will probably be the biggest convention year ever for me as we are entering our second year of making Brax and are working on releasing our first book. While plans have stalled a little bit due to Phil's pending move we are still looking at a… more »
posted by brendoman | 02/08/10| 08:57:28 am| I'm a Big Geek, Comics| 2 comments »


Food, inc.

Food, Inc. more »
posted by dan | 02/07/10| 05:26:18 pm| Movies|


Another reading post

Just a quick one.  Last night, Aidan read to us again.  this time, Grandma Judy was visiting, so he got to show off his reading chops.  He read from Detective Dinosaur, which has three short stories, all of which feature Detective Dinosaur in need of sol… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/07/10| 07:35:02 am| Books, Family| Leave a comment »


Wes Anderson's Spider-man

This is awesome. [youtube]H5KfHEoZDKI[/youtube] The guy impersonating Owen Wilson is spot-on. more »
posted by Kyle | 02/07/10| 04:59:00 am| Movies and TV, Comics| 3 comments »


My kind of feel-good movies

I like falling asleep with the TV on.  I don't know why, but if I am having trouble sleeping, sometimes all it takes is turning on the TV.  But I usually put on one of a handful of movies that I watch over and over again. These are the movies I like to… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/06/10| 08:04:04 pm| Film| 1 comment »


Another Danielism

The other night I was putting Daniel to bed. We went through our typical routine of bath and pajamas, and I gave him the choice of going to the bathroom right then or after reading a book (I've learned from experience this works best when presented as a… more »
posted by Kyle | 02/06/10| 02:08:44 pm| Home and personal|


Storytime with the kids

One of my favorite parts of the day is reading a story to the kids before bed.  Last summer we read James and the Giant Peach.  We check out loads of books from the library (usually dino-related) for story time.  For Christmas, we got the kids a boxed se… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/05/10| 06:26:06 pm| Books, Family| Leave a comment »


BWAHAHAHA

I don't know the context of this picture and frankly I don't care. It just made laugh out loud and I thought I would share. via Unreality more »
posted by brendoman | 02/05/10| 10:19:07 am| Movies, Funny Stuff| Leave a comment »


Star Trek

Star Trek (Three-Disc Edition) [Blu-ray] more »
posted by brendoman | 02/05/10| 08:58:17 am| Media| Leave a comment »


Favorites at Play

Favorites at Play more »
posted by brendoman | 02/05/10| 08:57:33 am| Media| Leave a comment »


Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing: City Folk more »
posted by brendoman | 02/05/10| 08:56:30 am| Media| Leave a comment »


Little Big Planet

LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year Edition more »
posted by brendoman | 02/05/10| 08:55:51 am| Media| Leave a comment »


Robonaut 2

[youtube]vXdvVdKyzPM[/youtube]Speaking of our robot overlords, are you watching Caprica? more »
posted by dan | 02/05/10| 05:19:51 am| Our robot overlords| 5 comments »


The Fountainhead (1949)

The Fountainhead is another book I need to read, but since Atlas Shrugged took me so long, I think I'll hold off on that for a while. In the meantime, I caught the film adaptation (actually adapted by Ayn Rand herself) starring Gary Cooper and Patricia… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/04/10| 05:06:44 pm| movies, netflix/tivo| Leave a comment »


My rock n roll / folk / country compilation

I just made a mix CD for a friend of mine.  His taste leans toward country, and mine toward rock n roll and punk rock.  I love how so many punk bands and rock n roll bands take their cues from early blues and country. Listen to the Gun Club's first alb… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/04/10| 02:53:34 pm| Music, Friends| Leave a comment »


Video of the Day: The People vs. George Lucas Trailer

[youtube]9hAkwcHEAo8[/youtube] This is definitely my kind of documentary as it details a generation's love/hate relationship with the man who created (and some would argue ruined) Star Wars. My good friend Matt Cohen was interviewed for the film, whi… more »
posted by brendoman | 02/04/10| 11:02:17 am| Movies, Star Wars, Video of the Day| 1 comment »


The Cartoon Guide to Physics by Larry Gonick more »
posted by Kyle | 02/04/10| 10:59:38 am| Books, Comics| Leave a comment »


Daniel's intervention

I love Honey Bunches of Oats. Unfortunately, so do my two kids, and if I get a box down to pour myself a bowl in the morning I end up having to give some to my hungry little vultures. After two or three days of this my cereal is gone.So lately I've… more »
posted by Kyle | 02/04/10| 10:55:59 am| Home and personal| 3 comments »


Wow, my blog still exists

I can't believe Brendoman is still hosting this thing.  I have neglected it for oh-so-long.   Life has been so busy in the last couple of years that blogging couldn't have been further from my mind. I previously mentioned here that in June of 2007, Cit… more »
posted by Andrew | 02/03/10| 05:55:24 pm| General| 2 comments »


A Holiday Affair (1949)

A Holiday Affair is a little love story that, like Christmas in Connecticut, involves a bit of a love triangle. Perhaps this one could even be considered a love square. A brunette Janet Leigh plays Connie, a young widow and mother, who has been dating C… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/03/10| 04:55:34 pm| movies, netflix/tivo| Leave a comment »


My favorite LOST summary

via Videogum more »
posted by brendoman | 02/03/10| 09:00:08 am| TeeVee, Funny Stuff| 1 comment »


One cubic foot

A photographer for National Geographic did a project in which he marked out an area of one cubic foot of space in various ecosystems and documented all the species found just in that space. It's pretty amazing.Check out the video here. more »
posted by Kyle | 02/02/10| 08:48:44 pm| News|


Crazy Heart (2009)

I think I forgot to mention on this blog how much I love Conan O'Brien. Sometimes last year I started subscribing to his show on Hulu and watching it every day. I got some of my heartiest laughs of the day from that show. Well, not long before he went… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/02/10| 05:33:29 pm| movies, 2009| Leave a comment »


Finally!

Daria - MTV Shows One of the more anticipated TV DVD releases is scheduled to drop this spring. Hopefully the music will be intact. Now there's only a couple more dream TV sets left for me once this drops. The Wonder Years is still definitely at th… more »
posted by brendoman | 02/02/10| 03:11:28 pm| TeeVee| Leave a comment »


Election announcement

This April I will be running for the office of north ward alderman in Adrian, Missouri. Last spring I was appointed to serve the remainder of someone else's term, and now I am running for my own term. No one else filed for this office, so I am running un… more »
posted by dan | 02/01/10| 10:46:02 pm| culture/news, family/personal| 1 comment »


Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

This past Christmas season, I made a point of seeing as many new Christmas movies as I could. There are so many movies out there that are considered Christmas classics, yet I've seen so few of them. Christmas in Connecticut is one of those, which took… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/01/10| 05:03:05 pm| movies, netflix/tivo| Leave a comment »


Magical Weekend

Hi everyone, How's it going in your parts of the world? Things are steadily busy here at work with our big software conversion in progress. Next month should be thoroughly confusing; I anticipate frequently not knowing which system to use for differ… more »
posted by Jeri | 02/01/10| 04:29:29 pm| monday| Leave a comment »


Video of the Day: Lego Harry Potter Trailer

I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty stoked for this. more »
posted by brendoman | 02/01/10| 01:47:22 pm| Movies, I Love Video Games, Video of the Day| Leave a comment »


26% manly

Popular Mechanics published their list of 100 things every man (or woman?) should know. What can I do? 1. Handle a blowout. I've never had to deal with one, but the tips listed are pretty much what I would have assumed. Step 1: calmly pull over on… more »
posted by Kyle | 02/01/10| 10:39:53 am| Home and personal| 1 comment »


One More Day...

Looooooooooooooooooooosssssst! I know it is probably a bad idea to get this excited about something, but I really don't care at this point. How about you guys? more »
posted by brendoman | 02/01/10| 10:06:49 am| TeeVee, I'm a Big Geek| 3 comments »