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Another defense of the Eagles from the AV Club, right on
My reconciliation with Classic Rock began roughly 10 years ago when I bought the remastered boxed set of The Eagles 1972-1980 catalog. After The Long Run, there really isn’t any point why Frey and Henley should keep flogging a dead horse … Continue reading
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Hello Alamo Lakeline!
Last night we saw The Host (the Korean movie, not the flick written by the Twitard author) at the new and largest Alamo Drafthouse Theater on record. It’s only two miles north of the old Lake Creek. Now there’s 10 screens, … Continue reading
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RIP Mel Smith
He was best remembered in America as the albino assistant to Count Rugen in The Princess Bride but Mel was a bigger, more well-known talent in the UK. He often worked with Rowan Atkinson, directed movies (The Tall Guy with Jeff Goldblum) and … Continue reading
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Farewell Alamo Lake Creek
Today is (or was) the last day for the Alamo Drafthouse’s third (or was it fourth) location in Austin. It was originally the first franchise, meaning it wasn’t owned/operated by Alamo’s founders Tim and Carrie League, so the menu had … Continue reading
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The Way, Way Back: Worth Seeing
The majority of coming-of-age movies are either really great because they nail the emotional element about the transition, or they’re incredibly lame, contrived, cliché and are a marketing vehicle for Disney’s latest tweener slave. Fortunately, Way is in the former category for … Continue reading
NHL re-alignment is done
On the upside, at least they got everything worked out to let the NHL players participate in the Olympics. Since the Winter Games will be in Russia, Canada won’t receive a mulligan this time, namely the whiney Cindy Crosby. Now … Continue reading
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Tests came back positive and I am vindicated!
I had my blood drawn and whizzed in a jar a couple weeks ago because it had been over 90 days since the physical. If you recall, both contained bad trends: possible kidney failure and type two diabetes. The latter I … Continue reading
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In honor of Machete
Somara’s favorite psycho-bodyguard-mulletheaded-Led Zeppelin fan gets the mash-up treatment. I never noticed the cigarette part immediately.
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A ‘thank-you’ card from Lucas G
The Star Wars-based goodies we sent to Switzerland for the little dude’s fifth birthday was a hit. Lucas drew a picture to let us know how much he loved the Lego Star Wars sticker book, Ray Park autograph and Darth Maul watch … Continue reading
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Googly-eye vandalism at Waterloo Records
A coworker said it best about this modification, the eyes give the picture a Terry Gilliam-esque quality. So we’re going to find a way to animate the mouth, make something funny.
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RIP Dennis Burkley and Victor Lundin
Not exactly household names but the former was easily recognizable as the voice of Principal Moss on King of the Hill. When I saw his picture on the New York Times, I immediately knew he was the co-star of the Sanford & Son revival in … Continue reading
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1983: Thirty years of Nintendo consoles
Monday (July 15) was the anniversary of the Japanese company’s first system, the Famicon or NES. Its release in the US was crippled by the videogame crash that took place after a flood of crappy Atari games. Arcades weren’t seriously … Continue reading
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Pacific Rim: Worth Seeing!
Finally! A Summer 2013 movie that isn’t a sequel, was actually rendered in 3-D (not converted) and didn’t suck! The comparisons to Transformers or Japanese Anime are grossly misinformed. Pacific is our fantasy response to Godzilla-like attacks if we didn’t have a giant monster … Continue reading
Rugrats and Hey Arnold are really grown up
The Guardian got my attention with this little bit about the beloved Nineties Nick characters as young adults. The original site takes a while to sift through because it’s tumblr (clunkier than FaceBook if that were possible). If you have time to … Continue reading
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Don’t count on this driver having insurance
In my experience with how gamers behave, the correct alignment would be Chaotic Neutral when it comes to certain players doing dick moves. Jeremy has the better name for it…Chaotic Asshole. Seems to fit the high-profile LibTards: freedom, freedom, freedom except … Continue reading
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