December 2008
4 posts
My Lady's Blog Made Me LOL
Xtine started a baby blog of sorts this summer upon our move to Wilmington, NC, and now she’s branching out into movie reviews, starting with “Marley and Me”.
Spoiler alert: The dog dies.
The Best of 2008 for Real
The annual mix I make for family and friends, many of whom don’t attempt to keep up with new music, most of whom don’t care that I do … 1. For Emma — Bon Iver: The title track of my album this year, which could’ve placed four or five songs on this mix. 2. The Vacation From Ourselves — Wale: A brilliant effort off of a brilliant mixtape from a rising...
What Klosterman's Learned
I received two books for Christmas: “Boys Will Be Boys” by Jeff Pearlman and “Downtown Owl” by Chuck Klosterman. I’ve read and enjoyed every book written by either author, so these are safe gifts for a guy like me, though I just read that “Downtown Owl”, Klosterman’s first novel, is a bad version of his first book, “Fargo Rock City”,...
WatchZubaz is back (via TwinCities.com). Finally.