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“Naivete” premiere – 4th YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK music video

January 17th, 2012 — music, pictures, video

“Naivete”, the fourth music video from my new album YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK is now available for viewing on Youtube — this one is a lot different from the first three and features Paul Szewczyk on bass and Ryan Tully-Doyle on drums, with video culled from live performances at the Skybox. Probably the closest thing we’re going to come to a ‘performance’ video for YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK; I really pushed my iMovie skills to the limit making this one!

Watch “Naivete” below, and don’t miss the videos for “Spray Vandalism”, “An Accident Of Birth”, and “Maybe Great Discoveries”

Aaron Poehler – “Naivete” from YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK

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“Maybe Great Discoveries” premiere – 3rd YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK music video

January 3rd, 2012 — music, video

….And we are back.

The third music video from my new album YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK is now available for viewing on Youtube — watch it below, and check out the videos for “Spray Vandalism” and “An Accident Of Birth”.

Aaron Poehler – “Maybe Great Discoveries” from YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK

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“An Accident Of Birth” premiere – 2nd YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK music video

December 12th, 2011 — music, video

The second music video from my new album YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK is now available for viewing on Youtube — watch it below, then check out the first video (for “Spray Vandalism”) here.

Aaron Poehler – “An Accident Of Birth” from YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK

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“Spray Vandalism” premiere – music video #1 from YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK

December 5th, 2011 — music, video, writing

The first music video from my new album YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK is now available for viewing on Youtube — be sure to bump the quality up to 720p HD if you have the available bandwidth! (Or do what I do and use a script that does it for you.)

Aaron Poehler – “Spray Vandalism” (music video) from YOU HAD TO LEAVE YOUR MARK

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Secrets of the Pros – Modern Recording and Mixing reviewed

September 22nd, 2011 — music, pictures, professional, video

As someone who went to school to study audio engineering (Indiana University, under Dr. David Pickett & Wayne Jackson — didn’t finish the program) I understand that making a recording & mixing tutorial is an inherently difficult task: although we definitely received some useful instruction, 99% of the useful information I’ve gained about audio recording in my lifetime came from hands-on experience. In Secrets of the Pros – Modern Recording and Mixing, instructor Ken Walden tells us that he gained a lot of useful knowledge from his own frequently-mentioned experiences, but unfortunately he fails to convey much of it to his audience over the course of these two DVDs.

An instructive example: in his introduction to the section on “Recording Bass Guitar” Walden discusses how he’s played the bass for years and been involved in many sessions behind the mixing desk with world-class bass players. Great! So he must have many useful tips and tricks to pass on, right? That’s why we bought this thing called Secrets Of The Pros, after all!

Unfortunately, all Walden has to offer us is this: 1. usually bass guitar is recorded direct using a DI (direct input) and 2. a good instrument sounds better than a shitty one. Hey, thanks Ken! Those are not Secrets Of The Pros in any way. That’s very basic advice one would give someone who had never recorded anything in their life and was thinking about maybe someday buying a bass. Oh, and may I point out the entire section is under four minutes long?

Mostly the rest of the $40 set goes the same way: a few very basic tips that anyone who knows the difference between a condenser mic and a dynamic mic will already know, accompanied by overly-specific information about particular systems (Pro Tools, less ubiquitous every day) that may or may not apply to your setup even if it’s not already outdated. Walden may well have been involved with many professional sessions as he continually asserts, but at the conclusion of each section I keep wondering: in what capacity? He doesn’t really impress as someone who knows a lot about any of the subjects covered in this course; I’m guessing he was maybe a second engineer at best, because he keeps making reference to techniques as “this is the way this is usually done” or “I saw this setup in nearly all the sessions I was in” and not “this is why I use this mic over this one” or “when I mixed this album I did this”. Looking at his credentials I see he did a couple of years at a San Francisco studio and then basically spent seven+ years as a Pro Tools trainer, which explains his oddly detailed overemphasis of Pro Tools in certain sections and his complete lack of knowledge in others — I was floored that his advice for recording drums basically boiled down to “Record a professional drummer in a professional studio with a massive tracking room and a hugely expensive board, if you can’t afford that, um, use fewer mics I guess? Zeppelin used the three mic configuration a lot and that’s cool, so do that.”

Walden simply doesn’t seem to have much to offer project studio engineers, whom I would guess comprise 99%+ of the audience for an instructional set like this — especially when you consider that anyone who didn’t already know the stuff Walden passes along would have zero chance of ever being hired in any professional capacity. Frankly, there is nothing about Walden’s set I can recommend either to novices or to more experienced engineers that Alan Parsons’ Art & Science of Sound Recording (hardly an unflawed program in itself, mind you) doesn’t do far, far better — with one exception.

The one is a doozy, though: the last instruction section (called “The Big Secret” in a marketing hook move so transparently ridiculous it’s honestly offensive) is a 50+ minute look at home studio acoustics primarily delivered by Manny LaCarrubba. Walden does throw his two cents in here and there, but this section is really LaCarrubba’s show, in which he breaks down a ridiculously complex topic (just try and read some acoustics textbooks sometime, I dare you) in a way that’s both useful and practical for engineers on any level of ability. Using what LaCarrubba shows here, I’d be surprised if almost anyone couldn’t make improvements in their listening/recording environment with noticeably positive effects on the end result — something that can’t be said about any of the other advice on this DVD set, unfortunately.

It’s too bad the disparity between the quality of “The Big Secret” (ugh, that makes me groan every time) acoustics section and the level of the rest of Walden’s advice is so large, because I can’t in good conscience recommend a $40 product where only about a quarter of the content delivers on its promise. Fortunately, you don’t have to waste your time and money on the useless sections of this product anymore, as the sections are available as individual downloads: eight bucks for the useful part and forget the rest. It looks like someone uploaded the first nine minutes of this section to youtube; that should be enough to give you an idea of what to expect and whether “The Big Secret” is for you. As far as the rest of the program, don’t waste your time: no matter your level of skill and experience, there are far better, more comprehensive, and much more contemporary (very very important, as quickly as recording technology changes) programs available for you.

And hey, Manny! Make your own acoustics program! I’d buy it and probably recommend it too.

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Fall TV 2011 pilot episodes: Up All Night and Free Agents reviewed

September 22nd, 2011 — pictures, video, writing

Of the new shows I’ve seen so far this season, Up All Night is the one I’ve enjoyed the most and the only one I’m certain I’ll watch more episodes of. I’m one of the fifty or so people who watched and enjoyed every episode of Running Wilde, Will Arnett’s last attempt at sitcom stardom; I grew up watching Christina Applegate on Married…With Children; and I saw Bridesmaids in the theater. I’m so predisposed to watch this show a picture of me appears under the heading ‘this show’s demographic’ in the affiliates’ promotional materials.

Of course, none of that matters if the show sucks, but even the slightly rickety pilot makes a strong case for Up All Night. Some seams are visible where it was retooled to expand Maya Rudolph’s role and squeeze in new cast additions (Nick Cannon, of all people? OK, we’ll see…) but even so it’s still easily the most promising new comedy I’ve seen in some time. I am a little worried the show might fall into a tedious pattern of repetitive “diapers and poop are gross, haha” jokes and that Rudoph’s character will continue to be simply a thinly-drawn Oprah sock puppet, but I’m on board for at least the next few episodes — and as long as the writing is strong I’ll likely be in for the first season.

Free Agents is the show that comes on after Up All Night and is “the comedy that comes on at the half-hour mark” in every way; it feels designed to go with Up All Night in the same way Mad About You was made to go with Seinfeld and King Of Queens with Everybody Loves Raymond — and it feels slightly second-rate in the same way those shows did. Where the late-thirty/early-fortysomethings of Up All Night are married and breeding, those on Free Agents are divorced and rebuilding — NBC’s got all the angles covered!

Based on a British show, Free Agents shows it with sharply written dialogue and frequent reliance on the comedy of awkwardness, the special talent of the English. I don’t find myself particularly vested in the characters — Azaria lacks the easy likability it’d take to sell the ‘flustered everyman’ thing he’s going for here, the kind of thing Louis CK has been doing perfectly on Louie recently — but given the strong lead-in from Up All Night I can see it outlasting the original version’s six episodes, anyway. Where it goes from there is down to the writing; if they keep hammering the “are they/aren’t they/dating/not dating” thing I can see it getting tiresome quickly, since I don’t find myself really caring whether the characters are hooking up or not.

Honestly, more than anything Free Agents makes me want to check out the original show, but having watched both the pilot and the second episode I can say it’s a minor pleasure, though I can’t say I’d mourn too deeply were it to vanish suddenly. In the meantime, I’ll have to see if I can track down that UK show…

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Fall TV 2011 pilot episodes: The Playboy Club reviewed

September 21st, 2011 — pictures, video, writing

When The Sopranos got huge on HBO, the broadcast networks immediately reacted with typical creativity and pumped a number of poor Sopranos-lite ripoffs onto the air. Of course, they all failed instantly since network TV hasn’t done a decent mob show since Wiseguy, but now that Mad Men dominates the cable drama landscape, do the networks learn? No, they do not, they react by pumping Mad Men-lite ripoffs on the air — The Playboy Club is the first of which to air.

Now, when I first heard about this show I honestly thought it was not a terrible premise: you have a worldwide-recognized brand in the title, an excuse to constantly have hot chicks in skimpy clothes, and in early-60s Chicago even a real-life period setting with plenty of story possibilities. Unfortunately, whatever potential I might have seen in theory is completely squandered in the execution: The Playboy Club is just a bog-standard soap opera in Mad Men drag. The lead actor’s Don Draper impression is so shamelessly blatant he should really be sending Jon Hamm half his paycheck for this show. Despite obvious lip service paid to period accoutrements, the writing is typical network serial drama nonsense dressed up with allusions toward the social change of the time, as if Hugh Hefner financing a mens’ club where women wore bunny outfits had anything at all to do with it.

Despite all manner of women flitting about (mostly non-60s-looking and disappointingly poor actors aside from lead Amber Heard, although all she’s asked to do is look alternately scared and mopey) I was bored stiff fifteen minutes in, only pausing to note ridiculous plot contrivances that make no sense whatsoever (there were at least three after that point) and to wonder if the premiere was a double-length episode, as it seemed to be dragging on forever. It wasn’t, fortunately, but by the end I’d heard the word “bunny” so many times it had lost all meaning. I think it lost meaning for the writers too, as they lines they give Hefner to intone pretentiously use the word as if it were somehow simultaneously synonymous with “radical feminist”, “rock star”, and “celebrity” instead of simply “busty waitress in a demeaning costume”.

Oh well, maybe Pan Am will be better.

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Fall TV 2011 pilot episodes: 2 Broke Girls & Whitney reviewed

September 20th, 2011 — pictures, video, writing

Another season of new premiere television is upon us. I always take a certain pleasure in watching a fresh crop of pilots contending for attention — the experience is somehow made all the sweeter knowing that chances are better than even any given show will be gone and forgotten within six weeks.

It’s a good thing too, because most pilots suck out loud. Sure, I have fond memories of seeing the first-ever broadcasts of shows like Newsradio and — even of being a small child and my mother saying “Well, we can either try this new show Cheers or watch Mildred have her baby on Too Close For Comfort” — but those experiences are few. Even shows that go on to become favorites often misfire in pilot form (as it’s admittedly extremely tough to both create and master one’s form simultaneously and instantly) or simply aren’t represented properly, given that the broadcast episode may be a hacked up and repurposed version of the network pilot — often necessary due to recasting and late-minute creative decisions (such as raising Maya Rudolph’s profile on Up All Night). Community is one of the shows I’m most looking forward to returning; I watched the first episode when it was first on, didn’t find it all that amusing, then didn’t return to the show for a year and half at which time it became one of my favorites. Same with Arrested Development. There’s room for error and misjudgment here, is what I’m saying.

That said, I’d be pretty surprised if I was watching either 2 Broke Girls or Whitney in 2013 given that right now I’m on the fence about whether I could sit through a second episode of either. I like Kat Dennings from Party Down and some movie (oh wait, it was Thor, wasn’t it? Well, some indie movie too I think) and I’ve liked a good amount of Whitney Cummings’ stand-up work so I definitely wasn’t primed to hate these shows or anything, but yeah…they’re not good.

Whitney is the one Whitney actually stars in, of course, but both shows share a similar sensibility given her co-creator/co-writer credit on 2 Broke Girls so that’s reason enough to cover them together. Also, frankly neither merits coverage on its own — both are basically lame, forgettable shows with a couple of chuckles and few actual laughs; generic sitcoms in every way, from the fake-sounding laughter (I notice I find laugh tracks crazy annoying in unfunny shows like this but when the show’s actually funny I don’t even notice them, oddly) to the strained-yet-cliched setups to the see-them-coming-from-miles punchlines. The only notable difference between these shows is heterosexual men will find 2 Broke Girls easier on the eyes and heterosexual women will get the same faint, watered-down Sex & the City vibe from Whitney that’s been infused into every single goddamned thing marketed to them for the past decade-and-a-half. Neither effect is close to enough to overcome the basic lack of laughs, unfortunately.

Honestly, it almost kind of seems like the kind of thing they did fifteen years ago that you don’t see so much of anymore, when they’d sign up any half-decent standup comic with a hook, put them in a sitcom and throw it at the wall hoping for another Seinfeld to stick. Pretty much all those shows were terrible too; I mean, I liked The Norm Show and someone was watching King Of Queens all those years but let’s be real, Grace Under Fire eventually led to Two and a Half Men. In a way it’s kind of good to know that the standup comic development deal isn’t totally dead — it just didn’t work well here at all.

Anyway, Whitney seems like a smart chick so I’m sure she’s banking the money she’s got rolling in for as long as both shows are on the air, and that’ll give her a good position from which to launch her next project. I doubt their cancellation will hurt her too badly, although I’m sure she’d prefer the shows would be huge successes that make her a household name I don’t see that happening. (But hey, people watch Two and a Half Men, so what do I know anyway? Right? Right?)

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Twitter dump, March-September 2011

September 13th, 2011 — comics, copywriting, music, pictures, professional, uncategorized, video, writing

From http://twitter.com/aaronpoehler. Looking at the amount of stuff built up I should probably do this more often. Or maybe you should just follow me because even this isn’t exhaustive, there were some twitter-only posts that have been excised here and oh geez don’t you feel like you missed out now?

It’s got to suck working on bonus CD-ROM materials for music CDs knowing full well your audience is: (people who read liner notes)/20			Tue Sep 13 17:23:51 +0000 2011
“Augmented Reality Experience” is the most ridiculously overblown BS marketing euphemism imaginable for “We threw in some bonus CDROM shit”			Tue Sep 13 17:20:34 +0000 2011
Funniest thing I’ve seen so far today: comment section full of people lamenting the death of the CD by complaining ‘digital music sucks’			Tue Sep 13 15:24:21 +0000 2011
Mostly though these New 52 #1 review columns all read the same: staid & lacking Sterling’s insight. 6 months in, then they’ll have a point.			Mon Sep 12 16:30:22 +0000 2011
Not writing on DC’s New52 #1s because there’s more than enough of that already but Giffen’s OMAC is pure Kirby goodness http://t.co/R8AZqpb			Mon Sep 12 16:25:33 +0000 2011
Catch-22: if you take Esquire’s How To Be A Man feature remotely seriously you are precluded from being one			Sun Sep 11 16:54:49 +0000 2011
Hey, Spider-Island: Avengers was actually quite good, don’t miss it in the sea of samey-looking tie-ins with generic names on the stands			Sat Sep 10 19:18:55 +0000 2011
Whenever something actually happens on which one might want current news updates I’m struck by the uselessness of all local SD news websites			Fri Sep 09 19:01:31 +0000 2011
At this point New Order w/o Peter Hook isn’t Queen w/o Freddie Mercury, it’s Dream Theater w/o Mike Portnoy–both badly need to STFU ASAP			Fri Sep 09 18:23:05 +0000 2011
How is it possible every month’s Zenescope covers are more cringe-inducingly mortifying than the last?			Fri Sep 09 16:24:08 +0000 2011
“San Diego: I SURVIVED being slightly uncomfortable for just under 12 hours” t-shirts would probably have a limited sale window			Fri Sep 09 14:17:18 +0000 2011
If you bought an ipad 2 case that doesn’t make use of the smart cover auto wake/sleep feature you oughtta take that shit back tout suite			Wed Sep 07 21:28:08 +0000 2011
Everything about Marvel’s Season 1 OGN covers from art to trade dress is awful unless “remainder-bin knockoffs” is what they were going for			Wed Sep 07 19:42:02 +0000 2011
I enjoy the work of PJ Harvey including her newest album but as an American I must disavow any knowledge of what the Mercury Prize is			Tue Sep 06 21:39:40 +0000 2011
Does your band have a ‘clever’ name? Man is that going to get old fast.			Tue Sep 06 21:36:31 +0000 2011
I never thought I’d be okay with a Hookless New Order but then I never thought Hook would be so blatantly exploitative of Joy Division music			Tue Sep 06 16:34:33 +0000 2011
I kinda think all instagram/hipstamatic processed photos look shitty now and will look moreso as time continues to pass			Sun Sep 04 17:53:11 +0000 2011
Guess I know what I’ll be listening to/watching over the wkend when I’m not doing acoustic treatment on the garage http://t.co/uvVjFTt			Fri Sep 02 02:19:21 +0000 2011
Who are the dumbfucks buying these licensed versions of Monopoly? It’s the same game with different tokens and street names. It’s also sad.			Thu Sep 01 23:18:28 +0000 2011
Oscar Jiminez could have been an A-list comic book artist if he’d ever delivered work in a remotely timely fashion. Great stuff but so late.			Thu Sep 01 05:27:23 +0000 2011
Was down for the concept of Ghost but not finding the music on Opus Eponymous as good as I’d hoped			Tue Aug 30 16:32:09 +0000 2011
Man I loves me some Thin Lizzy but the guitar solo on “The Rocker” is total ass			Tue Aug 30 01:12:36 +0000 2011
If I enjoy someone’s creative output it doesn’t mean I want to be harangued to help promote it as if that’s somehow my responsibility.			Mon Aug 29 18:44:35 +0000 2011
It must be tough to work up the enthusiasm to pretend anyone’s cared in the slightest about the Video Music Awards in decades			Mon Aug 29 16:24:52 +0000 2011
There can never be enough Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire comics (but they don’t all have to be Justice League related–maybe creator-owned next?)			Sun Aug 28 19:29:40 +0000 2011
Hey awesome, reverse sexism. Thanks Bounce/Procter & Gamble, and fuck you too http://t.co/GavTMeP			Sat Aug 27 00:14:35 +0000 2011
Absolutely the most mind-melting @RiffTrax short yet: “What Is Nothing?” http://t.co/xQyO7rg			Fri Aug 26 21:40:01 +0000 2011
Reality check: The Dark Knight Rises is still like a year away argh			Thu Aug 25 21:33:34 +0000 2011
I wonder how often that Static-X guy catches his reflection in the dressing room mirror & sighs deeply & mournfully before going onstage			Tue Aug 23 16:58:09 +0000 2011
All of these “Who’s Who at DC Comics-The New 52″ creator profiles are staggeringly dull. Done in the least imaginative way possible.			Mon Aug 22 19:17:10 +0000 2011
I guess it’s safe to take my Borders Rewards and Blockbuster Video cards out of my wallet now			Mon Aug 22 17:30:59 +0000 2011
Admittedly the blacklight room already breaks the Corvette Diner 50s theme but the Insane Clown Posse Bizarre Bazaar poster is going too far			Fri Aug 19 21:09:10 +0000 2011
Watched Blur – T in the Park last night. Do they get better or is singing shittily & out of key just Damon Albarn’s ‘thing’?			Thu Aug 18 15:29:38 +0000 2011
Keep thinking agency on Mad Men is named Sterling Archer Associates, then get distracted thinking about how awesome that premise would be			Wed Aug 17 23:01:02 +0000 2011
A writer writing to other writers about writing does not seem like worthwhile networking unless one’s aim is to be a writing teacher.			Wed Aug 17 20:55:08 +0000 2011
Though I too mourn the loss of canvas for visual art and text in albums, digital booklets are a waste of time for creator & listener alike			Wed Aug 17 15:40:14 +0000 2011
I got an offer claiming $15 for Harmony Balance-Bands is “a $40 value”, rather than the more accurate “$15 for a worthless scam product”			Tue Aug 16 19:35:38 +0000 2011
Caption this picture: what is melancholy devo fan thinking right now? (Photo from http://t.co/mrjTKsF) http://t.co/DrsoAAI			Thu Aug 11 20:57:27 +0000 2011
Kirby: Genesis is all the crazy superheroic action you crave without the bitter aftertaste of corporate indifference #trythisindycomic			Thu Aug 11 17:56:00 +0000 2011
God T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents is awesome. I hope it doesn’t get completely buried and forgotten in the New 52 push.			Thu Aug 11 02:33:49 +0000 2011
Tip of the hat to Scott Snyder for a stellar scripting job on his Detective Comics run–looking forward to Batman run starting next month.			Thu Aug 11 02:15:02 +0000 2011
I like few bands enough to bother listening to a remix collection and I’m afraid Radiohead’s music hasn’t been rewarding enough for years			Wed Aug 10 20:58:09 +0000 2011
Watched the Horrors’ Glastonbury set last night: not bad, not great. Lyrics too simplistic and repetitive, songs a bit flimsy. 3 stars			Wed Aug 10 17:12:40 +0000 2011
Lord knows I loves me some metal but the whole “No really look how EEEEVIL I am” act some people in the genre pull is painfully corny			Mon Aug 08 22:06:46 +0000 2011
I’m fine with Lorne not changing out any SNL cast but I better not see any Deep House Dish, Target Lady, or What’s Up With That next season			Sat Aug 06 00:46:35 +0000 2011
Musical considerations aside, bands that dress up to look “old-timey” give me shudders of revulsion			Fri Aug 05 19:55:20 +0000 2011
You know what’s hot? Someone who knows the difference between ‘discrete’/'discreet’ and ‘reign’/'rein’			Fri Aug 05 17:34:10 +0000 2011
…kids of today should defend themselves against false nostalgia for Ten and Nevermind.			Tue Aug 02 21:44:50 +0000 2011
Speaking out against false nostalgia in 1994, Eddie Vedder sang “Kids of today should defend themselves against the 70s”…			Tue Aug 02 21:44:37 +0000 2011
I wonder if they anticipated the line “You’re the fucked-up version of Amy Winehouse” playing the way it does now http://t.co/xkuqwO4			Tue Aug 02 16:28:43 +0000 2011
Capitalizing the W in ‘Wanna’ really sells the desperate yearning and insecurity underpinning this pitch http://t.co/v7Z3ktA			Mon Aug 01 18:21:33 +0000 2011
Any album that’s reissued and hasn’t been out of print for at least five years is just a lame cashgrab koff ArcadeFireLadyGaga			Fri Jul 29 21:58:15 +0000 2011
Tineye would be useful if it worked better or at all, seems like there’s a space in the online spectrum for that if someone wants to step up			Wed Jul 27 15:46:37 +0000 2011
No device of mine is truly set up until its background is set to earthlights.jpg			Tue Jul 26 01:35:49 +0000 2011
J genuinely offended at my suggestion it will be awesome when the Starship Enterprise shows up in Game Of Thrones book 6			Sun Jul 24 21:08:00 +0000 2011
This Katie MacAlister seems to be a prime offender, title after title and each one a worse groaner than the last			Thu Jul 21 23:12:28 +0000 2011
Wow, there sure are a lot of shitty-looking chicklit vampire books			Thu Jul 21 23:02:44 +0000 2011
There’s a lesson regarding the efficacy of legislation here somewhere http://t.co/aXzYM2g			Thu Jul 21 19:27:54 +0000 2011
@venturajm Nope, live stuff, 2 full hours of it. Bored me stiff, kept thinking surely they’d would play something interesting anytime but no			Wed Jul 20 02:28:53 +0000 2011
Bobby Fuller: Never to be forgotten. http://t.co/teGDJUX			Tue Jul 19 17:44:15 +0000 2011
I’d like to say I’ll miss Borders, but I haven’t found shopping at one enjoyable in quite awhile. Still, it was good when it was good.			Mon Jul 18 22:38:03 +0000 2011
Checked out some Widespread Panic music this weekend, found it all fairly tepid & unambitious. Decided I don’t really like Widespread Panic.			Mon Jul 18 21:09:18 +0000 2011
Every article on Battles for the past several months, summarized: “There sure are three guys in the band now instead of four”			Sun Jul 17 17:45:34 +0000 2011
The entirety of Broken Lizard Standup summarized: “Hey, you guys have all seen Super Troopers and are TOTALLY HIGH, right? Right?”			Sun Jul 17 16:03:42 +0000 2011
Thinking this might be a good candidate for the cover photo of album #2 http://t.co/oflpoBN			Sat Jul 16 00:34:12 +0000 2011
@laurensnuggles Jiffy Lube blows and several have been fined for unnecessary services. Hop on Yelp and find a good nonchain auto shop			Fri Jul 15 21:30:16 +0000 2011
See, everyone knows Palin is a joke except Newsweek http://t.co/ENEbaUt			Fri Jul 15 18:52:17 +0000 2011
Also Hooky’s Joy Division rerecordings are embarrassing and cringeworthy so well done on burning bridges there			Fri Jul 15 17:14:23 +0000 2011
“I know that our all bickering physically hurts the fans and destroys what they loved” Don’t worry Hooky it does neither http://t.co/pQfWUPE			Fri Jul 15 17:09:57 +0000 2011
I like how people are suddenly stricken by the breakup of a band that has done fuck-all for 4 years despite never noticing their absence			Wed Jul 13 21:53:31 +0000 2011
Landmark Forum seminars: far better experienced vicariously via entertaining stream of tweets. http://t.co/5daXMJl			Wed Jul 13 18:20:57 +0000 2011
Spotted some twit driving a Saab eating a bowl of cereal from his lap–milk, fruit and all. Just one tap on the brakes could ruin his day…			Tue Jul 12 19:29:57 +0000 2011
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), classic Eno for Saturday morning – China My China by Brian Eno, from #SoundHound http://bit.ly/qnsfM6			Sat Jul 09 17:57:48 +0000 2011
You know, every time I hear Pearl Jam I think “Maybe this will be the awesome thing that knocks me out” and it just never happens.			Mon Jul 04 06:38:28 +0000 2011
Finding it really hard to care about any of Marvel’s Fear Itself. At least we know Flashpoint is going somewhere; this doesn’t seem to be.			Sun Jul 03 16:57:26 +0000 2011
Wow, seriously, Newsweek? In what way is this ridiculous bullshit remotely news? What an awful publication. http://t.co/N2VuMzl			Wed Jun 29 00:11:50 +0000 2011
Prince and Morrissey are making themselves relics by refusing to adapt: http://t.co/Sc6qtkp			Tue Jun 28 19:25:55 +0000 2011
Tried to watch This Movie Is Broken, had to turn off 10 minutes in due to dire acting and awful cliche-ridden script. Wow, so bad			Fri Jun 24 03:30:58 +0000 2011
I bet parts of this sound unlikely to many. Not me, or anyone else ever paid to write. http://t.co/BpT6SWj			Wed Jun 22 05:42:51 +0000 2011
Also, how did I miss that Kathleen Hanna and Ad-Rock are married? That’s totally the kind of thing I tend to know despite myself.			Mon Jun 20 20:49:30 +0000 2011
I think it’s funny that grasping for an example of a terrible male performer, Jason Mraz is the first to pop to mind. http://t.co/KRLhYmQ			Mon Jun 20 20:43:31 +0000 2011
“My Game of Thrones app isn’t loading fast enough!” #firstworldproblems			Sun Jun 19 16:40:56 +0000 2011
Wow, Single White Spenny is incredibly clumsy and amateurish. Embarrassingly obvious wish-fulfilment fantasy, unfunny, hard to get through.			Sat Jun 18 02:48:05 +0000 2011
Watching Rifftrax Star Trek Generations, may god have mercy on us. I swear it wasn’t even me who picked it.			Sat Jun 18 00:49:04 +0000 2011
@karmiclife just put the folder on shuffle			Fri Jun 17 06:34:48 +0000 2011
Just watching a whole bunch of Rifftrax shorts			Fri Jun 17 04:17:46 +0000 2011
Pt. 3 of my #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 recap is up now, ft. 1 Less Reason, Unwritten Law, Evan Watson, The Wedding & more http://t.co/TRVshkr			Wed Jun 15 21:36:45 +0000 2011
A comedian’s site should have samples of comedy, not commercial acting work. Unconvincing ALL CAPS blurb doesn’t cut it http://t.co/Ad69VVU			Wed Jun 15 18:35:35 +0000 2011
Now that Game of Thrones is getting down to it we finally get answers to the important questions:they’re called ‘gingers’ in this world too			Mon Jun 13 23:21:23 +0000 2011
Aaron goes to #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 pt 2 up now: GIVERS, Ali Handal, Dead Sara, Drive A, Kopek, Shakti Tribe http://t.co/6AgUmTx			Mon Jun 13 17:30:47 +0000 2011
Watching Take Me Home Tonight. Have been on the verge of turning it off the whole time, it’s kind of a POS.			Sun Jun 12 05:19:41 +0000 2011
It’s hard to deny that a good number of DC’s 52 relaunch series feel like the ‘DC Explosion’ titles of the late 70s #quicklycanceled			Sat Jun 11 17:34:28 +0000 2011
Conversely, I’d have bet good money there was no way DC could possibly make a Stormwatch series interesting but with @Paul_Cornell, it is.			Thu Jun 09 18:29:36 +0000 2011
Marvel had better step up its PR game. Yet another obnoxiously obvious X-Men relaunch coupled with terrible Greg Land art ain’t cutting it.			Thu Jun 09 18:22:56 +0000 2011
On Invincible #80: Well if that wasn’t the most Kirkmany Kirkman comic that ever Kirkmaned I don’t know what is. Coast City/The Pitt anyone?			Thu Jun 09 15:35:20 +0000 2011
The worst part about seeing Robert Plant is all the people who really just want a sad echo of something they saw 35 years ago.			Thu Jun 09 06:10:02 +0000 2011
I don’t understand why it takes longer to get a drink at Copley Symphony Hall than anywhere else in the world			Thu Jun 09 03:42:53 +0000 2011
Creepy Creeps’ show doesn’t really work in a theater setting but they seem like they’d tear up the right club.			Thu Jun 09 03:27:41 +0000 2011
Really glad Paul Levitz’ LSH book isn’t going away but honestly surprised to find DC still thinks the market can support 2 Legion books.			Wed Jun 08 17:24:49 +0000 2011
I went to #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 and wrote about it. In this post: Transfer, AWOLNATION, and Deep Dark Robot. http://bit.ly/mrRtOT			Tue Jun 07 17:15:11 +0000 2011
Godspeed to producer Martin Rushent — I hope in death he is confused with Martin Hannett far less often.			Mon Jun 06 22:44:59 +0000 2011
Whatever happened to Argyle from Die Hard			Mon Jun 06 03:23:31 +0000 2011
Bends’ Moon Knight series really not doing it for me. And seriously, Echo again? Reads like the cliche of BMB talktalktalk empty writing.			Sat Jun 04 19:31:33 +0000 2011
Avengers Academy 14/14.1: continues to surprise me as one of the most consistent titles Marvel currently releases. Gage gets it–good stuff.			Sat Jun 04 19:16:29 +0000 2011
Amazing Spider-man now reads like Slott trying to get out all his stuff other guys vetoed during the multiwriter era. Get on with it, man.			Sat Jun 04 18:11:52 +0000 2011
Stuart Immonen is one of the best artists working today but man is Fear Itself ever terrible. Just bad writing all around, senseless crap.			Sat Jun 04 17:57:05 +0000 2011
Why does all food served in catering trays smell exactly the same			Fri Jun 03 04:14:56 +0000 2011

Movie Memorial Day: Pootie Tang, Rifftrax X-Men, In the Loop, Limitless			Tue May 31 01:23:02 +0000 2011
The new manners: when a person uses a cellphone in a movie theater, it is considered proper to throw popcorn at them until it is put away.			Sat May 28 21:56:17 +0000 2011
All I can say is Grant Morrison better be writing some Flash here or I’m gonna be pissed			Sat May 28 06:08:58 +0000 2011
I was all pissed off at the UPS guy for taking all day to deliver my package but then he showed up blasting the Misfits			Sat May 28 01:54:15 +0000 2011
Watched about 10 mins of Protest the Hero – Gallop Meets the Earth Live and just couldn’t take it seriously.			Fri May 27 04:10:29 +0000 2011
The Jesus Lizard albums Albini didn’t record sound so weird.			Fri May 27 00:47:00 +0000 2011
I don’t know or care who Ryan Giggs and Imogen Thomas are but I do know UK law doesn’t apply to me and I support unconditionally free speech			Mon May 23 22:27:35 +0000 2011
I guess this is the day everyone says something terribly unfunny about the supposed Rapture so let this stand as my contribution.			Sat May 21 15:42:39 +0000 2011
Bank of America, call me to push your pointless identity theft protection product just once more & I’ll see how fast I can switch banks			Fri May 20 01:37:13 +0000 2011
Hmm, mayhap Obama has been revisiting Slanted & Enchanted of late–let’s see if he says 40 million daggers must be sheathed to achieve peace			Thu May 19 17:44:21 +0000 2011
Whoa WordPress looks totally different for me now. I guess that’s what happens when you upgrade versions from 2.3.3 (3 years old) to 3.1.2			Thu May 19 16:02:13 +0000 2011
“Velvet Revolver’s music isn’t very good and it was all about the money,” well duh. Music tell-all revelations aren’t what they used to be			Wed May 18 20:50:23 +0000 2011
Yuck is a lot better as far as not-entirely-original recentish UK wannabe-US-sounding bands with debut LPs out go			Wed May 18 02:20:44 +0000 2011
This Vaccines album kind of sucks and is boring			Wed May 18 01:28:34 +0000 2011
Flash Fact: I outnerded the internet with comic book knowledge http://bit.ly/lqNuYu			Tue May 17 16:37:49 +0000 2011
Recently finished Jeffrey Brown books Little Things & Any Easy Intimacy http://twitpic.com/4yhray			Mon May 16 15:38:52 +0000 2011
You can tell Waters helped select the new Floyd best-of: he’s the only person in the world who thinks “Fletcher Memorial Home” belongs there			Tue May 10 22:48:48 +0000 2011
Starting to think that not only am I completely done playing any cover songs, I may also be done listening to cover material. It’s boring.			Mon May 09 21:16:38 +0000 2011
Marvel’s Fear Itself is sort of incomprehensible and lacking any kind of actual story but man Stuart Immonen sure can draw.			Sat May 07 20:36:16 +0000 2011
The short story in this issue kind of sucked too.			Thu May 05 02:43:25 +0000 2011
George Jones article in Playboy reads like the author did an interview, got nothing out of him, and made up some personal BS to fill it out			Thu May 05 01:56:19 +0000 2011
About 20 mins in on Foo Fighters: Back And Forth and it seems really well-done. http://t.co/KzSTpOO			Wed May 04 03:33:07 +0000 2011
You know what’s a good feeling? Being completely caught up on one’s work. Enjoy it while it lasts.			Tue May 03 17:42:53 +0000 2011
Reading Beginners I pretty much think Gordon Lish’s editing job on What We Talk About When We Talk About Love amounts to criminal vandalism			Sun May 01 20:08:43 +0000 2011
Up early for Saturday. Listening to Smog. Going to read Carver.			Sat Apr 30 15:03:07 +0000 2011
While Donald Glover’s concert was mediocre, I’m surprised more media celebs don’t do similar tours to milk it while they have the chance			Wed Apr 27 22:25:38 +0000 2011
The properties of art aren’t additive–cf. Donald Glover @ Belly Up, a 2 star comedy set + a 2 star rap set = a 2 star show.			Wed Apr 27 06:28:56 +0000 2011
I feel like I just paid to finance Donald Glover’s fantasy of being an actual musician.			Wed Apr 27 06:21:35 +0000 2011
Painting a peace sign and flowers on the spare tire cover of one’s vintage VW Microbus seems more than a bit on the nose			Tue Apr 26 20:19:45 +0000 2011
No sympathy for anyone complaining the internet is boring. If you can’t guide your own entertainment don’t expect the world to cater to you.			Mon Apr 25 22:41:40 +0000 2011
Haha, “We’re DFA 1979, stick around for Duran Duran”. Sorry DD, you have been replaced with Kanye			Fri Apr 22 03:27:39 +0000 2011
Living room Coachella continues tonight with Cold War Kids and Death From Above 1979			Fri Apr 22 02:31:59 +0000 2011
The Swell Season is going off, in an unexpectedly uptempo way			Thu Apr 21 05:12:58 +0000 2011
PJ Harvey’s set is mesmerizing.			Thu Apr 21 04:43:52 +0000 2011
Well the National’s Coachella set was better than the Strokes’ but then they had the advantage of being a better band playing better music			Thu Apr 21 04:09:42 +0000 2011
For some it was last weekend but tonight is my Coachella, here in my living room. The Strokes on now, the National up next, followed by…?			Thu Apr 21 01:54:38 +0000 2011
Two months ago I’d never heard of Odd Future and now I’m completely sick of hearing about them. Such are the risks of instant overexposure			Thu Apr 21 00:57:45 +0000 2011
Wow, Angelfire is totally a thing that still actually exists. Worth taking the time to excavate antediluvian logon/delete ancient website(s)			Wed Apr 20 15:54:23 +0000 2011
Just watchin’ a bunch of Rifftrax shorts in a row			Wed Apr 20 02:27:48 +0000 2011
Apple does a lot of things right but: the most ubiquitous Apple product is Itunes, and it’s a horrible POS that everyone hates and resents			Tue Apr 19 21:23:24 +0000 2011
There is and always has been something fundamentally uninteresting about the Smithereens, despite a few catchy tunes. Too formalist/retro?			Tue Apr 19 19:40:36 +0000 2011
I’m almost sorry to have to give up my weekend of saying “No, we can’t watch Game Of Thrones, the New York Times says women won’t like it”			Mon Apr 18 04:40:11 +0000 2011
Kitchen Nightmares US is such a fluffy reality-show POS compared to the original UK show, especially now			Sun Apr 17 19:49:59 +0000 2011
A little Emitt Rhodes goes a long way. Too much McCartney, not enough Beefheart			Sun Apr 17 17:06:59 +0000 2011
Anthony Michael Hall definitely should have been Jimmy Olsen at some point			Sun Apr 17 01:55:19 +0000 2011
The computer networking in Weird Science is bizarrely fascinating.			Sun Apr 17 00:44:28 +0000 2011
The Daytrotter downloader reeks of “Well, we spent all this money to develop this useless POS interface so we’re damn well gonna use it”			Sat Apr 16 18:31:21 +0000 2011
“There’s nothing to do in the midwest but dream” ~ @josepharthur. Yeah, that’s pretty much right on–dream about getting the hell OUT!			Wed Apr 13 22:52:42 +0000 2011
Finally updated the music info page of my site at http://aaronpoehler.com/music.html with both up-to-date info and stuff about old projects			Wed Apr 13 19:26:18 +0000 2011
Also bands, really: don’t do the ‘everybody wearing sunglasses in the picture’ thing. You don’t look like the Blues Brothers, you look dumb.			Wed Apr 13 15:55:04 +0000 2011
Seriously people stop naming your band The Black _____s. NOBODY CAN TELL YOU APART			Wed Apr 13 15:40:35 +0000 2011
Daytrotter sessions sure have the potential to be cool if they didn’t sound like 128kbps crap. The downloader is ridiculously awful as well.			Tue Apr 12 00:57:16 +0000 2011
Peter Tomasi, everyone thinks it’s incredibly pretentious that your credit is “story & words” instead of just “writer” or “scripter,” FYI			Sat Apr 09 16:53:59 +0000 2011
Man Brian Bendis sure thinks the Hood is an interesting character. Too bad he doesn’t convey that in his writing for shit			Sat Apr 09 16:30:47 +0000 2011
Definitely been laughing a lot as I catch up on Community but with s01e23 “Modern Warfare” the show takes a place as one of my favorites.			Wed Apr 06 18:44:13 +0000 2011
In 50 yrs no one will be able to parse any qualitative difference between “Friday” and “Born This Way”			Tue Apr 05 00:24:11 +0000 2011
Can’t get this Raymond Carver line read 2 days ago out of my head: “He never knew what Jerry wanted. But it started and ended with a rock.”			Sat Apr 02 16:15:54 +0000 2011
The Flash episode “Twin Streaks” features a guy from Twin Peaks. Just got that, 20 years after the fact.			Sat Apr 02 05:22:29 +0000 2011
FX chain http://twitpic.com/4fwhme			Sat Apr 02 02:53:10 +0000 2011
So apparently there’s someone I know who has never seen DIE HARD. What has happened to America’s educational system??			Fri Apr 01 22:57:06 +0000 2011
Just finished Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits. Amazon reviews pretty much tell the story here.			Thu Mar 31 06:34:45 +0000 2011
“This class is like a redhead who drinks Scotch and loves Die Hard. I suggest you all get her number.”			Thu Mar 31 04:49:42 +0000 2011
I see now Paypal is integrating its own credit card upsell. Oh Paypal, you never disappoint in finding new ways to be awful and crappy			Tue Mar 29 17:30:54 +0000 2011
And now: Rifftrax Reign Of Fire			Sun Mar 27 04:37:16 +0000 2011
Books finished this week http://twitpic.com/4cxoqv			Fri Mar 25 00:45:39 +0000 2011
Two things I don’t do: 1. Read the Huffington Post 2. Work for free			Thu Mar 24 19:59:57 +0000 2011
What did you mean when you said, “Feel my skills, donkey donkey donkey, donkey donkey?”			Wed Mar 23 17:52:22 +0000 2011
Hey @chrisbrown do us all a favor and go away forever; failing that at least stop hitting things to express your limited range of emotion			Tue Mar 22 21:00:33 +0000 2011
I’m sure tired of listening to this album but as soon as I decide not to double-check everything then bang, there’ll be a massive glitch			Mon Mar 21 21:38:32 +0000 2011
Finally unsubscribing from Borders Rewards email after years–too little signal-to-noise, too little reward, and of late, too many untruths.			Thu Mar 17 21:15:06 +0000 2011
Dude begging at intersection wearing “Class of 2010 — WE RUN THIS” t-shirt			Mon Mar 14 23:50:24 +0000 2011
…but I have to admit I laughed a lot more at tonight’s Bob’s Burgers			Mon Mar 14 04:00:41 +0000 2011
After all this time I’m still happy to see a new episode of The Simpsons.			Mon Mar 14 03:32:21 +0000 2011
These Jessie J musical performances are almost fascinatingly terrible.			Sun Mar 13 09:38:31 +0000 2011
This Jessie J on SNL: so who canceled last minute? Not ready for prime time or late night			Sun Mar 13 09:18:09 +0000 2011
If you don’t know what playing “in the pocket” means go see The Bellrays			Sun Mar 13 07:24:29 +0000 2011
Firethorn’s standard riff rock with cowbell is leaving me unmoved, but the bass is solid			Sun Mar 13 05:46:24 +0000 2011
Opening band at Casbah has those weird clear drums			Sun Mar 13 05:25:56 +0000 2011
Food was decent but if 8PM Sat is dead at Fat City Steakhouse when do they make money?			Sun Mar 13 04:55:07 +0000 2011
The sound on the new REM album kind of sucks. Hypercompressed, can’t get into it.			Sat Mar 12 21:09:45 +0000 2011
It’s not a “supergroup” if you have to explain who all the band members are			Sat Mar 12 18:24:00 +0000 2011

Tangled could really use some Machete-style ultraviolence			Sat Mar 12 06:14:40 +0000 2011
Baffling mysteries of the iPhone: why on earth can’t you adjust the alarm snooze time?			Fri Mar 11 15:04:45 +0000 2011
The Kids Are All Right was really well made bar only that I felt naming the kid “Laser” out of nowhere slightly violated Chekhov’s gun rule.			Wed Mar 09 23:06:37 +0000 2011
Borders, no one with a functioning brain is signing up for your Rewards Plus program right now so please just stop spamming about it			Wed Mar 09 19:11:24 +0000 2011
Well I can see one reason why not http://twitpic.com/47l4m4			Tue Mar 08 22:21:27 +0000 2011
Scrobbling no more: shut down and deleted the last.fm account I had for five years because really who cares			Tue Mar 08 21:39:22 +0000 2011

Tue Sep 13 17:23:51 +0000 2011	It’s got to suck working on bonus CD-ROM materials for music CDs knowing full well your audience is: (people who read liner notes)/20
Tue Sep 13 17:20:34 +0000 2011	“Augmented Reality Experience” is the most ridiculously overblown BS marketing euphemism imaginable for “We threw in some bonus CDROM shit”
Tue Sep 13 15:24:21 +0000 2011	Funniest thing I’ve seen so far today: comment section full of people lamenting the death of the CD by complaining ‘digital music sucks’
Mon Sep 12 16:30:22 +0000 2011	Mostly though these New 52 #1 review columns all read the same: staid & lacking Sterling’s insight. 6 months in, then they’ll have a point.
Mon Sep 12 16:25:33 +0000 2011	Not writing on DC’s New52 #1s because there’s more than enough of that already but Giffen’s OMAC is pure Kirby goodness http://t.co/R8AZqpb
Sun Sep 11 16:54:49 +0000 2011	Catch-22: if you take Esquire’s How To Be A Man feature remotely seriously you are precluded from being one
Sat Sep 10 19:18:55 +0000 2011	Hey, Spider-Island: Avengers was actually quite good, don’t miss it in the sea of samey-looking tie-ins with generic names on the stands
Fri Sep 09 19:01:31 +0000 2011	Whenever something actually happens on which one might want current news updates I’m struck by the uselessness of all local SD news websites
Fri Sep 09 18:23:05 +0000 2011	At this point New Order w/o Peter Hook isn’t Queen w/o Freddie Mercury, it’s Dream Theater w/o Mike Portnoy–both badly need to STFU ASAP
Fri Sep 09 16:24:08 +0000 2011	How is it possible every month’s Zenescope covers are more cringe-inducingly mortifying than the last?
Fri Sep 09 14:17:18 +0000 2011	“San Diego: I SURVIVED being slightly uncomfortable for just under 12 hours” t-shirts would probably have a limited sale window
Wed Sep 07 21:28:08 +0000 2011	If you bought an ipad 2 case that doesn’t make use of the smart cover auto wake/sleep feature you oughtta take that shit back tout suite
Wed Sep 07 19:42:02 +0000 2011	Everything about Marvel’s Season 1 OGN covers from art to trade dress is awful unless “remainder-bin knockoffs” is what they were going for
Tue Sep 06 21:39:40 +0000 2011	I enjoy the work of PJ Harvey including her newest album but as an American I must disavow any knowledge of what the Mercury Prize is
Tue Sep 06 21:36:31 +0000 2011	Does your band have a ‘clever’ name? Man is that going to get old fast.
Tue Sep 06 16:34:33 +0000 2011	I never thought I’d be okay with a Hookless New Order but then I never thought Hook would be so blatantly exploitative of Joy Division music
Sun Sep 04 17:53:11 +0000 2011	I kinda think all instagram/hipstamatic processed photos look shitty now and will look moreso as time continues to pass
Fri Sep 02 02:19:21 +0000 2011	Guess I know what I’ll be listening to/watching over the wkend when I’m not doing acoustic treatment on the garage http://t.co/uvVjFTt
Thu Sep 01 23:18:28 +0000 2011	Who are the dumbfucks buying these licensed versions of Monopoly? It’s the same game with different tokens and street names. It’s also sad.
Thu Sep 01 05:27:23 +0000 2011	Oscar Jiminez could have been an A-list comic book artist if he’d ever delivered work in a remotely timely fashion. Great stuff but so late.
Tue Aug 30 16:32:09 +0000 2011	Was down for the concept of Ghost but not finding the music on Opus Eponymous as good as I’d hoped
Tue Aug 30 01:12:36 +0000 2011	Man I loves me some Thin Lizzy but the guitar solo on “The Rocker” is total ass
Mon Aug 29 18:44:35 +0000 2011	If I enjoy someone’s creative output it doesn’t mean I want to be harangued to help promote it as if that’s somehow my responsibility.
Mon Aug 29 16:24:52 +0000 2011	It must be tough to work up the enthusiasm to pretend anyone’s cared in the slightest about the Video Music Awards in decades
Sun Aug 28 19:29:40 +0000 2011	There can never be enough Giffen/DeMatteis/Maguire comics (but they don’t all have to be Justice League related–maybe creator-owned next?)
Sat Aug 27 00:14:35 +0000 2011	Hey awesome, reverse sexism. Thanks Bounce/Procter & Gamble, and fuck you too http://t.co/GavTMeP
Fri Aug 26 21:40:01 +0000 2011	Absolutely the most mind-melting @RiffTrax short yet: “What Is Nothing?” http://t.co/xQyO7rg
Thu Aug 25 21:33:34 +0000 2011	Reality check: The Dark Knight Rises is still like a year away argh
Tue Aug 23 16:58:09 +0000 2011	I wonder how often that Static-X guy catches his reflection in the dressing room mirror & sighs deeply & mournfully before going onstage
Mon Aug 22 19:17:10 +0000 2011	All of these “Who’s Who at DC Comics-The New 52″ creator profiles are staggeringly dull. Done in the least imaginative way possible.
Mon Aug 22 17:30:59 +0000 2011	I guess it’s safe to take my Borders Rewards and Blockbuster Video cards out of my wallet now
Fri Aug 19 21:09:10 +0000 2011	Admittedly the blacklight room already breaks the Corvette Diner 50s theme but the Insane Clown Posse Bizarre Bazaar poster is going too far
Thu Aug 18 15:29:38 +0000 2011	Watched Blur – T in the Park last night. Do they get better or is singing shittily & out of key just Damon Albarn’s ‘thing’?
Wed Aug 17 23:01:02 +0000 2011	Keep thinking agency on Mad Men is named Sterling Archer Associates, then get distracted thinking about how awesome that premise would be
Wed Aug 17 20:55:08 +0000 2011	A writer writing to other writers about writing does not seem like worthwhile networking unless one’s aim is to be a writing teacher.
Wed Aug 17 15:40:14 +0000 2011	Though I too mourn the loss of canvas for visual art and text in albums, digital booklets are a waste of time for creator & listener alike
Tue Aug 16 19:35:38 +0000 2011	I got an offer claiming $15 for Harmony Balance-Bands is “a $40 value”, rather than the more accurate “$15 for a worthless scam product”
Thu Aug 11 20:57:27 +0000 2011	Caption this picture: what is melancholy devo fan thinking right now? (Photo from http://t.co/mrjTKsF) http://t.co/DrsoAAI
Thu Aug 11 17:56:00 +0000 2011	Kirby: Genesis is all the crazy superheroic action you crave without the bitter aftertaste of corporate indifference #trythisindycomic
Thu Aug 11 02:33:49 +0000 2011	God T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents is awesome. I hope it doesn’t get completely buried and forgotten in the New 52 push.
Thu Aug 11 02:15:02 +0000 2011	Tip of the hat to Scott Snyder for a stellar scripting job on his Detective Comics run–looking forward to Batman run starting next month.
Wed Aug 10 20:58:09 +0000 2011	I like few bands enough to bother listening to a remix collection and I’m afraid Radiohead’s music hasn’t been rewarding enough for years
Wed Aug 10 17:12:40 +0000 2011	Watched the Horrors’ Glastonbury set last night: not bad, not great. Lyrics too simplistic and repetitive, songs a bit flimsy. 3 stars
Mon Aug 08 22:06:46 +0000 2011	Lord knows I loves me some metal but the whole “No really look how EEEEVIL I am” act some people in the genre pull is painfully corny
Sat Aug 06 00:46:35 +0000 2011	I’m fine with Lorne not changing out any SNL cast but I better not see any Deep House Dish, Target Lady, or What’s Up With That next season
Fri Aug 05 19:55:20 +0000 2011	Musical considerations aside, bands that dress up to look “old-timey” give me shudders of revulsion
Fri Aug 05 17:34:10 +0000 2011	You know what’s hot? Someone who knows the difference between ‘discrete’/'discreet’ and ‘reign’/'rein’
Tue Aug 02 21:44:50 +0000 2011	…kids of today should defend themselves against false nostalgia for Ten and Nevermind.
Tue Aug 02 21:44:37 +0000 2011	Speaking out against false nostalgia in 1994, Eddie Vedder sang “Kids of today should defend themselves against the 70s”…
Tue Aug 02 16:28:43 +0000 2011	I wonder if they anticipated the line “You’re the fucked-up version of Amy Winehouse” playing the way it does now http://t.co/xkuqwO4
Mon Aug 01 18:21:33 +0000 2011	Capitalizing the W in ‘Wanna’ really sells the desperate yearning and insecurity underpinning this pitch http://t.co/v7Z3ktA
Fri Jul 29 21:58:15 +0000 2011	Any album that’s reissued and hasn’t been out of print for at least five years is just a lame cashgrab koff ArcadeFireLadyGaga
Wed Jul 27 15:46:37 +0000 2011	Tineye would be useful if it worked better or at all, seems like there’s a space in the online spectrum for that if someone wants to step up
Tue Jul 26 01:35:49 +0000 2011	No device of mine is truly set up until its background is set to earthlights.jpg
Sun Jul 24 21:08:00 +0000 2011	J genuinely offended at my suggestion it will be awesome when the Starship Enterprise shows up in Game Of Thrones book 6
Thu Jul 21 23:12:28 +0000 2011	This Katie MacAlister seems to be a prime offender, title after title and each one a worse groaner than the last
Thu Jul 21 23:02:44 +0000 2011	Wow, there sure are a lot of shitty-looking chicklit vampire books
Thu Jul 21 19:27:54 +0000 2011	There’s a lesson regarding the efficacy of legislation here somewhere http://t.co/aXzYM2g
Wed Jul 20 02:28:53 +0000 2011	@venturajm Nope, live stuff, 2 full hours of it. Bored me stiff, kept thinking surely they’d would play something interesting anytime but no
Tue Jul 19 17:44:15 +0000 2011	Bobby Fuller: Never to be forgotten. http://t.co/teGDJUX
Mon Jul 18 22:38:03 +0000 2011	I’d like to say I’ll miss Borders, but I haven’t found shopping at one enjoyable in quite awhile. Still, it was good when it was good.
Mon Jul 18 21:09:18 +0000 2011	Checked out some Widespread Panic music this weekend, found it all fairly tepid & unambitious. Decided I don’t really like Widespread Panic.
Sun Jul 17 17:45:34 +0000 2011	Every article on Battles for the past several months, summarized: “There sure are three guys in the band now instead of four”
Sun Jul 17 16:03:42 +0000 2011	The entirety of Broken Lizard Standup summarized: “Hey, you guys have all seen Super Troopers and are TOTALLY HIGH, right? Right?”
Sat Jul 16 00:34:12 +0000 2011	Thinking this might be a good candidate for the cover photo of album #2 http://t.co/oflpoBN
Fri Jul 15 21:30:16 +0000 2011	@laurensnuggles Jiffy Lube blows and several have been fined for unnecessary services. Hop on Yelp and find a good nonchain auto shop
Fri Jul 15 18:52:17 +0000 2011	See, everyone knows Palin is a joke except Newsweek http://t.co/ENEbaUt
Fri Jul 15 17:14:23 +0000 2011	Also Hooky’s Joy Division rerecordings are embarrassing and cringeworthy so well done on burning bridges there
Fri Jul 15 17:09:57 +0000 2011	“I know that our all bickering physically hurts the fans and destroys what they loved” Don’t worry Hooky it does neither http://t.co/pQfWUPE
Wed Jul 13 21:53:31 +0000 2011	I like how people are suddenly stricken by the breakup of a band that has done fuck-all for 4 years despite never noticing their absence
Wed Jul 13 18:20:57 +0000 2011	Landmark Forum seminars: far better experienced vicariously via entertaining stream of tweets. http://t.co/5daXMJl
Tue Jul 12 19:29:57 +0000 2011	Spotted some twit driving a Saab eating a bowl of cereal from his lap–milk, fruit and all. Just one tap on the brakes could ruin his day…
Sat Jul 09 17:57:48 +0000 2011	Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), classic Eno for Saturday morning – China My China by Brian Eno, from #SoundHound http://bit.ly/qnsfM6
Mon Jul 04 06:38:28 +0000 2011	You know, every time I hear Pearl Jam I think “Maybe this will be the awesome thing that knocks me out” and it just never happens.
Sun Jul 03 16:57:26 +0000 2011	Finding it really hard to care about any of Marvel’s Fear Itself. At least we know Flashpoint is going somewhere; this doesn’t seem to be.
Wed Jun 29 00:11:50 +0000 2011	Wow, seriously, Newsweek? In what way is this ridiculous bullshit remotely news? What an awful publication. http://t.co/N2VuMzl
Tue Jun 28 19:25:55 +0000 2011	Prince and Morrissey are making themselves relics by refusing to adapt: http://t.co/Sc6qtkp
Fri Jun 24 03:30:58 +0000 2011	Tried to watch This Movie Is Broken, had to turn off 10 minutes in due to dire acting and awful cliche-ridden script. Wow, so bad
Wed Jun 22 05:42:51 +0000 2011	I bet parts of this sound unlikely to many. Not me, or anyone else ever paid to write. http://t.co/BpT6SWj
Mon Jun 20 20:49:30 +0000 2011	Also, how did I miss that Kathleen Hanna and Ad-Rock are married? That’s totally the kind of thing I tend to know despite myself.
Mon Jun 20 20:43:31 +0000 2011	I think it’s funny that grasping for an example of a terrible male performer, Jason Mraz is the first to pop to mind. http://t.co/KRLhYmQ
Sun Jun 19 16:40:56 +0000 2011	“My Game of Thrones app isn’t loading fast enough!” #firstworldproblems
Sat Jun 18 02:48:05 +0000 2011	Wow, Single White Spenny is incredibly clumsy and amateurish. Embarrassingly obvious wish-fulfilment fantasy, unfunny, hard to get through.
Sat Jun 18 00:49:04 +0000 2011	Watching Rifftrax Star Trek Generations, may god have mercy on us. I swear it wasn’t even me who picked it.
Fri Jun 17 06:34:48 +0000 2011	@karmiclife just put the folder on shuffle
Fri Jun 17 04:17:46 +0000 2011	Just watching a whole bunch of Rifftrax shorts
Wed Jun 15 21:36:45 +0000 2011	Pt. 3 of my #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 recap is up now, ft. 1 Less Reason, Unwritten Law, Evan Watson, The Wedding & more http://t.co/TRVshkr
Wed Jun 15 18:35:35 +0000 2011	A comedian’s site should have samples of comedy, not commercial acting work. Unconvincing ALL CAPS blurb doesn’t cut it http://t.co/Ad69VVU
Mon Jun 13 23:21:23 +0000 2011	Now that Game of Thrones is getting down to it we finally get answers to the important questions:they’re called ‘gingers’ in this world too
Mon Jun 13 17:30:47 +0000 2011	Aaron goes to #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 pt 2 up now: GIVERS, Ali Handal, Dead Sara, Drive A, Kopek, Shakti Tribe http://t.co/6AgUmTx
Sun Jun 12 05:19:41 +0000 2011	Watching Take Me Home Tonight. Have been on the verge of turning it off the whole time, it’s kind of a POS.
Sat Jun 11 17:34:28 +0000 2011	It’s hard to deny that a good number of DC’s 52 relaunch series feel like the ‘DC Explosion’ titles of the late 70s #quicklycanceled
Thu Jun 09 18:29:36 +0000 2011	Conversely, I’d have bet good money there was no way DC could possibly make a Stormwatch series interesting but with @Paul_Cornell, it is.
Thu Jun 09 18:22:56 +0000 2011	Marvel had better step up its PR game. Yet another obnoxiously obvious X-Men relaunch coupled with terrible Greg Land art ain’t cutting it.
Thu Jun 09 15:35:20 +0000 2011	On Invincible #80: Well if that wasn’t the most Kirkmany Kirkman comic that ever Kirkmaned I don’t know what is. Coast City/The Pitt anyone?
Thu Jun 09 06:10:02 +0000 2011	The worst part about seeing Robert Plant is all the people who really just want a sad echo of something they saw 35 years ago.
Thu Jun 09 03:42:53 +0000 2011	I don’t understand why it takes longer to get a drink at Copley Symphony Hall than anywhere else in the world
Thu Jun 09 03:27:41 +0000 2011	Creepy Creeps’ show doesn’t really work in a theater setting but they seem like they’d tear up the right club.
Wed Jun 08 17:24:49 +0000 2011	Really glad Paul Levitz’ LSH book isn’t going away but honestly surprised to find DC still thinks the market can support 2 Legion books.
Tue Jun 07 17:15:11 +0000 2011	I went to #SunsetSessions Rock 2011 and wrote about it. In this post: Transfer, AWOLNATION, and Deep Dark Robot. http://bit.ly/mrRtOT
Mon Jun 06 22:44:59 +0000 2011	Godspeed to producer Martin Rushent — I hope in death he is confused with Martin Hannett far less often.
Mon Jun 06 03:23:31 +0000 2011	Whatever happened to Argyle from Die Hard
Sat Jun 04 19:31:33 +0000 2011	Bends’ Moon Knight series really not doing it for me. And seriously, Echo again? Reads like the cliche of BMB talktalktalk empty writing.
Sat Jun 04 19:16:29 +0000 2011	Avengers Academy 14/14.1: continues to surprise me as one of the most consistent titles Marvel currently releases. Gage gets it–good stuff.
Sat Jun 04 18:11:52 +0000 2011	Amazing Spider-man now reads like Slott trying to get out all his stuff other guys vetoed during the multiwriter era. Get on with it, man.
Sat Jun 04 17:57:05 +0000 2011	Stuart Immonen is one of the best artists working today but man is Fear Itself ever terrible. Just bad writing all around, senseless crap.
Fri Jun 03 04:14:56 +0000 2011	Why does all food served in catering trays smell exactly the same
Tue May 31 03:59:20 +0000 2011	Closing it out with The Infidel
Tue May 31 01:23:02 +0000 2011	Movie Memorial Day: Pootie Tang, Rifftrax X-Men, In the Loop, Limitless
Sat May 28 21:56:17 +0000 2011	The new manners: when a person uses a cellphone in a movie theater, it is considered proper to throw popcorn at them until it is put away.
Sat May 28 06:08:58 +0000 2011	All I can say is Grant Morrison better be writing some Flash here or I’m gonna be pissed
Sat May 28 01:54:15 +0000 2011	I was all pissed off at the UPS guy for taking all day to deliver my package but then he showed up blasting the Misfits
Fri May 27 04:10:29 +0000 2011	Watched about 10 mins of Protest the Hero – Gallop Meets the Earth Live and just couldn’t take it seriously.
Fri May 27 00:47:00 +0000 2011	The Jesus Lizard albums Albini didn’t record sound so weird.
Mon May 23 22:27:35 +0000 2011	I don’t know or care who Ryan Giggs and Imogen Thomas are but I do know UK law doesn’t apply to me and I support unconditionally free speech
Sat May 21 15:42:39 +0000 2011	I guess this is the day everyone says something terribly unfunny about the supposed Rapture so let this stand as my contribution.
Fri May 20 01:37:13 +0000 2011	Bank of America, call me to push your pointless identity theft protection product just once more & I’ll see how fast I can switch banks
Thu May 19 17:44:21 +0000 2011	Hmm, mayhap Obama has been revisiting Slanted & Enchanted of late–let’s see if he says 40 million daggers must be sheathed to achieve peace
Thu May 19 16:02:13 +0000 2011	Whoa WordPress looks totally different for me now. I guess that’s what happens when you upgrade versions from 2.3.3 (3 years old) to 3.1.2
Wed May 18 20:50:23 +0000 2011	“Velvet Revolver’s music isn’t very good and it was all about the money,” well duh. Music tell-all revelations aren’t what they used to be
Wed May 18 02:20:44 +0000 2011	Yuck is a lot better as far as not-entirely-original recentish UK wannabe-US-sounding bands with debut LPs out go
Wed May 18 01:28:34 +0000 2011	This Vaccines album kind of sucks and is boring
Tue May 17 16:37:49 +0000 2011	Flash Fact: I outnerded the internet with comic book knowledge http://bit.ly/lqNuYu
Mon May 16 15:38:52 +0000 2011	Recently finished Jeffrey Brown books Little Things & Any Easy Intimacy http://twitpic.com/4yhray
Tue May 10 22:48:48 +0000 2011	You can tell Waters helped select the new Floyd best-of: he’s the only person in the world who thinks “Fletcher Memorial Home” belongs there
Mon May 09 21:16:38 +0000 2011	Starting to think that not only am I completely done playing any cover songs, I may also be done listening to cover material. It’s boring.
Sat May 07 20:36:16 +0000 2011	Marvel’s Fear Itself is sort of incomprehensible and lacking any kind of actual story but man Stuart Immonen sure can draw.
Thu May 05 02:43:25 +0000 2011	The short story in this issue kind of sucked too.
Thu May 05 01:56:19 +0000 2011	George Jones article in Playboy reads like the author did an interview, got nothing out of him, and made up some personal BS to fill it out
Wed May 04 03:33:07 +0000 2011	About 20 mins in on Foo Fighters: Back And Forth and it seems really well-done. http://t.co/KzSTpOO
Tue May 03 17:42:53 +0000 2011	You know what’s a good feeling? Being completely caught up on one’s work. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Sun May 01 20:08:43 +0000 2011	Reading Beginners I pretty much think Gordon Lish’s editing job on What We Talk About When We Talk About Love amounts to criminal vandalism
Sat Apr 30 15:03:07 +0000 2011	Up early for Saturday. Listening to Smog. Going to read Carver.
Wed Apr 27 22:25:38 +0000 2011	While Donald Glover’s concert was mediocre, I’m surprised more media celebs don’t do similar tours to milk it while they have the chance
Wed Apr 27 06:28:56 +0000 2011	The properties of art aren’t additive–cf. Donald Glover @ Belly Up, a 2 star comedy set + a 2 star rap set = a 2 star show.
Wed Apr 27 06:21:35 +0000 2011	I feel like I just paid to finance Donald Glover’s fantasy of being an actual musician.
Tue Apr 26 20:19:45 +0000 2011	Painting a peace sign and flowers on the spare tire cover of one’s vintage VW Microbus seems more than a bit on the nose
Mon Apr 25 22:41:40 +0000 2011	No sympathy for anyone complaining the internet is boring. If you can’t guide your own entertainment don’t expect the world to cater to you.
Fri Apr 22 03:27:39 +0000 2011	Haha, “We’re DFA 1979, stick around for Duran Duran”. Sorry DD, you have been replaced with Kanye
Fri Apr 22 02:31:59 +0000 2011	Living room Coachella continues tonight with Cold War Kids and Death From Above 1979
Thu Apr 21 05:12:58 +0000 2011	The Swell Season is going off, in an unexpectedly uptempo way
Thu Apr 21 04:43:52 +0000 2011	PJ Harvey’s set is mesmerizing.
Thu Apr 21 04:09:42 +0000 2011	Well the National’s Coachella set was better than the Strokes’ but then they had the advantage of being a better band playing better music
Thu Apr 21 01:54:38 +0000 2011	For some it was last weekend but tonight is my Coachella, here in my living room. The Strokes on now, the National up next, followed by…?
Thu Apr 21 00:57:45 +0000 2011	Two months ago I’d never heard of Odd Future and now I’m completely sick of hearing about them. Such are the risks of instant overexposure
Wed Apr 20 15:54:23 +0000 2011	Wow, Angelfire is totally a thing that still actually exists. Worth taking the time to excavate antediluvian logon/delete ancient website(s)
Wed Apr 20 02:27:48 +0000 2011	Just watchin’ a bunch of Rifftrax shorts in a row
Tue Apr 19 21:23:24 +0000 2011	Apple does a lot of things right but: the most ubiquitous Apple product is Itunes, and it’s a horrible POS that everyone hates and resents
Tue Apr 19 19:40:36 +0000 2011	There is and always has been something fundamentally uninteresting about the Smithereens, despite a few catchy tunes. Too formalist/retro?
Mon Apr 18 04:40:11 +0000 2011	I’m almost sorry to have to give up my weekend of saying “No, we can’t watch Game Of Thrones, the New York Times says women won’t like it”
Sun Apr 17 19:49:59 +0000 2011	Kitchen Nightmares US is such a fluffy reality-show POS compared to the original UK show, especially now
Sun Apr 17 17:06:59 +0000 2011	A little Emitt Rhodes goes a long way. Too much McCartney, not enough Beefheart
Sun Apr 17 01:55:19 +0000 2011	Anthony Michael Hall definitely should have been Jimmy Olsen at some point
Sun Apr 17 00:44:28 +0000 2011	The computer networking in Weird Science is bizarrely fascinating.
Sat Apr 16 18:31:21 +0000 2011	The Daytrotter downloader reeks of “Well, we spent all this money to develop this useless POS interface so we’re damn well gonna use it”
Wed Apr 13 22:52:42 +0000 2011	“There’s nothing to do in the midwest but dream” ~ @josepharthur. Yeah, that’s pretty much right on–dream about getting the hell OUT!
Wed Apr 13 19:26:18 +0000 2011	Finally updated the music info page of my site at http://aaronpoehler.com/music.html with both up-to-date info and stuff about old projects
Wed Apr 13 15:55:04 +0000 2011	Also bands, really: don’t do the ‘everybody wearing sunglasses in the picture’ thing. You don’t look like the Blues Brothers, you look dumb.
Wed Apr 13 15:40:35 +0000 2011	Seriously people stop naming your band The Black _____s. NOBODY CAN TELL YOU APART
Tue Apr 12 00:57:16 +0000 2011	Daytrotter sessions sure have the potential to be cool if they didn’t sound like 128kbps crap. The downloader is ridiculously awful as well.
Sat Apr 09 16:53:59 +0000 2011	Peter Tomasi, everyone thinks it’s incredibly pretentious that your credit is “story & words” instead of just “writer” or “scripter,” FYI
Sat Apr 09 16:30:47 +0000 2011	Man Brian Bendis sure thinks the Hood is an interesting character. Too bad he doesn’t convey that in his writing for shit
Wed Apr 06 18:44:13 +0000 2011	Definitely been laughing a lot as I catch up on Community but with s01e23 “Modern Warfare” the show takes a place as one of my favorites.
Tue Apr 05 00:24:11 +0000 2011	In 50 yrs no one will be able to parse any qualitative difference between “Friday” and “Born This Way”
Sat Apr 02 16:15:54 +0000 2011	Can’t get this Raymond Carver line read 2 days ago out of my head: “He never knew what Jerry wanted. But it started and ended with a rock.”
Sat Apr 02 05:22:29 +0000 2011	The Flash episode “Twin Streaks” features a guy from Twin Peaks. Just got that, 20 years after the fact.
Sat Apr 02 02:53:10 +0000 2011	FX chain http://twitpic.com/4fwhme
Fri Apr 01 22:57:06 +0000 2011	So apparently there’s someone I know who has never seen DIE HARD. What has happened to America’s educational system??
Thu Mar 31 06:34:45 +0000 2011	Just finished Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits. Amazon reviews pretty much tell the story here.
Thu Mar 31 04:49:42 +0000 2011	“This class is like a redhead who drinks Scotch and loves Die Hard. I suggest you all get her number.”
Tue Mar 29 17:30:54 +0000 2011	I see now Paypal is integrating its own credit card upsell. Oh Paypal, you never disappoint in finding new ways to be awful and crappy
Sun Mar 27 04:37:16 +0000 2011	And now: Rifftrax Reign Of Fire
Fri Mar 25 00:45:39 +0000 2011	Books finished this week http://twitpic.com/4cxoqv
Thu Mar 24 19:59:57 +0000 2011	Two things I don’t do: 1. Read the Huffington Post 2. Work for free
Wed Mar 23 17:52:22 +0000 2011	What did you mean when you said, “Feel my skills, donkey donkey donkey, donkey donkey?”
Tue Mar 22 21:00:33 +0000 2011	Hey @chrisbrown do us all a favor and go away forever; failing that at least stop hitting things to express your limited range of emotion
Mon Mar 21 21:38:32 +0000 2011	I’m sure tired of listening to this album but as soon as I decide not to double-check everything then bang, there’ll be a massive glitch
Thu Mar 17 21:15:06 +0000 2011	Finally unsubscribing from Borders Rewards email after years–too little signal-to-noise, too little reward, and of late, too many untruths.
Mon Mar 14 23:50:24 +0000 2011	Dude begging at intersection wearing “Class of 2010 — WE RUN THIS” t-shirt
Mon Mar 14 04:00:41 +0000 2011	…but I have to admit I laughed a lot more at tonight’s Bob’s Burgers
Mon Mar 14 03:32:21 +0000 2011	After all this time I’m still happy to see a new episode of The Simpsons.
Sun Mar 13 09:38:31 +0000 2011	These Jessie J musical performances are almost fascinatingly terrible.
Sun Mar 13 09:18:09 +0000 2011	This Jessie J on SNL: so who canceled last minute? Not ready for prime time or late night
Sun Mar 13 07:24:29 +0000 2011	If you don’t know what playing “in the pocket” means go see The Bellrays
Sun Mar 13 05:46:24 +0000 2011	Firethorn’s standard riff rock with cowbell is leaving me unmoved, but the bass is solid
Sun Mar 13 05:25:56 +0000 2011	Opening band at Casbah has those weird clear drums
Sun Mar 13 04:55:07 +0000 2011	Food was decent but if 8PM Sat is dead at Fat City Steakhouse when do they make money?
Sat Mar 12 21:09:45 +0000 2011	The sound on the new REM album kind of sucks. Hypercompressed, can’t get into it.
Sat Mar 12 18:24:00 +0000 2011	It’s not a “supergroup” if you have to explain who all the band members are
Sat Mar 12 06:16:44 +0000 2011	…and about ten fewer songs
Sat Mar 12 06:14:40 +0000 2011	Tangled could really use some Machete-style ultraviolence
Fri Mar 11 15:04:45 +0000 2011	Baffling mysteries of the iPhone: why on earth can’t you adjust the alarm snooze time?
Wed Mar 09 23:06:37 +0000 2011	The Kids Are All Right was really well made bar only that I felt naming the kid “Laser” out of nowhere slightly violated Chekhov’s gun rule.
Wed Mar 09 19:11:24 +0000 2011	Borders, no one with a functioning brain is signing up for your Rewards Plus program right now so please just stop spamming about it
Tue Mar 08 22:21:27 +0000 2011	Well I can see one reason why not http://twitpic.com/47l4m4
Tue Mar 08 21:39:22 +0000 2011	Scrobbling no more: shut down and deleted the last.fm account I had for five years because really who cares

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What the hell is the bass player of Heart wearing?

August 17th, 2011 — music, pictures, video

It looks like some kind of…leather nursing vest. One has to wonder if he came up with that on his own or if the Wilson sisters talked him into it.

still from Second Ending, 1976

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