D’oh!  I would have posted a recommendation earlier if I’d realized that Joss Whedon’s bizarro musical Dr. Horrible—told through the video blog of Neil Patrick Harris’ dorky aspiring supervillain—wasn’t going to be available for free online viewing indefinitely, but it’s still worth clicking through and dropping $4 for the iTunes download.  If you’re either a […]

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I’ve been memed by Radley Balko, who asks that I name the five most embarassing tracks on my iPod. Except since my actual day-to-day iPod is my phone, which only holds 8 gig, there isn’t really anything that embarassing on it, because it only holds 30 or so albums. There’s some fun-dumb stuff (Neon Neon, […]

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So, OK, I’ve expressed my doubts and low expectations for the upcoming Watchmen movie. I take it all back.

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Anyone else notice the uncanny resemblance between pop singer Robyn (best known for pressing trigger, as opposed to people button) and Doctor Blight (best known for being voiced by Meg Ryan and battling Planeteers)? I want to put it down to coincidence, but they’ve even got the same pink spandex jumpsuit.

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I saw Alex Gibney’s new Hunter Thompson documentary Gonzo last night, along with Dave Weigel, and like Dave, I was a bit underwhelmed. Not that it was bad, mind you—I’m not demanding that two hours of my life back—but it wasn’t nearly as good as it could have been, given the subject. As Dave says, […]

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I want one of these.

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Unlike Yglesias, I (1) picked up the new Death Cab album right around when it came out and (2) found it pretty much intolerable. I retain a nostalgic affection for their first couple albums, and stuff as recent as Transatlanticism holds up well enough. But on these last two, I tend to find the music […]

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Oh yeah.  WuChess.  The Times explains why RZA digs Réti.

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If you’re at all interested in how new technologies are transforming the distribution of movies and other media, you really have to be reading the Infinicine, by terrifyingly savvy film nerd Laure Parsons.

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As long as I’m doing film recommendations, I should note for the benefit of those of you in the D.C. area that AFI in Silver Spring will be screening Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville this weekend, with matinees Saturday and Sunday, and one final showing next Wednesday evening. It’s a surprisingly libertarian-flavored movie, especially given that Godard […]

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