Category: tivo + movies + music
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Colbert’s column in the NYT’s
In case you missed this; Steven Colbert had a guest spot in the Op-Ed of the Sunday NYT’s. Well played. “Surprised to see my byline here, aren’t you? I would…
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Tekkon Kinkreet Backgrounds
The matte backgrounds (and possibly fully animated backgrounds) for this unique Japanese animation are stunning. Added to my rental/find list. “im not too too keen on anime, and havent watched…
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Rick Rubin and the Post ‘Big-Label’ age
Every morning I walk down to work along Bleury, past the *brand new* “Musique World” and I stare in it’s windows with amazement. It seems like a museum – a…
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Apocalypto
Apocalypto was a much better movie than I thought It would be. It is a violent and brutal film, leaving very little to the imagination but it has a driving…
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My Local Lineup Series
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28 Weeks Later
Watched “28 Weeks Later” last night on DVD. I liked the first movie a lot and had high hopes for this one. There might be some spoilers here so you…
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Fire on the Wire Podcast
This great Reggae/Dancehall radio show out of the Australia is now available as a podcast through the itunes store. Not every show is a keeper but they do feature some…
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Deathly Hallows
A friend just emailed me to let us know that our copies of Harry Potter have been billed, boxed, stamped and addressed for delivery on July 21st. We pre-ordered 3…
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Flight of the Conchords
Wow.. I just watched HBO’s new series “Flight of the Conchords” and am hooked. The first song had me glued !! Brilliant acting and song writing. Watch it if you…
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American hardcore
After much insistence from some friends, I watched this documentary last night called “American Hardcore”. It covers the Hardcore punk scene from ’80 to ’86 throughout the states and Canada…
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The Black Smoke
*Stop reading this if you haven’t watched season 3 of LOST and are planning on it.* Found this great theory on the powder/black smoke that was seen in the show…
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The Fountain
We watched The Fountain last night. It was recommended to us by Anile and Chris while we were in Mexico. I had seen the trailers and knew a bit about…
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The Tintin trilogy
I swear I learnt how to read French just so I would understand these books. My grandmother had the complete set of all 24 books when I was growing up…
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Season 4 will be the last for BSG
I only really like 3 or 4 TV shows, and BSG is one of them. This makes me happy to think that Ron Moore will be able to go out…
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The Tulpa
This short movie “The Tulpa” (trailer here) has popped up on The Movie Network (it’s showing numerous times in the next 2 weeks). It’s a story about “a television reporter…