Archive for June, 2009

Michael & Me

Friday, June 26th, 2009

I didn’t get into Michael Jackson until I was 13, but when I did I got into him hard. How hard? I own 4 copies of Thriller on vinyl (including a picture disc) and just about every magazine cover he was on from about 1982-1992. In high school I published a Michael-centric ‘zine called “KOP” [...]

I Eat Pandas – Off Broadway!

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

 
For the last 4.5 years, Glennis and I have been doing I Eat Pandas shows in dirty basements all over NYC, and the country. Now, we’re doing I Eat Pandas shows Off-Broadway! Tonight is the second of three shows at the DR2 Theater in Union Square (next Monday will be the 3rd) as part of WET’s [...]

And in fairytale news…

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

For the past year someone in Fohren, Germany had been stealing people’s shoes off their doorsteps at night. The theif has now been caught, and she’s a fox. Like, an actual fox. http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,629778,00.html
The article is not specific as to whether she was a magical or enchanted fox, but one can assume.
Best line in the article: [...]

Law & Order: Me

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

I love Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
There, I said it.

I love the uncool USA Law & Order franchise, not the Emmy-winning Ice-T sex crimes one, or the Sam Waterson Original Flavor. There’s just something about Vincent D’onofrio stooping down to make eye contact as he haltingly explains some inplausible clue to a suspect (“See, these toothpicks [...]