Entertainment

Friday Night Lights is on Twitter

January 17, 2009

I posted this yesterday morning in anticipation of last night’s premiere: Only to get the following message this morning from Coach Taylor: Meow indeed, Eric… meow indeed. a

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Meat-O-Lanterns

October 26, 2008

This weekend we were supposed to head out to Long Island for our annual pumpkin picking outing for my Mom’s birthday. It’s super fun and we tend to eat everything in sight at the farm (roasted corn, apples, lemonade, hot dogs, cotton candy, baked goods) and then we go home and eat even more for [...]

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Winter of the Witch

September 27, 2008

My friend Meghan and all her dudes (her husband and two twin sons) stopped by this morning for a visit and we got to talking about how in grade school every year around Halloween time, our teachers would show us a movie about a kid and his mom who move from the city to the [...]

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The Wackness trailer drops

April 15, 2008

Check out the trailer for my buddy Jon’s movie, The Wackness, due out in July. With some luck, Karen and I might be able to catch a screening prior to the official release, in which case we’ll report back and tell you all to go see it. Read some more about it at I Watch [...]

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North Slope Oscar Potluck

February 25, 2008

With each passing year, our annual Oscar party becomes less about the movies and more about the competitive nature of our friends, particularly when it comes to making food. This year we tasked our friends with bringing a dish inspired by one of the Oscar nominees. The following are some of the entries: Juno’s SunnyD [...]

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Radiohead's Scotch_Mist – live New Year's Eve show on CurrentTV

January 1, 2008

For those that weren’t able to catch/Tivo Current’s New Year’s Eve broadcast of Radiohead playing through In Rainbows, I highly recommend you do, particularly if you’re at all interested in seeing how they do what they do. Not only a great window into how they perform but the video also has a bunch of great [...]

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Manlio is in town? Let's go ride some bulls!

December 30, 2007

Friday night Manlio was in NYC so we grabbed some dinner with him before heading into town. In the cab ride, he mentioned a bar that Dennis had recommend. This bar, he said, had a mechanical bull. That was all he needed to say before Alex and I were requesting the location and directing the [...]

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TOAD: Dec. 19th, 2007 – I bring my Medisterkaker to Scandinavian Christmas

December 22, 2007

TOAD: Dec 19th, 2007: Every year Karen’s family celebrates Scandinavian Christmas and I am surrounded by all things grey and fishy. Last year I decided that I would stop complaining and step it up by making something Scandinavianof my own that I could get excited about. I ended up making something called Medisterkaker, which loosely [...]

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What do Bon Jovi, Aphex Twin, Nine Inch Nails, Run DMC, Aerosmith, Beck, Cypress Hill and Genesis have in common?

December 6, 2007

Absolutely nothing but the Kleptones make them (and a slew of others) work, and they do so swimmingly, on this mix from the 2007 bestival. If you’re a fan of this kind of stuff (Z-Trip anyone?), give it a go.

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Writers strike means Jack Bauer probably won't be back till the Fall

November 9, 2007

The Writer’s Strike had its first big casualty yesterday when FOX announced that Day 7 of 24 is no longer going to premiere in January. Jack Bauer certainly isn’t the only one who’s going to be affected by the strike. In the meantime, check out this College Humor take on the 1994 unaired pilot for [...]

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