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Starbuck(s) – Kara Thrace, Daniel, and Dirk Benedict

by February 15th, 2009 Culture » Film and TV »

* BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SPOILERS * I find myself greatly more attracted to fiction that has at its base some incredible and unique mystery sure to be filled with absurd twists and other things unexpected. The joy here, as any internet fanboy will affirm, is gossiping about what may happen next. Often, I find myself outsmarting […]

Bill Hicks’ Late Show

by February 6th, 2009 Culture »

Philosophy… That is the title of Bill Hicks‘ “Best of” album and truly the element that sets Bill Hicks apart from most other stand-up comedians with only the exception of George Carlin coming to mind. Not content with lightheartedly making observations of the trivial annoyances of day to day life, Hicks developed material biting at […]

Marc Maron and Friends: Real…Rare…Stand Up

by February 1st, 2009 Culture » Performance »

Tuesday, January 27th, just a shade safely into the labyrinthine West Village of New York City, stand up comedians of considerable stature rather spontaneously combusted on stage, scalding the soft sensibilities of the small squishy minds stuffed into an impossibly smaller space. Oh…perhaps its wasn’t as elaborate as all that…but it was only $10…as Marc […]

Matt Smith…Doctor Who?

by January 4th, 2009 Culture » Film and TV »

Can you smell the anti-climax sighing through the atmosphere!? The 11th Doctor is…Matt Smith? I can’t tell you much about the young man that hasn’t been routinely summarized everywhere elsewhere….except for the apparent fact, which I will seek to further research and therefore confirm, that he is indeed neither Bill Nighy or James Nesbitt both […]

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