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Monthly Archives: September 2010
THE NON-EVENT: Shock & Awe TV
The Event (and no, I’m not going to flip the second “e” because that’s as silly as this insipid fricken show) combines all the sappy plot lines of every modern disaster movie with the alien intrigue and government conspiracies that kept The X … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged Burning Love Institute, burningloveinstitute.com, Chase, Inception, Lost, NBC, NBC's The Event, Reservoir Dogs, television, The Event, The X Files, West Wing
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The Seventh Starbucks
No, this isn’t about the cup of coffee I had with death the other day (he ordered a venti white chocolate mocha, by the way). I am just tickled to death about FINALLY having seven Starbucks within a half a … Continue reading
Posted in UpYor
Tagged Carnegie Hill, Duane Reade, Gracie Point, Manhattan, New York City, Northfield Mount Hermon, NYC, Starbucks, UES, Upper East Side, Upper Yorkville, UpYor, Yorkville
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Peanuts for a Tenor Man
My nephew Sean kicks some serious sax with his school band in Vince Guaraldi’s Linus and Lucy. They’re a little rough around the edges, but that adds to the appeal. Thanks to my brother Max for hooking us up with this. I … Continue reading
The Top 25 Albums (of my time, and my mind)
Yes, albums. I still own vinyl…and I’m not talking about my wardrobe (and that’s latex anyway, you degenerates). These are albums – or, more accurately these days, CDs. My friend Adam posted his Top 15 albums on Facebook recently. I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Sohmer, Albums, Animals, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Bachman Turner Overdrive Not Fragile, Best 25 Albums, Best 25 Albums of All Time, Best 25 CDs, Best 25 CDs of All Time, Best Albums, Best Albums of All Time, Best CDs, Best CDs of All Time, blogging, blogs, Bob Marley, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Bob Marley & the Wailers Songs of Freedom, Bob Marley Songs of Freedom, Box Set, Bridge Over Troubled Water, BTO, BTO Not Fragile, Burning Love Institute, burningloveinstitute.com, CDs, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Crosby Stills Nash & Young So Far, CSNY, CSNY So Far, Dark Side of the Moon, Gorillaz, Gorillaz Gorillaz, Hello Nasty, John Coltrane, John Coltrane The Best of John Coltrane, Kind of Blue, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin Box Set, Let It Be, Let It Bleed, Miles Davis, Miles Davis Kind of Blue, Mint Royale, Mint Royale On the Ropes, Money Mark, Money Mark Push the Button, Music, Nina Simone, Nina Simone The Blues, Not Fragile, On the Ropes, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd Animals, Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, Push the Button, Rattle & Hum, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Simon & Garfunkel, Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water, Smiling Phases, So Far, Songs of Freedom, Sounds of Christmas, St. Pepper's, Sticky Fingers, The Art of the Ballad, The Beastie Boys, The Beastie Boys Hello Nasty, The Beatles, The Beatles Let It Be, The Beatles Revolver, The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles St. Pepper's, The Best of John Coltrane, The Best of Thelonious Monk: The Blue Note Years, The Blues, The Kids Are Alright, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, The Ramsey Lewis Trio Sounds of Christmas, The Rolling Stones, The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers, The Unforgettable Fire, The Who, The Who The Kids Are Alright, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Monk The Art of the Ballad, Thelonious Monk The Best of Thelonious Monk: The Blue Note Years, Top 25 Albums, Top 25 Albums of All Time, Top Albums, Top Albums of All Time, Traffic, Traffic Smiling Phases, U2, U2 Rattle & Hum, U2 The Unforgettable Fire
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CINEMATIC ROCK BOTTOM: Beach Red
I have been enthusiastically watching war movies for the past 40 years. And now that I have TiVo, and a little free time, I have been watching every war film that’s aired. Most of them I’ve already seen, but every … Continue reading
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Tagged Agent Red, bad film, bad movie, bad war film, bad war movie, Beach Red, Cornel Wilde, horrible film, horrible movie, horrible war film, horrible war movie, Rip Torn, war film, war movie, worst film, worst movie, worst movie ever, worst war film, worst war film ever, worst war film of all time, worst war movie, worst war movie ever, worst war movie of all time
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A Sonny Night at the Beacon
Beacon Theater. New York City. Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. Around 8:30 PM. I was celebrating Sonny Rollins’ 80th birthday, along with 2,893 other friends. This included my friend Adam, a long time jazz fan, and my nephew Sean, a 13 … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Sohmer, Beacon Theater, Burning Love Institute, burningloveinstitute.com, Chico Hamilton, Christian McBride, jazz, jazz concert, jazz legend, jazz saxophone, jazz saxophonist, Jim Hall, live jazz, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Ornette Coleman, Ornette Coleman is not dead, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Roy Hargrove, Roy Haynes, Sean Dobens, Sonny Rollins, tenor sax, tenor saxophone, tenor saxophonist
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BIG SWINGING DICK WEEK: The American, Machete, & Restrepo
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing three movies geared for the male species this past week. You know how, after spending some time in Europe, you feel 10 times more masculine in light of European men? Well, that’s how I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghan War, Afghanistan, Burning Love Institute, burningloveinstitute.com, Cheech Marin, Danny Trejo, Death Proof, documentary, Don Johnson, film, George Clooney, Glenn Beck, Grindhouse, Gunner Palace, Iraq, Iraqi War, Jessica Alba, Juan Restrepo, Korengal Valley, Lindsay Lohan, Machete, Mayra Leal, mexploitation, Michelle Rodriguez, Occupation of Iraq, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Planet Terror, Private Juan Restrepo, Private Restrepo, Restrepo, Robert De Niro, Robert Rodriguez, Sebastian Junger, Sebastian Junger War, Steven Seagal, The American, Tim Hetherington, Tim Hetherington Infidel, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, Werewolf Women of the SS, Yakha Chena
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