1) You know you go to Madison when you have two loads of just red clothing.
2) It's a good day when a pen goes through the wash and doesn't destroy any clothes.
3) Did I remember to switch the dryer to "Normal" from "Perm Press"?
4) Oh, crap, the washer's been running for 10 minutes and I forgot to put detergent in.
5) My socks don't look like evidence in a CSI mystery anymore (Blisters from hockey skates = bloody socks).
6) Crap, there's a dryer sheet unaccounted for. I bet it will come out in the middle of that discussion section with that cute girl.
7) I wonder how the people that live next to the laundry room feel about me doing my wash at 2 am on a Thursday night.
8) Why do I smell someone's chicken at 2 am on a Thursday? Probably someone drunk.
Song of the day: The Song of the Sad Assassin - Why?
Why?'s Alopecia is on the best albums of 2008 list for many blogs and indie bands. It's weird because some of their songs are straight-up Decembrists-esque indie. Others are Jewish rap. All are 100% beautifully done. Another highlight is "These Few Presidents", which Colour Revolt did an amazing cover of on Daytrotter (leading me to research Why?).
Friday, January 30, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Anyone Want to Go to Sweden with me in 2010?
Some people dream of playing Shea Stadium when they make it big. Some people want to play Carnegie Hall or Madison Square Garden. In England, people dream of playing Glastonbury or the giant Wembley Stadium. Me? I want to play a concert in this:
It opens in 2010. I expect to be there for the ribbon-cutting.
It opens in 2010. I expect to be there for the ribbon-cutting.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Demetri Martin: Making Smart Cool
I just want it to be known that I have been a Demetri Martin fan for years. Why do I feel the need to let this be known? Because he's getting his own TV show on Comedy Central in February (Important Things) and he's going to be huge. Many of you may not know the name. But he is reinventing comedy. He has made intellegence hilarious. This is quite an achievement in a world of Dane Cooks and Carlos Mencias. He doesn't talk about the differences between men and women, or how certain races are scary, or how blow jobs are fun, or any of the other countless cliches that are common to stand-up comedy. No, here are a few Demetri Martin quotes. After reading them, you will see that he is different from those poop-pee-sex comedians out there.
1. "I've heard of many chocoholics, but I ain't never seen no 'chocohol'. We got an epidemic, people: people who like chocolate but don't understand word endings. They're probably 'over-workaholled'."
2. “I went into a clothes store and a lady came up to me and said “if you need anything, I’m Jill”. I’ve never met anyone with a conditional identity before.”
3.“I like fruit baskets because it gives you the ability to mail someone a piece of fruit without appearing insane. Like, if someone just mailed you an apple you’d be like ‘Huh? What the h**l is this?’, but if it’s in a fruit basket you’re like ‘This is nice!.’”
4.“I like sports; I like professional football. I like to get to the stadium and see the games live, you know. And I paint my chest before I leave the house. But I don’t have many friends, you know, so I usually just do punctuation and tack on a group already in progress. But sometimes it works out kind of weird because we ended up on TV one time and it said ‘JETS?’”
5. " I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog’s name. Then Í said, 'Does he bite?'. She said 'No.' And I said, 'Oh yeah? Then how does he eat? … Liar.'"
These are all excerpts from his genius program Person. But I think his most impressive work is the one that pretty much no one in America knows about. It's If I, a program he did for BBC Four after winning an Edinburgh comedy festival. Now, some of the jokes in this program are re-used in Person. However, there, they are basically short jokes, a step away from one-liners, very Steven Wright-esque (who he cites as his main influence). But in If I, which has never been released in DVD form, they are all a part of a story: Demetri's life story.
Demetri was and is basically a genius. He went to law school on a full scholarship and was a year away from graduating. But suddenly, against his family's wishes, he quit and pursued comedy. Thank God he did. In If I, he tells the story of the process of analyzing his life that led him to go from sneaking Mensa puzzles into class to using his intellegence to create the program that we have the pleasure of viewing. It makes you truly appreciate how much of a genius he really is, and how much of a leap of faith he actually had to make.
Click on this to see If I in its entirety, split up between six videos on YouTube. Since music is encorporated into the act, I'll also make it the song of the day.
1. "I've heard of many chocoholics, but I ain't never seen no 'chocohol'. We got an epidemic, people: people who like chocolate but don't understand word endings. They're probably 'over-workaholled'."
2. “I went into a clothes store and a lady came up to me and said “if you need anything, I’m Jill”. I’ve never met anyone with a conditional identity before.”
3.“I like fruit baskets because it gives you the ability to mail someone a piece of fruit without appearing insane. Like, if someone just mailed you an apple you’d be like ‘Huh? What the h**l is this?’, but if it’s in a fruit basket you’re like ‘This is nice!.’”
4.“I like sports; I like professional football. I like to get to the stadium and see the games live, you know. And I paint my chest before I leave the house. But I don’t have many friends, you know, so I usually just do punctuation and tack on a group already in progress. But sometimes it works out kind of weird because we ended up on TV one time and it said ‘JETS?’”
5. " I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog’s name. Then Í said, 'Does he bite?'. She said 'No.' And I said, 'Oh yeah? Then how does he eat? … Liar.'"
These are all excerpts from his genius program Person. But I think his most impressive work is the one that pretty much no one in America knows about. It's If I, a program he did for BBC Four after winning an Edinburgh comedy festival. Now, some of the jokes in this program are re-used in Person. However, there, they are basically short jokes, a step away from one-liners, very Steven Wright-esque (who he cites as his main influence). But in If I, which has never been released in DVD form, they are all a part of a story: Demetri's life story.
Demetri was and is basically a genius. He went to law school on a full scholarship and was a year away from graduating. But suddenly, against his family's wishes, he quit and pursued comedy. Thank God he did. In If I, he tells the story of the process of analyzing his life that led him to go from sneaking Mensa puzzles into class to using his intellegence to create the program that we have the pleasure of viewing. It makes you truly appreciate how much of a genius he really is, and how much of a leap of faith he actually had to make.
Click on this to see If I in its entirety, split up between six videos on YouTube. Since music is encorporated into the act, I'll also make it the song of the day.
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