(Re)listening to Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine is, for those who have no idea, angry-sounding music for angry-thinking people.
August 2008
Wine, Dan Aykroyd style
One reason to opt for $15 wine instead of $8 wine? It’s branded by Dan Aykroyd. I know nothing about wine/Chardonnay, but I’m 99.9% sure it is supposed to consist of grapes, and I’m pretty certain this stuff was made out of apple juice boxes (well, the contents thereof) and vodka, because that’s what it…Read More
Dark Knight
After seeing Dark Knight, I am both filled with a desire to watch the first Batman movie, and also to sign one of those petitions that are going around to give Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar.
The Caliph’s House
“The more insane the artist, the better he knows his craft. It will take time to find a truly disturbed team to work here at the Caliph’s House.” – p. 144 The Caliph’s House revolves, fittingly, around the Caliph’s House – a sprawling, disused mansion in Casablanca which travel writer Tahir Shah buys after escaping…Read More
A Series of Unfortunate Events
“I will raise these orphans as if they were actually wanted… Anyway, where do I sign for the fortune? I mean, children.”