The Ettes! And Robert Christgau. And me. Agree. About The Ettes!

27 January 2010

Last week I got to sit in the third row of an Ettes show the night before their real show. They were brilliant. Apparently Robert Christgau sort of agrees with me. Also apparently they’re making a video, possibly based on a great work of film art. Paging casting!

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Conan’s short goodbye

23 January 2010

It makes sense that a comedy writer would be able to navigate the difference between irony, satire, cynicism and just plain snark. From the end of Conan O’Brien’s last show: To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of [...]

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South Pasadena with Mateo & Ilsa

17 January 2010

Let me just say that I know more than my fair share of people whose ages are in the single digits who are nonetheless more fluent than me in succulents, natives, and botany of southern California. But for sheer brainpower Ilsa & her son Mateo take the cake.

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