At my previous job, we had the worst staff meetings in the world. They took up an entire morning or afternoon – I have blocked out what time of day they took place – and really accomplished almost nothing. I figured out a way to survive them after a while. I would buy a really […]
The band has played three legs on the show, and I already wonder if I have died and gone to heaven. Because these are set lists that just defy earthly thinking. Last night in L.A., they not only played Pretty Persuasion, they opened with it. Two Three songs later, they played Sitting Still. I shit […]
I know Memorial Day is set aside for us to honor the troops. I totally respect that even though I value the day more because it gives me a nice four-day week. I just have one question: What does denying people breakfast have to do with the troops? My wife worked today so I promised […]
Because I live about an hour from my job, the people I work with don’t get to see all sides of me. I try to get involved socially as much as I can, but not as much as I might like. I just can’t see staying late to have fun with my friends instead of […]
Tonight’s the night. I know the band has played a few live shows already, but R.E.M. starts its summer tour for real tonight in Vancouver. To say I am excited is an understatement. I won’t get my chance to see them for a couple of weeks, but I will pore over tonight’s set list to […]
A few weeks ago, I sat in my basement, drinking a beer and watching D.C. United play. I don’t know which game it was because they have pretty much all melded into one great big ball of suck at this point. I looked at the TV and said, to no one because I was all […]
As we drove to my in-law’s for Mother’s Day, Maria flipped around the radio to find something she wanted to hear. At one point, she got frustrated. “What is this, Stevie Nicks Day?” I should have sympathized her because we kept finding bad songs. There was only one problem – none of them were by […]
One of the greatest crimes of the last 20 years is the decline of the music video. MTV has turned into a shell of itself with horrible “reality” shows designed to feed the egos of vapid youngsters eager to shock the world. Should I have prefaced that with [cranky old man]? Anyways, I previously mentioned […]
I don’t know what to say about this video. I grew up a Baltimore Orioles fan, but don’t follow the team much anymore. Part of it is a busier lifestyle. Part of it is my gravitation towards soccer. But a lot of it is the absolutely shitty way Peter Angelos has run the team. When […]
I don’t know who to blame for not letting the Buzz Bissinger-Will Leitch “debate” die. Bissinger hasn’t shut up, trying to explain over and over again that his point still stands, but he shouldn’t have been such a dick. I say, if you have to be such a dick in the first place, it kind […]