e! To further justify my review of the new Nine Inch Nails album, you can listen to With Teeth free right here courtesy of the Monkey Diaries. While the sound quality of my little player pales in comparison to what you’d get if you downloaded the entire album from a p2p network, you’ll still get an … Read more
As hard as it is to believe, sometimes being outside, even on Maui, isn’t a good idea. The sun hangs over your head like a guillotine just waiting for you to stick your neck out. At those times, you find indoor pursuits that offer relief from the heat and the tourists. A good place to … Read more
“I’m built for comfort, I’m built for speed, got everything a good girl needs!” Those are the lyrics to a modern blues song written by Ry Cooder and performed by Joe Seneca for the movie Crossroads. I’m a fan of The Blues in case you didn’t know. I like The Blues for many reasons, but … Read more
I curse like a whore with tourettes, but when I was a kid, my dad forbid cursing in the house. Like anyone who lives under the soul crushing weight of authority, once free of the bonds of supervision, I experimented heavily. My favorite curse word these days is cocksucker. According to Wikipedia.org, cocksucker is considered … Read more
Douglas Adams created all the various manifestations of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (THGTTG), which started life as a BBC Radio 4 series. Since its first airing in March 1978, it has been presented as a series of best-selling novels, a TV series, a record album, a computer game and several stage adaptations. It … Read more
I think everyone has moments of extreme clarity. You could be walking down the street and realize, albeit to late, that you just hurt someone’s feelings and the relationship will never recover. Or you can be in a meeting with your boss and your bosses’ boss and offer a clever answer that not only makes … Read more
Just came back from watching The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy and need to digest what I’ve just seen to really offer anything remotely resembling a review. Was it good? Was it bad? Was it somewhere in between? You’ll just have to wait and find out.
Living in San Francisco for 12 years did introduce me to something you may not have come in contact with where you live. The “healer.” Not much better than the sanctimonious televangelists that populate sunday morning TV, healers (anyone who consideres themselves one) are everywhere in the Bay area. Well here on Maui, you can’t … Read more
Top Ten Films I Want To See 10. the adventures of shark boy and lava girl in 3D 09. kicking and screaming 08. mindhunters 07. unleashed 06. rize 05. dust to glory 04. cronicas 03. mr. & mrs. smith 02. lords of dogtown and the number one film I want to see is… 01. batman … Read more
I tend to get burned out on occasion. This last week being one of those times. It isn’t that I didn’t have things to write about: a broken finger, a run-in with a friend with whom I no longer speak, the new pope, tree-huggers writing me about my previous post. A few weeks ago, I … Read more