omfg...

Why does all the good stuff always happen during the Jewish High Holidays? Gossip Girl is taping on my street tomorrow and Tuesday, which I would probably go straight to Hell for picking over Rosh Hashanah services. That is, if Jews believed in Hell of course.

And, spoiler alert. I believe the GG location shoot in Hell's Kitchen can only mean Serena gets punched in the face by a crack-head later in the season. Hope she's wearing the traveling pants when it happens.

the official beware of the blog
fall 2008 mix mp3...

It's time for this year's official
BEWARE OF THE BLOG FALL MIX 2008

Play the mix right now on the new iPod Nano...




Or take it on the run baby and RIGHT click here for the MP3 file..

TRACKS INCLUDE:
Family Tree tv on the radio
Nocturnal Me echo and the bunnymen
Where We Are neverending white lights
Too Much of Nothing general public
Dead Giveaway shalimar
Mr. Brightside jacques lu cont remix
Jetstream (live) new order
Someone New eskobar & eva dahlgren

just when i thought i was out
they pull me back in...

Here's the reason I may have to go Blu-Ray very soon, or at least pray to the Mac gods that the new laptops coming in October will have Blu-Ray in 'em...

THE GODFATHER: THE COPPOLA RESTORATION more than makes up for Youth Without Youth. Hell, kind of even makes up for Captain Eo.

Check out the amazing website Paramount has put together to promote the second boxed set I've had to rebuy in the past 2 years.

hoedowns and horas...


I've just returned from my childhood friend Caryn's wedding, which I have to say now wins the award for most unique wedding I've ever attended.

Now that I'm a Jew among many in New York, I often find it hard to explain that, yes, there are other chosen people spread throughout the country, and some even live in the midwest. And while Ann Arbor certainly has an amazing Jewish community that I'm proud to have grown up in, I don't think anything could prepare me for Caryn's farm wedding complete with bluegrass band, chickens, hay, wheelbarrows and more organic/locally grown/fair trade food than my body should ever have to digest ever again.

As Woody Allen noted about relationships "they're totally irrational, and crazy, and absurd, and... but, uh, I guess we keep goin' through it because, uh, most of us... need the eggs." Caryn and Matt will most definitely have eggs to last a lifetime. Both figuratively and literally.

Mazel Tov, y'all...



PS - If you're looking for some really unique baby gifts or even want to pamper yourself with all-natural, homeopathic products, check out Caryn's website ARTEMISIA!

spoiler alert...

I just got back from a preview test screening of TERMINATOR: SALVATION, the much anticipated prequel to the Terminator trilogy.

Generally, I hate spoilers, but I can't believe the direction they went with the film, and I feel the need to share the plot with my readers.

In the year 2018, the lucrative technology corporation called Skynet continues to be run by former president Cindy McCain. When a series of malfunctions on military weaponry supplied by the organization turns on its operators, a conspiracy is revealed going back to the formation and funding of Skynet. Cindy is really Syn-D, an android prototype hellbent on the destruction of mankind. Now, only serial killer Patrick Bateman is Earth's last hope for the salvation the movie title promises.

In theatres 2009.

this is the end, friend...

Apparently, I've been so busy in my office this past week that I completely missed a group of midgets in Chucky costumes walking around my hood. That would have scared the shit of me.

Anyway, it's for the 20th Anniversary of CHILD'S PLAY, now on DVD. That makes me feel really old. Does this mean I am too old to play with murderous dolls?

politics aside...

You'll recall my non-endorsement for Obama earlier in the year. At the time I was under the delusion that Bill Richardson had a chance at being the Democratic forerunner. Now I realize he has a better chance being the spokesman for Chipotle.

And, as I am not yet ready to endorse either candidate for President, I just want to be perfectly clear that any reader of this blog that thinks Sarah Palin should be allowed anywhere near the White House is clearly a Nazi. Or some sort of book-banning, evangelical nut-case. I wouldn't even let Palin on the White House tour if I had that power. There's a nice Caribou Coffee across the street I'm sure she'd feel a lot more at home in. Bring your own Caribou optional...

the british invasion...

It's taken nearly 5 years, but America finally gets its very own Little Britain series this month on HBO. First 10 minutes on view here...

back to school...

I wanted to give a shout out to Pete, a long time reader of this blog who is starting 11th Grade this Fall.

High School is one of the most exciting times of your life, and I'd like to share my top 10 favorite memories of High School...

Top 10 favorite High School movies of all time in no particular order:



forget the lipstick wearing pitbull...

What's the difference between Sara Palin's voice and a popular SNL character?

Lipstick.

BEWARE OF THE BABYLON
Wonder Wheel Coney Islandcast

We are live on tape from one of the
very scary shifting cars of the world famous
Coney Island Wonder Wheel
on this very special
BEWARE OF THE BABYLON

Take a virtual ride with Rachel and Todd as they:


* Scream like little bitches, while trying to podcast

* Gorge on Russian cuisine that will haunt them for days

* Swim in the live-active culture that is Brighton Beach

* Avoid buying bootleg DVDs of current movies (mainly because they didn't have Hamlet 2)

As alway, this and every BEWARE OF THE BABYLON podcast can be automatically downloaded from iTunes here.

Or listen right this very second on our custom player...