treat yourself...

I'm completely obsessed with HBO's in Treatment, and FINALLY the first season is available on DVD and on iTunes.

I can now also stop seeing my therapist for the treatment of separation anxiety as the Second Season is coming soon!
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this is almost as good as our new podcast...

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while wearing the cloths of my dreams
i had noontime in my pants...

Favorite spammed email messages from this weekend...




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BEWARE OF THE BABYLON
FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY PODCAST

We're back, and here to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the BEWARE OF THE BABYLON podcast. So let us be your Freak-a-zoid and wind you up.

Podcasting itself is four years and a day old, so come celebrate with us and listen in on these fascinating topics:

• Does Obama have a "dark side?"

• What costume will get Rachel to Comic Con?

• What's that shape in men's underwear and does it occur in bras too?

• What's the key to beating these hard economic times and how much will it cost?

As alway, this and every BEWARE OF THE BABYLON podcast can be automatically downloaded from iTunes here.
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because Knowing is half the battle...


I'm usually defending bad movies on ForcesofGeek.com, but since I also have a LOVE for bad movies in general, I can't resist urging everyone to see what is easily the best worst movie in years - KNOWING, now in theatres.

Remember how The Happening was an incoherent mess? Now, imagine if it had at least been an entertaining mess.

Well, Knowing is so damn entertaining, you'll either completely overlook how bad it is or you may end up with red slap marks on your face from constant shock over its inept plot.

Undefendable offenses include:

• Alex Proyas' involvement with the project.

• The low-budget feel Summit Entertainment seems to excel at lately.

• Way over-ambitious special effect sequences that probably didn't even seem plausible as storyboards.

• EXTREMELY violent/catastrophic disasters played out on film (Disaster Porn anyone?)

• Reducing actual historical disasters to mythic “significance”

• Simultaneous plot lifting from The Number 13 and Final Destination

• Nicholas Cage's latest awesomely frantic performance dialed in from his home. There’s plenty of screaming, punching and sudden EMPHASIS ON DIALOGUE that only Cage can pull off. He’s become the new Al Pachino. HOOOO AAAHHH.
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Worst reactions to the AIG mess
(so far)...


SEE IF YOU CAN MATCH THE REACTION WITH THE SOURCE...

REACTION
1. Give us back the money. Okay, at least half?

2. You cheat, Dr Jones!

3. Hey no fair. That money was for stimulating purposes only!

4. Damn, that's some cold shit right there.

5. Gotcha suckas!!


SOURCE

a. President Obama

b. Edward Liddy

c. Bernie Madoff

d. Greedy Bastard

e. Short Round
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we're down with app...

Apple's gone out of their way to make the iTunes Application Store the pivotal reason to own an iPhone or iPod Touch.

Consumer's have gone out of their way to make these the top free downloads currently from the store...


I've gone out of my way to stay clear of anyone who's downloaded any of these apps.
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what indeed...


We changed the face of Union Square.

What will happen there now with both us and Circuit City leaving at the same time?


- Virgin Entertainment Group North America CEO Simon Wright commenting on the Virgin Megastore as a key force in revitalizing the Union Square area, which 10 years ago was filled with bargain stores and pot dealers.
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the end is the beginning is the end...

I'm sure you remember Billy Corgan as the lead singer of Smashing Pumpkins, or from his popular career as a child actor on Small Wonder, but now little Billy is all grown up and making suit-and-tie performances on Capitol Hill.

Speaking out today in favor of a bill that requires broadcasters to compensate all performers of radio airplay of their music (as opposed to the publishers being paid out), Corgan apparently started smashing chairs and tables much to the shock and awe of Congress. Okay, so that didn't exactly happen, but Billy Corgan in a suit and tie makes me feel really old, and that's my version of it.

When a major artist from a major label has to suit up and go to Washington to challenge an 80 year old practice, you know the model is changing big time. As more and more record stores close (RIP Virgin) and as Ticketmaster holds the will of music fans in their death grip, the music industry gets closer to the flip side. Of course Corgan also recently spoke out in favor of Ticketmaster, as his new BFF.

I'd have a little faith if Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff wasn't the Smashing Pumpkins' manager.

It's all connected. Support Indie Rock.
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savings the day...

Even though they cut the scene out of the movie, in the comic Night Owl II served coffee aboard his ship to his rescued Manhattanites.

Get your official WATCHMEN coffee here and use the code WATHCMEN at checkout for a dollar off...
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cats rule...

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life stories...

Pay very close attention to the opening of this trailer for 500 Days of Summer.

This is exactly how Craig and I met.

Sort of.

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lomo deux...

Click on the CAUTION photo below to see all my latest Lomography photos. Much happier with the results this round...
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a tree grew in manhattan...

Fans of Kiehls Pear Tree Corner products (myself included) have probably noticed the story behind the tree that once stood at the corner of 13th and 3rd Avenue here in Manhattan...
But even cooler is the original 1862 article from Harpers Magazine that gives the full lore of the land. Click here to check that out.
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blimey!

Here's another strange omission from the Oscars this year.

It just occurred to me that next to Oscar snubbing The Boss for his amazing song The Wrestler from the film of the same name, the Academy completely flipped two fingers up to Australia as well.

Ophelia of the Spirits' By the Boab Tree is a beautiful song from the end credits, which uses the David Hirschfelder score (derived itself from Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze). While there's no official soundtrack to the film (which is almost unheard of for a Baz Luhrmann production), you can get the full "sample" soundtrack from iTunes here.

The movie's out on DVD now, and worth checking out, especially if you have a large screen TV and possibly Blu Ray to do it justice.
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just bid it...

What do naked Egyptian goddess portraits, pinball machines, those tacky bronze children sculptures, and authentic Disney animation cells have in common? They're just a few of the hundreds of items in the Juliens Michael Jackson Auction on April 22. But you can check out the catalog in advance here.

Flipping through the collected crap from the king of pop is as exciting as it is depressing. I want the gold-plated monkey sign.
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