a bit more of the old IN and OUT

IN                                                         OUT

Grey                                                    Black

Janelle Monae                                               Beyoncé
                        "RESIST"                                  "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN"

KenKen                                                    Sudoku

Butter                                                    Bacon

Cash                                                  PayPal

$200 Chromebook                              $1000 iPad Pro

FilmStruck                                            SeeSo

Dungeons & Dragons                          Game of Thrones

James Baldwin                                     Ta-Nehisi Coates

MET Opera                                     Terminal 5

Iced Americano                                   Ice Coffee 
Rasputin                                   Hamilton

Chartreuse                                        Bitters

               Snow                                              Snapchat      

The Best Article Listing 50 Best Anything You'll Read This Week...

Every other article on the web is a top 10 or 20 or 50 or whatever list, so it's no surprise that print newspapers and magazines are hitting the trend hard.

Thanks a lot, Buzzfeed.

That said, this week's cover story in THE VILLAGE VOICE is pretty darn fun.

Check out their picks of the fifty most New York City albums EVER.

And better yet, listen to selections from them on SPOTIFY below...





And,

hollywood games...

Last year I had a chance to tour the Universal Studios backlot. Ok, so it was the tram tour attraction with the cheesy Jaws section and the new King Kong experience.

But one thing that was kind of interesting is the little bungalow set up for toy manufacturer Hasbro. For those of you living under a community chest, Hasbro, has a permanent home on the Universal lot to develop their properties into big budget television series and movie franchises.

Battleship is their upcoming property they hope becomes the next Transformers. A lot of people think it's sure to sink.

Whatever the outcome, they've already put into production big screen adaptations of Risk, Stretch Armstrong and now shifted their Candy Land movie to Columbia Pictures under the poignant comedic eye of auteur Adam Sandler. You really can't make this shit up.

Here are a few games I wouldn't mind seeing movies. All log-lines and ideas © 2012 Todd Sokolove.

COOTIE

A gang of misfit kids accidentally bioengineers a new race of super-strong, fast-multiplying six legged bugs. Super 8 meets Starship Troopers.

PARCHEESI

In ancient India, a ruthless villain pursues a legendary magic diagram that can bring immortality to its possessor. A disastrously failed attempt lands him in the 21st century, where he soon discovers the pattern on a family board game. Ben Kingsley stars in this time-travel comedy.

HAWAIIAN PUNCH

When the secret recipe for the delicious original flavor of Hawaiian Punch goes missing, it's up to a crack team of spies to uncover a dangerous mission that spans all eight of Hawaii's islands. Product placement and game adaptation collides in this fast paced caper.

WHICH WITCH?

Eli Roth brings to the screen a twisted tale of a school bus filled with children captured by a clan of carnivorous witches. When the kids are put under a psychotic spell, they must use their wits, as any one of them could be a witch in disguise.

MR. MOUTH

Michael Fassbender plays a popular gigalo who's street cred is badly jeopardized after jaw-surgery forces him off the job for months. NC-17

where are thosegrateful dead bears when you need them...

As a fifteen year resident of New York City, where nearly 75% of vehicles is yellow, expensive and deadly, I have to admit, I am a little out of the loop on the latest trends in car accessaries. I believe I last owned a car when Garfield was a suctioned doll, rather than an annoying CGI fail with the voice of Bill Murray.

So, I'm a bit thrown off by the family decals on cars I see in the suburbs, as pictured below...
















This is the dumbest thing I've seen on a car since I learned your kid was on the honor roll last month. I'd rather see a thousand more Jesus fish on bumpers than to be subjected to these stick-figure representations of family grandiloquence.

Then finally, last season, Dexter pointed out the complete and utter stupidity of these stickers by pointing out any given serial killer can use the icons to their benefit—especially when the a kid's name is placed under their avatar. Too bad that show had a limited audience. I think it would take an Oprah to point out the dangers of showcasing your family profile, not to mention name, on your vehicle.

In what's the most ridiculous related story of all, Beware of the Blog has obtained this exclusive look into what really set off Tiger Wood's wife...