Been awhile since I posted… Saw the 25th anniversary re-release of Back To The Future a few weeks ago. Â Still holds up and still the best. Â Noticed this time around that in many of the 1955 scenes George McFly has his shirt only tucked in on one side, which reminded me of Daniel Faraday from…
Someone Else is Rediscovering Pavement
The best love letter to a band disguised as a letter to your past self (or is it vice versa?) that I have ever read: Wait, You’ve Never Heard: Pavement — Brighten The Corners My favorite quote: “There’s a magic to the moment you finally love a band, and anyone who says he or she was with…
Expiration Date = TP Remake?
Just finished reading an awesome novel featuring: A recently unemployed journalist who goes back in time A musician father in the past Time travel that works by just thinking hard about a specific date An inability to visit the same date twice Being ghost-like and invisible to most people while back in time Always traveling…
#1 Record
While trying to convince Jon Mack to listen to A Love Extreme by Benji Hughes last week I mentioned that it had taken over my favorite album of all time slot. He immediately pushed back that it was a little early for such a bold claim, citing that Music by 311 was once a favorite…
Synopsis
Couldn’t have described it better myself. (via ChaCha.com)
I Write Like
I spent some time playing around with the  “I Write Like” website using various snippets from my writing.  Check out the results below.  Never realized how wide my range was or the company I kept. Bowling Alley Scene (Chapter 2 of TP) I write like P. G. Wodehouse I Write Like by Mémoires. Analyze your…
I Went With Some Friends to See Benji Hughes…
…it was the greatest show I ever saw. I’ve been dying to see Benji Hughes live since discovering him back in October via an article in The Believer magazine that sat unread on our coffee table for several weeks. By the time I got around to reading it and listening to his album I learned…
Apophenia
Some things I’d like to think took inspiration from Timely Persuasion, but probably didn’t: LOST – “Across The Sea” The recent “Across the Sea” episode of LOST features two nameless main characters. Â The only named character in TP is Nelson, the alleged bad guy. But is he really bad? Â The only named character in this…
Coachella Recap
A little late, but here’s a quick band by band breakdown of Coachella weekend. You’ll notice no Friday update. Â That’s because after 2.5+ hours in traffic we were still miles away from the parking lot and decided to abort until the next day. Â So no Perry Farrell, She & Him, The Specials, Them Crooked Vultures,…
Name Dropped on Daily OM
Odd… http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2/2010/22950.html Should I be flattered? Do I get royalties? Seriously, it does feel like it could really be a TP reference directed at the narrator in regards to how he handles the sister situation. And I list the release date of the book (Feb 29) as the “birthday” on MySpace, which would be a…