Little Miss Sunshine

August 24th, 2006 at 8:11 pm (Uncategorized)

Little Miss Sunshine
Fox Searchlight; 2006
Rating: 9.4


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How does one even attempt to clean up chaos?

August 24th, 2006 at 4:47 pm (Uncategorized)

A brush
A broom
A mop
A pair of hands and more

A bag
A rake
A rag
Strong hands & backs galore

Have things gotten out of hand
With the destruction all around?
As hopeless as it all seems,
Can we maybe get some relief?

A push
A pull
A tug
A new set of eyes to see
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Sufjan Stevens — The Avalanche

August 22nd, 2006 at 8:01 pm (Uncategorized)

Sufjan Stevens
The Avalanche
Asthmatic Kitty; 2006
Rating #1: 7.4 (the album in its entirety)
Rating #2: 8.9 (the Chicago EP that I wish Sufjan would have released)


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The Brick Testament

August 22nd, 2006 at 5:08 pm (Uncategorized)




OK folks…. It has been a nice, full day of blogging, though I did get a good bit of work done on the job. Ahhhh…. The office…..

Anyway, if there’s one thing in the world that makes me happier, it’s the Legos that carried me through childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood (don’t ask me how many Star Wars-sanctioned Lego sets I have). Thus, I must present to you something that has made me even happier in the past few months (since I’ve used these images over at my Genesis Commentary Blog a few times recently). This wonderful guy, Brendon Powell Smith, has created this wonderful site entitled The Brick Testament, where he has re-enacted a great many scenes from the Old & New Testament using (you guessed it) Legos. In fact, he’s published three collections of his work so far — Genesis, the Story of Moses, and the Christmas Story. Go check his site out and see if you don’t laugh as much as I do. And if you’re so inclined, marvel along with me at the time & dedication it’s taken to create such wonderment.

ENJOY!

APN

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Radiohead — Kid A

August 22nd, 2006 at 9:40 am (Uncategorized)

Radiohead
Kid A
Columbia; 2000
Rating: 9.3

I bought a 12” Macintosh PowerBook G4 in July 2005. In so doing, my technological capacity leapt headfirst into the 21st century. It was rather startling actually. I went from owning and operating a 1997 Toshiba laptop what was running Windows 1998 (barely) to actually being proud of the computer that I owned. I went from crawling around on the World Wide Web to cruising along in First Class with all possible amenities on an intercontinental flight.

(And yes, all clichéd Information Superhighway metaphors will cease as of now.)
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