By Chase on Nov 25, 2005 in Pop Culture | 1 Comment
That’s a scene from the over-the-top television series Nip/Tuck. I just watched this week’s episode (twice) and am now pretty much in love with liberal, multicultural, polysexual doublespeak.
But anyone who knew me could’ve told you that. I’m also going to Berlin in a few hours.
By Chase on Nov 22, 2005 in Pop Culture | 2 Comments
So, um, I’m in the middle of compiling my lists of top albums, etc., and Luis just linked me to a strangely intriguing (in that homophobic, insensitive sort of way) video about emo. I thought I’d share it with you.
By Chase on Nov 21, 2005 in Pop Culture | 3 Comments
Yup.
(And no, it wasn’t my first time.)
(But you can see photos here.)
By Chase on Nov 17, 2005 in Pop Culture | 2 Comments
So my review of Final Fantasy and Bobby Sandal went up on PopMatters today after a bit of editorial intervention that makes it (and especially the formerly-intellectual Saidian analysis) not-entirely-sensical. But that’s OK, because I did finally find a bootleg of FF’s cover of BP’s “TML”.
By Chase on Nov 15, 2005 in Quick Hits | 0 Comments
Well, I’ve said nice things about Mac Lethal about a million times before, but I’m going to say them again: for what he is, Mac Lethal put on a great rap show two years ago when I saw him. The following song knocked my socks off, although it admittedly loses a little of its [...]
By Chase on Nov 9, 2005 in Pop Culture | 0 Comments
In “Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down,†world-renowned expert Chase Martyn blogs important facts about things that are good or bad. In this installment, he covers Arrested Development’s Among The Trees.
By Chase on Nov 7, 2005 in Quick Hits | 0 Comments
On this night, I saw Lali Puna. Wow. Really, it was pretty cool. It was in a theater with seating, which changed things. But yeah. Wow.
Oh, and that is a picture of them (above).
By Chase on Nov 6, 2005 in Pop Culture | 0 Comments
Bored of reading about the Paris riots, Pat Tillman, China, or David Brooks? Then check out a few of the blogs that I read. (Incidentally, I’m thinking of setting up a list of links to sites I frequently read and sites that link to me; so, if you want to make the list, [...]
By Chase on Nov 6, 2005 in Pop Culture | 1 Comment
In “Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down,†world-renowned expert Chase Martyn blogs important facts about things that are good or bad. In this (the first) installment, he takes on the newly hyped Rogue Wave album, Descended Like Vultures.