plug o' the week - november 3-7, 2008

holy crackers!

another week already? what the snap is up with that?

this is why i'm tired. this week felt like two days. and then some.

oh. i'm also tired because i had to watch a three year old last night. it's not so much a physical tired as it is a mental tired. man. she made me feel foolish a great deal. sheesh.

anyway, enough of my old age and the greater intelligence of a three year old. on to the plugs. woot!


film plug o' the week -



young@heart.
so the girlfriend and i had been looking forward to this. it's a documentary on an older chorus from massachusetts who sings rock songs and pop songs. wow. this may have been one of the best documentaries and/or films i've seen this year. it was funny, heartfelt, sad and had some amazing music in it. i never knew coldplay could make me cry. and yes, i cried. i mean, not like sobbing tears and snot, but one little tear would drop out. somehow it'd find its way. stoopid tearducts. seriously though, if you like old people and good music, this is the film for you.


music plug o' the week -



way to normal - ben folds.
mmmmm. ben folds. what this man does with a piano is silly. he makes beautiful music and then sings about hookers, crazy people and throws in cursing randomly. obviously, if you're mad crazy against cursing, don't listen to him, but he does it in such a natural and undramatic way that it just seems to roll off the tongue. he doesn't seem to do it to be like, 'hey! i'm cursing! yay!' his fun songs are fun. his beautiful songs are beautiful. the songs i really dig from this new album are 'hiroshima', 'you don't know me', 'cologne', 'free coffee', and 'effington'. hehehheheh. effington. shooo.


television plug o' the week -


er.
this one is in honor of the passing of michael crichton who came up with this show. it's also in honor of the fact that this show has been on for frakkin' fifteen years. that's insane on all the levels. i'm not saying this show is still as great as it was back in the day, but i still find it entertaining. i've kinda watched it on and off since george clooney left. he was the big draw. we all know about that. but i always enjoyed noah wyle's 'carter' who i think is actually the main character of the show. it always followed him from day one. even though he hasn't really been around the last couple years, i'm excited that he's coming back to finish off the series. also, they brought john stamos on board. that man and his stoopid amazing hair. he pretty much looks like he did 20 years ago. how that's even fair, i'll never know. grr. that hair. fist shaking. so, rest in peace, michael crichton and thank you for the science and the fiction that you brought into the world, including jurassic park, the andromeda strain and the first great train robbery. rest in peace er. it's been a long road.


that thar be the end of the plugs for this week.

sorry for all the old talk.

happy november, yo.

groove.