5 months ago
12.30.2009
The IPhone: perfect for stalking
I am not an IPhone user. This here is the dandy I got:
Suits me well. Anyway, this video is pretty entertaining.
Big ups to CharlesShoe for sending this one my way.
12.29.2009
13 Word Review: Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Directed by Sam Mendes
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
Geez that was a downer. Fifties-era repression + guilt + abortion = definitely not Titanic II.
Up next in the Netflix queue: Gomorrah
12.28.2009
Turn the Page
First of all, sorry for not posting anything this past week. But, hey, it was Christmas!
Anyway, some news. I got a new job! I'm leaving my newspaper job to work in health care reporting. I'm pretty excited about the change, so we'll see how it works out.
Posting may be light in the next few weeks as I transition into my new job, but then again maybe it won't be. I guess I'll leave you guessing.
Wish me luck.
12.23.2009
Jersey Shore caption contest results
And the winner is...BillFoxEveryone!
"Well, if you told me you were drowning
I would not lend a hand,"- Phil Collins
The answer incorporates Tyson's cameo in The Hangover, and also expresses a sentiment that many of us probably feel about the cast of Jersey Shore.
12.22.2009
Photo Caption Contest: Jersey Shore edition
So I've had a few of these contests, and people usually like them. Come up with a clever caption or quote, win a prize. YOU name the prize. The cap is $1 million worth of goods or services. Or something I already own that you may like.
In case you don't know, that's the cast of "Jersey Shore" (somehow) with Mike Tyson. If you haven't seen "Jersey Shore," quietly leave your desk, walk to your car, drive home, and turn on MTV.
Winner announced Wednesday. Good luck.
12.21.2009
My Case For: Love Actually
Every network has one or two ubiquitous, go-to, fill-the-void movies.
AMC = Rambo
BET = Beauty Shop, Belly
MTV = Scream
Comedy Central = How High, Orange County
TBS = Anything with Jim Carrey
For USA, that movie is Love Actually. I had never seen this movie (or even heard of it, maybe?) until a few years ago when I saw it on the aforementioned USA. It only made $59 million in the United States and Canada, and $239 million worldwide, ranking it behind such box office juggernauts as Crocodile Dundee II, Wild Hogs, and Cliffhanger.
So I gave it a shot. And I bawled like an eighth grade girl.
For the uninitiated, Love Actually is a series of interconnected stories about love (duh) and its effects on the characters.
There’s the newlyweds, the stand-in porn stars, the British-Portuguese couple, and a bunch more I can’t remember right now. Oh, and it’s set the five weeks before Christmas, so it’s full of caroling, gift buying, and holiday parties.
Anyway, yeah, I cried the first time, and I almost always cry a little when I see it. It’s a dumb movie, but one with a whole lot of heart.
Try watching it and not crying when Sam runs through the airport. It’s impossible.
12.17.2009
Thank you
So yesterday, this little site turned one. Dec. 16, 2008, I launched bradfordpearson.blogspot.com as a place to host some of my clips, and maybe rant about music or whatever.
It's now turned into something that I never envisioned: a hobby, and a time-consuming one at that.
23,585 visitors have been to the site in the past year, from places like New York, Maryland, and Slovakia.
So, thank you Slovakian reader. And everyone else. I try to tailor my posts to things I like AND you like, so if you have any suggestions send them along. If not, thanks for just reading.
12.16.2009
13 Word Review: Observe and Report
Observe and Report (2009)
Directed by Jody Hill
Starring Seth Rogen and Anna Faris
Bouts of hilarity strung together with an insipid, boring plot. Aziz kills though.
Up next in the Netflix queue: Revolutionary Road
12.15.2009
When your video game obsession begins to cloud your judgement
Mortal Kombat, worth a lifetime of humiliation whenever you go to the beach? Maybe.
Actually no, it's not worth it. Unless this tattoo is on the world's largest 11 year-old it's not worth it. But if this IS an 11 year-old, well done sir! You have not only skirted every state's tattoo laws, you have also given me a reason to smile.
Via Aziz.
12.14.2009
My Case For: rainy days
This is not a case against sunny days, but rather one simply FOR rainy days.
When it’s sunny out you feel bad about doing nothing. When it’s raining and you actually do something, it’s commendable.
“You went outside? Today? Well done, sir.”
The math on today’s rainy day was pretty simple:
Things I did because it was raining:
-eat cookies
-watch “Sunshine Cleaning”
-watch “Star Trek”
-watch football
-not move for four hours
Things I didn’t do today because it was raining:
-finish my pesky Christmas shopping
-wear different clothes than yesterday
-exercise
-move
Even if everything else equals out, cookies are always better than exercise, so rainy days win.
12.12.2009
The Top 100 Albums of the 00's: a wrap-up
So...what did I miss?
The last five albums out, in case anyone was wondering, were these:
Kanye West “808s and Heartbreak”
Jay Reatard “Blood Visions”
Jurassic 5 “Power in Numbers”
The Walkmen “Bows + Arrows”
Times New Viking "Rip It Off"
All good albums, just not Top 100 quality.
Anyway, some people have asked for a straight 100-1 list of the albums, so here it is. Thanks for putting up with this vanity project for the past week, too. I really enjoyed it.
100. Born Ruffians “Red, Yellow, and Blue”
99. The Hold Steady “Almost Killed Me”
98. Elliott Smith “Figure 8”
97. Arctic Monkeys “Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not”
96. Capone N Noreaga “The Reunion”
95. Clipse “Lord Willin’”
94. The Foreign Exchange “Leave it all Behind”
93. Bloc Party “Weekend in the City”
92. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah “Clap Your Hands Say Yeah”
91. Lupe Fiasco “Food and Liquor”
90. The Streets “A Grand Don’t Come For Free”
89. Q and Not U “No Kill Beep Beep”
88. Pinback “Blue Screen Life”
87. Japandroids “Post-Nothing”
86. Cut Copy “In Ghost Colours”
85. Crystal Castles “Crystal Castles”
84. Cat Power “The Greatest”
83. Rilo Kiley “The Execution of all Things”
82. Andrew WK “I Get Wet”
81. DJ Danger Mouse “The Grey Album”
80. The Hold Steady “Separation Sunday”
79. War on Drugs “Wagonwheel Blues”
78. Explosions in the Sky “All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone”
77. Daylight Brigade “(Spring,)”
76. Fleet Foxes “Fleet Foxes”
75. Deer Tick “Born on Flag Day”
74. MIA “Kala”
73.Los Campesinos “Hold On Now, Youngster”
72. Pete Yorn “musicforthemorningafter”
71. Silversun Pickups “Carnavas”
70.Lucero “That Much Further West”
69. Saves the Day “Stay What You Are”
68. No Age “Nouns”
67. Neko Case “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood”
66. Rihanna “Good Girl Gone Bad”
65. Jenny Lewis and Watson Twins “Rabbit Fur Coat”
64. Bright Eyes “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning”
63. Yo La Tengo “And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out”
62. Tanya Morgan “Brooklynati”
61. Matt and Kim “Grand”
60. Passion Pit “Chunk of Change”
59. Sigur Ros “()”
58. MGMT “Oracular Spectacular”
57. Spoon “Ga ga ga ga ga”
56. Death Cab For Cutie “We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes”
55. Girl Talk “Night Ripper”
54. Pedro the Lion “Control”
53. Lady Gaga “The Fame”
52. Ghostface Killah “Supreme Clientele”
51. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Fever to Tell”
50. The Flaming Lips “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots”
49. Animal Collective “Merriweather Post Pavilion”
48. Kanye West “Graduation”
47. Feist “The Reminder”
46. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists “Tyranny of Distance”
45. Jay-Z “Unplugged”
44. Gil Mantera’s Party Dream “Once Triangular”
43. The National “Alligator”
42. The Hold Steady “Stay Positive”
41. Common “Like Water For Chocolate”
40. New Pornographers “Twin Cinemas”
39. Spoon “Gimme Fiction”
38. Kanye West “Late Registration”
37. Justin Timberlake “Future Sex/Love Sounds”
36. Postal Service “Give Up”
35. The Shins “Oh, Inverted World”
34. Ryan Adams “Heartbreaker”
33. The Roots “The Tipping Point”
32. Radiohead “Kid A”
31. Taylor Swift “Fearless”
30. Outkast “Stankonia”
29. My Morning Jacket “It Still Moves”
28. Broken Social Scene “Broken Social Scene”
27. Jay-Z “The Blueprint”
26. Wilco “A Ghost is Born”
25. Kanye West “College Dropout”
24. The Thermals “The Body, The Blood, The Machine”
23. Talib Kweli “Quality”
22. Radiohead “In Rainbows”
21. Rilo Kiley “Takeoffs and Landings”
20. Bon Iver “For Emma, Forever Ago”
19. TV on the Radio “Dear Science”
18. The Killers “Hot Fuss”
17. Black Kids “Wizard of Ahhhs”
16. The National “Boxer”
15. My Morning Jacket “Z”
14. The Roots “Phrenology”
13. Modest Mouse “The Moon and Antarctica”
12. Arcade Fire “Funeral”
11. The Shins “Chutes Too Narrow”
10. Lil’ Wayne “Tha Carter III”
9. Ryan Adams “Gold”
8. LCD Soundsystem “Sound of Silver”
7. Vampire Weekend “Vampire Weekend”
6. Wilco “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”
5. Peter Bjorn and John “Writers Block”
4. The Strokes “Is This It”
3. Broken Social Scene “You Forgot It in People”
2. The Hold Steady "Boys and Girls in America"
1. Bloc Party “Silent Alarm”
12.10.2009
The Top 100 Albums of the 00's: 20-1
The rules are pretty simple: these are my favorite albums from the last 10 years. Not the best albums, or the most critically acclaimed, but my favorite. Also, there are no reissues or compilations. There is one live album.
I'll list 20 albums a day until we're done on Friday.
Without further ado, THE DEFINITIVE, MOST SUPER AMAZING LIST OF THE DECADE'S GREATEST ALBUMS (in my eyes).
For albums 100-81, go here.
For albums 80-61, go here.
For albums 60-41, go here.
For albums 40-21, go here.
20. Bon Iver “For Emma, Forever Ago”
Best song: “Skinny Love”
19. TV on the Radio “Dear Science”
Best song: “Crying”
18. The Killers “Hot Fuss”
Best song: “Jenny Was A Friend of Mine”
17. Black Kids “Wizard of Ahhhs”
Best song: “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You”
16. The National “Boxer”
Best song: “Fake Empire”
15. My Morning Jacket “Z”
Best song: “What a Wonderful Man”
14. The Roots “Phrenology”
Best song: “The Seed (2.0)”
13. Modest Mouse “The Moon and Antarctica”
Best song: “3rd Planet”
12. Arcade Fire “Funeral”
Best song: “Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)”
11. The Shins “Chutes Too Narrow”
Best song: “Kissing the Lipless”
10. Lil’ Wayne “Tha Carter III”
Best song: “A Milli”
9. Ryan Adams “Gold”
Best song: “Harder Now That It’s Over”
8. LCD Soundsystem “Sound of Silver”
Best song: “All My Friends”
7. Vampire Weekend “Vampire Weekend”
Best song: “Walcott”
6. Wilco “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”
Best song: “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart”
5. Peter Bjorn and John “Writers Block”
Best song: “Up Against The Wall”
4. The Strokes “Is This It”
Best song: “Someday”
3. Broken Social Scene “You Forgot It in People”
Best song: “Cause = Time”
2. The Hold Steady “Boys and Girls in America”
Best song: “Party Pit”
1. Bloc Party “Silent Alarm”
Best song: “This Modern Love”
Recommended song of the day: Bloc Party "This Modern Love"
(It would be kind of disingenuous if I didn't recommend the best song of my favorite album, wouldn't it?)
Note: Full wrap-up in tomorrow's post.
12.09.2009
The Top 100 Albums of the 00's: 40-21
The rules are pretty simple: these are my favorite albums from the last 10 years. Not the best albums, or the most critically acclaimed, but my favorite. Also, there are no reissues or compilations. There is one live album.
I'll list 20 albums a day until we're done on Friday.
Without further ado, THE DEFINITIVE, MOST SUPER AMAZING LIST OF THE DECADE'S GREATEST ALBUMS (in my eyes).
For albums 100-81, go here.
For albums 80-61, go here.
For albums 60-41, go here.
40. New Pornographers “Twin Cinemas”
Best song: “Twin Cinema”
39. Spoon “Gimme Fiction”
Best song: “Sister Jack”
38. Kanye West “Late Registration”
Best song: “Touch the Sky”
37. Justin Timberlake “Future Sex/Love Sounds”
Best song: “What Goes Around…”
36. Postal Service “Give Up”
Best song: “Clark Gable”
35. The Shins “Oh, Inverted World”
Best song: “Caring is Creepy”
34. Ryan Adams “Heartbreaker”
Best song: “Oh My Sweet Carolina”
33. The Roots “The Tipping Point”
Best song: “Guns Are Drawn”
32. Radiohead “Kid A”
Best song: “Everything in Its Right Place”
31. Taylor Swift “Fearless”
Best song: “Fifteen”
30. Outkast “Stankonia”
Best song: “BOB”
29. My Morning Jacket “It Still Moves”
Best song: “One Big Holiday”
28. Broken Social Scene “Broken Social Scene”
Best song: “(7/4) Shoreline”
27. Jay-Z “The Blueprint”
Best song: “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)"
26. Wilco “A Ghost is Born”
Best song: “Handshake Drugs”
25. Kanye West “College Dropout”
Best song: “Jesus Walks”
24. The Thermals “The Body, The Blood, The Machine”
Best song: “Here’s Your Future”
23. Talib Kweli “Quality”
Best song: “Get By”
22. Radiohead “In Rainbows”
Best song: “Jigsaw Falling Into Place”
21. Rilo Kiley “Takeoffs and Landings”
Best song: “Pictures of Success”
Recommended song of the day: Rilo Kiley "Pictures of Success"
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