Oh, yeah. We’ve totally got it. Yes, we went and saw the movie (Never Say Never). Yes, it’s because we have a six year old. OK, fine. That’s a lie. Our kid is really not that into Justin Bieber. But it seemed like a fun way to pass a couple hours on a Sunday. And [...]
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Thursday favorite things: A TV show, a few movies, some music.
Oh Winter! I’m gonna keep this short: Modern Family I know I’m a year late coming to this awesome show. But it’s my new favorite TV series. (fyi, this recognition changes several times a year). I didn’t really get into it until Thanksgiving when my sister forced me to watch a couple episodes. And damn, [...]
After we die
Funerals are in the air today, what with the memorial in Tucson for the victims of that shooting. I recently attended a funeral. The person who died was a very lovely man. He lived to be 78. He was still too young to die as his mind and body were relatively agile until the last [...]
Mixmas 2010 – the embarrassing version
If you’re keeping up here, you might be aware that there are two parts to this year’s Fawcett/Honeycups mixmas. Part one, released last week, was an expansive showcase of our unassailable impeccably exquisitely awesome taste. Part two is quite the opposite. Here we open up and let you see the underside. No pretense. No holding [...]
The 2010 Mixmas
Wow! Another year done already. And another Fawcett/Honeycups year-end mix. Here it is. With an obligatory explanation. As you all know, due to a mental lesion, I suffer from this compulsion to shape my mixes according to some loose organizing principle. My mixes have taken on a variety of themes. Music for arriving at airports, [...]
Potentially funny or mean spirited?
From the New York Times: ‘Book of Mormon’ Announces Cast and Designers By ERIK PIEPENBURG “The Book of Mormon,” the first Broadway musical from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of “South Park,” has found its Mormons. Josh Gad, a correspondent on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” and Andrew Rannells (“Jersey Boys”) will [...]
Punctuating a text.
“The medium is the message!” “Form is content.” “Fuck off…” “No” When I first started writing for this blog close to five years ago, I barely texted. It was a pain in the ass. The iPhone hadn’t been invented. But today, I text 10 times more than I talk on the phone or email. In [...]
Song of the summer
For several years running there has been, by common consent among friends, an official/unofficial, sometimes disputed, song of the summer. After an extended email conversation recently with a beloved former contributor (he who shall not be named), I decided to collect a few nominations. Past songs of the summer have been big and epic with [...]
Farrell Fawcett’s urban index
I live in Philadelphia. In the past six weeks I’ve traveled to San Francisco, New York, Washington DC, Baltimore, and Los Angeles. (Considering the coastal clustering of these cities, it’s not much of a feat.) But those are 7 of America’s top 20 cities. And it got me thinking about an old conversation. Really it’s [...]
