The question of motivation is a tricky thing. Our own motivations are often not transparent to us. Another person’s motivations are often even harder to figure out, although just as often we have a clearer view of others than they do of themselves.
And then there’s the Bush administration — or to accept Billmon’s theory-laden phrase, […]
Gentleman Reg, Alex Lukashevsky, and Final Fantasy @ Tonic, 6/24
Jason Collett, Buck 65, and Feist @ Central Park SummerStage, 6/25
(w/ a brief reference to Sunset Rubdown and Frog Eyes @ Mercury Lounge, 5/22)
Critics and fans of the (now years-old news) Canadian indie rock renaissance sometimes draw a line between The Arcade Fire and Broken Social […]
“It looks like a frog.”
“It does not look like a frog.”
“Yeah it does. Look, this piece of chicken is one leg; these pieces are the other legs.”
“And I don’t think dinner is supposed to leak.”
My son lifted the paper plate and although the quesadilla stayed put, a thin grey line of grease trickled to the […]
About a year ago, I read about some local kids who were shooting a super-low budget sitcom about a fictional bar down here in South Philly. It sounded promising. “I’ll have to check that out,” I remember thinking. But then I never got around to watching an episode. In fact, I didn’t even notice when […]
Someone very close to me recently learned that the child she is carrying has a condition called trisomy 13, otherwise known as Patau syndrome. It’s a chromosomal disorder that results in severe developmental defects, and isn’t as rare as you might think. Most people probably haven’t heard of it (unlike trisomy 21, otherwise […]