Patrick’s 20 Favorite Albums of the Decade
Alright, so by popular demand (read: one person asked off-handedly) I have put down my list of favorite albums of the past decade. I am very careful on these lists to say favorite because I am not claiming this or that is the best. Music is so deeply personal I would never presume to declare [...]
Continue reading...Patrick’s 20 Favorite Movies of the Decade
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Okay so here is how I did this: I went down a list of all the movies released in the past decade and wrote down the ones that I really liked a lot. Not the ones that I liked okay or that I found a bit amusing but really liked. Then I realized that the [...]
Continue reading...Patrick’s 10 Least Favorite Movies of 2009
Thursday, December 31, 2009
As good of a year as 2009 was it had its fair share of stinkers. There were a lot of movies out that looked terrible but that I didn’t see, like Bride Wars or Confessions of a Shopaholic, but there were plenty I did for reasons I can’t really explain. Some were movies I thought [...]
Continue reading...Patrick’s 10 Favorite Movies of 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
2009 turned out to be a great year for movies. In the past I have struggled to put together a top 10 list of movies I thought were truly great. This year it was difficult to choose just 10. There are a lot of movies that I would have liked to mention because I really [...]
Continue reading...More Proof Women Like Assholes or Edward Cullen Is a Douche
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Before we get to this I have to issue a disclaimer/warning. The following article will feature spoilers of major plot points in the Twilight Series and will do so with a level of contempt previously unheard of outside of the average review for a Michael Bay film. If you don’t want to have things [...]
Continue reading...Alcohol Related Death: It Isn’t Just For Motor Vehicles Anymore or Guns Don’t Kill People but They Make It Easier
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Old Tucson Studios slogan has long been ’12 Miles and 100 Years From Town’ but as of September 30th, you are only going to have to go to your local bar to transport yourself back to the old west.
Yes that is right, it is now legal to carry concealed firearms in bars in Arizona. And [...]
Pirates Aren’t Just On the Water or Why Livenation is Now Dead to Me
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
A week ago I went to the NIN/JA tour, a farewell tour for Nine Inch Nails and a reunion tour for Jane’s Addiction. As I sit and reflect on just how good the show was, and it was great, I am still, a week later, having to lean to one side due to the enormous [...]
Continue reading...My Trip to the County Fair or Nine Dollars for an Indian Taco? REALLY?
Monday, May 4, 2009
I’ve been going to the fair since I was a little kid. Nothing profound there but I have always been somewhat mystified by the experience and I look forward to it every year. It had been a few years since I had been and I was really bummed to miss it last year so I [...]
Continue reading...Burnin’ Up for Your Love or My Trip to the Free Clinic
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
There was a time in this country when all you needed to constitute safe sex was a vasectomy and a 5th of vodka. Sure, there were STDS, but a quick dose of penicillin would sort you right out and you could get back to distribute your man juice like some kind of sexual Johnny Appleseed. [...]
Continue reading...Getting Caught Smoking Pot on Film: It’s Not Just for Kristen Stewart Anymore
Monday, February 9, 2009
Okay, so by now everyone has heard about Olympic swimming sensation Michael Phelps hitting the bong. The above picture surfaced earlier in the week and has thrown Phelps’ life into disarray. He’s apologized, lost endorsements and has now been suspended from competition for three months all because he smoked marijuana. In the media blitz that [...]
Continue reading...I Am Not Looking for the Holy Grail but Walmart Seems to Think I Am
Saturday, January 31, 2009
It is a well known fact that our country is currently in dire straights economically. There are many reasons for this from unchecked corporate spending to bad tax policies but I think one reason that is overlooked is the fact that shopping is a huge pain in the ass and stores never have what you [...]
Continue reading...Grandmaster Phoenix or How To Throw Your Career and Integrity Away in One Swift Motion
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Far be it from me to disparage someone’s dream. We all have dreams. One of mine is to somehow be financially solvent after two divorces and a devastated job market. Another is to make that money doing something I love instead of doing something I hate like retail, food, or putting up with assholes with [...]
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
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