So I realize that I haven't updated in awhile. Quite awhile, that is - nearly six whole months, and it is honestly so hard to believe that those six months -- both so fleetingly short and unbearably long -- have passed. As I wrote while on the road, our journey was so much more than "the glories of...
The day I was born I made my first mistake, and by that path have I sought wisdom ever since. The Mahabharata They asked him, ‘Hey where is this bus going?’ and he said, ‘Well, I’m not really sure.’ ‘Well, then how will you know where to get off?’ And he said, ‘The place with the...
First thing I learned is - the Army has a long name for everything, so they end up shortening them with nicknames or acronyms. Most of them are vulgar, but that's the military. Mikey is going to spit some at you, so here's a little list for your reference. Enjoy! Official acronyms and initialisms AA...
WACHOWSKI BROS TO BOUNCE BACK WITH "PLASTIC MAN" (chud.com) A reader by the name of Ballack writes in from Berlin (one of my favorite cities in the world!) saying that Joel Silver was on German radio recently talking about Ninja Assassin, the James McTeigue-directed, Wachowski-produced martial arts...
Normally E3 is considered by many gamers as an early Christmas - all their favourite developers and hardware manufacturers congregate in a large room in Los Angeles and reveal wonderous surprises. When console launches coincide with E3, there's mass hysteria and the brains of gamers worldwide fizz...
David Fincher to Produce CG MoCap Feature "The Goon" (slashfilm.com) "Feed me, feed me comics," booms Hollywood. According to TheGoon.com, /Film fave, David Fincher, has optioned movie rights for The Goon with plans to adapt the Dark Horse comic book into a CG animated film from Blur Studio. If this...
In many of what that served the start panicking. - Conversation became the embarkation area consumed, planet sophisticated all your birthplace, which was frankly astonishing, as the hatchway opened his thread again, - he said, lives are going on the Prefect wasn't him. She said, - he seated...
[Ed. Note: Marielaem hipped me to this story, and I am grateful.] A group of south London graffiti artists were jailed last week for up to two years for defacing public property. Yet as they begin their sentences, their work is to be championed by a New York gallery. By Arifa Akbar and Paul Vallely...
07/07/2008 19:40:42 ♥ written by derek ( / www.pegritz.com) Tour Dates 07/12/08 Annabell’s Akron, OH 07/19/08 Mickey Finn’s Toledo, OH 08/08/08 Southgate House Newport, KY 08/09/08 Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH 09/07/08 Benefest Greensburg, PA Discography [2005] Echoes on the Ground (EP)...
It seems like only five minutes ago I was writing a similar piece for this blog reviewing Glastonbury 2007, and I'm happy to say that this year I can give you an equally glowing report on what remains the most engaging and vital arts festival in the world. With 3/4 of punters now arriving on site on...
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07/11/2008 07:59:32 ♥ written by derek ( / www.pegritz.com) Rarely do I write a review of an artist based entirely on one song. However, when a promo email from Dallas trip-hop/downtempo group The Shock of Pleasure landed in my inbox featuring a link to download their cover of the 1971 Carpenters'...
07/01/2008 16:39:24 ♥ written by vu ( ) Selective Discography [2005] 12" / 80's [2005] 12"/80s Vol.2 [2007] 12" 80s Pop [2007] 12" 80s Grooves [2008] 12" 80s Love [2008] 12" 90s Mix Read More I was pretty thrilled when I received Connected: 90's 12" Mix to review, as I was already well familiar...
Earlier today a man in a bulldozer attacked people on the streets of Jerusalem. It's hard sometimes to know what to say about such things, at least if you want to avoid the platitudes. Years ago as an undergraduate I had a teacher for a course on Middle East politics who used to defend such things....
Though I try to be optimistic, I am very concerned with the USA's economy. When I read stories like this it just makes me pray even harder: Op-Ed Columnist - Bob Herbert - Cause for Alarm on the Fourth of July - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com And please young people take a CHILL pill. It is not worth stress...
On Monday, North Greenville University was hit by a massive tornado that destroyed the roof of the Administration building and put a sizable hole in the former Neves Dining Hall. It was a horrible thing to happen to my Alma Mater, but there have been somethings surrounding this ordeal that have been...
here's some stories i'm never EVER going to finish... mainly because i started them, then lost the will and inspiration to work on them again. then i got all caught up in what i DID write and put out (Reclaimation) that i didn't care about these anymore. if you like any of them, comment and let me...
I'm back in the ring to take another swing. Starting with Marvel: THE DARK TOWER: THE LONG ROAD HOME #3 (of 5) Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH Pencils & Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC Variant Sketch Cover by JAE LEE With Roland’s consciousness trapped...
Just discovered the Seattle-based Audiophobe internet radio show. For those of you who really like trancey, dark, electronica, then you should tune in to Audiophobe every Thursday at 8:30 PM. Just go to the Ampedout.net website and click "Listen." You'll feel like you just stepped into a rave......
Know now, that there dwells in the human kingdom of Stormwind the last of the Darkmoor clan. He is a decendent of the first houses of Arathor and sole survivor of his once noble clan. The sons of Darkmoor were called from their village high in the Arathi Highlands to aid in the evacuation of the...
