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Let Me In The Sounds...U2, Pasadena, 10/25/09

It seems fitting that U2, after spending most of the decade embracing its role as “the biggest band in the world,” would look to expand into space.

The Future

It is essay grading season, which means high schoolers trying to write. Remember, when editors don't pay writers, this is what you get.

"They all strived to be better than their piers..."

"I think if he/she takes life easy will beable to do anything they want therenot competing there just trying to get by in life."

"It may also affect who is laid" (end of essay)

"[People] who aren't abrehensive end up having nothing or close to nothing."

"...and the man in the dinner ate."

"Not all the time but sometimes it's good to be a little competitive in somethings like if you want to make a goal about you and someone else on getting a better grade."

Honor Amongst Thieves

Even when writing “straight” material, for publication, I have a fairly distinct voice. So when a theater company I used to be involved with relaunched this past summer (and summarily threw me out in a fit of pent-up rage for daring to ask a question unrelated to this topic) and put my writing up on its Web site, I had no trouble recognizing it – despite the hack job done to it in the name of “updating.”

Jarvis Cocker and the Curse of the One Hit (The Wiltern, July 27th)

In the spring of 1999, Young MC was the opening act of a concert at American University. Midway through his set, and reacting to the - to be polite - apathetic response of the crowd, he blurted out, "C'mon, y'all, I can't play 'Bust a Move' seven times."

Reviews: Away We Go, Whatever Works

(NOTE 1: I'm rusty.)
(NOTE 2: There aren't any big spoilers here, but if either of these films interest you, go see them before reading this anyway. Who the hell am I to tell you what to watch?)