Changes in Format

There has been a shift in the way I blog. The site has been focused more on the Daily section. The Brief Commentary (my short reviews) has merged into other appropriate categories (Book, Film and Music). I find that writing blurb is better for the web. The format inspired by Rhapsody, Amazon‘s Editorial Reviews, and New Yorker‘s Briefly Noted. Not that I won’t write any more long reviews, but crafting a piece with 100 words or less is more fun and challenging. Less is more, remember?

Missing Pants Case Dismissed

District of Columbia Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff “ruled Monday that no pair of pants is worth $54 million, rejecting a lawsuit that took a dry cleaner’s promise of ‘Satisfaction Guaranteed’ to its most litigious extreme.” Justice is served!

Underground El-P

I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead captured some of the most chill, paranoid rhymes from El-P, an impressive lyricist from the dark side of Brooklyn. With hard-hitting, rock-inflected productions backing him up, El-P pours out his stream of conscious like, “Why should I be sober when god is so clearly dusted out his mind? / With cherubs puffing a bundle trying remember why he even tried?” If mainstream hip-hop bored you to dead with cash, sex, and coke, here is the underground alternative.

Godfather Weekend

Spent my days off watching the entire collection of The Godfather. Something I have been wanting to do for a while but never get to it. By the way, the first film has moved up to the second spot on the new AFI‘s Top 100 American Films List. Citizen Kane still remains the greatest movie of all time. I haven’t seen that film for a while. It’s time for a revisit.