May 17, 2013
Madalyn Baldanzi?: Goodbye Office

madalynbaldanzi:

Today is the season finale of The Office, and I feel that I can’t let it go by without saying some sort of thing on the Internet about it.

I know it’s not really cool to like this show. It’s much better to say, “Oh, I like the British Office. The American version just isn’t that funny and it’s…

I found the British Office to be OK, but not great, and I think the American Office is one of the greatest shows ever. I have not watched it consistently past season 5, but it is insanely funny. Michael Scott is a fantastic character, if only because they MADE HIM A GOOD SALESMAN. Instead of being just a generic idiot or bad boss, he’s this really complex, interesting guy who is lonely and just wants to be loved and really wants his work to be his home. Office Olympics, The Dundees, Email Surveillance, Diversity Day, Michael’s Birthday, The Fire, Grief Counselling, A Benihana Christmas, Christmas Party, Basketball - some of my favorite episodes of television ever. I could go on. But I won’t! It’s an amazing show. Everyone involved was amazing.

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May 15, 2013

Ep 28 with Curtis Retherford -

This week, I spoke with Gerald Criven. Gerald runs a dry cleaning service here in Astoria. I talked to Gerald about bettering myself, graduation speeches, and his feelings towards his parents.
Episode #28 - Gerald Criven

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Filed under: Curtis Retherford 
May 11, 2013

Grandaddy - A.M. 180

The melody is so catchy, and I love the big, distorted guitars underneath it. Grandaddy was (is, since they are reunited now) underrated.

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May 8, 2013

George Harrison - Wah-Wah

This song is so rocking and yet so beautiful. All Things Must Pass MIGHT edge out Ram for the best solo Beatles album. Here’s the concert for Bangladesh version, too -

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May 7, 2013
brianglidewell: Namaste, debuting tonight at Harold Night.

brianglidewell:

Namaste, debuting tonight at Harold Night.

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May 7, 2013

I can’t tell if Sonic Youth’s “100%” video is a parody of the early 90’s or just the early 90’s.

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May 2, 2013
mattdennie: I don’t really know what this means since it was created 3 days ago but I enjoy it very much. My best guess is that since this Pokemon is “Slowpoke” (known for being notoriously slow) it is also slow in expressing its opinion on Harold Night. IE this Slowpoke started expressing this opinion years ago, but only finished 3 days ago. I don’t know why someone made this considering the humor appeal reaches exactly six people.

mattdennie:

I don’t really know what this means since it was created 3 days ago but I enjoy it very much.

My best guess is that since this Pokemon is “Slowpoke” (known for being notoriously slow) it is also slow in expressing its opinion on Harold Night. IE this Slowpoke started expressing this opinion years ago, but only finished 3 days ago. I don’t know why someone made this considering the humor appeal reaches exactly six people.

(Source: ucbmemes)

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May 1, 2013

Ep 27 with Dan LoPreto -

This week, I interview Lorenzo DiBari. Lorenzo is the superintendent of my apartment building. I spoke with Lorenzo about owning a deli, the New York Jets, how the neighborhood used to be, and honest self-assessment.
Episode #27 - Lorenzo DiBari

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Filed under: Lifescrapers: Tall Stories of American Lives lifescrapers Dan LoPreto 
April 30, 2013

Sometimes I think we forget that Tim Curry sang this song that sounds like it was written by Jeff Lynne after he was hit in the head with a two by four.

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April 29, 2013

connorratliff:

Posters for every movie written & directed by Albert Brooks.  

His debut, Real Life, was a movie I “discovered” on TV on a Saturday afternoon. I knew Brooks from Broadcast News and I knew Charles Grodin but I had no idea what this movie was, and as it unfolded I remember the feeling that I could not believe that this movie was allowed to exist, it was so bold and so comedically unlike anything I’d ever seen before.

Modern Romance is my default answer for all-time favorite film, but Lost In America is equally great, Defending Your Life manages to be just as good as his first three but ALSO, somehow, a totally crowd-pleasing romantic comedy. Mother is not quite at the level of those first for but it still has a lot of great stuff in it. His two most “recent” features (although neither of them is as recent) both have things in them that make me laugh, and they’re both ambitious. I hope he finds a way to make another feature. I feel like maybe if Judd Apatow produces and really pushes for something to happen, maybe a new Albert Brooks film can get a green light?

FOOTNOTE: A few years ago, Anthology Film Archives had an Albert Brooks week where they tried to show his 1980s masterpiece Lost In America but Warner Brothers NO LONGER HAS A PRINT OF IT.

Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World has maybe one of the funniest scenes I have ever seen - the improv show. I wish I could find it on youtube. It’s worth watching the movie just for that scene.

Though Real Life and Modern Romance are his best, I have a soft spot in my heart for Mother (I remember watching the trailer when I was a kid and not knowing who Albert Brooks was, and REALLY wanting to go see this movie (I was a weird kid) and The Muse (not a perfect movie by any means, but I love the premise). I will rank Albert Brooks movies LIKE THIS:

1. Real Life
2. Modern Romance
3. Defending Your Life
4. Lost In America
5. Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World
6. Mother
7.The Muse

(Source: filmslutch)

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