she had me at “pop music will never be low brow”.
i’m trying to figure out how she flew under my radar for so damn long. i tend to be late to the party for most pop culture trends, so it shouldn’t be much of a surprise. for a long time i just thought she was […]
on Friday night, i finished reading Empire Falls by Richard Russo. it was quite a delicious novel, and i am looking forward to watching the miniseries soon (which has a fabulous cast, by the way - Ed Harris, Paul Fucking Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joanne Woodward, and Helen Hunt). but on some level it made […]
Angels in America is to be part of the Signature Theatre’s 2010-2011 season. i have a long standing obsession with this play, and in particular the brilliant HBO miniseries from a few years ago. i absolutely cannot wait to see it. come hell, high water or my thesis year, i will be down in New […]
when i was in California, Alek and his boyf and i went to see (500) Days of Summer. i don’t go to the movies much, mostly because i live in an area that has no indie theaters, which pretty much all i would bother to see in the theatre anyway. i was mildly interested in […]
when i heard that the new Star Trek movie was coming out on May 7th, i knew it would be an inauspicious release date for me, firstly because i would be in the final throes of my semester and thus completely insane, and secondly because the people i wanted to see it with (my Dad […]
well, reading is a bit of a misnomer, as i no longer have time to read, but instead listen to audiobooks almost exclusively while working in the studio (i also have a large complement of podcasts, most of the NPR-PRI-New Yorker ilk). when my iPod was finally finished reading to me, i was overcome with […]
i have had a hard time writing here since i started Tweeting regularly (for those of you who are interested: my twitter feed is here). all my writing has become condensed into 140 characters or less, and i find this vexing. i come from an old, old school of online writing, where once upon a […]
weird clouds over New Bedford, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
look! Thomas Kinkade has taken over the skies of New Bedford! this is the view from my kitchen window. i love being on the third floor.
so, i had a crap day. all these dumb little things. since last week, every day i have been making a […]
Rotwang and his robot, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
i can’t believe i’m writing this, i never thought this would happen, but they found the rest of Metropolis. in ARGENTINA.
i fell in love with the film last year while i was writing a paper about it (Gender issues and technology - such an incredible amount of […]
brideshead, originally uploaded by m. ravian.
or, People in Beautiful Clothing Endlessly Tortured by Catholicism.
i really must read this book. i have a feeling there was a lot of character nuances that didn’t make it in the screen translation. Sebastian broke my heart, even with all the fabulous, beautiful bravado at the beginning of the film, […]