Paul Blart: Mall Cop is so very, very stupid.
Ned Lannamann
Ned Lannamann is a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon. He writes about film, music, TV, books, travel, tech, food, drink, outdoors, and other things.
Posted inTV
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! – Tonight
I have never seen a full episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (I don’t get that channel), but I have heard good things. They are doing a live show at the Crystal Ballroom tonight—not sure what that entails, but supposedly there are “short films, parodies, pranks, and musical numbers.” They’ll be showing […]
Posted inMusic
Attention Musicians: Your Services Are No Longer Required
Dear Musicians,We have appreciated your effort and talent lo these many years, and can’t thank you enough for pouring your heart and soul into music for us to enjoy. However, we have reached the end of that long road, and you have simply been rendered obsolete. Please do not take offense; such is the way […]
Posted inMusic
Neil Diamond at the Rose Garden, Jan. 8, 2009
Last night Neil Diamond played the final show of his 2008-09 world tour at the Rose Garden. He played most of the hits, including “Sweet Caroline” twice in a row—yep! I didn’t know you could do that! But if ever a song begged to be played twice in a row, it’s motherfucking “Sweet Caroline.” There […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Fantastic Planet this Weekend!
I’d never seen Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage) until very recently, and I couldn’t be more excited that it’s playing this weekend at Fifth Avenue Cinema (on the PSU campus). The bizarre animated movie has been described as a mixture of Salvador Dali, Hieronymous Bosch, and Terry Gilliam, and that drool-inducing assessment is not far […]
Posted inNews
Jazz Fans Lament, Football Fans Rejoice
The I-5 flood claims yet another victim. Unfortunately, this time it is Rebirth Brass Band, who are unable to make their Portland engagement at the Mission Theater tonight. They were presumably not going to foot-march in a swingin’ procession all the way down here, but anything short of amphibious watercraft would necessitate the cancellation of […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Keepin’ it Reel (HA!)
Reel Music: Movies for Every Musical Taste
Northwest Film Center’s Reel Music series has something for everyone.
Posted inMusic
Like a Comet in the Night Sky
A Big Loud Sad Comet
Glasvegas’ larger-than-life sound keeps its simplicity.
Posted inMedia
I Am a Brilliant Movie Director
Thanks to the web-based application Text-to-Movie, available on the Xtranormal website, I am now an excellent director of animated features. How did I do it? Well, first you need to write a script. Here is the marvelous and compelling script I wrote, based on a real conversation that happened today at the Mercury office. SCENE […]
Posted inEvents
What’re You Doing Tonight?
Happy New Year’s Eve! And happy Smoking Ban Eve! What’re you up to tonight? Maybe your New Year’s Eve is going to look a little something like this: Do-si-do! Or maybe it will be a little more like this: M’mm, m’mm, sexy disembodied legs! Or perhaps it will go a little something like this… (sure […]
Posted inCats
RIP Eartha Kitt
I never met Eartha Kitt, but I cleaned her swimming pool once (summer job). From her back yard, I could smell her perfume wafting from inside the house. I ended up putting too much chlorine in her hot tub, but I have a feeling that her shield of perfume could knock out any industrial strength […]