Steelers 25 - Patriots 17: Best Bloody Game, Ever! Heinz Field is the absolute best place to watch a #football game! Here we go #Steelers!
The often humorous adventures of a roguish anti-hero of low social degree living by his wits in a corrupt society
30 October 2011
28 October 2011
Cardinals Win World Series
Grudging congratulations to the #Cardinals for their incredible come-from-behind #WorldSeries win. Who says #baseball is boring?! #MLB
25 October 2011
President Obama Helicopter Sighting
2nd-Greatest "Celebrity" Sighting, Ever!: President Barack Obama's helicopter flying over the Jefferson Memorial! Wicked cool!
Paul Ryan Sighting
10th-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Representative Paul Ryan heading to the Capitol Hill Club for an expensive tax-payer funded power lunch
Dick Durbin Sighting
2nd-Greatest Celebrity Sighting, Ever!: Senator Dick Durbin outside the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC (duh).
22 October 2011
USC Beats Notre Dame
Good win for #USC against hapless #NotreDame. Time to jump back on the bandwagon? ;-) #PAC12
20 October 2011
India Wins ODI Series Against England
Incredible come-from-behind victory for #India to take the ODI series from #England! #Dhoni is the man...on home soil ;-) #IndvEng
Kenny Mayne Plays Cricket
My two favourite things: The Great @Kenny_Mayne and #Cricket! Awe-bloody-some! @espn http://t.co/ucFsjTmk
19 October 2011
World Series Begin
Gag! The stultifying #Cardinals vs the #NolanRyan-come-lately #Rangers. Just who am I supposed to root for in the #WorldSeries? #MLB #Boring
18 October 2011
Contempt
Contempt: Gorgeous cinematography by the great Raoul Coutard. We know Jean-Luc Godard is a G*d but Brigitte Bardot a good actress, who knew?
17 October 2011
India Thrashes England Again
Talk about home cooking! Another ODI, another crushing win for #India! Nice work by the bowlers for a change! #IndvEng
Andy Murray Now No. 3
Sad, a major changing of the guard. @andy_murray is the new world No 3, moving #Roger #Federer (aka #GOAT) down to No 4. Sigh...
Oscar Prediction (Documentary Short)
#Oscars 2012: Prediction for Best Documentary Short - the one about Tahrir Square! @TheAcademy
16 October 2011
15 October 2011
Liverpool Ties Manchester United
Oh man! @LFC came this close to upsetting @ManU_FC...sad! Still, it's fantastic to see the great @_StevenGerrard still going strong!
14 October 2011
India Destroys England
Nice! #India destroys #England in the first ODI. So what if it's at home and on the heels of that embarrassing tour? ;-) #IndvEng
13 October 2011
Paul
Paul: You can never go wrong with Nick Frost & @simonpegg. Also, I'm slowly beginning to come around on skinny Seth Rogen.
12 October 2011
Real Steel
Real Steel: A good old-fashioned crowd-pleaser. If by old-fashioned you mean Robots, Wolverine, Kate, the Blob & JT Sanborn! Awesome!
Jaws Peanuts Mash-Up
Greatest Exercise In 80s Childhood Nostalgia, Ever! "Jaws" in the style of "Peanuts" by @CharlesForsman http://t.co/BxVZiWPY
Theo Epstein Joins the Cubs
Goodbye #RedSox, hello #WorldSeries! Greatest #Cubs Move, Ever! @RealMikeWilbon #Theo #MLB
11 October 2011
100 Bullets - A Foregone Tomorrow
100 Bullets - A Foregone Tomorrow: Not as good as Hang up on the Hang Low but now we're really getting into it. Cool. @brianazzarello
Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men: Still wonderfully mediocre but that never stopped me before! Plus, any show that brings back #JudyGreer is awesome! @CBS
Sparkadia - "China"
Thanks to @FILTERmagazine's #CultureCollide I discovered the best song, ever! "China" by @sparkadia Brilliant! http://t.co/hfi4SWLy
10 October 2011
Hawaii Five-0
Hawaii Five-0: #Locke, #Jin, #ScottLavin, #Hiro, #MarkDacascos, #JohnAllen, #WilliamVanDerWoodsen! With so many stars, I'm back in! #H50
Wee-Man Celebrity Sighting
3rd-Greatest Celebrity Sighting, Ever!: Wee-Man at the grocery store. I resisted the urge to dare him to lock himself into the freezer. ;-)
RCB Lose to MI (CLT20)
The #RCB magic wore off and the "team of destiny" lost to #MI in the @clt20 finals. Still, the tournament ended up with some great matches.
09 October 2011
Gang Gang Dance (Culture Collide)
Gang Gang Dance: Woah! Trippy, ever-so slightly hallucinatory, Middle Eastern-influenced prog-ish rock. #CultureCollide
CSS (Culture Collide)
CSS: If MGMT were a girl, and Brazilian and wore a bejeweled Batman mask, and kicked a** then they would be CSS! Aw yeah! #CultureCollide
Datarock (Culture Collide)
Datarock: Once computers in Norway revolt and learn how to dance they'll owe a massive debt of gratitude to these guys! #CultureCollide
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Culture Collide)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: If Hipsters went clubbing and danced they'd totally listen to #CYHSY. #CultureCollide
Indigo Tree (Culture Collide)
basu! (@pratikbasu) has shared a Tweet with you:
"PratikBasu: Indigo Tree (Taix): Naturally, Sturm-und-Drang-shoegaze would originate from a Polish band! ;-) #CultureCollide
Rainbow Arabia (Culture Collide)
Rainbow Arabia: A latter-day electronica/shoegaze hybrid version of Siouxsie and the Banshees via...wait for it...Echo Park. #CultureCollide
Holger (Culture Collide)
Holger (Taix): Best Show, Ever! Vampire Weekend-esque global-Afro-soul with insane Brazilian flavour! Awesome! #CultureCollide
The Analog Girl (Culture Collide)
The Analog Girl (Taix): Very cool electronica-as-performance-art all the way from Singapore(!). #CultureCollide
Steelers Beat Titans
Great morale-boosting win for the #Steelers! Imagine how many TDs #BigBen could've gotten if he wasn't hurt! ;-) #NFL #AFC
Andy Murray Wins Singles and Doubles
Talk about a double-double! @andy_murray comes from a set down to maul @RafaelNadal. Then teams with his bro to win doubles! #NoSlams #ATP
Sparkadia (Culture Collide)
Sparkadia (Taix): Best Band, Ever! The catchiest, most hook-laden music this side of Australia! Plus, they were super nice! #CultureCollide
08 October 2011
Cameras (Culture Collide)
@FILTERmiller "Capacity" is that code for "No non-VIPs"? ;-) No worries...Cameras rocked the capacity house! :-)
Uh-Oh Culture Collide D-Bag Attitude
@FILTERmiller So, the wife & I are total #CultureCollide supporters from Day 1. So what's with the attitude from the staff outside Taix?
You Say France & I Whistle (Culture Collide) Part Deux
You Say France & I Whistle (826LA): So d*mn good we had to see them twice! #CultureCollide
The Yellow Dogs (Culture Collide)
The Yellow Dogs (Echoplex): Dude! These kids came all the way from Iran! Wow! #CultureCollide
Matthew and the Arrogant Sea (Culture Collide)
Matthew and the Arrogant Sea (Methodist Church): Okkervil River-type literary rock meets Explosions in the Sky-type guitars. #CultureCollide
Please the Trees (Culture Collide)
Please the Trees (Taix): Epic, moody, introspective guitar-rock all the way from Czech Republic. I think my mind was blown! #CultureCollide
The Lanskies (Culture Collide)
The Lanskies (Taix): Aww, England & France hooked up & had a Bloc Party-like post-punk angular-guitar indie-dance-rock baby! #CultureCollide
You Say France & I Whistle (Culture Collide)
You Say France & I Whistle (Taix): Trust the Swedes to churn out another insanely catchy band! I dare you to not be happy! #CultureCollide
Incan Abraham (Culture Collide)
Incan Abraham (The Echo): Right up my alley! Soaring Melodies + Lotsa Reverb + Hint Of Synth + Catchy Vocals = Awesome! #CultureCollide
Ginga (Culture Collide)
Ginga (Origami Vinyl): Catchy Broken Social Scene-like indie-pop-rock-collective via Austria(!). Nice. #CultureCollide
My bubba & Mi (Culture Collide)
My bubba & Mi (The Echo): Seriously soothing Lenka-ish Danish singer-songwriter alt-pop-country. #CultureCollide
Al Davis
RIP Al Davis. The very definition of a rebel and an iconoclast. He will be missed. Trust me, there's not going to be anyone like him again.
07 October 2011
Cardinals Beat Phillies
Man! I told you we needed to be scared of the #Cardinals! The #Phillies lose! Bad year for any #Philadelphia #DreamTeam. #MLB #Playoffs
Nyjer Morgan Wins Game For Brewers
What was I saying about being a #Nyjer Morgan fan?! @TheRealTPlush delivers the game-winning hit for the #Brewers! Aaaaaaaaah #MLB #Playoffs
Dinara Safina Retires
Sad. #Dinara #Safina retires at the #Borg-esque age of 25. Just as tempestuous & entertaining as her older brother #Marat. #WTA #Tennis
Nyjer Morgan on DLHQ
I am rapidly becoming a #Nyjer Morgan & by extension a #Brewers fan! #MLB #AntonioPicante @DLHQ http://t.co/C3GpagVb http://t.co/afivixdu
RIP Charles Napier
06 October 2011
KKR v RCB (CLT20 2011)
@Afridi102 Sigh, a #KKR victory maybe too much to hope for. Maybe #RCB will oblige with a letdown after that last-ball six! ;-) #CLT20
Yankees Lose in ALDS
Oh man! The #Yankees lose! And, sadly, #ARod strikes out to end it all. Sigh... #TheresAlwaysNextYear #ALDS #MLB Playoffs
Steve Jobs Commencement Speech
"You've got to find what you love. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle." #SteveJobs #Commencement #Speech http://t.co/m7DgdKSJ
05 October 2011
Nirvana - Live At The Paramount (Culture Collide)
Nirvana - Live At The Paramount: A great concert film that captures them in all their glory. Great start to #CultureCollide! @FILTERmiller
The Simpsons
The Simpsons: Back & almost better than ever. Also, the great John Kricfalusi does the couch gag. @FOXBroadcasting http://t.co/RRBIVBgr
RCB Last Ball Six (CLT20 2011)
04 October 2011
Moneyball
Moneyball: It's a little too, wait for it, "inside baseball" but I appreciate Bennett Miller's effort to make an unconventional sports film.
The Shame of College Sports
The Shame of College Sports. Fantastic, eye-opening article on #NCAA & college sports by @taylorbranch via @TheAtlantic http://t.co/oawHOKqM
2 Broke Girls
2 Broke Girls: @OfficialKat is funny and smart. The show, unfortunately, is not much of either. @CBS
03 October 2011
Don DeLillo on Grantland
Another fantastic entry in @Grantland33's #DirectorsCut series: the great Don DeLillo! http://t.co/Cpi2TtI4
Lilyhammer on Netflix
#Lilyhammer is coming to @netflix. Awesome! See? I told you not to give up on good ol' $NFLX! @StevieVanZandt
Andy Rooney - "My Lucky Life"
Aw man, I'm gonna miss #AndyRooney. I guess retirement comes for us all. Sniff... @60Minutes http://t.co/xv9ovT0r
02 October 2011
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go: Very stylishly directed by the great Mark Romanek. He really needs to make more feature films!
Steelers Lose to Texans
Sad loss for the #Steelers. They tried to fight back but suffered a dispiriting loss. Sigh... :-( #NFL