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List Inconsequential: What Did They Do To the Book I Love?
It by Stephen King It, the book, is pretty frightening and even manages to say something about childhood fears and the bonds of friendship, but the 1990 made-for-TV miniseries…goddamn, it doesn’t even come close.
Read More »List Inconsequential: America’s Best Dive Bars
Zeno’s, State College, PA A good measure for a dive bar is its graffiti in the bathroom. It has been a decade since I used to frequent Zeno’s in State College and that graffiti
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List Inconsequential: The Best Soundtracks
Fight Club Original Soundtrack When David Fincher began work on Fight Club, he was adamant that the movie be scored by someone who had never worked in film. Although a year prior Darren Aronofsky
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List Inconsequential: Movies That Make Us Laugh No Matter How Many Times We’ve Seen Them
Hot Fuzz (2007) One of my cinematic pet peeves is films that make half-assed attempts to blend genres only to come off as flat, visually uninteresting comedy movies. There are too many of these
Read More »List Inconsequential: The Country’s Best Microbreweries
Ballast Point Brewery, San Diego, CA I found my favorite San Diego brew almost as soon as I moved here and this is my only excuse for being as yet woefully unfamiliar with the
Read More »List Inconsequential: Great Lyricists/Bad Lyrics
“Queen of the Supermarket,” Bruce Springsteen The bread and butter of the Boss’ songwriting has just about always been the hardships, uncertainties and finally, the glory found in the struggles of the common American
Read More »List Inconsequential: Books That Make Us Cry
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr (1977) What’s worse than accidentally calling your teacher “Mom?” Accidentally making your teacher cry. When I was in third grade we had this lottery where
Read More »List Inconsequential: Our Favorite Cocktails!
Dirty Vodka Martini Never one for girly drinks (no, not even in my early days as a legal consumer of that delightful invention, the alcoholic beverage), I turned to the “manly” cocktail repertoire soon
Read More »List Inconsequential: 10 Essential Rap Skits (Yes, Such a Thing Exists)
“Brain Washed Follower/Double Huey Skit” from Me, Myself and I 12″/Three Feet High and Rising: Deluxe Reissue by De La Soul (1989) Even though it’s more than two decades old, the “Brain Washed Follower”
Read More »List Inconsequential: Great Actor/Wrong Role
Robert De Niro in Analyze This “We all got our jobs to do,” said Robert De Niro, probably the finest living actor, accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at this month’s Golden
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