Humanizing The Vacuum

The most amusing -- and dreadful-- news story I've read in the last month.

What I've seen: The Savages : The writer-director of Slums of Beverly Hills can't resist a too-cute opening montage of seniors piro...

My favorite Christmas song:

The only hint of discord on what's so far been a lovely vacation is learning that Tim Finney just had a benign tumor extracted . All ne...

An addendum to my last post regarding ageing: bitching about "compressed" schedules, i.e. not enough time to listen to every album...

Like a bad trip that won't go away, Ethan Hawke's teeth in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead haunt my sleep. Forcing his voice...

...and speaking of Mary J. Blige, here's a review of Growing Pains.

During a free moment yesterday afternoon in Raleigh this weekend I had a chance to read Slate's rockcrit year-end round table , comprise...

Well-rested after a weekend-plus trip to Charleston and Raleigh (thanks, Hatzel and Josh). Only one assignment to turn in before another vac...

Final essays to grade, reviews and proposals to write, and a weekend with friends in Charleston and Raleigh have made this a breathless week...

After two massive singles still getting lots of airplay on WHYI Miami, Timbaland featuring OneRepublic's "Apologize" has re...

I guess I'm a very bad homosexual for thinking that, with a few exceptional performances-- obvious ones at that -- I don't understan...