Monthly Archives: May 2011

By now you’re probably sick of us talking about the Wrecking Crew.  Don’t be.  You don’t know how good you have it.  They’re the best. The award-winning “The Wrecking Crew” will be our first movie of season, the director Denny … Continue reading →

…that’d be the Wrecking Crew, and “Pet Sounds,” respectively. To paraphrase a glowing review of “The Wrecking Crew,” the film we’ll be showing here on Friday, May 27th: Never thought I’d live to see the day when someone would liken … Continue reading →

The Monkees were the best American pop band ever (if you exclude the Beach Boys; they’re rock, I guess?) and second to only the Fab Four in the known universe. And despite what you may have heard, they played their … Continue reading →

Food for thought: there are many fun dance songs.  But very few super-sad fun dance songs. Think about out it.  All your favorite dance songs are happily-themed or, at the least, not lyrically about some super-tragic, messed-up shiz. Here are … Continue reading →

There are  countless reasons to attend tomorrow’s fashion show: fashion, art, music, creative people, and men in g-strings. Here’s another: your help will be needed to repel the space invaders. Details are sketchy at this juncture, but it goes something … Continue reading →

The Byrds are the best! Who doesn’t love driving down the 1, where Davenport turns into Santa Cruz, listening to “Notorious Byrd Brothers” start-to-finish? (Albeit grimacing through “Dolphin’s Smile” and straight-up skipping “Space Odyssey.”) The Byrds are especially cool because … Continue reading →

Every November 5th, my friend Sarah watches “Back to the Future,” “Back to the Future 2,” and “if I’m not asleep, ‘Back to the Future 3,’ even though I don’t like it that much.” November 5th because that’s the day … Continue reading →

It’ll be a veritable buffet of art: movies, music, poetry, sushi, and music by Songs Hotbox Harry Taught Us. I mean, what else are you doing on a Thursday night? First Hour Variations on Want: Sequence II,  by Francesco Levato … Continue reading →

Indeed, tomorrow is the big Cinepoetry thing at the Henry Miller Library.  It’s a historic night of “firsts”: First event of the Library’s 30th Anniversary Summer Season!! First movie of 2011 First time we’re serving sushi (maybe?) at the HML! … Continue reading →

Everyone has a good hot tub story. Here are two.  Once, while in Colorado on a high school marching band trip (we were the cool kids), my friend and I put liquid hand dispenser soap in the hotel hot tub.  … Continue reading →