Archive for April, 2007
Rock n Roll Fantasy
What happens when you take a small Jazz venue full of people, and you add an 80's Rock legend on stage? You get the makings of a very enjoyable evening.
Tonight's Paulo Ricardo's presentation, his last on this series began just like that.
For those who don't know him, Paulo Ricardo was the leader of one of Brazil's most influential rock bands of the 1980's, "Revolutions Per Minute", or as they are most widely known, simply "RPM".
Posted: April 24th, 2007 under Brazil, Music.
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Making Mass Murderers
When Cho Seung-Hui went on a killing spree at Virginia Tech and caused so much suffering to so many people, I was sad, shocked, and outraged. And I was curious.
How can anyone, let alone a kid, a college student, go on a rampage killing so many helpless and inocent people? Why did he do it?
Like everybody else, that was the first question that popped in my mind. More than this, why do such horrific crimes happen in the first place? And is this mostly an American phenomenon?
I don't know if I have the answers, but I do have a theory, and it's a simple one.
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Posted: April 20th, 2007 under Opinions.
Comments: 2
Wild Hogs (2007)
James' Take: Do yourself a favor and miss this one
I talked before about a trailer not doing justice to the movie. Well, this is the opposite case. The Wild Hogs trailer made me giddy. I was never counting on a new Easy Rider, but it felt like I was gonna be treated to another City Slickers. Some slapstick, a plot, great characters, and a compelling idea. And it could have been that, but the director blew it big time.
Posted: April 15th, 2007 under Film Reviews, Movies.
Comments: 1
The Tuna Non-Sandwich and the Loss of the Weight
Today for lunch I opened a can of tuna, drained the tuna juice, diced a third of an onion, and added some freshly squeezed lemon juice. Only a spoon of non-fat mayonnaise to go… but there wasn't any… so I added some regular yellow mustard. It's actually pretty good, and it does the job of making the tuna a bit more pasty. Then I mixed it all up, and ate it, just like that. No bread. Can't have any.
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Posted: April 15th, 2007 under Personal.
Comments: 10
The Last Kiss (2006)
James' Take: Not bad at all
The Last Kiss is not a romantic comedy. Even though it features Zach Braff (the guy from Scrubs) in the lead, the movie is more a drama-comedy about romances.
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Posted: April 13th, 2007 under Film Reviews, Movies.
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