-The Long Goodbye, by Raymond Chandler - Having finished Yiddish Policemen's Union, I realized that as much as I love noir detective fiction, I haven't read that much. Chandler seemed like a good place to start. Now I just want to see the Altman film adaptation.
MOVIES
-Superbad - For a while now I've been claiming that my generation's definitive teen movie was, much to my dismay, American Pie. I am happy to report that Superbad has taken that title with the movie equivalent of a first-round KO. If you believe you are even remotely capable of appreciating a movie that begins with the protagonists discussing which porn site to subscribe to in college, you owe it to yourself to see this film.
TV
-Californication - I spent my formative years wanting to be Fox Mulder, so I think I'm predisposed to like this show. I can't even really do justice to the show without ruining some part of the two episodes I've watched. All I can say is that it's vulgar, over-the-top, and contagiously watchable. I'm hooked.
MUSIC
-Daft Punk, Keyspan Park, August 9. Just go read the review of the show on Fluxblog. He already described the inability to describe the concert in any meaningful way better than I could. I've also got more pictures on facebook, which I think do better justice to the show than any writing could. (The facebook link is actually a public link, so even non-facebook members should be able to see the pictures... let me know if it doesn't work.)
Okay, that's all for now. Maybe soon I'll catch up on my comic reading, but that's tough to remember.
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