armchair cultural observation since 1995

News and Notes rss

Wishing harm

Two things said/written from opposing political viewpoints and perspectives over the weekend have triggered my centrist rage in a similarly troubling way.

The Street Stops Here trailer

A new film paints an intimate portrait of a man many consider the best high school basketball coach in the nation.

Usual suspects – week of May 3

Bristol Palin, Star Trek and Manny Ramirez were among the “usual suspects” in my RSS feed last week.

Puzzling epistle

What does being buried alive have to do with calvary?

Jeremy Enigk mp3s

Seven years shy of the decade timetable between solo albums last time around, Jeremy Enigk’s third studio album, OK Bear, is releasing next week on his Lewis Hollow Recordings label.

Cartoon Bill James

The father of Sabermetrics will apparently be getting the Roger Rabbit treatment in a new film.

Fan takes life after loss

Sadly, yesterday’s Champions League semifinal outcome was too much for a rabid Arsenal fan in Kenya to handle.

Online overkill – week of April 27

Completely from memory this time, these are the items that were kind of a big deal this past week in my RSS feed.