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Nate’s Review of Cloverfield
Before I get started, be sure to check out Nate’s review of Cloverfield. Make a point to check out the comments – they get to the crux of the argument and Ken Matthews (yes, that Ken Matthews) even weighs in. No, we don’t take celebrity lightly here at The Bookshelf. Nate, Nate, Nate. So many […]
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Throwing Your Vote Away
I don’t really believe in voting. I know that’s not the most original sentiment and even sounds like the type of overwhelmingly “look how anti-establishment I am – I’m sure that no one else is as serious about it as I am” phrases for which I could call someone out. But, my argument is the […]
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The 2008 Phillies Alternate Uniforms
The Phillies have been one of the few teams to not have alternate uniforms in the last 15 years; the White Sox have their solid black jerseys, the Diamondbacks have their solid red and solid black, and on and on throughout the league. The Phillies have had an alternate hat the last few years, but […]
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Best Song Ever? The 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)
Maybe the most in-depth “best song ever?” review…ever Only in the US could a song written by a gay Russian guy to celebrate a Russian military victory become a cornerstone of its patriotic celebrations. Sure, the whole “1812” in the title makes it sound like it could’ve been written in relation to the little discussed […]
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Guest Review: Madden 2008 (XBox 360)
Guest Review! Kyle from notthegame.com weighs in on Madden 2008. Madden 2008 is a bit of an enigma. In the last few years, on the new systems, Madden has been a sub par football game. This is typical for sports games on a new system as it takes game developers a few years to revamp […]
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Best Song Ever?: Everyone Gets a Star (Albert Hammond, Jr.)
Note for those using feedreaders: the song is embedded on this review’s entry so there’s a point-of-reference in the review; you might want to view this entry from the webpage instead of the feed. Background About six years ago during the throes of the boy-band era and Creed’s establishing themselves as the benchmark for “rock” […]
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Rubbie’s Southside Bar and Grill (Louisville, KY)
[consider this line the token “and we’ll start to write more frequently…I promise”] According to whatever research I had done, Kentucky is famous for barbecue. Judging from the competitive grilling shows that I’ve seen (not a joke), my memory tells me that Kentucky barbecue is all about the sauce and St. Louis barbecue is all […]
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People Who Say “Cheers” Instead of “Goodbye”
Special note on the title: I figured that there must be an opposite of the word “greeting,” and it turns out it’s “valediction.” Instead of using a houty-touty word such as that, I’ve grouped everything into the serves-all “goodbye.” You’re welcome. I saw some of the MTV Movie Awards tonight, and Johnny Depp, accepting Best […]
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Comic Book Movies Being True to Comic Book Books (aka Spiderman 3)
First things first, I don’t normally care about the “cleanliness” of a comic book’s translation from paper to film. I think it’s good that Sentinels weren’t in the X-Men movies, that the Joker killed Bruce Wayne’s parents in the 1989 Batman movie, and that Peter Parker was magically able to shoot webbing from his wrists […]
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The End of Scrubs
Update 3 (1+ weeks later): The ad during tonight’s SNL 90’s retrospective billed this week’s episode as “only three episodes until the season finale. I guess that’s that. Update 2 (four days later): So, it looks like NBC is advertising this week’s Scrubs as being the first of “the last 3.” Hmm. They even emphasized […]