Not Quite A Sequel, Not Quite A Remake

Have you ever seen 'Brief Encounter' (1945)? A middle class, quiet and comfortable house wife meets a dashing man while waiting for a train and falls madly in love but chooses to return to her husband before anything physical can happen between them. It is the epitome of British restraint, sacrifice for the greater good. And it's a damn tragedy.

I imagine Deep Blue Sea, starring Tom Hiddleston and Rachel Weisz is an imagining of that story, only if the two lovers chose to be with each other instead of apart. Sure, it might be a little crusty. But what an idea....

The Show with Ze Frank IS COMING BACK!!

Ze Frank, god father of vlogging and all around good guy posted a Kickstarter project to bring back his brilliant 2006 webshow "The Show with Ze Frank."

At the rate he's going, he'll probably raise all the money he needs in 24 hours but I recommend you kick in some funds to keep it running if for no other reason than Ze uses the internet for good and not evil.

Playlist celebrations

So I've been single for a while so Valentine's Day has become simply an excuse to spread all my favorite weirdo love songs from that year with people all like. And I say weirdo love songs because there are as many kinds of love as their are flavors of ice cream, so why should sappy romance get all the attention. 

I'm goal is to beat my list from last year. Listen to it if you've got a Spotify account here. (Seriously, its free, just do it). 

It's not very long but I totally used up a lot of my favorite songs so it's gonna be a tough one. But I look forward to the challenge. 

I willingly accept all suggestions. 

Other playlists I've created:

And End of the World Mix and one celebrating the month's of the year. 

Let's all learn something about Quantum Theory

Every country should have someone who can explain the beautiful mystery of the universe. The UK has Brian Cox, America has Neil Degrasse Tyson. I sure hope every other country has someone as well.

Did you know Norman Bates could sing?

I sure didn't....



Singing Sondheim no less.

New Music: Hudson Taylor

I discovered this duo all random-like and I absolutely adore them. And they've recently got themselves at full band, which I thought was a great idea but I didn't realize it would make them sound absolutely gorgeous:

They've been releasing songs on the Hudson Taylor channel pretty steadily of late and I can only hope that I don't have to wait too long for the album.

Why did my iPod think hearing this song was a good idea?

I mean, it's a GREAT freakin' song, but its so unbelievably sad.

Excuse me while I cry.

Why I Love Twitter

Thanks to this guy for compiling the madness. 

We all matter...

From An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

Song Obsession of the Week

And yeah, it's from the 'Dear John' soundtrack. Don't judge me.