14 Giants

It’s a perfect thing

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

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The Verve’s Urban Hymns on limited edition 180g vinyl = JOY. I must must must buy a turntable now.

On 180g vinyl

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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Only 3 songs per side! 2 LPs! Those are some deep grooves! Go on. It’s okay to be jealous.

I roared, and I rampaged, and I got bloody satisfaction

Thursday, September 18, 2008

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Lookee what I bought. Yes-sir. Kill Bill on Blu-ray. As far as Blu-rays go, this release is getting top marks in the video and audio dept (exhibits A, B, and C). Guess I should buy a TV and player soon, eh?

Why 14 Giants is a poor specimen of the male species

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

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Just woke up. I had a late night, and needed a little [ahem!] “assistance” getting to sleep. I have a meeting this afternoon. And then I have to go shopping. (And as we all know, shopping… leads to Keno!) I bought a black dress shirt the other day, and - stupid me - forgot that I [...]

Forth

Thursday, September 11, 2008

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Cranky Old Security Guy™ in my building may be old, and he may be cranky, but he does knock on your door (or mine anyway - around 9:30-10:00pm at night!) to hand-deliver parcels from the mail room. And what did he bring me today, you ask? It’s the Japanese special edition of The Verve’s new album, Forth. [...]

The universe wants me to have a new TV

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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When I moved back in July, I lost access to the Blu-ray player and giant TV that my roommates had. I’ve got a box full of Blu-ray discs too, which makes the loss doubly tragic. And so I told myself when I moved that I’d wait until November or so before buying a [...]

Protected: What’s in the box?

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

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The Feds are here!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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One in particular, anyway. Behold the latest addition to my camera family. A Fed 2. Basically, a Fed 2 is a Leica-clone rangefinder, minus the $5000 pricetag. I own a Fed 5 already, but that beast is so heavy to pack around. I’m hoping the Fed 2 will be a great street shooter. [...]

Frank-ly, my dear

Sunday, June 22, 2008

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I recently acquired the 50th anniversary version of Robert Frank’s collection of photos entitled The Americans. It’s very cool. This reissue is part of a project that Steidl publishers have undertaken in cooperation with Frank himself (who is supervising everything) to reprint many of his old works as special editions. For this [...]

Robertson Davies had a man-crush?

Friday, June 20, 2008

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(photo: Harry Palmer) Appears so! From the new book, Robertson Davies: A Portrait in Mosaic, which arrived in my mailbox: Every boy I have known has had [a homosexual spell], some lasting a short time and some longer (my own was a week during which I was blinded by a lad who played Maria in Twelfth [...]