Review: "Weird Al" Yankovic Live -- The Alpocalypse Tour

“Weird Al” Yankovic Alpocalypse Tour
Orpheum Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
October 15, 2011

I’ve wanted to see Weird Al live since I was about 14 years old. Last night I finally got that chance. I was...
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The Sound of Glee

I had really high hopes for the new Fox show Glee this fall. I really loved the show “Fame” when I was a kid, and I hoped that this would have some of the same things I loved about that. I was a performing arts student myself in both high school and at the beginning of college.

The show is a comedy, and a very campy...
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Things I've Bought on Amazon

Amazon has a nifty widget that will display all the media (books, movies, music) you’ve bought from them. It’s kind of weird to look back and see things I bought almost 10 years ago, but it’s also a reminder of things like “oh hey, that was a cool book! I should go reread that…”

Now not everything is stuff I bought for myself. Some of these things were bought as gifts and such, but it’s sort...
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Streaming Music Playlist

This is an experiment. There is a site that lets you assemble playlist and then put them on your site. I’ve just started this playlist so it’s rather anemic at this point, but it I will try to bulk it out with some of what I think is cool music. Please let me know what you think.

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I'm So Sick of Lyrics Websites!

So I’ve been listening to a lot of Sinead O’Connor in the car, and belting along at the top of my lungs (a pastime I’ve enjoyed since high school, might I add) but there are always a few little bits here and there that I can’t quite make out. Even after all these years of singing the same songs, I either never knew or I knew and then forgot the tricky bits. And so tonight...
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