FLYMF alum Ralph Gamelli has a short piece at Yankee Pot Roast poking fun at America’s best-rated sitcom: Two and a Half Men. Ralph, the show deserves all of the ridicule you can give it
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South By Southwest Preview, Part 2
SXSW 2008 Preview
To prep for the 2008 South By Southwest music festival in, I’m arming myself with an alphabetical list of the groups performing and an active Internet connection with the goal of listening to top tracks from as many bands as possible and offering my impressions here.
The reactions will be quick and dirty, reflecting my own musical taste and ignorance, but if they save me or anyone else from accidentally sitting through a performance of Hey, How’s Your News, then they will be worth it.
South By Southwest Preview, Part 1
SXSW 2008 Preview
To prep for the 2008 South By Southwest music festival in, I’m arming myself with an alphabetical list of the groups performing and an active Internet connection with the goal of listening to top tracks from as many bands as possible and offering my impressions here.
The reactions will be quick and dirty, reflecting my own musical taste and ignorance, but if they save me or anyone else from accidentally sitting through a performance of Hey, How’s Your News, then they will be worth it.
Maggie Flynn Shares Her Sparkle
FLYMF friend Maggie Flynn has become a contributing writer for LACityZine.com, a Los Angeles blog compilation of local news, music, and all-around good times. Check it out—her pieces are the ones with the meticulous style and subtle, groovy wit. Her most recent offerings include Valentine’s comfort for the single and professional pointers on being a karaoke star.
Scaring Ourselves to Death
The Spymaster, Lawrence Wright’s January 21 New Yorker article on Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, has received some coverage due to McConnell’s laughable attempt to evade stating that waterboarding is torture. For those who haven’t read it, the money quote is:
“I know one thing. I’m not a water-safety instructor, but I cannot swim without covering my nose. I don’t know if its’ some deviated septum or mucus membrane, but water just rushes in….If I had water draining into my nose, oh God, I just can’t imagine how painful! Whether it’s torture by anybody else’s definition, for me it would be torture.”