Author Archives: AaronOOF

Everybody seems to be talking about today’s subway fuckups and awful morning commutes. And while our little bit of Frances may not come anywhere near as troubling as what Florida went through, surprise, surprise — I have my own story of a hellish morning. Door-to-door, home-to-work, on a good day with all the trains runningContinue reading “A FEW TIMES A YEAR, THE MTA REMINDS US ALL THAT WE’RE ITS BITCH”

President Bush would probably say, “Support Genocide in Sudan,” but what he would be speaking about is this new CD featuring System of a Down, Thievery Corporation, Gorillaz, Jurassic 5, Jill Scott, Bad Religion and others (21 Tracks in all) called Genocide in Sudan. (The CD is scheduled to ship on Oct. 15, but youContinue reading “SUPPORTING REFUGEES THROUGH MUSIC”

I’m truly baffled by anyone who can support this president. I’m not talking about the Republican party itself — although I don’t agree with most of their platform, I don’t think all Republicans are evil — but specifically this President. Sure, he can make fun of his verbal gaffes all he likes in a self-deprecatingContinue reading “POLITICS OF THE ABSURD”

I’m a huge proponent of DiVo. I could never justify to myself spending the amount necessary on a TiVo recorder as well as the subscription fee even if their programming interface is the best out there and the storage capacity is better. But when Time Warner finally started providing DVRs, a/k/a DiVos, to its customers,Continue reading “A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN?”

Tonight on The Sundance Channel is the first episode of The Al Franken Show, an edited one hour version of Franken’s three-hour Air America Radio program in the vain of Howard Stern’s E! show. I’m not anticipating such a scintillating 60 minutes of television, but it should be interesting to check-out. Howard Stern’s show worksContinue reading “WHO SAYS I ONLY TALK ABOUT TCM? SUNDANCE AND IFC, STEP RIGHT UP”

I spent much of this weekend avoiding the work/career/writing/etc. things I should have been doing in order to see a few movies (Hero, We Don’t Live Here Anymore, The Bourne Supremacy) and catch-up on my piles of newspapers and magazines. I remember being a much faster reader than I seem to be now. Whatever. IContinue reading “LOOKING FOR RAIDERS“

Yeah, I know. Crappy headline. It’s probably due to the lingering headache that began last night sometime around 9:40 PM when Governor Pataki stepped up to the podium and only grew more and more painful as the night went on. I appreciate a good speech, and Pataki gave a good one. Bush gave a greatContinue reading “TELL YA WHAT, TELLURIDE — AND OTHER STORIES”

For the past seven weeks, I’ve been railing and ranting against the numerous flaws that make IFC’s Ultimate Film Fanatic the disappointment it has become. Surprisingly enough to me, I’ve managed to attract the attention of people involved with the show, particularly the contestants, several of whom have emailed me or commented on the previousContinue reading “IFC UFF FINALS: FINALLY GETTING IT (MOSTLY) RIGHT”

Three weeks from yesterday (that would be Sept. 21), yours truly will be 33. If you knew me, you’d also know that this fact is quite impossible and incomprehensible, but nevertheless, my birth certificate seems to make it so. 33, of course, means that I will be as old as Jesus was when he hadContinue reading “SPEND YOUR MONEY ON THE BETTER PASSION“

I just had one of those computer horror moments. I was writing this medium-long post about several different things, and instead of doing it in Word and saving along the way, I was typing right into my browser. Browser crashes, post is gone … fuck you Windows. I can’t reconstruct it right now. Hell, partContinue reading “TCM WATCH: SEPTEMBER BRINGS THINGS BACK TO NORMAL”