Author Archives: AaronOOF

For those of you who religiously read the New York Times Book Review every weekend, you may have noticed Ethan Bronner’s review of a book called “The Missing Piece” by Dennis Ross. Ross was the U.S.’s primary envoy to the Middle East peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians through the 1st Bush and ClintonContinue reading “SHILLING FOR MY RELATIVES”

I know. I’m sorry. I’ve been delinquent in providing you, my loyal reader, with a recap/analysis of last week’s Mid-Atlantic regional finals of IFC’s Ultimate Film Fanatic, and here we are at Friday with a new episode just raring to air tonight at 10:30. I know that Out of Focus has become the internet destinationContinue reading “AN ATTEMPT TO NOT BE LAPPED: THE PASSWORD FOR LAST WEEK’S UFF IS “DAMAGE””

Let me just say that I can’t remember purchasing anything through Ticketmaster in at least five years, and trying to buy tickets to any kind of quick-selling concert is something I haven’t done in well-over 10, back during a time when I’m not sure if web purchases even existed yet. You had to hit theContinue reading “ADVENTURES WITH TICKETMASTER”

Huh, you say? You say nobody important in the film industry named Julia died today? Well that’s true (at least to my knowledge). But famed TV chef Julia Child died today at 91, and not only was she one of the founding parents of TV cooking shows, to whom Martha Stewart and the entire FoodContinue reading “R.I.P. JULIA — TALES OF A SUBURBAN CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL”

Or uhm … a quiver. Or maybe a little shimmer or shake. How about a … zzzzzzzzz. Hey guess what? Craig Kilborn is leaving The Late, Late Show. And really soon. Within weeks, it seems. Apparently, he decided that 5 years of having nobody watch him was plenty, and if nobody was going to watchContinue reading “AN EARTHQUAKE IN THE WORLD OF LATE-NIGHT TELEVISION”

“And so, the end is near …” (sigh) Today is the last day of Gothamist Interviews by yours truly. Now just in case there has been any confusion this week, I was not being interviewed by Gothamist. Rather, I wrote up a bunch of interviews I conducted (mostly via email) with all these people. (AndContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DAY 5 – CRAIG WEDREN”

So you know that post from yesterday mentioning how I would be going to see Craig Wedren play at The Living Room and then some other bands at Luna Lounge if only I wasn’t going to this Democratic benefit called “The End of an Error”? Yeah … I kind of wish I had gone toContinue reading “AT LEAST THESE ERRORS DON’T AFFECT THE WHOLE WORLD”

First there was the Pistons. Then Peabs retires only to realize how important he is to our country this election year, and without warning, he pops back out of the woodwork. Then apparently the party of the century was thrown for Grambo’s 30th. Next thing you know, the blogosphere is rocked with the announcement thatContinue reading “IT’S APPARENTLY ALL ABOUT MICHIGAN”

I’m off to The End of an Error Kerry benefit show tonight, but if I wasn’t, there’s a good chance I would be heading over to The Living Room at 7 PM before heading uptown one block later in the evening to Luna Lounge to check out Morning Theft, who a bunch of people seemContinue reading “I KNOW I DON’T TALK ABOUT MUSIC THAT MUCH, BUT …”

Yes, yes, I have absolutely been neglecting my blogging duties to you all. I can’t tell you how many posts I have bumping up against each other in my head. Next thing you know, I’ll be writing about how Zach Braff falls in love with a six foot bunny when he goes home to hisContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: DAY 4 – SEAN DESMOND”