Andie Nash's Blog, page 10
January 20, 2016
Yes Donald, homegirl is "special" all right....
Man, i...
Yes Donald, homegirl is "special" all right....
Man, it's been a dreary winter. We've lost some loved ones (my in-laws...I may write about them soon), a sweet friend (Miss Susan, my Baton Rouge "mom"), and a few icons (Bowie, et al). Seriously, 2016 is too young to be sucking this hard already.
But even in these dark times, the stars and planets align, God shuffles His feet, and we get
Man, it's been a dreary winter. We've lost some loved ones (my in-laws...I may write about them soon), a sweet friend (Miss Susan, my Baton Rouge "mom"), and a few icons (Bowie, et al). Seriously, 2016 is too young to be sucking this hard already.
But even in these dark times, the stars and planets align, God shuffles His feet, and we get
September 17, 2015
PRESENTED WITHOUT COMMENT
Okay, I lied.
I have...
PRESENTED WITHOUT COMMENT
Okay, I lied.
I have to comment because I kind of love this video and I watch it at least once a month. It has a strange hold over me.
Maybe it's because I've attended and/or run booths at countless New Age festivals, art fairs, psychic fairs, yoga festivals, and various organized gatherings centered around one or more of the following: Eastern philosophy
Okay, I lied.
I have to comment because I kind of love this video and I watch it at least once a month. It has a strange hold over me.
Maybe it's because I've attended and/or run booths at countless New Age festivals, art fairs, psychic fairs, yoga festivals, and various organized gatherings centered around one or more of the following: Eastern philosophy
August 6, 2015
RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY
Graham Parker and the Shot
"Wake...
RESCUED FROM OBSCURITY
Graham Parker and the Shot
"Wake Up (Next To You)"
Recently I watched the Judd Apatow flick This Is 40, his middle-aged crisis comedy from a few years back. It wasn't very good. I didn't have high expectations going in, as Apatow films are pretty hit or miss. He's partly responsible for Freaks and Geeks, a show that I absolutely adored (though I suspect the real
Graham Parker and the Shot
"Wake Up (Next To You)"
Recently I watched the Judd Apatow flick This Is 40, his middle-aged crisis comedy from a few years back. It wasn't very good. I didn't have high expectations going in, as Apatow films are pretty hit or miss. He's partly responsible for Freaks and Geeks, a show that I absolutely adored (though I suspect the real
July 31, 2015
FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
Kill Walter Palmer, tha...
FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!
Kill Walter Palmer, that is. With extreme prejudice. And while we're at it, let's rid the planet of Kristen Lindsey* and Kendall Jones because fuck them too.
Earlier this month a sunken-eyed, dried-out corpse purportedly known as Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer killed a lion because he's an evil little pindick who's fond of illegally slaughtering any creature
Kill Walter Palmer, that is. With extreme prejudice. And while we're at it, let's rid the planet of Kristen Lindsey* and Kendall Jones because fuck them too.
Earlier this month a sunken-eyed, dried-out corpse purportedly known as Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer killed a lion because he's an evil little pindick who's fond of illegally slaughtering any creature
July 16, 2015
Well isn't that special?
Since the dawn of the family ...
Well isn't that special?
Since the dawn of the family sitcom, television writers have had a weird hard-on for sneaking in important moral lessons and cautionary tales along with the requisite wisecracking kid characters and canned laugh tracks. This phenomenon is widely known as the Very Special Episode (or VSE) and the 1980's were rife with them.
Some Reagan-era sitcoms were more "
Since the dawn of the family sitcom, television writers have had a weird hard-on for sneaking in important moral lessons and cautionary tales along with the requisite wisecracking kid characters and canned laugh tracks. This phenomenon is widely known as the Very Special Episode (or VSE) and the 1980's were rife with them.
Some Reagan-era sitcoms were more "
July 7, 2015
BAD REVIEWS CAN BE FUN!
Although I've written a ...
BAD REVIEWS CAN BE FUN!
Although I've written a few of my own bad reviews on this very blog, I've never gone to a site like Yelp and ripped a business or its employees for sucking. Not that I've never experienced poor customer service, because--duh--of course I have. Everyone has. But I've never been sufficiently pissed off (or impressed) enough to actually go and set up a profile on a
Although I've written a few of my own bad reviews on this very blog, I've never gone to a site like Yelp and ripped a business or its employees for sucking. Not that I've never experienced poor customer service, because--duh--of course I have. Everyone has. But I've never been sufficiently pissed off (or impressed) enough to actually go and set up a profile on a
June 10, 2015
The Killers + Dave
Two great tastes that taste great t...
The Killers + Dave
Two great tastes that taste great together.
Plus this song is SO AWESOME performed live it will blow off the back of your head.
Two great tastes that taste great together.
Plus this song is SO AWESOME performed live it will blow off the back of your head.
June 1, 2015
Dad's second grade class photo.
Centralia, Illinois
Hap...
Dad's second grade class photo.
Centralia, Illinois
Happy Birthday Dad
My father would have been 84 years old today. I thought I'd post a few of my favorite photos of him throughout the month.
Dad's 40th birthday.
I was born two years later. :-)
Mom and Dad's wedding, June 1st, 1971 (on his 40th bday, see above)
They got married at a park at midnight--my Mom's idea--in Tulsa.
Centralia, Illinois
Happy Birthday Dad
My father would have been 84 years old today. I thought I'd post a few of my favorite photos of him throughout the month.
Dad's 40th birthday.
I was born two years later. :-)
Mom and Dad's wedding, June 1st, 1971 (on his 40th bday, see above)
They got married at a park at midnight--my Mom's idea--in Tulsa.
May 17, 2015
Mad Men tribute:
"The Times of Your Life"
Oh my...
Mad Men tribute:
"The Times of Your Life"
Oh my God, that video. The "Nostalgia" teaser trailer was wrenching enough, but this? With the shot of Betty standing in the hospital window, holding baby Gene and waving down at Don, Sally and Bobby? And the shot of Burt Cooper standing in his office, bidding Don goodbye as the door symbolically closes on him? Christ, break out the Kleenex.
"The Times of Your Life"
Oh my God, that video. The "Nostalgia" teaser trailer was wrenching enough, but this? With the shot of Betty standing in the hospital window, holding baby Gene and waving down at Don, Sally and Bobby? And the shot of Burt Cooper standing in his office, bidding Don goodbye as the door symbolically closes on him? Christ, break out the Kleenex.
April 23, 2015
Rescued From Obscurity:
"Can't Wait One Minute More" by ...
Rescued From Obscurity:
"Can't Wait One Minute More" by CIV
Trashy talk shows were sort of the reality shows of the 1990's, in that they were ubiquitous and everyone and their mother bitched about how awful and staged they were and how stupid the whole phenomenon was, and yet...they were inexplicably popular.
The low point came sometime mid-decade, when some asshole TV
"Can't Wait One Minute More" by CIV
Trashy talk shows were sort of the reality shows of the 1990's, in that they were ubiquitous and everyone and their mother bitched about how awful and staged they were and how stupid the whole phenomenon was, and yet...they were inexplicably popular.
The low point came sometime mid-decade, when some asshole TV
