The Modern Log

10 minutes into a (crucial, much needed) nap, the phone rang. It was work.
So I had some work to do (news doesn’t stop just because I need a nap and have a hockey game to get to) and ended up leaving an hour late for MSG. I missed the first 12 minutes of the first [...]

It’s great to see that transit workers are all but smoking me in the wage department. Next time two (or three, my favorite!) buses show up all at once (at the time the third is scheduled for, of course), I’m going to ask “What, were you guys too busy giving each other handjobs?!” at top [...]

Year-End Special, Issue #2: Albums, Part 1
Album that boiled the genius of three of my favorite defunct bands into one highly enjoyable and extremely unlikely package:Brand New, The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Album that made me wonder if we’d all be better off if another of my favorite bands were defunct:Sloan, Never Hear [...]

Dear Today,
Beat it. Seriously. Bug off. No one likes you, and we know you are just hating because other days are very nice and productive and lovable. Oh, but not you.
If you were standing in front of me right now, I’d punch you in the throat.
Die die die.
love*jane

I cannot stop watching that SNL “_ in a box” video. Not to mention my obsession with “What’s my weakness? Soup!” and Jo-Jessica. Man, Justin has created an instant classic. In my version of events, he wrote the great sketches. How else was it so funny? Also when Alec Baldwin was on, he wrote his [...]

At 9something PM, my Christmas tree was up and decorated, all but the angel. I should have taken a picture. Because then it fell down. I don’t think anything broke, luckily (Not even the ornaments you threw across the room for daring to fall on you while you were under the tree trying to get [...]

I don’t believe that you believe (You, who? I don’t know. Maybe me) that I really love this Brand New record. I think some of you who don’t know it need convincing. Call me and I will play the songs for you. Or here are some words that are so fantastic to make you die. [...]

Um, I love this Brand New album. Wait, what? Love it. It’s like The Sheila Divine and Thrush Hermit and some other something I love (What is it? Tell me.) and everything else great. Why didn’t anyone tell me? I mean, I heard people telling other people, but other people like stuff that sucks. Why [...]

The fog has lifted, and I’ll tell you why, in not-even-remotely-blind-item terms: What Canadian band that put out a beyond-awful album is playing a secret/not secret/secret again show in my borough and didn’t even bother to tell me?
Now, I know what you’re thinking, “What, you’re special?” Um, yes. And if I am not special, if [...]

Year-End Special, Issue #1: Best White Rapper
Do you know how I feel about white rappers? It isn’t good. For years I believed the greatest white rapper was Aaron Carter, which really said more about Eminem than Aaron.
But anyway, I’ve changed my mind. And not only because Aaron Carter is giving a serious meth fiend effect [...]

My vacation is over. Boo. But I don’t want to go back to work. I am clearly cut out for a life of leisure.
Also, I have a new favorite song. It’s called “You and I Are a Gang of Losers” and it is the greatest great ever. And it is from my favorite album all [...]