The Modern Log

James Franco makes his “General Hospital” premiere tomorrow.
I’ve lost touch with “GH” over the years – once in a while I’ll check in to see what’s happening – or when there’s a big event, like the return of Laura, but my daily viewings fell off about 20 years ago.
Still, I will always love “General Hospital,” [...]

I got an email from Apple advertising Apps for Girls. Seriously.
Sugar and spice and everything nice — that and a bit of sassiness describes our App Store Essentials just for girls. Play dress up with Dress Your Princess and Roiworld: Fashion Fix. Aspiring scientists can get a head start with Math Flash Cards, while future [...]

Behind me, a rerun of “Law & Order” plays (thanks, Mr. King!) and on a commercial break, an ad for some TV movie event or series or something is evocatively scored by the Faces’ “Ooh La La.”
Which got me thinking, I’ve been hearing a whole lot of “Ooh La La” in TV/movie ads these days. [...]

Why do I continue to find this terrible character so funny? It’s all Ludacris. He’s almost as perfect as Phil Hartman in “Chopping Broccoli.”

We were channel changing last night and hit Miley Cyrus on “The Tonight Show” and after about 15 seconds I started screaming for Dollie to change the channel. I don’t know what it is about that Cyrus child, but I find her so hateful and horrible. She was making my skin crawl. Does anyone else [...]

This morning on the channel 11 morning news, they played “Chickenhead” over a preview of the next segment (because Linda Church was going to make chicken, of course). That’s Project Pat’s “Chickenhead,” just so you know we’re all on the same page. Best morning ever. Best lyric ever: “What? You need some gum.”
Speaking of liking [...]

This is my favorite thing ever. I almost forgot!

Tonight, Dollie is at “Equus” and I am home sick, so I am spending some quality time with my TV. The DVR, which has been more than 90 percent full for weeks now, has been feeling neglected. What I am doing right now is attending to “Life.” I love it. It’s my favorite. And I [...]

I have a strange relationship with music videos. I loved them, mainly. At first, they were a novelty to be enjoyed late on Friday nights or whenever I was visiting Long Island. Once we had cable, I began consuming music videos the way I had previously consumed books, constantly, passionately, voraciously. I still remember the [...]