Day: June 17, 2011

Rainy day

It was a rainy day here, off and on, and so I went to see Super 8 at a local theater. I enjoyed the movie quite a lot. Roger Ebert calls it “nostalgia not for a time but for a style of filmmaking” — that style being early Spielberg — and I think that’s right. (As, probably, are his criticisms, although I think I minded less.

Other than that, I spent some of the day reading Kaleidotrope slush. Next year, I am definitely having shorter reading periods. Maybe January through April and September through December?

Random 10 6-17-11

Last week. This week:

  1. “Listening Man” by the Bees
    Let love be the reason between me and you
  2. “Ships With Holes Will Sink” by We Were Promised Jetpacks
    I think I’ve lost my math
  3. “War” by Edwin Starr, guessed by Occupant
    Friend only to the undertaker
  4. “The Boys of Summer” by Don Henley, guessed by Occupant
    Remember how I made you scream?
  5. “Sorrow” by Pink Floyd, guessed by Kim
    A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers
  6. “Lay Lady Lay” by Magnet (orig. Bob Dylan), guessed by Occupant
    I’ll show them to you and you’ll see them shine
  7. “Party” by El Perro Del Mar
    I just want to be a part of you
  8. “Hearing Aid” by They Might Be Giants, guessed by Betty
    Don’t say the electric chair’s not good enough
  9. “Oh My Love” by John Lennon, guessed by Occupant
    Everything is clear in our world
  10. “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard” by Paul Simon, guessed by Occupant
    I’m gonna stick him in the house of detention

It’s like this thing. Good luck!