Author Archives: robchristopher

I just wrote and sold my first freelance article. I’m getting paid! The first step on the road to … somewhere …

So, who’s going to Looptopia? May 11th: 5:00 pm till dawn.

As you can tell from the journal of  andystardust , basically we watched movies all weekend. Though yesterday we also went for a long walk through Lincoln Park. Because of the nice weather the Lincoln Park Zoo was, in fact, … Continue reading →

Suddenly I’m not as happy. Andrew Hill has died. I’ve only started listening to his work recently, but his last album “Time Lines” is magnificent.  Knotty, moving, incredibly free and in complete control all at the same time.

Oh! My! God! If… is coming out in June, as a double-disc Criterion edition! I think I’m suddenly so happy that I’m going to scream!

Gorgeous day today. I think it would be tough to be in a bad mood. I’m making dinner for Andy tonight. Then a movie maybe. Ikiru? Feel good movie of the year I tell ya.

At a campaign stop on Wednesday, Sen. John McCain was asked what to do about Iran. His response? He sang “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” to the tune of the Beach Boys’ “Barbara Ann.” Seriously.

Our new tele-drug is WTTW-D, the all-digital HD channel from PBS station WTTW. Last night at 10 we tuned in and watched a show about the “beach wars” in California: the battles between the rich bastards who own beachfront property … Continue reading →

Clearly there are times when Amazon is just clueless, because this morning I received the following email: Dear Amazon.com Customer, We’ve noticed that customers who have expressed interest in Twin Peaks – The Second Season have also ordered Melrose Place … Continue reading →

Ornette Coleman Wins Pulitzer Prize Awesome.  However, a really really mediocre play about grief, Rabbit Hole, also won a Pulitzer. No offense to upsidedownblue  (he got me the free ticket for the Goodman) … the Goodman’s production was as polished … Continue reading →