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“Lovesick Lullaby,” Antoine Dodson and Brent Morgan

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Feb 072012

Antoine Dodson, of “Bed Intruder” infamy, has recorded a sincere song called “Lovesick Lullaby.” His partner, Brent Morgan, is a local musician who is also the youth music leader (and a substantial praise band contributor) at our church, Good Shepherd.

I’ve a feeling the degree of Brent’s eventual fame will be determined primarily by his tolerance for it. He’s a tremendously talented singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and I’m pleased I get to enjoy his music so often. (Antoine, you’re not so bad yourself, and you picked a good partner.) Good luck, guys!

Relaxing with a delightful feed of booking photos

Annoyances, Current Events, Popular Culture 3 Responses »

Feb 062012

Longtime readers may recall that I have a weakness for TheSmokingGun.com.

I’m not proud of it—it’s particularly embarrassing given the disdain I have and regularly express for a lot of base pop culture—so I try not to go too often. Consequently I’m not sure how long this has been available, but it’s awesome: how about a “constantly updated feed of civilian booking photos“?

Dig: click a thumbnail and it opens the mug shot, but it also drops you into one of 24 categories (like Cleavage, or Hawaiian Shirts, or Weepy). You can also select one of those categories to go straight there.

Finally, you can also browse just the celebrities, like you’ve always been able to. Joyce DeWitt, 25 years past her 15 minutes, arrested on suspicion of drunk driving? Check. Tawny Kitaen, looking very un-writhe-on-my-Jaguar? Check. Closing on a dozen choices just choosing between Lindsay Lohan and OJ? Check.

Enjoy.

Ben Gazzara, Road House’s Brad Wesley, dead at 81

Current Events, Memories, Popular Culture 1 Response »

Feb 032012

Prolific and Emmy award-winning actor Ben Gazzara died this morning. He was 81. The New York Times article—which I somehow was able to read an hour or so ago but which is now demanding login credentials, therefore preventing me from linking to it— disingenuously and snobbishly avoids any mention of what is surely Gazzara’s greatest [...]

A murder party with my monkey

Current Events, Leisure, Popular Culture 2 Responses »

Jan 292012

I was whisked away to Arabia last night. Beth hosted a murder mystery dinner party set in a market in the kingdom of Ardalan. I was an entertainer named Nihad, with a pet monkey named Sinbad. (Terri snapped this photo. I suspect others shall surface.) Have you ever attended a murder party? I can access [...]

A few notes on Harry Potter, the wrong way

Consumption, Current Events, Family, Leisure, Popular Culture 3 Responses »

Jan 162012

Until yesterday afternoon, it probably took being a monk to know less about Harry Potter than I did. Lea and I didn’t have children when the books started coming out, and by the time the phenomenon was in the stratosphere, there was too much catching up to do. So, apart from trying 30 minutes of [...]