Words Can't Bring Me Down

Listening to: The Creative Life Podcast. Recently started and already a total favorite of mine, Jenny Yang's hour long podcasts feature "real conversations with established and up-and-coming creatives, and real advice for creative entrepreneurs charting unexpected paths." I really enjoy the long format, Jenny's wonderful interviews, and the chance to hear from artists who are composing and finding their ambitions.Jenny is a writer and stand up...

Once Upon a Time

Look at this image, isn't it a beauty? It's the cover to the 2009 Debutantes eBook anthology that will be released later this year. Organizing this amazing project is Jessica Verday and she'll be editing along with Rhonda Stapleton. There are twenty five authors lined up to contribute stories -- including me! -- and the lineup looks like this:Cyn Balog, Lauren Bjorkman, Leigh Brescia, Jennifer Brown, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, Janet Gurtler, Teri Hall,...

Bushy Tailed & Bright Eyed

Listening to: Over at Ameer's new music blog, I'm going to be guest posting every week or so. My first Select Sundays just went up and features a song, and a band, I got obsessed with just two days ago while trying to organize and pack up out of San Diego. You'll love the track too I'm sure.Currently pushing: Slightly Foxed. Awhile back I picked up a whole bunch of short story journals at a SF Public Library Big Book Sale. Included in the haul...

Inspectah Deck

Currently pushing: The End Starts Today (TEST). Introducing Ameer's new music blog! Inspired by the many music blogs he frequents, Ameer decided to jump in the game and share some tracks that he's been hoarding from the world. I'm gonna guest post over there from time to time, when I can find the right Yanni remix to show off. Get over to TEST and start following!I spent my afternoon at a music party. Ameer told me that I would love this particular...

A New Refutation of Time And Space

Listening to: Consequence, "Disperse." If you knew this guy was Q-Tip's cousin, you were one up on me. In about a month, Michael Rapaport's Tribe Called Quest documentary comes out, so let's get excited by listening to this amazing track I didn't even know about until four days ago. "Please disperse, please disperse!"As I've noted on here before, I'm a big time pusher. Anyone around me is subjected to lots of "you have to download/try/read/use/steal...

X-Men: First Class (2011)

Currently pushing: My list of top twenty most powerful X-Men. I count this as my greatest written work ever. And I should really update it.And if you don't know about uncannyxmen.net already, we are not X-friends. I especially dig their character spotlights and costume galleries.I conveniently forgot that Wolverine came out two years ago when I Tweeted about not having a X-Men movie since 2006. In my defense, Wolverine was really a spin off and...

I'll buy you anything, I'll buy you any ring

Currently pushing: Stereomood. Paula put me onto this, an emotional Internet radio site. Select a mood and away you go. I started off with "just woke up" and moved to "lost in thought" and "busy bee." The selections are varied and interesting and culled from these music blogs. I'm finding some magic songs using this and it's been replacing Shuffler.fm for me recently. I spent my day eating hot deli sandwiches and watching a The Voice marathon...

Midnight in Paris (2011)

Woody Allen movies I've seen: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Bullets Over Broadway, Everyone Says I Love You, Match Point, Scoop, Vicky Cristina Barcelona. And now Midnight in Paris. I really wanted to love this movie, and despite having seen just a few of Allen's classics, I like to say "I love Woody!" What I'm realizing is that aside from Annie Hall, all of his movies seem to be majorly flawed. Well, not all, but most.Take this one. A great premise...