Sunday, March 30, 2008

how to spend your early spring weekends

well, in the morning you quietly (because your beloved is still asleep) research The Breeders (because you have a phone interview with Kelley Deal Monday afternoon). the most interesting find, thus far, is a 2002 Dutch television program called "The Real Deal."


then, after a quick bite to eat (probably a Trader Joe's "this fig walks into a bar . . . " cereal bar), you watch a movie, either No Country For Old Men, which was not disappointing in the least despite your longtime affection and high expectations for both Cormac McCarthy and the Coen Brothers, or Into The Wild, an overly long, overly romanticized (kind of like the title) yet still interesting film directed and produced by Sean Penn.

and then there's basketball (don't mention taxes; let's don't talk about taxes; la la la la la: I can't hear you when you say taxes (other stuffs to be avoided: laundry and grocery shopping)), especially the Tar Heels' a little too close for comfort win over Louisville.

(by the way, I might've been sandbagging a bit on my basketball picks. going into Sunday's games, I have one bracket in the ESPN pool (with over 3 million entries for the men's tournament) ranked at 1,173 (greatest assist: two victories by Western Kentucky; worst damage: Davidson and Villanova's multiple wins and South Alabama's failure to win even one), and one bracket on the women's side ranking 613 (last miss: Notre Dame over Oklahoma, otherwise my Sweet Sixteen would've been perfect))

last four CDs to arrive in the mail: Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue (2 CD Legacy Edition) (out June 17), Stanton Moore's Emphasis! (On Parenthesis) (out April 22), Heloise & The Savoir Faire's Trash, Rats & Microphones (out April 29) and Apples In Stereo's Electronic Projects for Musicians (out this Tuesday)

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