Scattered thoughts: The Arts - Erik Hanberg

Scattered thoughts: The Arts

I've been negligent on posting here as well.

Music
Just discovered the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss album. What an odd combination of musicians! And with a pretty great result. I've been listening to their cover of Gone Gone Gone by the Everly Brothers.

Here's the Everly Brothers performing it. It's a really fun pop song, though in this case the highlight is definitely the dancers.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35YKLemYPtM?wmode=transparent]

Television
Mary's been watching Weeds and whenever I drop in for a few episodes I've really liked it.

I've been interested in Glee and FlashForward but have decided to save both for DVD. The only TV on DVD I've been watching is It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which is wonderful when it's on the mark and just so-so when it's off.

For current TV, I'm on a diet of just How I Met Your Mother, The Office, 30 Rock, and The Simpsons pretty much. Looking forward to seeing Lost start up again. Oh, and I TiVo'd "V" last night. We'll see how that is.

Theater
I forgot to mention that The 39 Steps in Seattle was a lot of fun. A good comedy built around a Hitchcock movie with an absurd premise.

Movies
I can't believe I wasted a Netflix rental on Supergirl.

Books
I read Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol in about 24 hours, which is pretty common with his books. Like his others, it's high-octane, can't-put-it-down utter nonsense. Anyone with a passing knowledge of history or science can spot where he's twisted things to suit his facts. The science-y stuff is like a novelization of The Secret (which I didn't read) thrown in with a little Bible Code (which I did read). The book isn't as good as Angels & Demons, which is still Brown's best, I think.

And John Adams, of course, which will get its own separate post later.

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