Pop Culture Weekly
I got this idea from a fellow blogger (thanks, Jake!) awhile back, and thought I'd go ahead and incorporate it as a fun weekly feature here on the Hollis Blog. Each week, I'll offer a brief snapshot of the stuff that currently is capturing my attention.
Books
Currently Reading:
The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
Next in the Queue:
Layer Cake, by J.J. Connolly
Most Recently Purchased:
Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America, by Morgan Spurlock
Collected Poems, by Stevie Smith
Music
Since I don't really focus on albums all that much (though I have recently been listening to the new Audioslave and Green Day's American Idiot), this section will instead center on what is playing on my iPod shuffle. This week's stuff is embarrassingly '80s-centric.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Tesla Girls
Prince – I Would Die 4 U
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
The Shins – Caring Is Creepy
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
Prince - 1999
The Police – Oh My God
Public Enemy - Pollywannacracka
Audioslave – Your Time Has Come
Psychedelic Furs – Forever Now
Movies
Most Recently Seen:
Batman Begins (I give it a solid A)
Serenity (also a solid, solid A)
Most Anticipated:
Howl's Moving Castle (I'm so aggravated that it hasn't come to my town yet)
TV
Currently Watching:
The O.C. Season One on DVD - The show has its ups (Samaire Armstrong, Peter Gallagher, the interaction between Benjamin McKenzie and Adam Brody) and downs (I want zombies to eat Oliver Trask in a painful death so that I can then proceed to shoot Zombie Oliver Trask in the head), but it's surprisingly fun.
30 Days - I cover this documentary series from Morgan Spurlock in the most recent edition of Shiny Things.
Entourage - A terrific, very insider look at what it's like to live the Hollywood life.
Most Anticipated:
When is Deadwood coming back, exactly?
Video Games
Currently Playing:
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - It's not much different from the first Fire Emblem for the GameBoy, but that's fine with me. I've always believed that the GameBoy is an ideal port for the RPG, and I think that's why I can find myself easily becoming engrossed in a game that is so portable. On a fun note, this game has monsters, which the first game certainly did not.
Most Anticipated:
Nintendogs for the DS - Yes, I'm a dog lover, and I can't wait to play with this.
Animal Crossing for the DS - Please. Give. Me. Some. Crack.
I got this idea from a fellow blogger (thanks, Jake!) awhile back, and thought I'd go ahead and incorporate it as a fun weekly feature here on the Hollis Blog. Each week, I'll offer a brief snapshot of the stuff that currently is capturing my attention.
Books
Currently Reading:
The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova
Next in the Queue:
Layer Cake, by J.J. Connolly
Most Recently Purchased:
Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America, by Morgan Spurlock
Collected Poems, by Stevie Smith
Music
Since I don't really focus on albums all that much (though I have recently been listening to the new Audioslave and Green Day's American Idiot), this section will instead center on what is playing on my iPod shuffle. This week's stuff is embarrassingly '80s-centric.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Tesla Girls
Prince – I Would Die 4 U
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
The Shins – Caring Is Creepy
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
Prince - 1999
The Police – Oh My God
Public Enemy - Pollywannacracka
Audioslave – Your Time Has Come
Psychedelic Furs – Forever Now
Movies
Most Recently Seen:
Batman Begins (I give it a solid A)
Serenity (also a solid, solid A)
Most Anticipated:
Howl's Moving Castle (I'm so aggravated that it hasn't come to my town yet)
TV
Currently Watching:
The O.C. Season One on DVD - The show has its ups (Samaire Armstrong, Peter Gallagher, the interaction between Benjamin McKenzie and Adam Brody) and downs (I want zombies to eat Oliver Trask in a painful death so that I can then proceed to shoot Zombie Oliver Trask in the head), but it's surprisingly fun.
30 Days - I cover this documentary series from Morgan Spurlock in the most recent edition of Shiny Things.
Entourage - A terrific, very insider look at what it's like to live the Hollywood life.
Most Anticipated:
When is Deadwood coming back, exactly?
Video Games
Currently Playing:
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - It's not much different from the first Fire Emblem for the GameBoy, but that's fine with me. I've always believed that the GameBoy is an ideal port for the RPG, and I think that's why I can find myself easily becoming engrossed in a game that is so portable. On a fun note, this game has monsters, which the first game certainly did not.
Most Anticipated:
Nintendogs for the DS - Yes, I'm a dog lover, and I can't wait to play with this.
Animal Crossing for the DS - Please. Give. Me. Some. Crack.
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