Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category

Samberg and Parnell Rap About Narnia

Monday, February 6th, 2006

I read an article from ZDNet today that gave me a link to a priceless video: Lazy Sunday. The video is of Saturday Night Live (SNL) comedians Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell performing a rap about the snacks they're going to eat on their way to see the movie The Chronicles ...

The Full Monty

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

Ariele bought a copy of the movie The Full Monty on DVD a little while back, and we finally watched it a couple of nights ago. I had seen the movie once before, soon after it came out, which according to The Internet Movie Database was in 1997. For those who ...

Throwin’ Bows at Jimmy Eat World

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

I'm slow in getting this written, and Heather already documented much of it on her blog, but I'll give it a whirl. This past Saturday, Caltech had Jimmy Eat World come to campus and put on a live concert. Admission was free, and Burger Continental started the festivities with a ...

The End of CDs?

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

Aidin Vaziri at the San Francisco Chronicle wrote an opinion piece calling for the end of music CDs in the wake of the rise of the iPod and Internet radio. While I don't think a great case is made for dumping CDs altogether, Aidin does provide a nice set of ...

Woo-Hah! Got You All in Check

Saturday, November 26th, 2005

I have been meaning to write this note for some time, but for whatever reason I haven't done it until now. I bought the album Statement by the band Nonpoint a year or so ago, and I have been listening to it rather often ever since. In fact, of all ...

A Prairie Home Companion

Monday, June 6th, 2005

On Friday night, Adam, Ted, Katie, Betsy, Julie, Ariele, and I went down to the Hollywood Bowl to see Garrison Keillor and the taping of this week's A Prairie Home Companion. I was the only Companion neophyte amongst the group, but I ended up having a great time. A Prairie ...