I can’t believe I’ve never noticed that our friends G&C’s full initials make “CBGB”. make no mistake about it: I’ll be calling them CBGB from now on.

Watched two movies this weekend (so far; nothing says we won’t watch another tonight after the assignment’s done):

• p.s. (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was one we missed at last year’s festival. I like Laura Linney’s work a lot, and I enjoyed Dylan Kidd’s first film Roger Dodger, so I had high expectations for this one. Not quite as good as Roger Dodger (which grew on me more and more after I saw it…I think it took some time to process) but certainly enjoyable. I think Topher Grace has a chance to be a big indie movie star, if that’s what he wants to do. All in all: not groundbreaking, but recommended.
• We saw Sin City (imdb | rotten tomatoes) last night. Man. Ultra-noir comic book and super-textured black & white visuals really go together, huh? I loved this movie, but I could tell other people in the audience didn’t (the three air-kissing twinkies in front of us, for example). One guy even got up and left during a particularly violent segment near the end. Do these people not read the movie description, or even see an ad before they buy a ticket? Whatever. If you don’t mind surrealist violence and plotlines, go see this movie. It’s a kick.

222 pounds this week. Not so good. Probably has something to do with all the junk I’ve been eating this weekend, and the lack of exercise due to a busy work week and the #@&% accounting assignment. However, I should finish the assignment today so the plan is to get back on the treadmill tomorrow.

Sat on a patio and had a couple of drinks yesterday for the first time this spring. It was niiiiiiiiiiice.

Nellie just watched a “Listed” episode on muchmoremusic (aka “The 80s Channel”) about the 20 best soundtracks of all time:

1. Saturday Night Fever
2. The Bodyguard
3. Purple Rain
4. Grease
5. Dirty Dancing
6. Titanic
7. Top Gun
8. Footloose
9. Flashdance
10. The Wall
11. Pulp Kitchen
12. Pretty In Pink
13. The Lion King
14. Rocky Horror Picture Show
15. 8 Mile
16. Moulin Rouge
17. Breakfast Club
18. Beverly Hills Cop
19. Do the Right Thing
20. Tommy

Look, I understand that nowadays MMM just panders to people who actually like 80s movies, but c’mon. Seriously now. Anyway, I fought down the need to laugh & vomit long enough to compile a list of ten soundtracks, any one of which is better than anything* they listed:

• The Crow
• City Of Angels
• Dazed And Confused
• Dead Man Walking
• Friday Night Lights
• High Fidelity
• O Brother Where Art Thou
• Romeo & Juliet
• Singles
• Stealing Beauty

*except for maybe The Wall, whose status as “soundtrack” is a shaky at best.

Today: sunny & 15 degrees.
Tomorrow: sunny & 15 degrees.
Accounting assignment: 85% done.
Plan for today: finish said assignment and get to the Rebel House patio early enough to secure a table.

• M.I.A. . “Galang”
• The Reverend Horton Heat . “The Devil’s Chasin’ Me”
• Rogue Wave . “Endless Shovel”
• Smashing Pumpkins . “Drown”

Got three CDs in the mail today:

• The Kills . No Wow (pitchfork | metacritic)
• Soundtrack Of Our Lives . Origin 1 (pitchfork | metacritic)
• Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra . Horses In The Sky

The only thing I hate more than blogger is accounting.

If I could have lunch with any three people, I’d have to say…Jon Stewart, Nando Parrado and John Kenneth Galbraith.

Backup lunch: Jack Black, Bob Mould and my grandmother who died before I was born.

This is sad. The Plaza hotel in New York is being turned into condos. I’m glad we got to stay there a few years ago.