Music:
If Bob Dylan's Christmas in My Heart has you longing for his younger days, then check out The Felice Brothers, and yes, I know the comparison is a lazy one to make.Are bands shooting videos with cell phone cameras now? Either of their albums (The Felice Brothers or Yonder is the Clock) would make nice stocking stuffers for the kids.
Film:
When it comes to traditional "Oscar-worthy" films, 2009 hasn't had much to offer. Invictus and Up in the Air might prove me wrong. It just seems kind of funny that in a year where Oscar expanded their number of nominations there seems to be a shortage of deserving films. Anyway, for my money, two films that deserve nominations are The Hangover and The Amazing Mr. Fox, and with ten nominations, it seems the Academy could be a little more adventurous than the BCS (there's a column brewing in that thought). Anyway, I think Fantastic Mr. Fox is Wes Anderson's best and most complete film. Go see it now. George Clooney is pure gold, and no one else could have done the voice for this cussin' role. Whistle. ck. ck.
Links:
Folse rambles about the divides of hip hop over at Where's My Wave Dude?, leading into his thoughts on the rapper DECA. I never thought I'd see a rap video featuring windmills.
Dan Wetzel, of Yahoo!Sports, writes one of the few interesting articles about the Tiger Woods debacle. I'm not calling it Tiger Zoo after Bill Simmons wasted my time with half an essay that arrived nowhere, which actually captures the Tiger story perfectly, so I apologize, Bill--job well done.
For more on Bill Simmons, check out Sam Anderson, Sherman Alexie, Bethlehem Shoals, Jonathan Lethem, Tommy Craggs, and Ben Mathis-Lilley breaking down, critiquing, analyzing, admiring, and crapping all over Simmons' latest book, only to conclude that, yes, The Sports Guys is a good writer.
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