Up for Grabs

Two items I own* that I will never wear, unless I wake up as a Japanese teenager.

*One was a gift and the other was a thrift shoppie in Utah.

Last night I was sick in bed so I watched Lost Boys: The Tribe. It's a 20 years too late straight-to-video sequel, but I chose to pretend I was watching a supernatural-themed Lifetime movie which really helped me enjoy it more. It stars the chick from when The OC got unwatchable and the scary vampire is played by Kiefer Sutherland's half brother, which is ostensibly his sole qualification for the job.

Corey Feldman also grits and grizzles his way through an uncomfortable-making performance as the lone Frog Brother. I was like, "Why do I find this so hard to watch?" and then I realized that it's because he is weirdly likable and watching him be such a terrible actor makes me embarrassed for him. But he's getting paid and stuff, Corey Feldman neither wants nor needs my pity so I will save it all for Corey Haim's ghost (Haimster is in the movie for two seconds at the very end).

Gerard McMann - Cry, Little Sister (Theme from the Lost Boys)

Why I Shouldn't Get Overly Familiar with People Who Don't Know My Sense of Humor, Part 45234820

[At work, I call someone we've just hired to do a project. It's our first meeting.]

Me: Hi.

Her: Hi!

Me: 702, where is that?

Her: I'm outside Las Vegas.

Me: Oh! There was an all-girl R&B group in the 90s called 702, they must have been from there.

Her: Oh.

[pause]

Me: Wait you weren't in the group, were you?

Her: ...What?

Me: Just uh, just kidding! Um. Moving on.

*scene*

702 - Where My Girls At

The first bar it was just alright, the second bar was Friday night

I saw Jonathan Richman last night at a sold out show at the (pretty tiny-sized) Hideout here in Chicago. Despite being a fan for years I've never seen him live before, and at 60 he still has the energy he had in every Conan appearance I've obsessively watched on Youtube.

My favorite of his many mid-song storytelling digressions was when he demonstrated the difference between the dancing that went on at the first bar, and then explained/showed us the clearly superior dancing that then transpired at the lesbian bar. What a weird and wonderful man.

Jonathan Richman - I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar

Modern Lovers - Dignified and Old

An oldie but such a goodie.

Caterwauling

It's pretty hard to sing along to Cocteau Twins but I do my best. The trick is to turn it up to 11, preferably with headphones on, to drown out how I actually sound like a deaf person trying to sing.

White Hinterland - Icarus

[White Hinterland]
image via my new favorite Tumblr

This week in future TV Carnage clips

1. His character's name IS Franco. Meta! So many layers to this onion.
2. The portraits. How much for the pink one on the left? Haha, just kidding. I never thought I'd say this but I'm starting to agree with Videogum on this overexposure thing. My love flame for Daniel Desario grows ever dimmer.
3. Odd pacing and general surreality aside, I'm pretty sure this scene is making fun of Steve Burton's Playgirl shoot from 1995 and speculation on whether he's had Botox. Don't ask me how I know this. I definitely haven't watched GH infrequently since the 7th grade SONNY AND BRENDA FOREVER —what? Who said that?? Look, I don't have anything to prove to you people.