2012 April

April, 2012

That left turn at King’s Landing

HBO As you may have already guessed, the opening credits are my favorite part of Game of Thrones. The rest just can’t compare. Given the direction of this blog, it was only so long before I weighed in on HBO’s Game of Thrones, thus officially joining the Internet. But how could I not? Look at [...]


Gee, whiz: Rethinking fast-food tourism

RICH BUNNELL A now-defunct White Castle was among the destinations on my first Manhattan trip, but kitsch just isn’t worth the taste anymore. I just popped in Robert Keener’s documentary Food Inc., with no initial intent to write about it, because I figure plenty of people on the Internet are better equipped to cover the [...]


Nothin’ up my sleeve

COURTESY I don’t even know what the hell is supposed to be going on in this bumper sequence, but it’s surreal genius. I’ve long, long been a fan of Rocky and Bullwinkle, but it’s only been recently where I’ve revisited the show and found myself utterly fascinated. Take a look at the 9-second intermission animation [...]