Things i like.

There are actually some things i like. I know that nothings perfect but in my mind the following things can do no wrong.


TV

The Wire - Don't like it? Racist.

Dexter - Dexter is kinda dumb but it's still fun as hell. If you want to see into the mind of an autistic serial killer who just happens to be a good guy then watch this. Catchphrases from the show include, 'Surprise muthafucka', 'Jesus Christ Morgan' and 'It's me. I'm the [Bay Harbor Butcher]'. Season 2 stars Jamie Murray as an attractive crazy lady who (whom?) i would very much like to have sex with.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - It's a show about horrible people. If you are a horrible (normal) person you will enjoy it.

House M.D. - Whoa, look at me with the lil known indie tv shows.



Movies


Thank You For Smoking - Dark comedy in which Aaron Eckheart will win your heart.

Che I&II - My choice for best movie of 2008. Beating even The Dark Knight (this is a joke The Dark Knight was an entertaining kids movie and babies first vigillante plot probably gonna hate on that movie next).

Synechdoche: New York - See above only replace 08 with 09. (Keep The Dark Knight criticism).

Half Nelson - What i fear i will become.

Music

DMX, 'It's Dark and Hell is Hot' - The best rap debut?

Eels, 'Dasies of the Galaxy' - Makes me cry.

Soulwax, 'Any Minute Now' - Electro music for people who like me, are too fat to dance.

Mark Lanegan, 'Bubblegum' - Not my personal favourite of his but probably his most accesable album. Tell me you really like it and it's all you've heard and i will show you more of his stuff then scoff about you behind your back.

Books

Cervantes, 'Don Quixote' - Possibly my favourite book (despite my literature degree i'm horribly entry level)

Arkady & Boris Strugatsky 'Roadside Picnic' - Pulp scifi but done well. The basis for the movie Stalker... And also the uh, video game. It's good though trust me.

Caryl Philips, 'Crossing the River' - Interesting multi-generational look at racial identity. I enjoyed it more than Toni Morrison.

Milton, 'Paradise Lost' - I know you can see this Paul please return my copy of Paradise Lost.


Video Games?

They're for children but i'm not gonna pretend i dont play them. The following are worth wasting your time on if you're into that sort of thing. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune PS3 (Indy IV), Condemned, Xbox360 (really good until the end not as dumb as the sequel) and Dead Rising, Xbox 360 (So much like Dawn of the Dead that Romero sued it's developers. He lost. Seems he didn't invent zombies or shopping centres)




I like other things as well but it's not as much fun writing about things nicely. Next blog is back to criticism or maybe just a link to Pitchforks 'Songs of the decade list'. Either way you're garunteed to get a horrible opinion riddled with childish spelling mistakes and the haunting feeling that the person providing it has a DXM problem.