Just a quick entry to mention that I finally made the jump from Blogger to Movable Type today. It wasn't easy and it would never have happened without the expert advice I received from Jan, so mad props go out to him.
There are a couple of things I haven't gotten around to fixing yet, so there might be a couple of glitches, but I'll get it fixed soon.

I'm working on reviews of the Coldplay and the Ryan Adams concerts, but I haven't finished them yet. But until then I'll just mention that Laura was right about Coldplay playing "Barbie Girl", but it's not like they played the full song. Chris sang the first verse, but fumbled the lyrics and was ready to stop just before the chorus. But then Jon ran across stage to sing René Dif's immortal line "Come on Barbie, let's go party", which cracked Chris up and then they stopped playing the song.
I'm also working on an entry about Christmas music for Blogcritics, which I hope to have ready as soon as possible.

I was watching the Reality TV channel last night (yes, I was that bored) and I was both disgusted and fascinated at the same time. No, I wasn't watching Cheaters, which they like to show a lot. A show which is hosted by Tommy "Sleazebag" Habeeb, who distinguishes himself by being a bigger creep than the people he is exposing on television. No, I was watching The Glutton Bowl. This is the only contest I know of where the main objective is to violate one of the seven deadly sins. In this contest the "athletes" (I swear to God the two commentators referred to them as such) have to pig out on such delicacies as mayonnaise, beef tongues, and Rocky Mountains Oysters. It was pretty gross, but when I saw that Takeru Kobayashi was a part of the contest I had to watch. And he did win, so that was fun seeing a pint-sized Japanese kid out-eat those huge American guys. I can't find an official Glutton Bowl website, so I can't link to the co-commentator, who was the president of the Professional Eating Association (or whatever it was called), but I think you'll believe me, when I say he was quite a character.

And I also watched Paper Moon last night, which is a pretty great movie. It's set in a O, Brother Where Art Thou/Mudhoney setting with Tatum and Ryan O'Neal as a pair hustlers. I hadn't seen it in ages and I was very impressed by Tatum O'Neal's Academy Award winning performance. It's weird that she never became a big Hollywood star. I guess her marriage to McEnroe got in the way of that.

This week I participated in the Album Cover Quiz over at Swish Cottage and came in second, because I didn't recognize the cover for Felix Da House Cat's Kittenz and Thee Glitz album.

And if you want to see what the webloggers are doing on World AIDS Day check out the Link and Think website.