Governments like to waste time on stupid things. I guess it makes them feel important. I usually don’t care about it, but when try to do something silly and someone drags it out even further, I can’t help but shake…

I can think of a lot of strange ways to spend a Sunday morning, but I think I topped them all last week. I didn’t intend to get up early and go see the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert movie with…

Little by little, R.E.M.’s new album Accelerate comes into view. First, we had the Dublin rehearsals. For almost 40 days, we have had the clips at Ninety Nights. Before this week, we had heard a clip of “Supernatural Superserious” and…

Over the past four years or so, I have come to rely on XM Radio during my hour-long commute. Since I come from southern Pennsylvania to the suburbs of Baltimore, I had to deal with unreliable frequencies and way too…

So what are you doing on June 11? I’ll be at Meriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., watching R.E.M. on tour. The band announced tour dates and the Meriweather show is the closest to me. They classify it as their…

Have you ever watched a commercial in utter amazement because you can’t believe how absolutely crappy it is? Have you ever wondered if monkeys and people with head injuries came up with ad campaigns? We have found a home for…