The Pelican’s Perch

Running With Scissors
Score:  9/10
Running With Scissors is the film adaptation of Augusten Burroghs’ memoir of the same name.  It was one I’d seen at book stores before and wanted to read, but now plan on reading it the first chance I have some free time on my hands.
The film reminds me of The Royal Tenenbaums, [...]

Running With Scissors
Score: 9/10
Running With Scissors is the film adaptation of Augusten Burroghs’ memoir of the same name. It was one I’d seen at book stores before and wanted to read, but now plan on reading it the first chance I have some free time on my hands.
The film reminds me of The Royal [...]

I’m heading home in a few for Easter, so I’m getting all packed for the trip and will be gone most the day today. Unprepared like usual, but watch these videos until I return and enjoy the holiday weekend.
Mute Math - Typical
I heard this was done all in one take OK Go style, which considering [...]

The Republic Tigers are my current favorite band hands down.  Holly introduced me to them after seeing them open for her brother’s band Shhh, which is a great band itself.  She threw some of their songs my way and I couldn’t get enough of them.  First of all, right off the bat you realize that [...]

I had no idea about this, but Ben Cooper, one half of Electric President, has a new album under his solo act Radical Face. I need to get on that one asap as it came out in March and if it’s anything like Electric President, you know I’ll absolutely love it. You can stream three [...]

Lonely, Dear - I am John

Republic Tigers - Made Concrete

Bright Eyes - Cleanse Song
Modest Mouse - Missed the Boat

The Books - Tokyo

Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers

Margot & the Nuclear So & So’s - Skeleton Key

Styrofoam ft. Ben Gibbard - Couches in Alleys

Apollo Sunshine - I Was on the Moon

Novi Split - Leaving It

Bright Eyes - Middleman

Beginning [...]

After I got home from doing my radio show (which I’ll talk about tomorrow), my roommate was watching Cartoon Network and told me there was a rumor that the new Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie was going to be on tonight at 9pm. We figured it was an April Fool’s joke, but watched for it [...]