quickie reviews

[madbaker]

recent Netflix rental: Flight of the Conchords
We happened upon one of these episodes the Sunday after Collegium. Maybe our exhausted, post-event brain-dead state had something to do with us falling over laughing hysterically. Or maybe it was the dead-on David Bowie parodies.

Plot, such as it is: New Zealand folk duo moves to New York to boost music career. Various things happen, to the bemusement of their one stalker fan.

It's a lot better than that sounds. There are several musical numbers per episode and part of the fun is figuring out the parody - "Pet Shop Boys, West End Girls"! Not so good that I want to buy the series, but I haven't ruled it out either.

Book: Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew
The wife and I are fans of Ursula Vernon's work. I routinely read her webcomic Digger and we both enjoy her odd blog. She's a funny writer and a distinctive artist. The wedding and bridal shower presents we gave semy_of_pearls and shadowwalkyr were from her; I own a print of her "Mammoth Garlic" for tolerably obvious reasons. So it was somewhat foreordained that I would buy her first real book, a short work aimed at the 8-12 set but worth reading even as an adult. I would highly recommend it for young people and it's quirky enough to appeal to adults.

Comments

[goldenstag.livejournal.com]

The show is funny. The deadpan humor, is great. They have a CD out now of their music from the first season, including "The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)" and ... very funny stuff. Maybe rather than getting the DVDs of the show, getting the CD makes more sense? (I have it and have played it through a few times ...)

[semy-of-pearls.livejournal.com]

Um... BABY shower present, I think you mean. :D