Have you seen Mr. Brooks?

Jane Ullah @ December 11, 2007 # 4 Comments

Matt brought this movie home as a Redbox DVD rental and we (a.k.a. I) haven’t stopped talking about it. We told our landlord about it and he can’t stop talking about it. My lab mate watched the same movie and he can’t stop talking about it. It was wicked and very well done movie. My [...]

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My take on Knocked Up

Matthew Banick @ August 23, 2007 # One Comment

I wouldn’t normally take the time to write a review about a movie I disliked, but as I was reading Jane’s review, and voicing my opinion she simply suggested that I should write a review in rebuttal of the points she made. Well for starters, I don’t think that what she said was [...]

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The movie, Knocked Up, had a few nuggets.

Jane Ullah @ August 23, 2007 # No Comment Yet

Okay, Knocked Up is rated R and by God, rightfully and sinfully so. It hits the right notes to attract males and just enough to keep the females happy. By box office accounts, this movie has done well. This movie struck me as having an anti-abortion stance and not justifiably so. The basic [...]

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The movie, Descent.

Jane Ullah @ August 21, 2007 # No Comment Yet

Well, well, well. I’m on round two of “negotiations” i.e. another look-see or interview. Just when I was lamenting to Matt about how things didn’t seem so good. An interesting thing that happened today: I actually turned down an interview. I was mentally kicking myself about it, but Matt reminded me of the facts: city [...]

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The highs and lows

Jane Ullah @ August 17, 2007 # 2 Comments

I’m discovering that I can be a very impatient person sometimes. It’s frustrating to feel like someone else holds your future in their hands, but I know that there are always other options i.e. there’s no one sole option. It’s always a question of whether or not one is willing to go against the odds [...]

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Watching the number 23 and plugins galore!

Jane Ullah @ August 17, 2007 # One Comment

Ok, scratch Tallulah Gorge. Events conspired to prevent us from making it. Nevertheless, we visited one of our favorite spots (by Lake Lanier) and Matt got a good swimming workout while I read by the lake. It would be considered in the realm of TMI (too much information) if I went into the reasons [...]

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Putting authors on blast

Jane Ullah @ August 15, 2007 # No Comment Yet

Matt and I just spent a night at his mom’s. I love going there because there are lots of books for me to read. She (Margie) and her daughter (Maggie) are into reading books just like Matt and I. It was just funny how we were all in the same room with our noses in [...]

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My experience with the band, Pelican.

Jane Ullah @ August 5, 2007 # 2 Comments

Artist/performer: Pelican

Price: $10

Begins: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 at 11:30 PM

Ends: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 at 1:30 PM

Location:

285 W Washington Street

Athens, Georgia 30601

USA

This band (Pelican) simply rocks! First of all, they don’t have a singer/lyricist. They make the music with their instruments consisting of a bass player, a drummer and two other guitar players. As you may or may not know, my husband is Caucasian and I’m Nigerian. We went downtown to a part of the city and to a club where my kind isn’t frequently seen. This place was the 40 Watt club and I’ve actually been there before with Matt (to see The Melvins). As expected, I had to wear earplugs, but I could hear fine although Matt kept mothering me. :) There was about ~25 people in the club by Matt’s estimate and still, in his words, “they played their heart(s) out” Their sound is nothing like I’ve heard before and I’m frankly speaking. If their songs could have lyrics, they’d be almost melancholy. Matt pegs their styles as “emotional, dramatic and heavy.” He took the words right out of my mouth. They’ve got a hectic tour schedule so go listen to them while they’re in the US. Or check out their Myspace page for samples.

Tags: the melvins, pelican, 40 watt club, caucasian, nigerian, bass, guitarist

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