Ohmahgah

I've got to get this made into a poster for my bedroom wall.

I Know You Want It

I cannot get behind all the outrage over Miley Cyrus's performance on the MTVVMA show. I didn't necessarily like some of her moves, but SO WHAT, PEOPLE? Did the earth end just because her tongue is alarmingly KISS-like long?

No, it didn't. She didn't ruin same-sex marriage, drop Sarin gas over Syria, prevent blacks from voting, defund Obamacare. We're gonna be fine.

Besides, I kinda like her. Little 20-year-old kid, growing up in public... that's gotta be hard, but she's just doing it her way. Take off your prissy apron, all you haters.

One more thing: I like that Robin Thicke song. I haven't heard the rest of his music, but this one's frisky and cute and a load of fun to listen to. And, wasn't he the one with all the nude women in his video? Anybody calling him out for girls misbehaving? No.

And, in my opinion, the song does have a little Marvin Gaye beat, a little Marvin Gaye falsetto... But it is NOT a ripoff of Marvin Gaye, so just chill.

Anyway, rock on, you two artists with sexy punctuation. Rock on. Fine with me.

Oh, Man, Ba-a-d!

I watched The Bad Seed last night, first time since the movie originally came out and my mother took me to see it (and that's child abuse, right?).

Dang, that movie is good! I expected, on rewatching it, that it would be a campy, messed up B movie. But the acting was superb, the plot is perfect (in a 1950s way with the overdose of psychoanalytic jargon), and, well. Yeah.

In case you don't know, it's about a mother whose husband is away in the military, and she's responsible for her very weird, very manipulative daughter. Did Rhoda really harm that boy? Why was the handyman her enemy? Threats, tantrums, phony "sweet" behavior — Patty McCormack was really the accomplished little actress (that's her in the photo, trying to smuggle some matches out of the house in her perfect, fluffy dress).

McCormack was nominated for an Oscar as best supporting actress — at such a young age. Also nominated for Oscars were the actress who played the mother, and the woman who plays the drunken mother of Rhoda's schoolmate (and she won a Golden Globe for the role).

Actually, you gotta see the movie for the drunken mother. That good.

Oh Gah, I Like Sucky Cup Music

I've loved TMBG since the brand-new record from 1990. I'm a little addicted to Vampire Weekend. I even like The Cup Song (and come on, you've heard at least three versions of it).

Sumford and Mons

Eh. I like them. Do I lose my Brooklyn creds? Heh, didn't have any.