What I'm...

…Reading

Cell by Stephen King- To answer your two questions, no he is not retired and no, this is not a literary adaptation of the J Lo movie with the scary costumes. This is however, King’s finest stand alone work in some time. I’ve got about a hundred pages left and I have no earthly idea where the characters or story are going to end up. I didn’t realize how much of a Stephen King fan I’ve been until I went through a list of his books the other day and found I’ve read over 20. I haven’t read much of his work in the last few years except for the Dark Tower series but Cell is classic King mixing gore, action, flawed characters, and the requisite twists and turns.

…Watching

Lost- With apologies to Eminem, “Guess who’s back? Back again. Lost is back. Tell a friend.” I’m not sure Lost really went anywhere but I know the popular opinion has been that this second season has been disappointing. I’ve been an avid supporter but the criticism was beginning to wear me down until this week. This one had it all; a gripping flashback that actually has relevance to what’s happening on the island, clues or red herrings given out as to why these folks are on the island, and a return to the first season conflict that we all grew to love. To top it off next weeks looks like a barn burner. Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus and he’s actually showing new Lost 2 weeks in a row.

…Listening To

Most Played Songs on My iPod this Week
1. Hung Up- Madonna (Great performance at the Grammies)
2. Such Great Heights – Postal Service (I’m a little behind in catching on to this song but man it’s a beauty.)
3. For You I Will- Teddy Geiger (It’s from that Love Monkey show. I’m choosing to believe that this guy actually plays his own instruments and does his own singing.)
4. Little Babies– Sleater Kinney (Awesome iTunes Essential out there for a highly underrated band. This song takes me back to a time when my life was spent in a certain dank, dirty, wonderful basement in the MPLS.)
5. California Stars- Billy Bragg and Wilco (Another oldie but goodie I stumbled across on iTunes. Not a huge fan but this song is just about perfect)