What I'm...

…Watching.
The Real World: Denver
Perhaps it’s too early to crow about the new season of The Real World, but after last week’s premiere I must admit I’m pretty jazzed. Not since the Las Vegas season (arguably the best if you like sex and drama) has a season jumped out of the gate so strongly. Not only did two roommates make out right away but the next night one of the two hooked up with a 3rd roommate. Plus you had a girl on girl kiss and some drama between the gay guy and a homophobe. Hopefully they saved some drama for the rest of the season but I’m guessing that won’t be a problem.


… Reading.
Runaways
I’ve heard nothing but good things about this comic for the last couple of years. Published by Marvel the title has more of an indie rep than a mainstream one. This is the comic that comic creators read. Still I stayed away. My comic buying is limited to certain creators or characters and is erratic at best. However the pendulum of fate swung me towards Runway this month when it was announced that Joss Whedon will be replacing creator/writer Brian K. Vaughn once the current run finishes up. I’m a Whedon whore so of course I was going to read his stuff but in an effort to be educated on the characters and what not I picked up a couple of trade paperbacks of back issues. I can honestly say I haven’t read a comic book that featured no big name heroes this good since Whedon’s futuristic slayer tale of Fray. Vaughn has the same knack of writing teenage dialogue that Whedon does and the pacing and action probably surpass old Joss’s comic exploits. I guess the best praise is that the book reminds me of the pain of growing up but also makes you long for that age. Oh yeah, it’s funny as hell too! It’s easy to see why Whedon called this his favorite book and why he’s the perfect fit to take over.


…Listening To.
Top 5 on My iPod
1. Too Little, Too Late- Jo Jo (I’m not a pedophile I just have a distressing affection for catchy teen queen anthems.)
2. Love Me or Hate Me- Lady Sovereign (After weeks of being bombarded with the song on MTV bumpers and The OC I gotta say I’m addicted to this wee British MC.)
3. 30 Something- Jay-Z (As I wrote in my review last week, a good song that has a nice personal touch for me.)
4. Us- Regina Spektor (I think I’m developing a real thing for this lady’s music. Soulful singing with lyrics that remind me of Bjork.)
5. Dirty Glass- Dropkick Murphy’s (I don’t know why but a couple of weeks ago I became obsessed with finding the song Here and Now by Letter’s to Cleo which then led me to revisit this song which features Cleo’s lead singer joining the Dropkicks on the ultimate punk ode to dysfunctional relationships.)