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Tag Archives: New Jersey

More on the Movie 'Garden State'

I previously wrote about my high expectations for the movie Garden State. In this entry, I talk about my thoughts after having seen the film.

Is Sufjan Stevens Music or Just Illinoise? A Journey into Folk

Martey discusses Sufjan Stevens - with himself. In schizophrenic interview format.

On Garden State

Pitchfork:
For Garden State, drugs are clearly not the key to a better life; Natalie Portman is. Barring that, try music.
Everything I have heard about the film suggests that I will love it (New Jersey, Natalie Portman, The Shins, that snarky guy from Scrubs; it sounds like Paradise in film format). My only question is whether [...]

Governor McGreevey Resigns

When I first read the story about McGreevey resigning, I assumed it was because of new allegations in the rash of scandals currently afflicting his administration, not because he was a homosexual. Assuming his sexual orientation is the only reason for his resignation, I do not think it is right. Sure, social conservatives would undoubtedly [...]

Oh, Alma Mater

I was reading the May issue of my high school newspaper, The Mall, when I came across a charming (although unsolicited) advertisement on page 9 for this very site. Notwithstanding my general antipathy toward all things high school, I was tickled pink.
The most interesting article in the issue was the editorial "A Tale of Two [...]

This Time, I Mean It

Traveling to New Jersey today. Check for new posts sometime this weekend.

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Cow World

This New York Times Magazine article about a rash of deaths related to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a group of people who ate at the now-defunct Garden State Park Race Track was an interesting read. However, the theory that the deaths were caused by mad cow disease does not seem to have any conclusive evidence. [...]

Dress Codes

Normally, I do not read the Philadelphia Inquirer; I can find most national news items in the Times, and the Boston Globe provides most relevant local news (not that I read the Globe often; I am more concerned about the forest than the trees, so to speak).

Blogs, Berries, and Bogs

This post is for Greg, who noted I post a lot of New York Times articles. There is, of course, nothing inherently wrong with the Times, but I want to avoid getting in a situation like that in Sartre's play Dirty Hands, which takes place in World War II Yugoslavia.