February 2012
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January 2012
2 posts
WatchAmen.
Friendly Conversation on Gchat.
Was just talking to Brandon on Gchat and we had this short exchange that I found rather humorous:
Brandon: why’s gmail different now?
Me: what do you mean? the aesthetic redesign? Is yours white red and black now?
Brandon: no, my goddamn ocean background changed
i used to be under the ocean, now I’m looking at the horizon
its stupid
December 2011
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Rover is awful.
Rover’s Morning Glory is awful. Rover is a misogynist d-bag who demeans, berates and objectifies women. He’s ignorant. It’s this kind of lowest common denominator low brow “entertainment” that sets a sexist and hostile tone against women in our society. If you actively support and like this show, then my respect for you has dwindled. And if you’re a woman and...
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September 2011
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One of my favorite songs. Tragic and beautiful.
My ten year anniversary.
10 years ago today I played my first solo show. Blender had recently broke up and after being inspired by two guys I had just met (Xe La and Dave Michaelson) I decided to go out alone. The first show was a 9/11 fundraiser at The Madhouse in Elyria. I haven’t been as active with my own music in the last few years as I was back then but boy do I feel old today. Here’s the oldest track I...
I'm back.
I think I’m going to go ahead and get back to using this thing. This will be for my thoughts and observations. I’ll try to keep business out of it. For all that stuff you can go to http://www.justinmarkert.com
Oh if you’re wondering. This eventually transitioned to Thereisnoblackorwhite.com and were writing weekly film reviews and previews. It was awesome. But I accidentally...
August 2010
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PlayhouseSquare: Cinema at the Square
Last night Allie and I attended the opening night of this year’s Cinema at the Square at PlayhouseSquare. Now in its thirteenth year, this year’s schedule boasts 16 films all showing in the Palace Theater on a 20 foot screen, the largest non-Imax screen in Ohio.
The film we saw last night was the 1985 comedy classic Fletch starring Chevy Chase. Before the show started there was an oldtime organ...
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Movie Review: The Other Guys
I first saw Mark Wahlberg play opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Basketball Diaries when I was in high school. At the time, I thought the movie was going to be fluff. All I knew Leo from was Titanic, so how could a movie starring the teen heartthrob of the year and Marky Mark chronicling drug addicted high school basketball players in inner-city New York be any good. More specifically how could they...
July 2010
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Movie Review: The Kids Are All Right
It’s 1994. You’re 12 years old. Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater and Alan Rickman have recently gotten together and made your adolescent cinematic dreams come true. Not since Back to the Future, have you loved a film as much as this glorious masterpiece. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has become your “Number One Favorite Movie Of All Time.” You love it so much that, not only do...
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Movie Review: Inception
Take a look at what’s playing in theaters this week and you’ll find that well over half of what’s out there is either a sequel, remake or cartoon/comic adaptation. The same story, the same characters, doing basically the same thing over and over again. In an era where the major studios spew out the same banal, unoriginal, cookie-cutter stories faster than Mel Gibson releases mix tapes, it’s...
A Step Forward.
SO I’ve decided to start a blog. I’m not exactly sure how I will use this space. Will it be a local music blog? Will it be a Cleveland pride blog? Will it be a place to rant and rave about the Cavs, or the Black Keys or about how Mariah Carey is the clearly the greatest female singer of the last 30 years? (I dare you to try and fight me on that one.) Or will it be a place to vent about society,...
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