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somebodyisfromhere.com
The destination destination.
<<< The plot description of Slumdog Millionaire doesn't exactly jump off the page. In fact, even after seeing it,
Somebodyisfromhere.com doesn't quite know how to describe it. Still, he wants to make it clear that Slumdog
Millionaire is the best movie he has seen this year.
Full Page: Slumdog Millionaire.
Somebodyisfromhere.com doesn't quite know how to describe it. Still, he wants to make it clear that Slumdog
Millionaire is the best movie he has seen this year.
Full Page: Slumdog Millionaire.
Slumdog Millionaire.
| The Soul Of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America. |
<<< "It's all jazz," is stated a few times in The Soul of Baseball by ... oh, well, somebodyisfromhere.com will
get to that later...
Somebodyisfromhere.com isn't sure what makes something a travel book (or movie, or whatever). Is it about movement? Is it
about obscure locations? Or is it travel because somebodyisfromhere.com is there and you're not? (If he were to write about his
home town and you aren't there, would that be travel writing in the internet age?)
Full Page: Traveling with Buck O'Neil
get to that later...
Somebodyisfromhere.com isn't sure what makes something a travel book (or movie, or whatever). Is it about movement? Is it
about obscure locations? Or is it travel because somebodyisfromhere.com is there and you're not? (If he were to write about his
home town and you aren't there, would that be travel writing in the internet age?)
Full Page: Traveling with Buck O'Neil
| Vegas Movies. |
<<< Somebodyisfromhere.com read
Bringing Down The House, the book for which 21
was based, only....he doesn't really remember it.
He does, however, remember liking it much much
more than the movie.
Full Page: 21
Bringing Down The House, the book for which 21
was based, only....he doesn't really remember it.
He does, however, remember liking it much much
more than the movie.
Full Page: 21
<<< If the Coen Brothers were making a bad phone commercial their network would sound
something like Los Fargasippizonahattenas.
Full Page: Coens
something like Los Fargasippizonahattenas.
Full Page: Coens
The Coen Brothers: Cinematic Nomads
| In Bruges. |
<<< Colin Farrell plays an Irish hitman hiding out in Belgium in his new movie, In
Bruges. Farrell, an Irishman, gives his best performance to date mostly because he
drops the cocky swagger he uses while playing Americans (a fact that I think I'm
offended with by the way).
Farrell's character and the character played by Brendan Gleeson had to kill a couple
of people in order to get a trip to Bruges (rhymes with huge). I didn't have to go that
far - - it only felt like death.
Bruges. Farrell, an Irishman, gives his best performance to date mostly because he
drops the cocky swagger he uses while playing Americans (a fact that I think I'm
offended with by the way).
Farrell's character and the character played by Brendan Gleeson had to kill a couple
of people in order to get a trip to Bruges (rhymes with huge). I didn't have to go that
far - - it only felt like death.
I was in Bruges for about an hour and a half. An accident on an English highway coming from London shortened our day trip significantly. We took a
ferry from Dover (England) and landed in Calais (France), taking a bus the rest of the way.
Full Page: Bruges
ferry from Dover (England) and landed in Calais (France), taking a bus the rest of the way.
Full Page: Bruges
<<< Way back when, Somebodyisfromhere.com applied to the University of Southern California. They
decided to go in a different direction. By the time he graduated college elsewhere, USC had won a national
championship, produced a few Heisman winners, and compromised his personal information. Bitter?
Naaaaah. Hell, with the recent string of cop movies out, Somebodyisfromhere.com has learned his life is
much safer outside of Los Angeles.
Full Page: West.
decided to go in a different direction. By the time he graduated college elsewhere, USC had won a national
championship, produced a few Heisman winners, and compromised his personal information. Bitter?
Naaaaah. Hell, with the recent string of cop movies out, Somebodyisfromhere.com has learned his life is
much safer outside of Los Angeles.
Full Page: West.
The Wild Wild West.
| Travel Writing: The Next Generation. |
<<< Although he may not be a rogue travel writer, Chuck Thompson, former editor for Travelocity ("a
travel magazine for people who didn't like travel magazines") and contributor for countless other
publications, isn't afraid to offer his unique perspective on destinations throughout the world.
Full Page: Smile
travel magazine for people who didn't like travel magazines") and contributor for countless other
publications, isn't afraid to offer his unique perspective on destinations throughout the world.
Full Page: Smile
<<< I think it's fair to say that you could look at the last author, Chuck Thompson, as the
Batman of travel writing. He's dark, somewhat brooding, while at his very core, there's a sense of
justice that he wants to share with the public at large. In this universe, The Onion (and their atlas,
Our Dumb World) would serve as The Joker.
The Onion found easily on the web (and presumably on paper somewhere) has been satirizing
many aspects of the media for years now. Most notably, is its "newspaper." It also has dabbled in
clichéd morning shows. Diversifying more so, they have items available on the likes of Amazon.
One of which is it's new atlas, Our Dumb World.
Full Page: The Onion
Batman of travel writing. He's dark, somewhat brooding, while at his very core, there's a sense of
justice that he wants to share with the public at large. In this universe, The Onion (and their atlas,
Our Dumb World) would serve as The Joker.
The Onion found easily on the web (and presumably on paper somewhere) has been satirizing
many aspects of the media for years now. Most notably, is its "newspaper." It also has dabbled in
clichéd morning shows. Diversifying more so, they have items available on the likes of Amazon.
One of which is it's new atlas, Our Dumb World.
Full Page: The Onion
| Travel Writing: The Next Generation. Part II |
| The English Lads Come to NJ. |
<<< Somebodyisfromhere.com likes Radiohead, but he's not one of THOSE people, y'know one
of those people that have seen every concert and know every detail about the band. It's not like
somebodyisfromhere.com is trying to distance himself from THOSE people, it's just that he's not
capable. You see, he has no rhythm. He can't sing. He can't retain lyrics. He can't even clap correctly
during that clappy part of the Friends theme song.
Full Page: Radiohead.
of those people that have seen every concert and know every detail about the band. It's not like
somebodyisfromhere.com is trying to distance himself from THOSE people, it's just that he's not
capable. You see, he has no rhythm. He can't sing. He can't retain lyrics. He can't even clap correctly
during that clappy part of the Friends theme song.
Full Page: Radiohead.
-Travel In Entertainment-
| With new content weekly, Somebodyisfromhere.com takes a look at travel albeit from the perspective of somebody who probably watched a little too much TV as a kid (or yesterday). The site doubles as a venue in which you can share stories or pictures from your vacations because, let's face it, your friends are sick of hearing about it. |
State of Play.
<<< State of Play was originally a British mini-series. Don't worry, though, Her Majesty still has her
fingerprints all over the movie. They moved it to the area of one of her old colonies, gave it a Scottish
director (Kevin McDonald), and filled key roles with a Brit (Helen Mirren) and two people from
commonwealth countries (Rachel McAdams and Russell Crowe).
Sure, there are Americans, too. While, it's kind of fun to pile on Ben Affleck's acting,
Somebodyisfromhere.com gives him credit for kind of knowing his limitations. One of the first things he
did after getting famous was creating a show that's premise was he didn't have to be in front of the
camera (Project Greenlight). Lately, he directed a solid movie (Gone Baby Gone) and started playing
mysterious supporting roles (Hollywoodland, Smokin' Aces). He continues the supporting thing by
playing a Congressmen whose aid who comes up dead.
fingerprints all over the movie. They moved it to the area of one of her old colonies, gave it a Scottish
director (Kevin McDonald), and filled key roles with a Brit (Helen Mirren) and two people from
commonwealth countries (Rachel McAdams and Russell Crowe).
Sure, there are Americans, too. While, it's kind of fun to pile on Ben Affleck's acting,
Somebodyisfromhere.com gives him credit for kind of knowing his limitations. One of the first things he
did after getting famous was creating a show that's premise was he didn't have to be in front of the
camera (Project Greenlight). Lately, he directed a solid movie (Gone Baby Gone) and started playing
mysterious supporting roles (Hollywoodland, Smokin' Aces). He continues the supporting thing by
playing a Congressmen whose aid who comes up dead.
Part All of the President's Men, part The Pelican Brief, State of Play is a taut thriller that starts with a chase and never slow down.
Kings of Leon.
<<< For the uninitiated, The Kings of Leon is a four membered band all with the last name Followhill; three
brothers and a cousin. Lead singer Caleb looks like a cross between Charlie from Lost and a Civil War
infantryman.
They are getting airplay for their songs "Sex on Fire" and "Use Somebody."
Hits aside, Kings of Leon is suited so well for a crowd because many of their songs start with a addicted riff.
Examples of these songs are: "Knocked Up," "Crawl," and "Closer."
Full Page: Kings of Leon.
brothers and a cousin. Lead singer Caleb looks like a cross between Charlie from Lost and a Civil War
infantryman.
They are getting airplay for their songs "Sex on Fire" and "Use Somebody."
Hits aside, Kings of Leon is suited so well for a crowd because many of their songs start with a addicted riff.
Examples of these songs are: "Knocked Up," "Crawl," and "Closer."
Full Page: Kings of Leon.
<<< How does The Hangover compare to
Somebodyisfromhere.com's night in Vegas
(click here to read about
Somebodyisfromhere.com's trip). The Hangover
finished first in the box office this weekend
and has garnered a lot of buzz. Is it worthy?
Full Page: The Hangover.
Somebodyisfromhere.com's night in Vegas
(click here to read about
Somebodyisfromhere.com's trip). The Hangover
finished first in the box office this weekend
and has garnered a lot of buzz. Is it worthy?
Full Page: The Hangover.
A Prayer for the City.
<<< As the economic downturn continues, Somebodyisfromhere.com looks back at the Buzz Bissinger book A
Prayer for the City and the progress of the American city.
Full Page: Prayer.
Prayer for the City and the progress of the American city.
Full Page: Prayer.
The Sex Lives of Cannibals.
<<< The Sex Lives of Cannibals is not, with a few exceptions, about the sex lives of cannibals. The subtitle,
Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific, is a bit more accurate.
The premise is easy enough. A simple na'er-do-well, along with his woman, bored with his current lot in life
moves to a country nobody has heard of to live a life on the beach absent of the comforts of McDonald's.
Full Page: Cannibals.
Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific, is a bit more accurate.
The premise is easy enough. A simple na'er-do-well, along with his woman, bored with his current lot in life
moves to a country nobody has heard of to live a life on the beach absent of the comforts of McDonald's.
Full Page: Cannibals.