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Dancing to the Beat Radio

I went a’dancin’ last night. Beat Radio is going off the air so they threw a little party at First Ave last night called “Beatoff”. It was fun…for the most part…it was a little annoying because of the nature of the crowd. Usually, a techno show at First Ave means a techno crowd; a crowd that comes to dance and experience the event instead of scoping for that night’s lay or getting drunk. Instead, last night’s crowd was very much the typical bar crowd. Sigh. Don’t get me wrong, the music was good (most of the time) and I had fun dancing, but it just wasn’t the most ideal atmosphere to deal with when all I really wanted to do was dance.

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Saving Private Ryan

Usually when the hype machine is up and running on a film, I tend to be a little sceptical about it, even when I’ve seen it and enjoyed it. A lot of “yeah, I liked it, but….” I love to ride the backlash.

Saving Private Ryan is the hyped movie of the moment. I liked it. That’s it. I liked it. It was a good movie. I don’t care if it’s not the best war picture ever made. Or the bloodiest. Or the most shell shocking. Or if Tom Hanks’ character was too Mr. Goody Two Shoes. It was just good. I went twice and it was good both times. And I’d recommend it to friends.

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