Cassandra Disque | October 4, 2007
The bar had a stand-up comedy tour as the show tonight called (Still) Born in the USA. They had a “special guest” with them for tonight’s show (as well as for tomorrow night, at Rutgers), one Jacqueline Novak. Seven guys and she were on the line up. I know comedy is a man’s world, and [...]
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Cassandra Disque | March 21, 2007
Am I the only person of my acquaintance who doesn’t like This American Life, the radio show? Do we really need it on tv? Isn’t that the same as having a show compromised of the best of YouTube’s bio-dramas? Wait… isn’t it just a weekly biographical short film fest? I’m actually a big fan of [...]
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Cassandra Disque | October 30, 2005
At the age of five, my elementary school gave an assembly that introduced the younger students to different instruments. My father played bass and guitar, and I had always been taken by those, but at the assembly my mind was altered completely. All I could feel was the steady boom of the kick drum; how [...]
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Cassandra Disque | May 21, 2005
The Confession to End All Confessions A while back I started reading βOn Not Being Able to Sleep: Psychoanalysis and the Modern World,β which seems to be about four different things at once. I originally picked it up because I thought it was about writers and their insomnia, then was swayed to buy it due [...]
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Cassandra Disque | April 5, 2005
If you don’t know the song the below is emulating, then it will sound very absurdly pretentious, indeed. Which, well… I suppose it is. But it made Maude laugh, so here we go: I Never Had Much of an Edge to Begin With I was four years old when all the great shows were happening. [...]
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