http://larrychartier.com Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:04:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just saw today that Broken Social Scene has done a cover of one of my favorite Joy Division song's, Love Will Tear Us Apart. The track will be available on the soundtrack for The Time Traveler's Wife, which I actually want to see even though it looks like a ... http://larrychartier.com/broken-social-scene-covers-joy-division/ I found out yesterday that one of my all time favorite directors (also producer and writer), John Hughes, died of a heart attack. He's not someone I have ever really thought much about, yet it is a little upsetting... His movies are classics...even if you don't know the name, you know ... http://larrychartier.com/my-top-10-john-hughes-movies/ Yesterday Cole, Noah and I tried to make it down to my parents place in Jordan for my sisters birthday...after 3 hours in car we ended up at her parents place. Just like every other time we go to Jordan, we packed everything up and headed out around 3:30...this time was ... http://larrychartier.com/losing-my-mind/ I finally had the chance to check out the Watchmen this past weekend...what an awesome movie! I'd never really heard of the story before the movie came out but now that I have had a chance to look into this dark alternative to the regular superhero genre I want to ... http://larrychartier.com/watchme/ Cole and I finally went to see the new Star Trek on Friday after weeks of trying...thanks Pam for babysitting! I must say, I had pretty high expectations for this movie and after seeing it I left the theater feeling more satisfied with a movie than I have in a long ... http://larrychartier.com/star-trek/ I've wanted to update my site for a while now but just haven't had the time...seems like that is just how it is when it comes to working on stuff just for myself. After a lot of reading I decided it was time to build my website entirely with Wordpress as ... http://larrychartier.com/another-round-of-changesa-new-wordpress-site/ I saw a re-run of The OC the other day with The Killers playing at a club...back when their music was actually good. I can honestly say I am not impressed at all with their new CD...It is one of the most generic albums out there right now and it shouldn't ... http://larrychartier.com/when-the-killers-were-actually-good/ I saw this today on Gizmodo and thought it was a pretty cool idea. The ancient city of Seuthopolis (in Bulgaria) was discovered in 1948 and was flooded 6 years later after a dam was destroyed. The city is currently underwater at the bottom of a lake but the plan ... http://larrychartier.com/city-at-the-bottom-of-a-lake/ Today I discovered a new media player called Songbird (by Mozilla), and it is awesome. Visually it looks almost identical to iTunes (which I'm not sure is legal), functionally it has many more features and is customizable via plug-ins. It also features iPod syncing (which if not included would have ... http://larrychartier.com/no-more-itunes/ I understand that a lot of people enjoy SNL, I occasionally enjoy it myself, but what I don't enjoy is when I turn on Heroes and find it bumped for an SNL election special. How many Sarah Palin jokes are there? All I can say is that when I am forced to ... http://larrychartier.com/no-heroes-no-happy/