{"id":47565,"date":"2009-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/features\/keeping-up-vol-9\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T11:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T11:53:49","slug":"keeping-up-vol-9","status":"publish","type":"feature","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/features\/keeping-up-vol-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Up (Vol. 9)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/o:p>Here are another 5 quick picks for you, the loyal reader:<\/o:p><\/u><\/b> <\/p>\n

\"methadones_riot_150\"MUSIC: The Methadones \/ 21st<\/sup> Century Power Pop Riot<\/i><\/b> \u2013 Cover albums tend to polarize serious music listeners.\u00a0 Some fans may look at them as a band\u2019s excuse to not write new material, while other fans enjoy hearing interpretations of tracks that inspired the musicians.\u00a0 In this case, the Illinois-based Methadones \u2013 led by ex-Screeching Weasel member Dan Schafer \u2013 take on songs of the 1970s and 1980s, mostly of the power-pop, glam, and punk rock varieties.\u00a0 Fans of Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello, and Joe Jackson ought to take note and look at this wrongly-overlooked 2006 release. (myspace.com\/themethadones<\/a>)<\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

BOOK: Angela Nissel \/ The Broke Diaries<\/i><\/b> \u2013 Unfortunately, this is yet another title that I am a few years behind the curve on.\u00a0 Angela Nissel is now known as the co-founder of online hip-hop community Okayplayer.com and as a contributor to sitcom Scrubs<\/i>, but things were not always so rosy for her.\u00a0 In The Broke Diaries<\/i>, Nissel hilariously recounts her days as an economically-struggling student at the University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0 You are bound to find yourself sympathizing with the author \u2013 the book is a collection of her blogs entries from this era \u2013 but are bound to feel good at the book\u2019s end in realizing her current successes. (angelanissel.com<\/a>)<\/b> <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

COMEDY: Drinking With Bob<\/i> <\/b>\u2013 While briefly living in Queens, I noticed a show called Drinking With Bob<\/i> as I browsed through the menu of my DVR.\u00a0 I set it to record thinking that the title alone made it worth it.\u00a0 The weekly show — unfortunately still only carried via Time Warner Cable in Queens — features a combination of rants, skits, and music videos, as overseen by writer, producer, and overall mouthpiece Bob Thompson.\u00a0 Fortunately, the rants of Thompson can be viewed on the show\u2019s website, and are absolutely recommended for anyone who has ever found Lewis Black or Denis Leary entertaining.\u00a0 (drinkingwithbob.com<\/a>)<\/b> <\/o:p><\/p>\n

FILM: The Wrestler<\/i> <\/b>\u2013 As confessed in an earlier column, I find enjoyment in modern-day professional wrestling.\u00a0 Say what you will, but its combination of athletics, choreography, dramatics, and production tend to be a whole lot more interesting than most sporting events.\u00a0 The Darren Aronofsky-directed takes a different look at the medium, focusing on the life led by a post-prime, over-the-hill wrestler.\u00a0 Mickey Rourke plays the title character and in the process takes enough abuse that you can barely separate the acting from reality.\u00a0 This was probably the best movie that I saw in 2008, and it would be a shame if it remained on limited-release. (foxsearchlight.com\/thewrestler<\/a>) <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

ARTICLE: Adam Pash \u201cPopular Medical Myths Put To Rest\u201d <\/b>\u2013 Oftentimes it takes getting ill to get a person concerned about their health.\u00a0 In this series of articles from the British Medical Journal \u2013 as summarized and linked by Adam Pash\u00a0 for Lifehacker \u2013 readers are given insight into some long-believed health tips that are believed to be bogus after all.\u00a0 Some may dare to disagree with the assessment of these factoids as \u201cmyths,\u201d but personally I would prefer to believe that eating at night is not contributing to my waistline, and that reading in dim light is not harming my eyesight.\u00a0 (lifehacker.com\/5122460\/popular-medical-myths-put-to-rest<\/a>) <\/o:p><\/b><\/p>\n

As always, if I\u2019m missing something that\u2019s worthwhile and deserving of column space, please reach out with an e-mail: darren.paltrowitz@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/o:p><\/i><\/p>\n

In the meantime, stay tuned for another 5 picks…
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