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Category Archives: Humor
Old Friends: Revisiting Armistead Maupin and the Tales of the City.
On Friday I saw the new Armistead Maupin documentary, The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin. The movie is basically a love letter to Armistead Maupin and the Tales of the City. I liked the film, even though there were moments … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Humor, LGBT, Memoir, Movies, Pop Culture, Queer Culture, The Eighties, The Seventies
Tagged armistead Maupin, Books, entertainment, gay, nostalgia, novel, San Francisco
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Crazy Like a Princess
Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher My rating: 4 of 5 stars After reading Carrie Fisher’s Shockaholic, I’m amazed the world had her for as long as it did. I’ve read most of Carrie Fisher’s books, and although I’m always impressed with … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Humor, Memoir/biography
Tagged Books, Carrie Fisher, Celebrities, entertainment, Movies, Star Wars
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Watching Blazing Saddles in the current political climate
If there’s an upside to the rash of celebrity deaths this year, it’s that The Rio Theatre has been honouring the deceased with retrospectives of their best movies. First it was Bowie, then it was Prince, and lately it’s been … Continue reading
Posted in Brampton, Commercial Drive, Current Events, Humor, Memoir, Movies, Politics, Rio Theatre, The Seventies, Vancouver
Tagged Mel Brooks, Pop Culture, Tony Correia
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The Lady on the Train
I come from a large family, so I have a lot respect people’s personal space. If I’m you’re neighbour, I’ll try to keep the volume of my music and TV down. I don’t man-spread on public transit, and I take … Continue reading
Posted in Brampton, Commercial Drive, Humor, Memoir, Movies, Rio Theatre, Vancouver
Tagged first world problems, Horror, Louis CK, Pop Culture, The Eighties, Tony Correia, Young Adult
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American Pie in Celluloid Form
The Flick by Annie Baker A play that reads like a novel. The Flick by Annie Baker is a nice slice of Americana about the last 35mm movie theatre in Massachusetts going digital. The play centres around Sam, Avery, and … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Humor, Plays, Pop Culture, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, Theatre, Tony Correia
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Where’d You Go Bernadette
Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was really looking forward to reading this book and ended up being disappointed by it. I had heard it was really funny, and it certainly had … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Humor, Uncategorized
Tagged book review, Pop Culture, Tony Correia
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Sex and the ADHD City
Lust & Wonder by Augusten Burroughs My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was a nice companion piece/antidote to A Little Life (which I’m still working my way through). I have to admit to living vicariously through Augusten Burroughs, but … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Humor, LGBT, Uncategorized
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A blast of presidential wackiness from the past
Being There by Jerzy Kosiński My rating: 4 of 5 stars I had to go back and read this with the crazy Republican primaries going on in the States right now. Modern technology makes the plot implausible in 2016, but … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Humor, Satire, Uncategorized
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Revenge of the Vinyl Cafe: Paint-by-numbers Canadiana
Revenge of the Vinyl Cafe by Stuart McLean My rating: 3 of 5 stars I discovered Stuart McLean and The Vinyl Cafe about ten years ago at the Vancouver Public Library. I checked out a collection of his CDs and … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Can-Lit, Humor
Tagged book review, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Canadiana, CBC, Humor, nostalgia, Stuar McLean, Tony Correia, Vinyl Cafe
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