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By Dave Hitt on Oct 7, 2007 in Pop Culture | 2 Comments
Out of the 60,000+ podcasts out there somehow yours caught my eye. It looked interesting enough for me to add it to my podcatcher and download a few shows. Unfortunately, I’ve removed it from my subscription list, for one or more of the following reasons. Your show is too long. I don’t have as much […]
By Dave Hitt on Sep 9, 2007 in Pop Culture | 3 Comments
DragonCon is a conglomeration of every science fiction, fantasy, fan, and uber geek conference in Atlanta. I attended for the first time last week to present the Podcast Peer Awards. There were about 60,000 people there. A little less than half were in costume. These were not cheap simple costumes, but richly elaborate, detailed clothing […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 17, 2007 in Pop Culture | 2 Comments
You’ve probably seen the commercial for Live Free or Die Hard. It shows a car spinning through the air toward Bruce, who ducks between two other cars while it smashes down just inches from his head. This is followed by a shot of another car flying through the air and smashing into a hovering helicopter. […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 11, 2007 in Bad Business, Politics, Pop Culture, QH Podcasts | 3 Comments
As promised there is now a Quick Hitts podcast that provides an extensive review of Michael Moore’s “Sicko.” It’s the Moore Nonsense” episode (#56) and you can find it here.
By Dave Hitt on Jul 4, 2007 in Big Brother, Nanny Nation, Pop Culture | 0 Comments
America no longer exists, but the United States is still a pretty cool place, so the Fourth is still worth celebrating. Big fireworks displays are great fun, but they’re still a passive experience, and Lee Greenwood sucks. So be sure to blow off some of your own fireworks. Make some noise. Blow stuff up. It’s […]
By Dave Hitt on Jul 2, 2007 in Politics, Pop Culture | 2 Comments
There is much to despise in Michael Moore’s “Sicko.” Like all MM films it features a plethora of half truths and misleading numbers, a few outright lies, and it completely ignores many very important facts. Sometime in the next few days I’ll have an extensive review of it, along with a podcast. But I couldn’t […]
By Dave Hitt on Jun 11, 2007 in Pop Culture | 0 Comments
I received a very sad e-mail a few weeks ago. Archie McPhee, who sells some of the most fun and useless stuff on the planet, informed everyone on their mailing list that the original plastic pink flamingos, the epitome of tastelessness and kitsch, were going out of production. The company that made them was closing […]