Year Archive

2002

65 Posts

5 Dec 2002	I avoided seeing The Piano Teacher when it was in theaters in the States last spring because I didn’t want...	~ 1 minute read	film review	RobWeychert.com V2
22 Nov 2002	Okay, Tolkien by himself (or even filtered through the eyes of demigod Peter Jackson) generally bores me, but somehow the...	~ 1 minute read	music review	RobWeychert.com V2
19 Nov 2002	It’s doubtful this will be of any interest to many people besides me, but since I can think of at...	~ 1 minute read	film	RobWeychert.com V2
15 Nov 2002	Last night was an inspiring Ad Club lecture at York College given by Jim Sherraden, the disarmingly charismatic head of...	~ 1 minute read	design	RobWeychert.com V2
1 Nov 2002	I really have to start trusting my instincts. Hell, even trusting the evidence of my senses would have sufficed in...	~ 1 minute read	film review	RobWeychert.com V2
1 Nov 2002	Halloween was fun. The afternoon was begun with a matinee of P.T. Anderson’s pitch-perfect Punch-Drunk Love, and rounded out by...	~ 1 minute read	film music review	RobWeychert.com V2
28 Oct 2002	Happy Birthday, Dad! Lethargy month is drawing to a close. I’ve been out and about for the usual films and...	~ 1 minute read	video games film music personal review	RobWeychert.com V2
12 Oct 2002	I’ve been back from Ottawa for nearly a week now and the annoying cold I contracted while I was there...	~ 1 minute read	film travel music review	RobWeychert.com V2
1 Oct 2002	I’ll be in Ontario for the next five days at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Some brief scattered comments before...	~ 1 minute read	film travel review	RobWeychert.com V2
26 Sep 2002	I caught a free sneak preview of Das Experiment last night. It stars Moritz Bleibtreu of Run Lola Run fame...	~ 1 minute read	film review	RobWeychert.com V2
23 Sep 2002	Apparently a 2-disc Faith No More tribute album called Tribute of the Year: A Tribute to Faith No More was...	~ 1 minute read	music review	RobWeychert.com V2
21 Sep 2002	There was much rocking this week. Saturday night was Andrew W.K. in Jersey, at this weird sprawling complex filled with...	~ 2 minute read	music film review	RobWeychert.com V2
16 Sep 2002	Big congratulations to my good friends Kim and Kevin, who decided this weekend that they’re going to get married next...	~ 1 minute read	personal	RobWeychert.com V2
10 Sep 2002	While I’m sure all (3) of my regular readers are enjoying my media critic pretensions, the About section does say...	~ 1 minute read	design technology projects art	RobWeychert.com V2
2 Sep 2002	Oh man, this Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights album is soooo good; I cannot stop listening to it. Spacey,...	~ 1 minute read	music review	RobWeychert.com V2
29 Aug 2002	My animated LEGO Trilogy shorts collection will be screening at the Bumpin’ Big Top at midnight this Saturday as part...	~ 1 minute read	film projects	RobWeychert.com V2
28 Aug 2002	During a relaxing and uneventful four days in Ocean City, MD, I couldn’t say no to “The Metal Issue” of...	~ 1 minute read	music review	RobWeychert.com V2
18 Aug 2002	After having been informed that an MP3 from the forthcoming Dillinger Escape Plan / Mike Patton collaboration is now online,...	~ 1 minute read	music review	RobWeychert.com V2
13 Aug 2002	I drove 100 miles last night to see Andrew W.K. play in Towson, MD (near Baltimore). I found out about...	~ 1 minute read	music review	RobWeychert.com V2
8 Aug 2002	At long last, “The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season” DVD set arrived yesterday. As with the first season set, the...	~ 1 minute read	television technology review	RobWeychert.com V2
3 Aug 2002	M. Night Shyamalan is smart. He knows people don’t want to see a movie about Mel Gibson struggling with his...	~ 1 minute read	film review	RobWeychert.com V2
3 Aug 2002	This month’s Exhumed Films event (which was last night) featured two films from Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna, the director/producer...	~ 1 minute read	film review	RobWeychert.com V2
28 Jul 2002	Mary and I were all set to go see Tuatara last night before we discovered that they cancelled the show...	~ 1 minute read	music film review	RobWeychert.com V2
22 Jul 2002	Friday night was a rewarding but ultimately forgettable show at the Troc with The Shins, Beachwood Sparks, and some horrible...	~ 1 minute read	music film review	RobWeychert.com V2
16 Jul 2002	You may or may not have noticed that I redesigned the site. Welcome to robweychert.com Version 2, lovingly dubbed “The...	~ 1 minute read	design travel projects	RobWeychert.com V2
10 Jul 2002	Ah, the Khyber. I hadn’t been there in awhile. Tonight’s crowd was just the size I like: the audience was...	~ 1 minute read	music review	RobWeychert.com V1
1 Jul 2002	I was very pleased today to discover that the lineup on the new Skeleton Key album Obtainium is identical to...	~ 1 minute read	music film review	RobWeychert.com V1
30 Jun 2002	Great show last night at the Balcony. Thoughtstreams kicked off the show around 10:00. I’d heard of them before (mostly...	~ 1 minute read	music review	RobWeychert.com V1
20 Jun 2002	Volumes 1 and 2 of the Lost Film Fest DVD compilations are now available. I’m not sure if they’ve actually...	~ 1 minute read	film projects	RobWeychert.com V1
18 Jun 2002	We finally got the pictures and video online from the Summer Camp Slasher Birthday Bash at Camp Naked Terror. The...	~ 1 minute read	design projects	RobWeychert.com V1
14 Jun 2002	This is a really neat idea: The 5K is a contest that challenges web designers to create a site with...	~ 1 minute read	design	RobWeychert.com V1
10 Jun 2002	Just got back from a weekend in New York, primarily for two nights’ worth of sold out shows at North...	~ 1 minute read	music film review	RobWeychert.com V1
5 Jun 2002	There are still a couple days left to check out the Lost Film Festival 7.0 in West Philly; it is...	~ 1 minute read	film	RobWeychert.com V1
5 Jun 2002	Happy Birthday, Mom! Today I am learning how to use Corel KnockOut 1.5 (the new version is procreate KnockOut 2)....	~ 1 minute read	design technology	RobWeychert.com V1
3 Jun 2002	The Summer Camp Slasher Birthday Bash at our house this weekend was a huge, bloody success, so thanks to everyone...	~ 1 minute read	personal projects design	RobWeychert.com V1
30 May 2002	I’d swear it used to be possible to provide a direct link to a wish list on CDNOW… Whether or...	~ 1 minute read	technology personal	RobWeychert.com V1
26 May 2002	The bad news: Tuesday’s Mogwai show in Brooklyn sold out before I could get tickets. Although I bet if I...	~ 1 minute read	music review	RobWeychert.com V1
21 May 2002	My Def Leppard Pyromania cassette is about fifteen years old now and barely plays anymore, so I finally replaced it...	~ 1 minute read	music	RobWeychert.com V1
20 May 2002	I finally saw Miller’s Crossing this weekend; it was the last of the Coen brothers’ films I hadn’t seen. It...	~ 1 minute read	film review	RobWeychert.com V1
17 May 2002	It’s a three movie week. Spiderman was pretty fun; it’s rare these days for a movie to have an acceptable...	~ 1 minute read	film review	RobWeychert.com V1
12 May 2002	I have returned from Ireland in one piece. Details and photos should be up within a few days, but I...	~ 1 minute read	travel video games	RobWeychert.com V1
10 May 2002	Ireland: Day 7	~ 1 minute read	travel	Ireland
9 May 2002	Ireland: Day 6	~ 2 minute read	travel art	Ireland
8 May 2002	Ireland: Day 5	~ 1 minute read	travel	Ireland
7 May 2002	Ireland: Day 4	~ 2 minute read	travel	Ireland
6 May 2002	Ireland: Day 3	~ 1 minute read	travel	Ireland
6 May 2002	I’m in Dublin today and tomorrow and this cyber cafe ain’t cheap, so I’ll just briefly say that the trip...	~ 1 minute read	travel	RobWeychert.com V1
5 May 2002	Ireland: Day 2	~ 1 minute read	travel	Ireland
4 May 2002	Ireland: Day 1	~ 2 minute read	travel	Ireland
2 May 2002	A quick link before I’m off: my illustrator friend Jim Horwat launched his site today. He has a slick style...	~ 1 minute read	design art	RobWeychert.com V1
2 May 2002	Tomorrow afternoon I leave for a week in Ireland with the fam, armed with a stack of Irish literature for...	~ 1 minute read	travel	RobWeychert.com V1
26 Apr 2002	Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer’s fantastic Conspirators of Pleasure screened tonight at the International House. This is the first Švankmajer feature...	~ 1 minute read	film review	RobWeychert.com V1
22 Apr 2002	I hadn’t been to the Philadelphia Museum of Art in a year or so, so I went on Saturday. Primary...	~ 1 minute read	design art review	RobWeychert.com V1
18 Apr 2002	Yesterday I escaped the unseasonable sweltering heat for a couple hours with a visit to the Philadelphia ICA. The Photogenic...	~ 1 minute read	music art review	RobWeychert.com V1
15 Apr 2002	Should I go see Trouble Every Day on Thursday or should I go see The Locust? I don’t think I’ll...	~ 1 minute read	design film video games projects	RobWeychert.com V1
11 Apr 2002	I survived the trip home, and apparently spring arrived while I was gone. The ice cream man is in full...	~ 1 minute read	travel film	RobWeychert.com V1
10 Apr 2002	Detroit is interesting in a ghost town kind of way. About half of the city’s buildings are vacant. And aside...	~ 1 minute read	travel music	RobWeychert.com V1
9 Apr 2002	I’m in Detroit today. Last night I got a little driving tour and today we’re gonna do some book-shopping and...	~ 1 minute read	travel	RobWeychert.com V1
7 Apr 2002	Last night was a fund-raising party at the Heaven Gallery in Wicker Park for the upcoming Version02 Festival (which I’m...	~ 1 minute read	design travel art	RobWeychert.com V1
6 Apr 2002	My friend and Grand Theft Auto 3 provider Kevin Cornell is currently the featured artist on Media Inspiration, where his...	~ 1 minute read	design	RobWeychert.com V1
5 Apr 2002	My generous hosts and I got back a couple hours ago from seeing a gorgeous digitally remastered 70mm print of...	~ 1 minute read	design film travel art review	RobWeychert.com V1
3 Apr 2002	Today I drove seven hundred something miles to Chicago. If you didn’t know, Ohio and Indiana offer little in the...	~ 1 minute read	travel	RobWeychert.com V1
31 Mar 2002	For some reason, yesterday afternoon I decided I wanted to learn more about the history of Photoshop. After hunting around...	~ 1 minute read	design technology art	RobWeychert.com V1
28 Mar 2002	Thanks to everyone who has given me feedback so far via e-mail and message boards. There will be some minor...	~ 1 minute read	design projects	RobWeychert.com V1
26 Mar 2002	Welcome, friends, colleagues, and strangers. This is the eighth redesign of this web site and the first to go live....	~ 1 minute read	design projects	RobWeychert.com V1