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RobWeychert.com V2

Jul 2002 – Jun 2003, v2.robweychert.com

The second version of this site launched on July 16, 2002, after the inaugural design quickly proved to be too limiting for frequent posting. Like its predecessor, V2’s naively ambitious design prioritized flashy project promotion over writing. (In its one-year tenure, only one project was ever promoted.) That said, it did give the writing more breathing room, which encouraged more expansive posts and aided the site’s eventual transformation into a proper blog.

57 Posts
23 Jun 2003	It has been pretty quiet around here this month, due mostly to a hectic schedule of family gatherings and moving...	~ 1 minute read	personal
6 Jun 2003	Consider this: Simpsons Kwizzo. To a bunch of hardcore Simpsons trivia dorks, the prospect of just such a specialized Quizzo...	~ 1 minute read	personal television
2 Jun 2003	Saturday’s 2nd Annual Summer Camp Slasher Birthday Bash at Camp Naked Terror (in honor of my roommates’ and my June...	~ 1 minute read	personal
23 May 2003	I ventured out to the Friendship House last night, a cool space in North Philly previously unknown to me. DAT...	~ 1 minute read	music review
19 May 2003	My roommates and I have found a rather nice apartment in South Philadelphia. We signed the lease on Friday. We...	~ 1 minute read	personal music film review
14 May 2003	I did a stupid thing Monday night: I forgot to bring my camera when I went to see I Am...	~ 1 minute read	music review
28 Apr 2003	It was a beautiful day for a drive to Doylestown yesterday, where an “Independent Double Feature” screened at the County...	~ 1 minute read	film review
25 Apr 2003	Last night was the sixth installment of R5’s “In the Sanctuary Concert Series,” featuring Essex Green, Aereogramme and The Delgados...	~ 1 minute read	music review
24 Apr 2003	If you read Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None: Hollywood fed it through the Shyamalan and Craven machines and...	~ 1 minute read	film review
22 Apr 2003	Working for the company that produces the Philadelphia Film Festival allows me convenient access to VHS screeners of most of...	~ 1 minute read	film television
21 Apr 2003	So a bunch of stuff happened in the last week. Puppetmania on Monday turned out to be the best of...	~ 1 minute read	film design art review
13 Apr 2003	More film fest stuff this weekend. I caught a little bit of the Lost Film Fest 8.0 on Friday, including...	~ 1 minute read	film music review
7 Apr 2003	Congratulations to my cousin Bill and his wife Tara, who, around 3:00 on Friday afternoon, gave birth to my tiny...	~ 1 minute read	personal film review
3 Apr 2003	Today I completed my first ever full-page magazine advertisement for a gay pornographic DVD. High five!	~ 1 minute read	design projects
2 Apr 2003	Two shows, seven bands at the Church this week. Sentence fragments ahead. Sunday Dysrhythmia: My favorite Philadelphia band; missed the...	~ 1 minute read	music review
28 Mar 2003	I saw Lost in La Mancha last night, a documentary account of visionary filmmaker Terry Gilliam’s ill-fated first stab at...	~ 1 minute read	film review
23 Mar 2003	Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I have purchased my first tube of moustache wax...	~ 1 minute read	personal
21 Mar 2003	I was chastised by e-mail this morning for having remained mostly silent on the topic of the war on Iraq....	~ 1 minute read	politics personal
17 Mar 2003	Lightning Bolt’s Wonderful Rainbow refuses to detach itself from my playlist, and has come dangerously close to bullying the rest...	~ 1 minute read	music politics review
14 Mar 2003	History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. —Dr. Wilbur Daffodil-11...	~ 1 minute read	books
5 Mar 2003	Interpol and The Raveonettes played the Troc last night. I was quite pleasantly surprised by the feedback-drenched Raveonettes, who sounded...	~ 1 minute read	music design review
4 Mar 2003	I waited in line for an hour last night in 20º weather to see Godspeed You! Black Emperor, the first...	~ 1 minute read	music review
3 Mar 2003	I have accepted a job in the design department at TLA Video. After nearly fifteen months of unemployment, getting paid...	~ 1 minute read	design projects personal
26 Feb 2003	The newest addition to the Projects section is entitled Snowfall; it’s a series of photos I took in the aftermath...	~ 1 minute read	design art projects
17 Feb 2003	Man, it just figures that the snowiest winter in Philadelphia history is the winter that unemployment renders the glorious snow...	~ 1 minute read	personal
14 Feb 2003	What to do? I’ve been cursing Clear Channel because their inflated ticket prices are keeping me from attending four anticipated...	~ 1 minute read	music
6 Feb 2003	Busy, busy week. We have updated the BREDSTIK site for the first time in almost a year, with Flash goodies...	~ 1 minute read	design film projects review
22 Jan 2003	Peter and I took a trip up to New York yesterday. The early afternoon was occupied by sifting through galleries...	~ 1 minute read	music art travel review
20 Jan 2003	The Relapse Contamination Festival took over the Troc for the weekend and what a wicked weekend it was. To avoid...	~ 2 minute read	music review
11 Jan 2003	I had a dream that Sebastian Bach (of Skid Row fame) moved in with my next door neighbors. In the...	~ 1 minute read	music design technology projects personal
7 Jan 2003	Sonata for the Unaware, the new k10k issue by carbonatedjazz, is the best issue I’ve seen in a long time....	~ 1 minute read	design music art review
5 Jan 2003	I guess it’s been pretty quiet around here. In the last month: I braved the Philadelphia blizzard fallout to get...	~ 1 minute read	music film art projects personal review
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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