MISTER FADED GLORY
I'd call this blog a "Critique of Life," except that sounds way too pretentious.
Watch for my first novel, These Monks, a comedy about friendship, frustration, and Des Moines, available later this year.
Email me: jjh(at)misterfadedglory.com.
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Monthly Archives: October 2007
Halloween H-2-D’oh!
Twenty-seven, everyone was nice. Gotta see ‘em make ‘em pay the price. See their bodies out on the ice. Take my time. Am I evil? Yes I am. DiamondHead/Metallica, Am I Evil? You’d probably be surprised to learn of Mister … Continue reading
Captain Rod
I know I was a man… who worked the night shift… I was lucky to get a job and some pay. Now I like every minute… of the day… Pearl Jam, Blue Red Grey As you know, Alex Rodriguez, formerly … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Sports Media
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Must See Blog Post
Well I know what I’ve been told… Gotta break free to break the mold… But I can’t do this all on my own… No I can’t do this all on my own… Lazlo Bane, Superman. In between indecipherable, incessant promotions … Continue reading
Posted in Scrubs, Television
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The Good, the Bad, the Evil, Whatever.
It’s a little more than one-third of the way through the NFL season, about the time we’ve figured out what we were right about in our season-beginning column (Cleveland, Minnesota, Chicago, New England, the AFC East, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Denver, Washington, … Continue reading
Posted in Colts, NFL, Sports Media
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You knew it. You saw it coming.
No. 1 Pearl Jam Life Wasted “Darkness comes in waves. Why invite it to stay? You’re one with negativity, Yes, comfort is an energy… Why let the sad songs play?” Pearl Jam’s blistering return to prominence in 2006 is of … Continue reading
Posted in Pearl Jam, Thirty before thirty
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So let’s recap – all the way to No. 2
30. Nirvana, Serve the Servants 29. Vendetta Red, Shatterday 28. Pearl Jam, Porch 27. Guns N’ Roses, Patience 26. K’s Choice, Not an Addict 25. Metallica, Creeping Death 24. Danzig, Mother 23. Foo Fighters, Breakout 22. Pearl Jam, untitled 21. … Continue reading
Posted in Thirty before thirty
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What? You thought I wasn’t going to offer any praise to Ms. Faded Glory?
I like to watch her sway. She’s luck before I’m going away… I like what she sees in herself. Gives me all of her confidence… Kim… Kim… Kimberly Austin No. 3. Porno for Pyros, Kimberly Austin. Yeah, I’m a hopeless … Continue reading
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Come Back Down
No. 4: Why doesn’t anyone believe in loneliness? Stand up and everyone will feel your wholeness. Soundgarden, Zero Chance. So, yeah. This is turning into a depressing countdown, and I hate feeling like I need to quote High Fidelity: Am … Continue reading
Posted in Grunge, Thirty before thirty
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What?!
I’m getting sucked back into irrational NFL fandom because of stuff like this: Hruby: I wish I could hate the Patriots. I wish you could too, random ESPN writer, because then there would be two of us. Has any post-Jordan … Continue reading
Posted in Colts, Sports Media
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Number 5
No, I’m not going to try and cram some bizarre, stupid Short Circuit 2 reference into this post. (Although whatever happened to Fisher Stevens? And, seriously, how was Steve Guttenberg too busy to turn down Number 5′s reprise?) Forgot my … Continue reading
Posted in Alice In Chains, Thirty before thirty
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No. 6 – 3 Libras
We’ll hold off on our 1/3-season report on the NFL and our predictions, as well as our Colts progress report until next Monday. For now, consider our No. 6 song not only the most emotional of all our top thirty … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Thirty before thirty
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Haunting, familiar
“Haunting, familiar, yet I can’t seem to place it. Cannot find the candle of thought, to light your name. Lifetimes are catching up with me…” Pearl Jam, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter In a Small Town. Notable not only for … Continue reading
Posted in Thirty before thirty
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No. 8
“Have you ever heard the story? Of Mister Faded Glory? Says he who rides the pony must someday fall. Talkin’ to my alter… He says life is what you make it… and if you make it? Well, death will wrest … Continue reading
Posted in Melancholy, Thirty before thirty
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No. 9
“The only direction we flow is down…” Mad Season, River of Deceit. Mad Season’s best-known track is strangely brilliant, Layne Staley’s understated vocals highlighting a somber acceptance of circumstance. And here I am, turning 30 tomorrow, with an unfinished novel, … Continue reading
Posted in Alice In Chains, Thirty before thirty
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