The Stonewall Riot

June 28, 1969:

Judy Garland dies. NYC police harass gay bar patrons one too many times. Drag queens lead gay riot that f**ks up Greenwich Village for several days.

Viva la revolution.

Rating: depends who you ask %

Image courtesy of The Boulevardier

NyQuil

This week I have a cold or as I like to call them "an excuse to take NyQuil." I love the cracked out feeling of waking up at 3am and thinking wtf....of yeah, NyQuil....and then I pass back out to a restful sleep. A few years ago they really upset me by switching to a much less great formula that you apparently couldn't use to make crystal meth, but this week I was happily surprised to discover they have gone back to the original methy concoction. Hooray!

Rating: 82%

ps - I bought the cherry flavor this time, hence the photo. I'd say it's about 5% tastier than the green death flavor.

Batman (1989)

I used to say that this movie was an atrocity, and I guess if I was to "nerd out" as the kids say these days I would kind of be right (Joker kills Batman's parents?), but watching it again the other night I realized it was ok. I mean, Michael Keaton is absolutely not believable as Batman, Kim Basinger is ridiculous as an actress, and Arliss has a lot more screentime than I'd like, but Jack Nicholson is hilarious to watch as Joker, and thankfully he gets the most screentime and character depth as anybody. The movie is pretty dated for a lot of reasons (Prince EVERYWHERE), but it's good and the music is also great, so if you think it's a piece of nut like I did then why not check it out again? For the troops?

RATING: 66%