Noiseless Chatter Archive

Grown Backwards is an incredible album. I’m a huge fan of David Byrne’s work as both the frontman for Talking Heads and as a solo artist. He’s an acquired taste, but one I’d say is worth acquiring. And as much as I love his music in general, Grown Backwards , I think, is his strongest album front to back. (It’s predecessor Look Into the Eyeball puts up a damned good fight, though.) Seriously. It’s great. Go buy it. Listen to it for a few years. THEN FINISH READING THIS POST OK Okay. So, there is one song on the album that leaves me wondering about something. It’s embedded below, and you should listen even if you don’t give a crap about helping me with my question, because it’s an excellent song with a pretty adorable guitar line. It’s called “She Only Sleeps.” And that might be the clue to my answer right there, but I’m honestly not sure. See, the entire line in the chorus is “She only sleeps with me.” And that can be interpreted two ways. So, here’s my que...

Tossing things over to reader / friend / all-around-great-guy Stephen Fletcher this week. He watched me talk out of my ass about three Muppet movies and could stay silent no longer. Of course, he doesn’t seem very angry in his writing, but I assure you he flew to America and spat on my car. And if he says he didn’t, then WHO DID STEPHEN? Anyway, he wanted to share his own thoughts, and I wanted to let him. I’m just that kind of guy, and I had nothing else planned for this week. I’ve gained something of a reputation as a Muppet fanatic. Almost annoyingly so to others, I sometimes feel. I’m pretty sure my friends’ Facebook feeds are littered with Muppet related posts from me, for one thing. My room has several Muppet posters and pictures adorning the walls and a good collection of Muppet DVDs and Blu-rays proudly sit on my shelf. I tend to get a bit of gentle ribbing or even eye-rolling from friends and family as Jim Henson and the Muppets have become such a strong ...

I know I said I wasn’t going to write about ALF anymore, but I wrote this one with my mouth so I think that’s okay! There’s a group of folks reviewing ALF , as far as I can tell coincidentally, in an episode-by-episode podcast. It’s called ALF is Back…in Pod Form , which is such a good title I plagiarized it three years ago !!!! No, it’s a coincidence, obviously, and it points to just how infrequent references to ALF are in popular culture. When you need one…man, it’s slim pickings. Anyway, they’re dissecting the show on their own, and I was asked to participate. I said no, of course. But I accidentally typed “yes,” and here we are. They’re about halfway through season one, which means they have no idea what they’re in for, the poor, innocent children. I was invited to join their discussion about “I’ve Got a New Attitude,” which, if I remember correctly, was fucking garbage . You can check out this episode of the podcast here , and if you’re (for some odd reason) look...

So, this site. And what’s to come. And all the other questions I wish I didn’t have to answer. In short, I’m not going anywhere. Or, actually, I’m going very far away. But the site isn’t going anywhere. Or, actually, it’s going to keep going where it’s always gone, but maybe more slowly. Should I start again? OKAY I’m at something of a crossroads with Noiseless Chatter. The ALF series is done. Forever. Period. And I can basically write whatever I want from here on out. I still plan on being amusing (NOT LIKE I CAN HELP IT) and saying curse words, but I’ll also say other things, too! And I’ll get to write about the things I want to write about! Like Fiction Into Film! And Trilogy of Terror, since October is coming back around! I’m excited about those things! However, I’m…also really low on time. I started a new job recently. It’s a great job with a great company. It’s good money. It’s fantastic experience. It’s awesome. It also takes a lot out of me. When...