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Having seen "Se7en" for the first time over the weekend, I am still admiring its dramatic conclusion. One of the best endings I have ever seen in a Hollywood film.

Since when did the number '7' become synonymous with the letter 'v'?

Random observations about the Brit Awards:

The coolest animated band around
After five minutes, having already seen gigantic, animated, 3-D Gorillaz members perform, you just knew that this show was going to be eons more entertaining than the Grammies.

Seeing Bob Dylan nominated in the same category (Best International Male) as Dr. Dre and Shaggy is both humourous and distressing at the same time. Shaggy was the winner.

Off the top of my head, I can't remember ever having seen a skirt shorter than the one Kylie Minogue performed in. That was probably why she barely moved, let alone danced.

The most disturbing sight of the night, by far, was Sting performing topless. Was that really necessary?

After seeing five-second clips of Basement Jaxx's "Where's Your Head At?" and The Avalanches' "Frontier Psychiatrist" videos, I was left wondering why I have never seen either on MuchMusic.

The Dismemberment Plan are coming to London and it is on a WEDNESDAY. Who goes to concerts on Wednesdays? For those of you unfamiliar with 'The Plan', you must listen to the song "The Ice of Boston". One of the best pop (and I use the term loosely) songs I have ever heard.

On an entirely opposite note, "Dress Rehearsal Rag" by Leonard Cohen is one of the most genuinely bitter and dark songs out there.

You don't really realize how great electricity is until you have a lengthy power outage in the evening. Trust me on this one.

I finally saw "Monty Python and the Search for the Holy Grail" and I can say with conviction that it is one of the most overrated movies of all-time!

The news story of Yankee outfieler Ruben Rivera stealing teammate Derek Jeter's glove (and selling it) is made so much better by the fact that Mariano Rivera, Ruben's cousin, is also a Yankee. I can just imagine Mariano giving Ruben the whole Michael-to-Fredo bit from "The Godfather: Part II". "I know it was you, Ruben. You broke my heart. You broke my heart."

I need to stay away from music stores. Upon going into HMV to look around last night, I made a spur of the moment decision to buy The Best of Blur. Before that, I had heard no more than five Blur songs in my life.

Speaking of wasting money, what was I thinking when I entered an NCAA March Madness pool?

Dickau sports a stylish dead animal atop his head
At least Gonzaga has been eliminated already (right, All-American Dan Dickau, in happier times). I was wondering if the mops that all of the players seem to wear in place of hair would stay put for the entire tournament.

Here is the word on the new Weezer songs: With the possible exception of "Burndt Jamb" (I'll bet neither of those words are in the dictionary), none are very good. I am fearing that the Weezer I once loved is gone forever.

Of course, after coming to this conclusion, I happened to see them on MuchMoreMusic, being asked what they were listening to lately: "The new White Stripes stuff". Well, at least they LISTEN to good music, even if they can no longer actually make it.

I don't even have anything to say about Celebrity Boxing. FOX is to television networks what The National Enquirer is to newspapers.

"Monkey moves cursor by thinking" is a brilliant headline. Technology is just offering such an exciting future to look forward to.

Someone really needs to make a gum that doesn't lose its flavour after an hour. I mean, this is the 21st century here.

He is not even popular yet, and I am already sick of Remy Shand. The commercial calls his first single "infectious". Like an infection. Excellent choice of words.

Remy Shand is not even a name.

After listening to The Velvet Underground's "Heroin" again, I am still shocked at the lyrics in this song. And it came out over 35 years ago. I can't imagine a song so blunt and straightforward about a drug addiction coming out these days. If a band released a song like this, they would probably never be allowed to perform music in North America again.

The MTV show "Becoming" rates pretty high up on the Unintentional Comedy Scale.

"The Bonfire of the Vanities" is a very good book. I would definitely recommend it.


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