Working by the basement breakroom. The news is always on the television, no one is watching. The empty voices bounce off the cracked and peeling paint in a near whisper.
Suddenly, I hear a faint voice I recognize. I wonder out loud, “Is that Neil deGrasse Tyson?” A quick look around the corner confirms that it is indeed him.
The four men I am working with ask, “So who’s that?” Before I think I answer, “Astrophysicist”.
Apparently, recognizing the voice of an astrophysicist from the next room is enough of a geek moment to put you out of the “cool circle” at work.
I’m okay with that…
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The three of us were out to dinner. ”Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” was playing quietly in the background. During a lull in the conversation I look up at my wife and daughter and say, “I’ve never really liked U2.”
The hurt look on their faces still haunts me in my sleep…
I saw the trailer for “Red Tails”. I’m interested for the first few seconds but then they lost me.
I’m not sure if this is a remake of “The Tuskegee Airmen” (which I liked) or a sequel or if this is something new. But when the trailer used modern electronica music over the WWII dogfight scenes… I stopped wanting to know.
I know this isn’t the first (or last) time I’ve seen modern music used anachronistically in a trailer for a period piece, but it was the most jarring. It may have its purpose, drawing in young kids or something, but it turned me off in a major way…
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