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		<title>The Brown Bunny</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoyed “Buffalo 66” when I saw it in the theater all those years ago.  I remember finding the lost characters strangely affecting and the style of the film complementary to that emotional impact.  Fast-forward to last week and “The Brown Bunny” was sitting on my desk, fresh from Netflix, waiting to be watched.  I’d [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetransom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6689891&amp;post=194&amp;subd=thetransom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Photo apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toubab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I have always been interested in photography, since high school.  My friend Chris and I would sometimes ditch school and go walking around DC taking pictures.  We would go out at night till all hours, shooting.  We&#8217;d spend hours in his basement darkroom, developing film and printing pictures.  I still am into it, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetransom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6689891&amp;post=190&amp;subd=thetransom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dark Was the Night</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toubab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bought the album “Dark Was the Night” on the recommendation of some music blog or other.  I’ve liked lots of the “Red Hot…” albums and this one was along the same lines.  Various artists and working to benefit AIDS research.  There were many artists on the album that I really like: Sufjan Stevens, Grizzly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetransom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6689891&amp;post=176&amp;subd=thetransom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NPR</title>
		<link>http://thetransom.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/npr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:03:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toubab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two interesting stories have been in my mind the last few days.  One is the story of former NPR journalist Juan Williams and his firing.  The other is the story by Susan Straight in this month’s The Believer.   So far, the best essay/commentary I’ve read on Williams came from Glenn Greenwald, writing in Salon. An [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetransom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6689891&amp;post=172&amp;subd=thetransom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ICA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toubab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in transit today and got to spend a few hours at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.  It’s a rather small museum; there were really only two exhibits and then the collection.  Overall, though, I enjoyed it and was especially struck by a few of the works. There is an exhibit of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetransom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6689891&amp;post=164&amp;subd=thetransom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dogville, USA</title>
		<link>http://thetransom.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/doville-usa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toubab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lars von Tier’s dogma movies have always attracted me.  The lack of music, the natural(ish) lighting, the handheld camera; it all adds up to a more moving experience, I find.  In Dogville, however, he changes his m.o. a bit, though the effect is still quite arresting and moving.  There is nothing realistic about the setting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetransom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6689891&amp;post=150&amp;subd=thetransom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rushmore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toubab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw “Rushmore” in the theatres in 1998, when it came out and loved it then.  It was funny, it was hip with a sort of smirk, and it had some great actors, as well, of course, as Wes Anderson’s trademark cool, catchy, and esoteric soundtrack.  After “Rushmore” hit, I went and saw “The Royal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetransom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6689891&amp;post=146&amp;subd=thetransom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hidden Spot</title>
		<link>http://thetransom.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/the-hidden-spot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toubab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DC]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thai Xing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We went, finally, to Thai Xing last night.  I&#8217;d been looking forward to it for awhile, as the legends have grown.  A one man kitchen. In his living room. Hours of waiting for the food.  Bliss when it arrived.  Nothing could have lived up to it, but it did turn out to be a super [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetransom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6689891&amp;post=139&amp;subd=thetransom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Toubab</media:title>
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		<title>Cafe Milano and Fotoweek</title>
		<link>http://thetransom.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/cafe-milano-and-fotoweek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toubab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was given a certificate to Café Milano a few weeks ago and Kate and I decided to go on Thursday, as well as checking out some of the photos from DCFotoweek in Georgetown.  I had already gone to see some photos down at the National Gallery, which I found quite interesting.  There were two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetransom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6689891&amp;post=134&amp;subd=thetransom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two flicks</title>
		<link>http://thetransom.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/two-flicks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Toubab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fellini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italian]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched two movies this past week.  One was 50 years old, the other was brand new.  One was written by an Italian and the other by a Brit .  One was  &#8220;Nights of Cabiria&#8221;, by Fellini, and the other was &#8220;The Invention of Lying&#8221;, with Ricky Gervais.  And shockingly, I know, I preferred the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thetransom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6689891&amp;post=123&amp;subd=thetransom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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