Nothing says ‘festive’ like these holiday-inspired recipes… except maybe the word ‘festive’… that does a great job.
Halloween is upon us and I don’t give a flying witch’s ass. I hate haunted houses. They are dark and I’m clumsy. I hate people and these people get all up in your face like it’s their job or something. I hate carving pumpkins. Where is the fun in this? You think it’s going to…
This world has a long history of pig-and-cheese sandwiches. The most famous, I’m sure, is the croque monsieur: a French grilled ham and cheese topped with béchamel. England has their toasties. America has their monte cristos… which is basically a dumbed down croque monsieur that uses an egg mixture instead of béchamel. It’s all fucking…
I’ve been listening to some Christmas music… a lot of Christmas music… lately. But I’ve been actually listening to it and processing the lyrics. I have to say, I don’t like what I’m hearing. I’ve even put together my list of Top Five Most Fucked Up Christmas Songs. Merry Little Christmas – I thought this…
Some of you are dorks. Full-fledged, no-shame dorks. And I love you for that. You dorks that will be dressing up as your favorite TV, movie, book or video game characters for halloween… I love you even more. A lot of us don our dorky little costumes and then go off to a house party…
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is baking lots and drinking beer. Or at least that’s how I do it, because believe-you-me, you do not want to hear me sing Christmas carols. One of my favorite holiday movies is Elf. Instant classic. Yeah, I went there. It’s heartwarming and adorable with funny moments and…
Editor’s Note: Below is the column as it appeared on HoboTrashcan.com. I don’t know why this movie is so god damned polarizing. But I guess that’s because I’m completely on one side of the argument. I love A Christmas Story. It puts me in the mood for the holidays every year. Not that it takes much for…
John Hughes. Genius voice of a generation. (Not Kanye.) He made two of the most quintessential holiday movies of our annual repertoire. Planes, Trains and Automobiles for Thanksgiving and Home Alone for Christmas. I watch them every year, and chances are, you do too. I’ve already put in Planes, Trains and Automobiles this year. And…
In my attempt to seem as outdated as possible, I’ve dedicated my HoboTrashcan Halloween column this year to a movie that is ten years older than myself… Young Frankenstein. I can’t help it, it doesn’t age. I’m also hoping that Gene Wilder will follow suit and doesn’t age. That’d be great. I know it’s not…
Musical and film. Comedy and horror. Rock and Motown. Good and bad. All the crazy dualities of Little Shop of Horrors, working together to make one of the greatest Halloween cult classics of all time. So let’s add one more to that mix. Port and Brandy. Two crazy adult beverages to make one awesome, blood-red…