TV news of note

 
As i mentioned I've been watching a lot of TV in my spare time and becoming indoctrinated in the HD experience. It really is a television renaissance for me. Just in the last week or two:

- I've discovered the Palladia channel, which is pretty much just music and recorded footage of live concerts. Awesome. There are a lot of pop segments; I've seen All American Rejects, Maroon 5, and Avril Lavigne, but the other day they did a Led Zeppelin montage, which was incredible.

- The show Bizarre Foods on the Travel Channel. This dude Andrew Zimmern just travels around to different parts of the world sampling the best of their crazy cuisine. Sometimes it gets a little nuts, like when he ate chowder cooked in fish sperm (I think that was in Maine), but for the most part he's just eating awesome fresh local fare. And an unexpected source of humor is that he practically has an orgasm every time he eats something good. The fact that hes a bit large makes it that much better. I mean this guy really hit the jackpot in life. You should have seen him relish that fish sperm chowder.

- History Channel battle documentaries. They break down famous battles throughout history like Gaugamela, Waterloo, Battle of the Bulge. There are actors who re-enact certain characters and events, but the best part is the computer-animated battle sequences. It definitely beats reading convoluted descriptions of battle positions and movements that can be confusing to non-military people - books can be frustrating in that way - I mean we've all been there, am I right? Probably not.

- PLANET EARTH IS RE-AIRING SUNDAYS

- Last but not least, apparently Dhani Jones has his own show where he travels the world and challenges people of different cultures to duels or something. I haven't seen it yet, but obviously that will change soon.

And with March Madness ramping up its needless to say my plate is pretty full for the rest of the month. Time to carve out a nice ass groove in the couch.