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Coming Soon: An Interview with Nichole Bloom, who plays Amanda on “Shameless”

Posted on March 23, 2014

The Interview is up! Please click on Being “Shameless” with Nichole Bloom or go to the home page.  With each passing episode on what has been the highest rated season of Shameless many viewers are growing more curious about the actress who plays Amanda – Lip’s college roommate’s (former) girlfriend. Amanda – who was originally disgusted by Lip. Amanda – a book smart who knows her way around a beer bong. Amanda – who has this thing about sex, can babysit in a pinch, and is the go-to girl for making and laminating your daily schedule, not to mention tagging your name on the dorm mini-fridge. The Dodgy’s next interview is a fun one with actress Nichole Bloom who talks about playing Amanda and how the…

The Serbian Girl with Green Socks

Posted on March 17, 2014

The girls at my junior high swooned over the athletic boys in their uniforms. The Serbian girl with green socks thought I looked hot in my altar boy vestments. I really just wanted peace and quiet serving as an altar boy my 8th grade year at a Chicago coed Catholic school. But Anka wasn’t about to let that happen. She was a transfer to our school that year and although I didn’t have any classes with her we exchanged glances in the hall a few times. She didn’t look like the rest of the girls but was more attractive than most. I stopped looking at her in the hall because she started giving me dirty looks. I never talked to her until St. Patrick’s…

Aidan Reviews Cibo Matto’s Chicago Concert

Posted on March 9, 2014

About a year or so ago Aidan and I attended the Cibo Matto concert at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall. On Thursday the girls were back and this time in support of their long-awaited new album Hotel Valentine. At the last minute I was unable to attend. But Aidan still went and this his review of the overall experience. Aidan: First of all, you know Cibo Matto has a song on the new record called “Deja Vu.” Well I experienced a bit of Deja Vu as I was walking in the concert when I saw the same cigarette-smoking girl outside the theater as the last time we saw Cibo Matto. Only this time she didn’t ask me what my problem was. Me: I think Deja Vu…