Thursday, July 26, 2007
If you’ve got young ones in the house, drop them in front of Slime Across America on Nickelodeon, M-F 5-7. One of the hosts is a tall goofy guy on his way to the top. Your child may find him entertaining.
Check out the Slime Across America bio page which I had no idea existed because the flash would never load (thanks Jody).
Interesting tidbit: Lily, another one of the hosts, is Phil Collins’ daughter.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
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Anderson Cooper’s mother. Who knew? Insane family history, including a brother who jumped from a 14th story window killing himself in front of his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt.
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Arbus’ photograph “Identical Twins” is tenth on the list of most expensive photographs having sold in 2004 for $478,400. To gain credibility, she took photos of Gloria Vanderbilt’s son, Anderson Cooper.
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“Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus (Kidman) falls in with Lionel Sweeney (Downey Jr.), an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers of the twentieth century.” – IMDB
While at times the pace of this film does slow a bit, Fur is a uniquely creative journey in storytelling. Using a single fictional character, we see the real Arbus become inspired to turn her lens on societies often overlooked members.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Ant should not be a “talent scout”. I believe that in order to scout for talent, you yourself should be in possession of some. When Last Comic Standing announced Ant, a very forgettable runner up from a couple seasons ago, I thought for sure this season would be a disaster. The next 15 minutes of the show didn’t help matters. They showcase the worst of the worst right off the bat. Perhaps it’s to keep the general public watching? To kind of trick them into thinking this is some kind of American Idol or America’s got talent train wreck show? I’m not sure.
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
It’s beautiful in NYC these days, or so I hear. What better way to spend June 21st (a Thursday night) than seeing a great indy film outdoors, & for free no less?
On June 21st, at 8:30pm at Rockefeller center, you can do just that:
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
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Reminder, if you’re in LA and know my youngest brother (there’s not many of you) or just want to see a good movie (It might be good, I haven’t seen it yet) — then MO will be playing in the Malibu Film Festival, this Saturday, April 14th at 7:30pm.
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OMG, I heard this was AMAZING, & I certainly heard right!! This is a must see!
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HAHA, that guy totally IS Linux!!
Several of today’s links, including this one, have been brought to you by pix0r.
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Lots of good video links in here. – The most gruesome being Sid Vicious in the wrestling ring.
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The web’s top 500 free fonts, all in one .zip file and under 27 Megs!
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It’s tough to be creative on the web. I think the less you’re involved, the easier it is. Or maybe I’ve been spending so much time on the web, that my view of creativity on the web is distorted. Either way, this is a neat site. I think. i’m not sure.
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Singing about typing LOL can be funny. In this case, it is. Just the right length too.
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New icase site is pretty, pretty… pretty nice.
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First post, bitches!! this guy is all over etnies.com, he’s really a value adder!
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
After I ditch both Tivo & Netflix, they make some pretty large announcements (the Netflix one is so old, I won’t be linking to it).
Tivo, Amazon offer video downloads.
In reality, I wouldn’t buy anything from Amazon Unbox anyway, and surely these things will be leaps & bounds better in a year or so.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
My sister’s play, “Dancing at Lughnasa” opens this weekend at Theatre West in LA. It runs from Jan 26 to March 10 and there’s a delicious pre-show dinner spot right next door (10% off w/ your tickets to the show)! I saw Heather in this play a couple of months ago, and while the script does involve rape & heartbreak (it’s most definitely a drama), watching live theatre is really quite an experience, especially with the talent in this one.
Watch the trailer for Dancing at Lughnasa:
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
I watched three movies this weekend, I present them here, in the order of their goodness.
Superman Returns conjured warm memories of my reading the comics many years ago, and actually wearing that headband that came with the famous, Superman dies issue. This movie is great fun and is way better than you imagine.
Running With Scissors is an actual instance of “The book is waaay better”. Apparently it’s not that easy to capture the mood of such an outstanding book, and while the film depiction has very, very, tiny instances of goodness, Running With Scissors embarrassingly falls flat on its face. Don’t bother with the movie, but everyone should read this book.
Clerks 2 was the most the disappointing of the bunch. I’ve heard such great things about Smith’s latest offering and was so excited to get to watching. I even made this delicious baked cream cheese & chili chip dip that requires just enough work to be reserved for only the most special of occasions. Boy was I let down. The entire film provided me with maybe five or six laughs and boatloads of disappointment. I still think Kevin Smith is funny, he’s just way too immersed in his own movies to ever again write something that can scratch his once displayed comedic genius of Clerks or Mallrats. He’s too into providing everyone around him with a movie to pretend to be an actor in to ever again focus on the story at hand. Jersey Girl was better than Clerks 2.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
I’ve been a Tivo user for the past 5 years or so. I’ve been an HDTV subscriber for about 5 months now. With HD, I tended to use Tivo less often, because I’d rather see programs in high definition, and Tivo can’t record HD content.
There were a couple of options. I could cough up at least $600 for the Tivo series 3 which can record HD, an outrageously high price if you ask me. I can then suck up the additional $7 a month charge every single Tivo user is about to face, raising Tivo service from $13 to $20 a month. The second option was to ditch Tivo altogether. I’ve always known about those DVR’s the cable companies offer, but remained loyal to Tivo, until now. I’ve switched from Tivo to a generic DVR, and saving $20 at the same time!
I had an additional cable box just for Tivo which I can now ditch and move that $5 to the new DVR service and drop the $20 a month for Tivo service! Not bad for switching to a box that can actually record High Definition content, and record two shows at the same time while watching a third! In core feature comparison, the Tivo was quite crippling. Right now HDTV is just that much better.
The biggest thing Ill be missing out on is the Online scheduling through tv.yahoo.com, and the interface niceties I’ve grown to love (wishlist searches are pretty innovative). Then of course there’s all the extra fun stuff, such as the RSS reader, and Home Media Engine applications, my favorite being Audio Faucet.
Core features won me over.
Update: When I called Tivo to cancel, they offered to lower my monthly rate to $6.95 a month for life, even if I added a series three Tivo in the future, which I’d love to do as soon as the prices come down. Not a bad offer, especially because there’s no contract involved, I can cancel at any time. I accepted, and will move my Tivo into a spare room, while still returning the extra cable box to save that $5. If anyone is thinking of “pretending” to cancel in order to get that savings, I shared with the rep just how disheartening my decison to cancel was, you may need to do the same.
Monday, November 06, 2006
To prepare for tomorrow’s election, watch HBO’s Hacking Democracy in full on google video, and know that your vote counts!
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