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The Flight of the Conchords
Well David, I'll answer all your comments. A blog, like a text, or tweet or any of that crap, is supposed to me kind of informal, is it not? I mean, I should be writing my blogs the way Prince titles songs. Things like "I had 2 much fun 4 one guy, and luv flite of concords." Regarding your name misspelling, I can feel your pain. Not only is "Board" spelled any way imaginable, I've had countless people mess up "Josh" as "Josue" and even "Jason". I never mind. As Adam Carolla said, people that get upset over stuff like that, should be mad at their parents for naming them Arj! Although, you do have a point regarding the fact that they are entertainers. But, I'm willing to bet that Jemaine and the guys associated with the show, would much rather have a right up about them (and one that's positive) with names misspelled, then just no coverage at all. Regarding CityBeat...it's really simple. If someone logs onto this website, and they only have ONE POST to any of the many stories provided here, and there one sentence is that I suck and they're going back to reading CityBeat, it's obvious. Now, if it was just someone saying I sucked, believe me, I'd have no problem believing that. I might even think it was my older brother. Or heck, even my mom, who goes on and on about my horrid spelling. But, I recently had a fight with a few CityBeat employees, after one of them did that very thing. Logged on, not to comment on anything constructive, just to knock my writing style and tell me I need to take some classes at UCSD. And believe me, I've been in this business long enough (after years and years in radio where others stations did similar things), that it becomes very obvious when someone does that. One last thing...I think I caught one of your performances a few years back. You kind of had a Sinatra type of crooning thing going, and used one of those big, old-fashioned microphones. It was the Belly Up Tavern, I believe. You sounded great!— May 22, 2009 4:01 p.m.
The Little and the Big
Wait a second...you're right. In my mind, I always thought Jim did "Ghost World," which is a film I loved. I never saw Ghost Dog, because it got horrible reviews (Forrest Whitaker as a samuri? Yikes!). I never saw Down by Law, but Broken Flowers was a good film, but it had a lot of problems that to me, could've easily been fixed.— May 22, 2009 9:46 a.m.
Loud Birds, Checkerboard Lawn
If you do get your lawn looking like a baseball field, just don't put any back-stops or bleachers in. A guy in Poway just did that in his own backyard, on acres and acres of land he owned. The city might be fining him, as he didn't get a permit to have that done.— May 21, 2009 11:40 p.m.
Laid-Off U-T Workers Told to Leave Friday, Will Be Paid until July 6
elliot was a horrible film critic.— May 21, 2009 8:20 p.m.
The Flight of the Conchords
I just thought of something. How hard would it have been for Murray to have done a pre-recorded thing, that would be shown on the screens? I've seen that done with other bands (including Spinal Tap, when they toured in the early 90s). I completely forgot about that Dana Carvey skit. So, yeah...a lot of Arj is "borrowing" from others. The Simon/Garfunkel episode was great. Especially the fact that they both looked so much like Simon/Garfunkel. I so didn't see that coming. During the episode I said to my girlfriend, "That would be cool if Simon and or Garfunkel see this,' and then he walks up to the door.— May 21, 2009 8:14 p.m.
Did anyone ruin something they were supposed to fix?
Oh, I actually asked her that. I've had a handful of people in the past that called or wrote letters, angry about something THEY said that I wrote about. So I said, "Uh...you realize he may see this." She laughed and said "Yeah, I know. Who cares."— May 21, 2009 8:03 p.m.
The Little and the Big
I can't believe Limits of Control got two stars. This is the worst movie I've seen in the last five years. By "worst" I mean that as a movie I was most disappointed with. When you have a cast that includes Gael Garcia Bernal, John Hurt, Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Hiam Abbass (The Visitor), and the hot Paz de la Huerta naked, and the stone face Isaach de Bankole as the perfect killer...well, I want more than was here. One critic said this movie was like "watching paint dry." Duncan said it was like an "endurance test." So, why doesn't it just get a black dot? Also, Duncan mentions the repetitive series of events. Those got old quickly. They were somewhat interesting, in the fact that each person he meets has a take on something. An Asian woman talking about molecules. John Hurt talking about classical music and bohemians/hippies. And, Isaach swallowing the instructions from the matchbook would've been a cool move. He leaves no evidence anywhere, after memorizing. But we see these notes, and they are such indecipherable numbers and letters, that that really isn't necessary. If we couldn't figure them out, I doubt the cops or anyone else would, if he just ripped it in half and threw them away with the packet of sugar in his espresso. Jim Jarmusch can now go down as the most overrated filmmaker working. Ghost World was his only great film. Even the critically praised Mystery Train was lame. I enjoy the slow pacing he uses. Sometimes. It worked well in Lost in Translation (an okay movie that critics loved). Here it doesn't. The premise is interesting...although it worked better in Reservoir Dogs. We see all the planning of the crime, but never the actual crime (Jim also borrows from Tarantino with the line Duncan mentions about "people in movies always have to say things and can never sit there in silence," although...that got an unintentional laugh in the theatre I was in because the viewer thought the following five seconds of silence between the two actors was the punchline to that. I don't think it was...but, who knows. The film has its moments, but it felt four hours long. Those moments could've worked in a 30 minute story!— May 21, 2009 4:35 p.m.
Your Son is Student of the Month? My Son is on American Idol!
So...who ended up winning Idol? I didn't hear.— May 21, 2009 4:17 p.m.
The Flight of the Conchords
Well, tatlar is probably a CityBeat employee. That's what they do. I mean, Flight of the Conchords is a TV show, so when they say they're names (with that thick accent), how can I tell if it's Jemaine, or Bret/Brent. So Tatlar, enjoy those 8 pages of copy in CityBeat (along with the addition 8 pages of sex ads in the back). They should keep you busy. And, on that note...Arj had some funny takes on pornography in his set, but that has been done before (Adam Carolla does a similar bit, although his Jimmy Stewartesque voice of the porn star in the 40s saying "I'm givin' ya the business, see..." was hysterical. And yeah, I do agree that him mentioning his writing of the joke, in the joke or after, was an interesting touch. Especially the line about something being $20...the photo at Disneyland...and him mentioning he could easily make it $10, because it's his joke. I saw him with a huge crowd after the show, taking photos. The show could continue, and work. But they need to really work on some things. Murrays character as the band manager is hysterical. And, a perfect example of them having a great episode was when they finally got a paying gig...but had to dress as Simon & Garfunkel impersonators. They need to write stronger episodes like that. The songs are ALWAYS catchy, they just need stronger supporting material with it.— May 21, 2009 4:15 p.m.
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Well, ti...that Melissa not only is into her Mustang, she also said she plays bag pipes. How hot is that?— May 21, 2009 4:07 p.m.