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I never thought I'd become a welfare queen
Great article, and yet more proof that anybody could someday find themselves in the same position. Thanks for sharing your experiences with such candor and flair -
— January 7, 2010 8:28 p.m.
Record Release Roundup
Kenny Eng’s Live From Lestat’s debuts with a January 15 release party at the Normal Heights venue. “The album is selection of solo-acoustic songs that will be on my next full-length LP,” says Eng. “I wanted to give listeners a bit of insight as to where songs come from, and how they evolve from an idea, to a rough song, performance, and eventually, on the next album, to a fully produced track.” L.A. songwriters Ernie Halter and Tony Lucca also appear.
— January 7, 2010 1:30 a.m.
Eng's M.E.B. Theory
Outtake: “But real success isn’t measured by attendance at shows, or how many units you sell. To me, real success in music is measured by staying power. Almost invariably, musicians who are successful actually enjoy playing music, whether they’re playing to ten people, or ten thousand, or to their dog in their living room.”
— January 7, 2010 1:08 a.m.
Smooth Sax
Outtakes: MOST VISITED WEBSITES? 1. “Signonsandiego.com, for news.” 2. “KSDS.com, for the jazz calendar and the Lakers.” SO ARE YOU WITH OBAMA, OR AGAINST HIM? “I voted for him, and I’m much more hopeful now than I was during the previous eight years.” SOMETHING ABOUT YOU FEW WOULD KNOW OR GUESS? “I’ve been an environmentalist for a very long time.”
— January 7, 2010 12:39 a.m.
None
Top 5 Worst Beatles Lyrics: 5) "Goo Goo G'Joob" (Gesundheit -- Here's a handkerchief. No, you keep it...) 4) "No one will be watching us, why don't we do it in the road" (Uh, guys, I think the middle of the road is the one place on Earth where EVERYone will be watching you!) 3) "And he told us of his life in the land of submarines" (Right before we executed him for Nazi war crimes, seeing as how subs only exist due to escalation of military kill-capability) 2) “Well here’s another clue for you all, the Walrus was Paul” (Yeah, we noticed the Walrus was HOLDING A BASS GUITAR – big whoopin’ clue). 1) “Honey pie, honey pie, honey pie, honey pie” (Don’t know if they were hungry or horny when they did that, but you can bet they were reeking like Tommy Chong’s beard)
— January 6, 2010 11:32 p.m.
None
Other than Defending Your Life, Shirley MacLaine's presence is usually the best reason NOT to watch a movie. In all of Hollywood, only Dick Miller has appeared in more stinkers ----
— January 5, 2010 12:18 p.m.
None
Top 5 WORST Beatles tunes: 5) Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (until/unless performed by Steve Martin, whose rendition comprises the four most watchable minutes of Sgt Bee Gee’s…) 4) Across the Universe (“Lyrics flying out like golden rain into a paper cut, they slither as they pass like turds…”) 3) Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (I mean, the only reason Molly got into Desmond’s band was because Desmond liked her face – WTF?! Is this actually The Ballad of Paul and Linda?) 2) Lovely Rita (Just call the meter maid a b-tch and get over it already) 1) Martha My Dear (Like Lovely Rita, the dog this was named for was a total b-tch.)
— January 3, 2010 6:12 p.m.
None
Named after one of the weakest Beatles tunes, of around three dozen Beatlecentric cuts covered or referenced in the film, Across the Universe wants to ride the musical comeback wave of High School Musical, Moulin Rouge, or even Hedwig and the Angry Inch - instead, it falls off the board into Sgt Bee Gee's Pepperland and Cop Rock-ville. Why did they bother? And, more annoyingly, why did I watch it expecting anything different? You'd think I would have learned after All This and World War II ----
— January 2, 2010 5:42 p.m.
Zardoz
Director Boorman had, the previous year, made the mostly-excellent Deliverance - Zardoz was his inexplicable followup. His first POST-Zardoz flick was the so-awful-it's-campy Exorcist II: The Heretic. Yikes! He would later redeem himself (somewhat) with Excalibur, only to lose it all over again (and again, and again) for the next twenty years. Industry rags have reported that Boorman is working on an actual Wizard of Oz project for 2010. Hopefully, sans diapers ----
— December 31, 2009 4:51 p.m.
Sherlock Holmes
I've long been a fan of the Doyle books, and the movie references countless things from the Doyle canon in a way that hardcore fans like me find delightful, but in an action movie context geared surprisingly well for the 21st century crowd, most of whom wouldn't know Sherlock Holmes from the Rolling Stones, or Sherlock's smarter brother Mycroft.... The flick uses a lot of flashy high tech supergraphics similar to the CSI TV shows (which, after all, begin and end as baldfaced Doyle/Holmes ripoffs-slash-tributes), without being SO modern as to feel like anachronisms. Coupled with almost relentless action scene after action scene, it was so engaging, and so filled with twists, both physical and philosophical, that I didn't want leave the room long enuff for a quick bathroom break. Every bit of the movie seemed to vital to miss --- Lots of witty and intelligent stuff going on - I look forward to at least a couple of repeat viewings! For a VERY long time, the only TV or movie Holmes I've found acceptable are Basil Rathbone (by virtue of his radio incarnation more than the films), and Jeremy Brett from the PBS show (which are among the best direct-from-Doyle adaptations) - well, and maybe a couple of those weird shows with Matt Frewer/Max Headroom as Sherlock. Now, and for some time to come, Robert Downey Jr. IS the personification of Mr. Holmes for me! Been digging his movie groove since his wonderful Chaplin biopic -- I doubt anybody would have bothered making this new movie without him. I hope the sequel they seemed to set up happens ----
— December 31, 2009 1:52 a.m.
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I never thought I'd become a welfare queen
Great article, and yet more proof that anybody could someday find themselves in the same position. Thanks for sharing your experiences with such candor and flair -— January 7, 2010 8:28 p.m.
Record Release Roundup
Kenny Eng’s Live From Lestat’s debuts with a January 15 release party at the Normal Heights venue. “The album is selection of solo-acoustic songs that will be on my next full-length LP,” says Eng. “I wanted to give listeners a bit of insight as to where songs come from, and how they evolve from an idea, to a rough song, performance, and eventually, on the next album, to a fully produced track.” L.A. songwriters Ernie Halter and Tony Lucca also appear.— January 7, 2010 1:30 a.m.
Eng's M.E.B. Theory
Outtake: “But real success isn’t measured by attendance at shows, or how many units you sell. To me, real success in music is measured by staying power. Almost invariably, musicians who are successful actually enjoy playing music, whether they’re playing to ten people, or ten thousand, or to their dog in their living room.”— January 7, 2010 1:08 a.m.
Smooth Sax
Outtakes: MOST VISITED WEBSITES? 1. “Signonsandiego.com, for news.” 2. “KSDS.com, for the jazz calendar and the Lakers.” SO ARE YOU WITH OBAMA, OR AGAINST HIM? “I voted for him, and I’m much more hopeful now than I was during the previous eight years.” SOMETHING ABOUT YOU FEW WOULD KNOW OR GUESS? “I’ve been an environmentalist for a very long time.”— January 7, 2010 12:39 a.m.
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Top 5 Worst Beatles Lyrics: 5) "Goo Goo G'Joob" (Gesundheit -- Here's a handkerchief. No, you keep it...) 4) "No one will be watching us, why don't we do it in the road" (Uh, guys, I think the middle of the road is the one place on Earth where EVERYone will be watching you!) 3) "And he told us of his life in the land of submarines" (Right before we executed him for Nazi war crimes, seeing as how subs only exist due to escalation of military kill-capability) 2) “Well here’s another clue for you all, the Walrus was Paul” (Yeah, we noticed the Walrus was HOLDING A BASS GUITAR – big whoopin’ clue). 1) “Honey pie, honey pie, honey pie, honey pie” (Don’t know if they were hungry or horny when they did that, but you can bet they were reeking like Tommy Chong’s beard)— January 6, 2010 11:32 p.m.
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Other than Defending Your Life, Shirley MacLaine's presence is usually the best reason NOT to watch a movie. In all of Hollywood, only Dick Miller has appeared in more stinkers ----— January 5, 2010 12:18 p.m.
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Top 5 WORST Beatles tunes: 5) Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (until/unless performed by Steve Martin, whose rendition comprises the four most watchable minutes of Sgt Bee Gee’s…) 4) Across the Universe (“Lyrics flying out like golden rain into a paper cut, they slither as they pass like turds…”) 3) Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (I mean, the only reason Molly got into Desmond’s band was because Desmond liked her face – WTF?! Is this actually The Ballad of Paul and Linda?) 2) Lovely Rita (Just call the meter maid a b-tch and get over it already) 1) Martha My Dear (Like Lovely Rita, the dog this was named for was a total b-tch.)— January 3, 2010 6:12 p.m.
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Named after one of the weakest Beatles tunes, of around three dozen Beatlecentric cuts covered or referenced in the film, Across the Universe wants to ride the musical comeback wave of High School Musical, Moulin Rouge, or even Hedwig and the Angry Inch - instead, it falls off the board into Sgt Bee Gee's Pepperland and Cop Rock-ville. Why did they bother? And, more annoyingly, why did I watch it expecting anything different? You'd think I would have learned after All This and World War II ----— January 2, 2010 5:42 p.m.
Zardoz
Director Boorman had, the previous year, made the mostly-excellent Deliverance - Zardoz was his inexplicable followup. His first POST-Zardoz flick was the so-awful-it's-campy Exorcist II: The Heretic. Yikes! He would later redeem himself (somewhat) with Excalibur, only to lose it all over again (and again, and again) for the next twenty years. Industry rags have reported that Boorman is working on an actual Wizard of Oz project for 2010. Hopefully, sans diapers ----— December 31, 2009 4:51 p.m.
Sherlock Holmes
I've long been a fan of the Doyle books, and the movie references countless things from the Doyle canon in a way that hardcore fans like me find delightful, but in an action movie context geared surprisingly well for the 21st century crowd, most of whom wouldn't know Sherlock Holmes from the Rolling Stones, or Sherlock's smarter brother Mycroft.... The flick uses a lot of flashy high tech supergraphics similar to the CSI TV shows (which, after all, begin and end as baldfaced Doyle/Holmes ripoffs-slash-tributes), without being SO modern as to feel like anachronisms. Coupled with almost relentless action scene after action scene, it was so engaging, and so filled with twists, both physical and philosophical, that I didn't want leave the room long enuff for a quick bathroom break. Every bit of the movie seemed to vital to miss --- Lots of witty and intelligent stuff going on - I look forward to at least a couple of repeat viewings! For a VERY long time, the only TV or movie Holmes I've found acceptable are Basil Rathbone (by virtue of his radio incarnation more than the films), and Jeremy Brett from the PBS show (which are among the best direct-from-Doyle adaptations) - well, and maybe a couple of those weird shows with Matt Frewer/Max Headroom as Sherlock. Now, and for some time to come, Robert Downey Jr. IS the personification of Mr. Holmes for me! Been digging his movie groove since his wonderful Chaplin biopic -- I doubt anybody would have bothered making this new movie without him. I hope the sequel they seemed to set up happens ----— December 31, 2009 1:52 a.m.