Tonight while preparing dinner:
Greg: So I've rationalized watching Angel.
Kirsti (eyes audibly rolling in her sockets): Oh?
G: Yeah, it's not because it's a Joss Whedon show...it's a Ben Edlund show.
K: Greg, it's okay, you can watch TV, it's entertainment, it's not a big deal.
G: Yeah, but I think it's just cooler to be an Edlund fan than a Whedon fan.
K: (shrugs) Y'd still get your ass kicked.
Thursday, October 9, 2003
Run out right now...
and consume these entertainment products:
Music: Fountains of Wayne, Welcome Interstate Managers By now you've certainly heard "Stacy's Mom," or at least heard about the video. But stick around for the album, chock full of funny, beautiful power-pop. Particular standouts: "Valley Winter Song," "All Kinds of Time," "Little Red Light."
Film: American Splendor
I know the hot movie is currently Lost in Translation, but hey, I haven't seen it myself. So go see this before it disappears.
Print: The National Lampoon Yearbook Parody
Never mind Animal House, this was NatLamp's finest hour, and I honestly think this is one of the greatest comic achievments of the past century. Back in print in a "39-year class reunion" edition, it's still a gem. Even the new "class letter" opening the reprint is good stuff, and delivered a sucker-punch tailor-made for yours truly near the end.
and consume these entertainment products:
Music: Fountains of Wayne, Welcome Interstate Managers By now you've certainly heard "Stacy's Mom," or at least heard about the video. But stick around for the album, chock full of funny, beautiful power-pop. Particular standouts: "Valley Winter Song," "All Kinds of Time," "Little Red Light."
Film: American Splendor
I know the hot movie is currently Lost in Translation, but hey, I haven't seen it myself. So go see this before it disappears.
Print: The National Lampoon Yearbook Parody
Never mind Animal House, this was NatLamp's finest hour, and I honestly think this is one of the greatest comic achievments of the past century. Back in print in a "39-year class reunion" edition, it's still a gem. Even the new "class letter" opening the reprint is good stuff, and delivered a sucker-punch tailor-made for yours truly near the end.
Sunday, October 5, 2003
Quizbowl and hygiene can, in fact, go together.
This was borne out Saturday at Mark & Sarah's wedding. You can get your Rashomon on by going here, here, here, or perhaps at mothballed sites here, here, or here.
A swellegant affair, even without buzzers on the table. I got to see a scary convergence of BUCB alums scrubbed up and behaving (except for Rosenberg, but what's to be expected, really). I finally got to pin an identity to the many tales of Monty. I got to watch my wife try in vain to extract the earworm that is "Cotton-Eye Joe."
Congratulations to Mark & Sarah, thank you for the open bar, and for not allowing that icky "After the Lovin'" to be played.
Oh, and we may have to change our trash-team name to "The Gazelles."
This was borne out Saturday at Mark & Sarah's wedding. You can get your Rashomon on by going here, here, here, or perhaps at mothballed sites here, here, or here.
A swellegant affair, even without buzzers on the table. I got to see a scary convergence of BUCB alums scrubbed up and behaving (except for Rosenberg, but what's to be expected, really). I finally got to pin an identity to the many tales of Monty. I got to watch my wife try in vain to extract the earworm that is "Cotton-Eye Joe."
Congratulations to Mark & Sarah, thank you for the open bar, and for not allowing that icky "After the Lovin'" to be played.
Oh, and we may have to change our trash-team name to "The Gazelles."
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
good movie alert
...and surprisingly so. Just got back from seeing The Rundown. If you're like me -- and I know I am -- this is a title you keep forgetting for some reason, and you just refer to it as "that one with The Rock, Stifler and Christopher Walken."
Something about the trailer made me think "guilty pleasure, maybe," but it ended up being a genuinely solid action-comedy. The Rock could probably quit the day job, provided he ever gets out from under McMahon's thumb (Vince is an exec producer). S.W. Scott and Walken were fun doing what you'd expect. Very nice to see Ewen Bremner (Spud from Trainspotting) pop up again.
On the home I managed to pull in the fuzzy sounds of WCCO, 400 miles away in Minneapolis. The Twins won at home, and the broadcast team was staying on the air waiting to celebrate an official divisional clinch. They interviewed whomever'd talk to them while the fans watched the Royals and White Sox games on the Jumbotrons. Very surreal. Once the magic number went to ), I wasn't sure whether I was hearing crowd noise or static. Now where'd that Homer Hanky go?
...and surprisingly so. Just got back from seeing The Rundown. If you're like me -- and I know I am -- this is a title you keep forgetting for some reason, and you just refer to it as "that one with The Rock, Stifler and Christopher Walken."
Something about the trailer made me think "guilty pleasure, maybe," but it ended up being a genuinely solid action-comedy. The Rock could probably quit the day job, provided he ever gets out from under McMahon's thumb (Vince is an exec producer). S.W. Scott and Walken were fun doing what you'd expect. Very nice to see Ewen Bremner (Spud from Trainspotting) pop up again.
On the home I managed to pull in the fuzzy sounds of WCCO, 400 miles away in Minneapolis. The Twins won at home, and the broadcast team was staying on the air waiting to celebrate an official divisional clinch. They interviewed whomever'd talk to them while the fans watched the Royals and White Sox games on the Jumbotrons. Very surreal. Once the magic number went to ), I wasn't sure whether I was hearing crowd noise or static. Now where'd that Homer Hanky go?
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
bad movie alert
I saw Underworld Monday night. I had moderate hopes, but they were dashed. Very dull, when the acting wasn't laughable, and very little I hadn't seen before. Beckinsale looks good in vinyl, but that's not enough to carry the film.
What's more, it seems the lawsuit White Wolf Publishing has brought against Sony has some merit. (NOTE: the link is laden with movie spoilers). Most of the 60 points of similarity in the suit are bunk, but there are at least two concepts (that memories are transmited through the blood of the biter, and the idea of elder vamps going into centuries-long dormancy periods until revived) that seem to be lifted from the RPGs.
I saw Underworld Monday night. I had moderate hopes, but they were dashed. Very dull, when the acting wasn't laughable, and very little I hadn't seen before. Beckinsale looks good in vinyl, but that's not enough to carry the film.
What's more, it seems the lawsuit White Wolf Publishing has brought against Sony has some merit. (NOTE: the link is laden with movie spoilers). Most of the 60 points of similarity in the suit are bunk, but there are at least two concepts (that memories are transmited through the blood of the biter, and the idea of elder vamps going into centuries-long dormancy periods until revived) that seem to be lifted from the RPGs.
Sunday, September 7, 2003
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