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First, some exciting news: thanks to the inexplicable/unfortunate popularity of my podcasts, I will finally kowtow to the masses (i.e., 6-7 people) and start recording more. Look for them to start appearing (at least) weekly until I get sick of them again.
- A variation on this article was e-mailed to me by a reader. I have to say, while I was no fan of The Beaver’s screenplay, this news means the movie could at least be interesting.
- Trailers have begun appearing for Jennifer’s Body, the new film “from the mind of” Diablo Cody. Now might be a good time to look at my script review, so you can, like me, watch this trailer and wonder why the movie they’re marketing in no way resembles the movie they made. The trailer cutter does get some points for playing to the movie’s only strength: Megan Fox’s boobs.
- For those of you mourning the lack of recent content, take the opportunity to bask in the same things I enjoy. Watch The Purple Rose of Cairo or Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or, even better, buy Every Window in My House, the 2004 album by Kathryn Musilek. I listen to a metric shit ton of music, and I can think of only two other albums that have had such a profound impact on me. Great songwriting, great sound, wonderfully impassioned vocals… Unlike the other two (Pet Sounds and Born to Run), precious few are aware of this album’s existence. This needs to change. Come on, it’s only $9.97 at CDBaby or $9.99 on iTunes. This is an album I’ve listened to, on average, twice a week for the past five years. I simply don’t get tired of it.
- Interested in eeeeexxxxtreeeme goofiness? Check out the comments here. I never expected this blog to turn into The Jerry Springer Show, but there you have it. Interesting side note: Dena Lyle, allegedly the original commenter, found this blog using the search terms “judge mathis bailiff brendan.” Why she chose those search terms to drop her comment, I’ll never understand…
Posted by Stan on July 13, 2009 5:59 PM | Permalink | Print-Friendly | Random Musings | Digg It
R.I.P. John Hughes….
:((((
I had always hoped that he would eventually make a comeback of epic proportions with new material that was both compelling and yet still relevant to the new generation. “Sixteen LED Candles”
From Wikipedia, an actual unproduced screenplay of his: “Bartholomew Vs. Neff – a film that would have pit Sylvester Stallone & John Candy against each other as feuding neighbors.”
GENIUS.
:((((
Posted by saddenedbutstilltautwolfloins | August 6, 2009 5:01 PM | Reply
Wow, it took me a month to realize you posted this comment. Don’t know how I missed it.
I find it hard to believe Bartholomew Vs. Neff is real, but what a missed opportunity! I do wish he’d had one last (successful) hurrah, but I guess it’ll never happen. I just hope they don’t soil his memory by remaking his movies the way they are Red Dawn, The Karate Kid, Footloose, and other classic movies from my youth. It’s easy enough for me to simply never see these horrible remakes, but really, I feel bad for the teenagers who are either too stupid or too ignorant (or both!) to rent the originals instead of forking over good money for shitty remakes.
Posted by Stan 
| September 7, 2009 1:11 PM | Reply
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Goofiness indeed. Is that even legit? Somehow I think Dena and Pernel SUBER are two people stuck in the body of a bored 450 pound methhead.
Nice to have you back Stan. How’d the surgery go?
Posted by SAM | July 22, 2009 11:40 AM | Reply