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Saturday, July 4, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Weekend Movie Spotlight!
Street Dreams is finally out; you can catch a sneak preview here.
The brief YouTube clip begins in a somber, almost elegiac tone that suggests impending tragedy. For my money, I'd bet on Paul Rodriguez being cast in the Morris Chestnut archetype of the promising young'un cut down before he has the chance to really show his potential. Ryan Sheckler will clearly play the Ice Cube role. A few other things:
- "I thought you got popped!"
- Being a true skater means making fun of the filmer who almost got busted by the cops alongside you because he is a nerd.
-"Aw shit D, look like he talkin bout yo moms man"
Thursday, June 11, 2009
A Journey Into Darkness: Liveblogging the June 11, 2009 episode of Jeopardy!
7:27 PM: Unlike ordinary sprays, Comet Gel sticks to mildew.
7:28 PM: Pat and Vanna make some imaginary small talk. I wonder if they ever Facebook chat?
7:29 PM: This Domino's commercial is making me so hungry. Will I make it through an entire episode without a snack?? Oh wait it just started.
7:30 Pm: The contestants look like weirdos, big surprise. There is always someone from the DC area on this show, and today is no exception. Trebek's suit isn't all that great but it could be worse.
7:32 PM: Contestant Kyle looks like he could use a Queer Eye makeover, but I don't think he is a straight guy in the first place. Haha Contestant Beth just said "Deep Throat." This stuff is all pretty boring, it won't get really rolling until Alex talks to the contestants.
7:34 PM: Commercials time; maybe I will go for beer instead of snacks.
7:35 PM: I can't wait to get to know factoids about the contestants, but I know it won't live up to the contestant I saw about six months ago who made up songs to sing to her cat.
7:36 PM: Beth likes to knit.
7:37 PM: Kyle likes to hold little pieces of Darwin in his hand. Actually his story was pretty cool, I'm worried about myself.
7:38 PM: Contestant Jason just crushed a whole category, in much the same manner that I am crushing this beer.
7:40 PM: Kyle's hair and goatee is really 90's, but his waistcoat screams "I'm going to screw up this Daily Double!"
7:43 PM: Nobody is going to pick "The Music of Ballet."
7:45 PM: Alex's supercasual Canadian sweater is by far the highlight of this evening; it's perriwinkle!
7:46 PM: Hey Beth, Carson McCullers wrote The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, not Cormac McCarthy, YOU DUMB BITCH!!
7:47 PM: I bet Kyle loves to do "The Saber Dance."
7:48 PM: God I would love to have a job on the Clue Crew, no matter how many silly hats they made me wear.
7:49 PM: "One-Word Movies" could have easily been renamed "Shitty Movies of 2008."
7:50 PM: Beth is in the lead but I think Jason is going to pull out the win. Too bad, I kind of wanted Kyle to win even though half of all these posts have been for the sole purpose of making fun of his gayness.
7:52 PM: That hip couple will never stop reading the New York Times. They even like the Jayson Blair articles!
7:55: I really don't see why they had to change the Final Jeopardy music. KYLE LOSES.
7:56: Jason has vanquished all foes and is given the honor of finishing out the week with Alex and the Judges. I can now see Kyle's entire wardrobe and it is blowing my mind. Peace Connecticut.
7:28 PM: Pat and Vanna make some imaginary small talk. I wonder if they ever Facebook chat?
7:29 PM: This Domino's commercial is making me so hungry. Will I make it through an entire episode without a snack?? Oh wait it just started.
7:30 Pm: The contestants look like weirdos, big surprise. There is always someone from the DC area on this show, and today is no exception. Trebek's suit isn't all that great but it could be worse.
7:32 PM: Contestant Kyle looks like he could use a Queer Eye makeover, but I don't think he is a straight guy in the first place. Haha Contestant Beth just said "Deep Throat." This stuff is all pretty boring, it won't get really rolling until Alex talks to the contestants.
7:34 PM: Commercials time; maybe I will go for beer instead of snacks.
7:35 PM: I can't wait to get to know factoids about the contestants, but I know it won't live up to the contestant I saw about six months ago who made up songs to sing to her cat.
7:36 PM: Beth likes to knit.
7:37 PM: Kyle likes to hold little pieces of Darwin in his hand. Actually his story was pretty cool, I'm worried about myself.
7:38 PM: Contestant Jason just crushed a whole category, in much the same manner that I am crushing this beer.
7:40 PM: Kyle's hair and goatee is really 90's, but his waistcoat screams "I'm going to screw up this Daily Double!"
7:43 PM: Nobody is going to pick "The Music of Ballet."
7:45 PM: Alex's supercasual Canadian sweater is by far the highlight of this evening; it's perriwinkle!
7:46 PM: Hey Beth, Carson McCullers wrote The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, not Cormac McCarthy, YOU DUMB BITCH!!
7:47 PM: I bet Kyle loves to do "The Saber Dance."
7:48 PM: God I would love to have a job on the Clue Crew, no matter how many silly hats they made me wear.
7:49 PM: "One-Word Movies" could have easily been renamed "Shitty Movies of 2008."
7:50 PM: Beth is in the lead but I think Jason is going to pull out the win. Too bad, I kind of wanted Kyle to win even though half of all these posts have been for the sole purpose of making fun of his gayness.
7:52 PM: That hip couple will never stop reading the New York Times. They even like the Jayson Blair articles!
7:55: I really don't see why they had to change the Final Jeopardy music. KYLE LOSES.
7:56: Jason has vanquished all foes and is given the honor of finishing out the week with Alex and the Judges. I can now see Kyle's entire wardrobe and it is blowing my mind. Peace Connecticut.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Nick, Russell, and Delia
Can this be real? I love Nick Cave, and The Proposition was pretty good (albeit thanks to a big assist by Ray Winstone), but this thing sounds only a cut or two above a piece of Gladiator fan fic. I think Australia is trying to put one over on us!
Meanwhile, in cool dead people news, I only found out about this chick the other day. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME
Meanwhile, in cool dead people news, I only found out about this chick the other day. WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME
Friday, May 1, 2009
Auto Connection
When the time comes to purchase a new car and your credit is terrible and you need that car or else you're so fired from Kinko's AGAIN and you live in the Richmond/Norfolk/Tidewater area, there is only one place to go SEE VIDEO:
Confidence: INSTILLED. That dog will sell you a car for 300 bucks, and since he's the bank and the law, he can get Will.I.Am to write him songs.
Auto Connection commercials occupy a strange netherworld between terrible-on-accident and terrible-on-purpose. The pop song adaptations, horrible production value, and endless, endless uses of Mack Mack are obviously tongue-in-cheek to an extent. But there is still an inextricable awfulness to these commercials, regardless of how self-consciously budget they are.
A huge part of the inescapable seediness derives from the customer testimonials. Obviously, no attempt is made by anyone to sound convincing, and whatever is said is so clouded by the garishness that is going on around them that it really doesn't matter. Also, I have to say that on YouTube and in the link above, the audio is much, MUCH better than I have ever heard on TV. On my $40 set, everything the satisfied customers say is completely unintelligible.
In fact, no one can really get a sense for these ads without seeing them on television. This is because no one can ever be fully prepared to see an Auto Connection ad. Witnessing, say, "I'm On Fire" sandwiched in between two other relatively normal commercials is a complete sensory overload; by the time the wicked discofire effects, sweet views of Midlothian Turnpike, goateed Jimmy Buffet fans (I think that guy owns the place), real Mack Mack, anthropormorphic Mack Mack, and Virginia residents dropping down and getting their eagle on have clattered to an abrupt and jarring halt, any normal person will have lost all will to watch the denouement of "Frasier," no matter how wickedly farcical it might turn out to be.
Confidence: INSTILLED. That dog will sell you a car for 300 bucks, and since he's the bank and the law, he can get Will.I.Am to write him songs.
Auto Connection commercials occupy a strange netherworld between terrible-on-accident and terrible-on-purpose. The pop song adaptations, horrible production value, and endless, endless uses of Mack Mack are obviously tongue-in-cheek to an extent. But there is still an inextricable awfulness to these commercials, regardless of how self-consciously budget they are.
A huge part of the inescapable seediness derives from the customer testimonials. Obviously, no attempt is made by anyone to sound convincing, and whatever is said is so clouded by the garishness that is going on around them that it really doesn't matter. Also, I have to say that on YouTube and in the link above, the audio is much, MUCH better than I have ever heard on TV. On my $40 set, everything the satisfied customers say is completely unintelligible.
In fact, no one can really get a sense for these ads without seeing them on television. This is because no one can ever be fully prepared to see an Auto Connection ad. Witnessing, say, "I'm On Fire" sandwiched in between two other relatively normal commercials is a complete sensory overload; by the time the wicked discofire effects, sweet views of Midlothian Turnpike, goateed Jimmy Buffet fans (I think that guy owns the place), real Mack Mack, anthropormorphic Mack Mack, and Virginia residents dropping down and getting their eagle on have clattered to an abrupt and jarring halt, any normal person will have lost all will to watch the denouement of "Frasier," no matter how wickedly farcical it might turn out to be.
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