stiffshots
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^^^ Dear GOD. What an awful thing to wake up to on a Monday.
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My roommate's cat, soaking up the sun.
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Well, fuck...
BOC were my band in the Seventies: they were funny and weird and cryptic and rocked like maniacs. I was lucky enough to see 'em four times in a thirteen month period, post-REAPER, with their full laser show. As much as I loved Buck Dharma (still one of my all-time guitar heroes) and Joe Bouchard (a major influence on my own feeble attempts to be a bass player), I dug Lanier because he a geeky-looking guy who still managed to be cooler than hell onstage.
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There have been a LOT of bad covers of the MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE theme (yeah, Fred Durst and U2's rhythm section, I'm talkin' to you). Here's one that isn't.
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Trent Reznor's Anglophile taste in song covers is nonpareil...
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The Simon Pegg and Ron Jeremy autobiogs are good, light reads. The latter manages to elicit some sympathy for a guy who, by several people's accounts, can be a major douchebag in real life.
Something less pleasant, mayhaps? Five words: James Ellroy, MY DARK PLACES.
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Every Farmer's Insurance ad with J.K. Simmons has pretty much been a slam-dunk.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyTAsRSVzlI
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I first heard this on a ROCK station (the late great WNEW-FM out of NYC). Noisy, discordant, and funky as fuck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39SjyMvBbk4
Northern Soul with a mile-wide groove. Thanks to Little Steven's Underground Garage for introducing me to this track.
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Miscellaneous thoughts on previous msgs/threads:
- I understand the NEWSROOM hate, I really do. And I can honestly say the only other Sorkin-penned thingie I've seen was THE SOCIAL NETWORK. And yet...for all the show's sitcommy slapstick and shoehorned-in rom-com moments, I will continue to put with it because the dialog is hilarious, often tack-sharp and delivered at warp speeds. (It's the same reason I adore SUITS, btw...)
- I'm not sure I get why a lack of humor in RAY DONOVAN is a bad thing. It's a dark drama, people. (Then again, I've been watching a whole lotta dark lately, mostly HBO docs like THE CHESHIRE MURDERS and THE CRASH REEL. And BROADCHURCH.) Having said that: yes, FBI Agent Miller's LSD freakout was enough hilarity for several seasons.
- And on the topic of "several seasons:" earlier this week, Starz pulled the plug on MAGIC CITY. I'm disappointed, if not heartbroken - it was a show I didn't exactly love, but certainly liked a lot - however, I think a lot of folk, INCLUDING the network, viewed it as Starz's answer to MAD MEN when it was closer in spirit to BOARDWALK EMPIRE. Now, will somebody please cast Jeffrey Dean Morgan as a modern-day Peter Gunn?
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I hope they cut back on the 90 minute episodes this season. Last season didn't have enough content to justify the numerous long episodes.
Nope nope nope, Sutter is already on record saying that FX approved more supersized eps.
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Not a super-huge fan of Ms. American Idol #1, but there's no question this song has a military-grade hook embedded in it.
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Ah, yes, totally blanked on that 'un. Pegg/Frost and Moretz/Mintz-Plasse are both perfectly acceptable summer-enders.
KICK-ASS 2 could be worth a look too.Aside from WORLD'S END, is there anything worthwhile scheduled for the August burn-off?
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Call me weird - hell, call me Ishmael if that floats your boat - but this episode of TALES FROM THE CRYPT contains my all-time favorite Dennis Farina performance. Why? Because it's a full 180° from what you'd expect a "typical" Farina performance to be, and he still sells the bejeezus out of it.
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This was the summer in which the two super-huge/mega-hyped superhero movies (IRON MAN 3 and MAN OF STEEL) left me, respectively, indifferent and thoroughly annoyed. Bobby, hang up the suit until Joss bangs out the AGE OF ULTRON script. Zach: never, EVER shoot a huge action movie in hand-held 3D again. (Snyder may have finally worn out the good will he earned from me by not fucking up the DAWN OF THE DEAD remake.)
On the plus side, the DESPICABLE ME and RED sequels were both good, unassuming fun, and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is why art house theaters were invented.
Aside from WORLD'S END, is there anything worthwhile scheduled for the August burn-off?
Boardwalk Empire
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This. Yes. So much.
I never get so wrapped up in fictional characters to the point where a scripted event upsets me (and yes, that includes wrestling angles). But...
literally had me SCREAMING WITH RAGE at my TV set. Even I was kinda shocked at my reaction.