Watched Slap Shot tonight.
Great movie! There's a Canadian punk band that named themselves The Hanson Brothers (....uh, after the characters in the move, before the band Hanson - which was comprised of brothers).
Whoa. Good myth.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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DavidS - Jun 12, 2006 9:06:39 pm PDT #2262 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Fred Pete - Jun 13, 2006 3:52:11 am PDT #2263 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I keep my expectations for fantasy/scifi/action movies low, so I'm usually entertained well enough by Pretty! and Big! and Boom!
Worked for me on X3. (We took the day off yesterday. Thought we'd need it to recover from helping friends get their house ready to sell. Plans changed.)
Frankenbuddha - Jun 13, 2006 4:23:00 am PDT #2264 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hmmm. The Brattle Theater (which got another year's lease on life in February) is going to be showing PANDORA'S BOX in July. I may have to check that out - it's not often a Louise Brooks film makes the rounds.
They are also showing GILDA, which I may have to check out as well, as I've seen selected clips from it for years.
JZ - Jun 13, 2006 5:44:16 am PDT #2265 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
The Brattle Theater (which got another year's lease on life in February) is going to be showing PANDORA'S BOX in July.
Oooh, ENVY. I've seen a bunch of Louise Brooks, but never on anything bigger than a television screen. Pandora's Box should be stunning.
erikaj - Jun 13, 2006 5:49:45 am PDT #2266 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Corwood, you arrogant taunting cocksucker.(It is way too fucking early in the fucking day to bring the Swearingen, though. Even if I am a gimp among right-wing hoopleheads. Which is a fucking trial to my very soul, as I'm sure you can appreciate, through your clever wisecracks. ) But I've got to forgive because you get the Wire love. And in actual fact, probably it won't make much sense as I've just started season 2. Just messing with you dawg...we cool, right? My friend Dre and I want Heather H. at Salon to do a cornerboy column someday. Then I can take back all the bitchy stuff I think about her column. Even if she is still no Joyce Millman.
Hayden - Jun 13, 2006 6:32:43 am PDT #2267 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Corwood, you arrogant taunting cocksucker
You need to catch up, NOW. On this brilliant fucking show in which sudden violence and carefully crafted intrigue (interwoven with language that would give Shakespeare a cockstand) flow like mother's milk to a suckling babe, last night's episode gave us the viewers the most insane, ballsy, provocative, breathtaking act ever seen in Deadwood (which is, as I say, truly a microcosm of humanity) in the form of one man drinking another man's whiskey. My jaw hit the floor and I said "HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SHIT!" out loud before I caught myself. Any show that can demonstrate the inner workings of power struggles with such clarity and vision deserves a goddamn Nobel Prize, not the crude assfucking its corporate overlords dealt it this month.
Amy - Jun 13, 2006 6:34:43 am PDT #2268 of 10001
Because books.
language that would give Shakespeare a cockstand flow like mother's milk to a suckling babe
That's a gorgeous thing, right there.
::claps::
::goes off to cry that we don't currently have HBO and I am MISSING THE SHOW::
Hayden - Jun 13, 2006 6:39:04 am PDT #2269 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
::claps::
I'd take a bow, but my paltry attempts to write Milch-speak pale next to the master's. And there's always ways to see the show, hint hint, even if they are not endorsed by the louse-bitten horsefuckers at HBO, let alone the authorities in Yankton and beyond.
Amy - Jun 13, 2006 6:40:32 am PDT #2270 of 10001
Because books.
even if they are not endorsed by the louse-bitten horsefuckers at HBO, let alone the authorities in Yankton and beyond
Heh. You are *really* good at Milch-speak.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 13, 2006 6:41:42 am PDT #2271 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I must say, Jane's history lesson about Custer had me nosing my beverage.
Yep, I'm watching the new season. Of course, I've only seen selected bits of the prior two, but I figure while I've got the interest, I may as well watch the new stuff (and catch up on the old as quickly as I can).