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Public radio listeners across the country (150 stations!) will get to hear a blast of The Lothars' rendition of Auld Lange Syne today. Here in Boston, around 4:54pm on 89.7fm.
t edit It'll be on at the end of "The World", coproduced by WGBH, the BBC World Service, and Public Radio International.
FX will have a Buffy first season Marathon tomorrow on FX from 8 am - 9 pm (Eastern) New Years day.
Okay folks, I'm still planning my Buffy DVD party for Saturday Jan. 11. I figure we can start anytime after 4 (an early start allowing not simply lots of Buffy watching, but also anyone who doesn't want to be on the subway late to leave at a reasonable hour). But it all depends on some of you New York City Buffistas showing up. I figure I'll decide Tuesday nighty, Jan. 7 (by which time I should have Season 3 in my greedy little hands), so you have until then to e-mail at TDRaicer@aol.com.
Currently voting on addition of Music and Movies threads in Bureaucracy.
The discussion started around Jim Eaton-Terry "Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier" Jan 2, 2003 5:29:33 am EST.
There was a discussion before that, only I don't know how to make them clickable, but here's where it took place:
Literary: Java cat - Dec 30, 2002 3:31:11 pm EST #2727
BBB Java cat - Dec 30, 2002 6:02:25 pm EST #2409
BBB: Jon B - Dec 30, 2002 7:20:48 pm EST #2417
Bureaucracy: p.m. marcontell - Dec 30, 2002 6:43:52 pm EST #1721
It looks like I'm in Washington DC next week -- Monday through Friday -- for a work-type conference. Are there any DCistas who'd like to watch Buffy with me on Tuesday night? The hotel (The Mayflower) is right near the Mall, I'm told, so I don't know how convenient that would be to anything. On the plus side, I'll have my car with me.
A Very Special David Sedaris Christmas. is being re-broadcast today (1/3) on my local public radio station. I caught a few snippets and it's pretty funny. It's listed on the website as being last week's show, but perhaps it's also repeating in your neck of the woods. FYI.
One of our Christmas shows from previous years. Stories from David Sedaris' book of Christmas stories, Holidays on Ice, read onstage by David, Julia Sweeney and actor Matt Malloy. Taped in front of a live audience in Los Angeles. (Note that David's now-infamous story about working as an elf at Macy's Department store during the Christmas season is in our Christmas & Commerce show.)
Attention Somervillains -- On Guard a French swashbuckling movie, is playing tomorrow at the Brattle. Since it's supposed to be a dreadful snow day, I'm all about leaving the car behind to go by T to see the 2:15 or 4:45 show. Anybody interested in joining me, please let me know!
Ready for a little old-fashioned swashbuckling? Well, this acclaimed French film is ready to deliver. The villainous Count Gonzague (Luchini) stands to inherit a fortune from his cousin, the Duke of Nevers (Perez), but not if the dashing duke produces an heir before Gonzague can bump him off. Lagardere (Auteuil), a promising young swordsman, is hired to do the dirty deed, but instead develops a friendship with the Duke and earns his trust when he warns him of a cowardly ambush. The pair then set off from Paris to the provinces, where a one-night stand has given Nevers a child by the daughter of a local nobleman. A wedding beckons, but not before Gonzague unleashes his worst, leaving Lagardere protecting the baby, and swearing vengeance. But, our hero must bide his time, disguised as a humpback for 16 years, hiding the rightful heir, until the time is right for revenge.