I’ve been reading the original Gus Openshaw blog for about a year and a half, almost two years now. It amounted to a serial novel, with comments. With a lot of other people, birds, and dead guys, I participated in the comments (I am in disguise, although it’s probably an open secret now as to my identity). Since the end of the adventure some time ago, Gus moved on to another free online blog community, Mindsay. A blog entry from last year may help make it less confusing. “No, is too much. I will sum up.” First Review of the…
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AAR has gone to a “paid premium” service. You can listen for free in real time, but if you want to time-shift or download a podcast, you pay. Hmm. See Air America Radio Premium for more info, but I won’t be subscribing. I’ve been a listener since Day 1, I was a charter member on the website when they started that feature. I’ll listen, for free. I’ll check for free podcasts elsewhere. I’ll happily watch the Sundance Channel’s 1-hour broadcasts when and if they start up again. But pay for access? Probably not.
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I’m watching a movie called Men with Brooms that I had TiVo record, because a while back I was reading up on Paul Gross, and it sounded like it might be a fun movie based on my googling around. So I started watching, and it was really confusing. Finally realized TiVo had recorded the second half, then the first half. What probably happened was WGN changed the schedule and ran it twice. It’s much funnier when you watch it front to back, rather than back to front. Also, there was a Highlander alum in it, Peter Outerbridge. Yes, I’m weird…
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Friday was a big TV-watching night here; Stargate and Atlantis both premiered the second halves of their seasons, and there was a new Numb3rs episode, a network show that we got into this year. David and I keep chuckling about a scene in Atlantis where Sheppard and and an attractive woman he’s imprisoned with discuss one of Sheppard’s greatest fears. Neera: And the clowns? Sheppard: Oh yeah, the clowns. We fight them too. Entire armies spilling out of Volkswagens. We do our best to fight them off, but they keep sending them in. — Quotes Season 2 Actually, I kept…
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David’s going to record this tomorrow using an alternate DVR: The Book of Daniel – Program Details – Yahoo! TV The Book of Daniel WMAQ-NBC Jan 07 07:00pm Series/Drama, 120 Mins. “Temptation and Forgiveness” Reverend Daniel Webster’s daughter Grace is arrested for possession of marijuana; an embarrassed Judith confronts Daniel about discussing the couple’s personal sex life during his counseling sessions. Cast: Aidan Quinn, Ellen Burstyn, Dylan Baker, Christian Campbell, Alison Pill, Ivan Shaw, Susanna Thompson, Garret Dillahunt. Producer(s): Jack Kenny, Flody Suarez . Original Airdate: January 6, 2006 It’s been getting a lot of press, a lot of heat,…
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Al Franken has returned from his USO tour over the massive Chrismakkuh megaholiday, and resumed live shows on AAR this morning. He and the crew have relocated to Minneapolis (which, if it’s true he’s running for the Senate, makes sense). Listen on the Web at blogs | The Al Franken Show | Air America Radio
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Team Deadblow Crew grant imahara, designer, machinist, financier & driver in real life: animatronics engineer and modelmaker for George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic, installed electronics in R2D2 units for Star Wars: Episode 1 and 2, and supervisor for the Energizer Bunny crew, also based out of the ILM Model Shop. Also lit the engines of the Protector and the sickly green lights of the Sarris Ship on Galaxy Quest. Occasionally portrays the “classic” gold suit C-3P0 (yes, in the suit) for charities, special appearances and commercials when Mr. Anthony Daniels is unavailable. …jamie hyneman, mechanical design in real life:…
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Insider – [TV Guide Online] The networks will all be creating exciting, innovative new spin-offs of today’s shows. Approximately 67 percent of all television will be CSI-based, including CSI: Des Moines, CSI: New York but a Different Part than Gary Sinise Is In and NCSI: SVU WKRP, which covers every possible gruesome crime with a groovin’ ’70s beat. (Jerry Bruckheimer will also have conquered Broadway with the CSI musical “FOLLICLE!” starring Nathan Lane as a frenetic but lovable blood spatter and Matthew Broderick as lint.) Lost has that one-of-a-kind alchemy that really can’t be copied. Therefore, look for the original…
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To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing, end them. – Hamlet’s third soliloquy Chicago Tribune | Maureen Ryan | The Watchie Awards I’ve been meaning to look up links and information on the Canadian comedy series “Slings and Arrows” for a while now. It’s been on the Sundance Channel. It’s a theatrical comedy, with wit and barbs as sharp as rapiers (“Buttons OFF!”). The main character is Geoffrey, an actor…
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There are some movies that you see once in the theaters and forget. There are other movies that you see once in the theaters, forget, and watch once more when it comes to cable. And then you forget it again. There’s a third class of movies that you saw multiple times in theaters, bought the DVDs, and yet you STILL watch them when they show up on cable – this latter class includes the Lord of the Rings movies, the Harry Potter movies, and so on. One other type of movie seen in first run is the kind where you…