Anybody interested in the DVDs of Scorsese’s The Last Waltz (Special Edition) and/or Boxcar Bertha? Both are brand new and can be had for $6.50 each, shipping included (to the US), or both for $12. The Scorsese box set I purchased included both of these, but I already had them in my collection. Email me or drop a note in the comments.
February 12, 2005
The “Eason Jordan bemoans having to resign as a result of growing internet pressure” poem
“Man. If I ever meet the guy who invented ‘blogging,’ I swear to Jesus I will brain him with a very heavy log.”
February 12, 2005
A final few words on the Eason Jordan affair (and Jordan’s subsequent resignation)
My guess is that in the cold, clarifying light of morning, how Jordan’s remarks actually played on that Davos tape was even worse than we’d been led to expect—and that, recognizing this, Jordan didn’t so much resign as he was coached by the CNN brass on how best to salvage what remained of his dignity. I echo Jim Geraghty’s parting thoughts: I would have preferred the tape come out, and
February 12, 2005
Tonight on “Numb3rs”
Hoping to overcome what has quickly become a hackneyed premise, FBI agent Don Epps (Rob Morrow) eschews a dangerously abductive statistics-based theory offered him by his brooding mathematician brother, Charlie (David Krumholz), and instead tries doing his own fucking crime solving for a change—relying on nothing more than the vast resources available to him as a federal law enforcement official. (Co-stars Peter MacNichol, Judd Hirsch, and Sabrina Lloyd)
February 12, 2005
Odds, ends
1. Many many thanks to Platt Thompson for the Thieves Highway DVD, which arrived this afternoon from Amazon. I’m a big fan of both Dassin and Lee J. Cobb, and I very much look forward to checking this one out. 2. Arthur Miller dies at 89—having written some lasting plays, and having thrown some quality humps into Marilyn Monroe. Not a bad life, all things considered. 3. What the hell…?
February 11, 2005
Thirty-seventh in a series of real-time empirical observations
As you read this post, agitated former child star Corey Feldman hurriedly climbs down off his Stair Master and rushes to change the radio station, but not before the first few bars of Michael Jackson’s classic pop-anthem “Beat It” create a guilty little stir in his Guess warmup pants.*
February 11, 2005
The Truth is, well, somewhere…
From Raelianews: Rael to bestow Honorary Priest title to Ward Churchill Miami, Feb 10, 2005. Rael, leader of the International Raelian Movement (http://www.rael.org) has just given the “Honorary Priest” title to Ward Churchill (University of Colorado professor) for his essay which most of the US is decrying as insensitive or unpatriotic. Ricky Roehr (leader of the US Raelian Movement) is quoted: “Mr. Churchill is exactly right in what he wrote!
February 11, 2005
How Teresa Heinz (nee Teresa Heinz Kerry) eats a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup…
TH: “Here, Conchita. Eat this for me. And see that I enjoy it, understand? “And when you’re done with that, draw me a bath. Teresa’s feet are feeling clammy again.”
February 11, 2005
The grooviest gang of CITIZEN JOURNALISTS who ever wore a badge
**** (h/t INDC, who’s running a caption contest)