Tomorrow TCM begins its annual “31 Days of Oscar” celebration so the picking will be difficult and feel free to respectfully disagree in the comments. The first night is nearly impossible from the get-go…. because I don’t like Babs (though I do like Funny Girl) I’m going with these two: I’m biased — [...]
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I didn’t see any embedding on the website (our tax dollars at work!), but if you click on the picture, or here, you should be taken to the site. I love Threedonia! About ten days ago I was held captive in an Hospital emergency room while this program was on. I found it fascinating, [...] Is on air… call in 310-878-2273 and help us talk health care with Veruckt and listen at Right Talk Radio live here. Share on Facebook Since the Superbowl is a week away, and meaningful baseball seems impossibly distant in the middle of a New England cold snap, I give you… …cricket? Share on Facebook I concur with John FN Wayne’s post that “Intellectual” used to mean “intelligent”. I think he misses the bullseye by a slim margin — and this may be picking nits. The biggest problem with many (so-called) Intellectuals — in addition to having to suffer no consequences for their ideas as Thomas Sowell aptly [...] Tonight’s “TCM Import” is from Iran: Abbas Kiraosatami and his 1998 film Taste of Cherry. It might well be subtitled “Talk Me To Death” — the hero drives his truck around Tehran, looking for someone who will bury him after he commits suicide that evening. Much chatter about life, death, and the price of pistachios [...] Earlier today (it’s late Saturday) I did the “good son in law” thing and took my mother in law to a gospel concert… with this group Ernie Haase & Signature Sound. She grew up in Indiana and I grew up in Texas so we grew up on similar music (though this is more Southern [...] I can hear it now – “Is that the guy from ‘Men in Black?’” Rip Torn, veteran actor, was busted attempting to rob a bank in Connecticut. Torn allegedly broke into the Litchfield Bankcorp building Salisbury, Conn., where he lives, at around 9:40 p.m., according a police report posted on the gossip site TMZ. The alarm [...] “Did you see Obama at the Republican retreat?” That was the question from my usually apolitical co-worker – a question that caught me by surprise - as I scurried to my shift last night. Most of my jaunts to work (which is at the editorial department of a newspaper), I’m more likely to have a discussion [...] Share on Facebook This is the first in a series of Academy Award-prep Weekend Fives, all leading up to my liveblog of the event itself. Yes: I have finally healed from that sword I fell on last year for you people. Eric Cantor isn’t the only one tanned, rested, & ready. Today’s Five is a riff on a photo [...] I saw this a couple of years ago and forgot about it until reminded earlier today…. This is John Tyler — 10th President of the United States from 1841-1844. Born in 1790 — nine years before George Washington died. Tyler died in 1862. This is Harrison Tyler… John Tyler’s GRANDSON — no greats — just [...] Something for the men and the ladies…. I live in the U.S. of A dammit… I don’t have to pick just one movie. Tomorrow is a banner lineup again… I’m going with two though… First up: Wuthering Heights (1939) Rich has an article up at Big Journalism on the James O’Keefe incident at Senator Landrieu’s office. The piece is fine, but I don’t like the picture that accompanies it: Come on, Rich! Be yourself… There we go. Anyway, O’Keefe shouldn’t have infiltrated the senator’s office, and he should be punished for his actions. Something about an order [...] Share on Facebook I was never one of the legion of admirers of “Catcher in the Rye.” Well written? Sure. But also petulant, self-serving and – despite its legendary status as a ground-breaking piece of literature, rather obvious. But then I grew up in the 60’s so cynicism and nihilism were pretty much the order of the day [...] The sad thing about it is, the person this letter is intended for would consider him a tired senile old man… Dear President Obama, There was one auto maker in the USA that made a profit in 2009. It was the one not bailed out by the government. Coincidence? I think not. DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – Ford Motor Co. made $2.7 billion in 2009, its first annual profit in four years. Elmer Gantry (1960) A towering tour de force by the Mighty Burt Lancaster as a smarmy and [...] Though it’s almost a 100% chance a lefty musician’s going to get their hemp panties in a bunch, as an amateur song parodist, it’s always frustrating to see someone’s mimicry-creativity squashed (and Lord knows Neil Young, Dan Baird, Queen, Jeff Lynne and Mick & Keef would do likewise if my takes on their respective tunes [...] We at Threedonia were remiss this past week in failing to honor Global Belly Laugh Day on January 24. I’m sure it’s a UNICEF thing. In any case… no one loves a good belly laugh more than me. So what makes you laugh Threedonians? I’m not talking Cheshire Cat grin or [...] Share on Facebook At least the Repubs were polite enough to stay awake. I saw the foto of JNo (our crack DHS sec’y) with both eyes shut. Hey Janet! Woulda been my response to it too. Must be why they asked Bob McDonnell, and not me, to give the response. By the way, Barry: a big two fingers up for [...] I’m going to a Bible study to hear a better word. But feel free to comment on the little tin god’s speech here… Share on Facebook Andre Dawson, the only player elected to the baseball Hall of Fame this year will go in as an Expo — or at least the cap on his plaque will be an Expos hat. He preferred to go in as a Chicago Cub. The hall announced its decision Wednesday. Dawson told WMVP-AM in Chicago that [...] Now really TCM… how am I supposed to pick just one? Hell… call in sick, get a 12-pack, or a couple bottles of wine or whatever you like and hunker down. The Philadelphia Story is the strongest “film” of all of these of course, but I love all or parts of each Road [...] With a H/T to an email forward my lovely wife, a little primer for tonight’s SOTU… People in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania have a warped sense of humor. This is the pull off at SR 61 and Adamsdale Rd. A lot of criminals are idiotic, self-justifying morons. In class today we’re watching an interview (of which this includes parts) with Richard Kuklinski aka The Iceman and forensic psychologist Parke Dietz. This guy was the real deal…. Very few people are really scary… a guy who is a sociopath, is fearless and [...]
Every once in a while the daughtorial unit surprises me by doing something useful. (I keed – I keed!) In this case, she turned me onto what may possibly be the best cartoon ever: The Venture Brothers. I am so out of touch with all things cool, and The Venture Brothers – as I [...] The crew of Apollo 1: Edward White, Gus Grissom, Robert Chaffee, R.I.P. Share on Facebook Because while trolling the ‘net for naked pictures of Chad Kroeger — my attempt to lure June Cleaver out of hiding — I came across these guys. And my heart stopped. Because I never would’ve predicted those sweet, dorky little long-haired Leif Garrett-lookalikes would age so verrrry nicely. Because their breakout bubblegum hit (“Mmm Bop “) is more [...] Just because Prince has never had too much of a sense of humor (pancake breakfasts allegedly aside), doesn’t mean we can’t laugh at him. With the 21st century version of “We Are the World” on the horizon for Haitian relief efforts, a trip through the archives… NOTE TO FLOYD: Yet more 80s-style black-face, which between this, [...] The Manchurian Candidate (1962) My favorite paranoia movie. Everyone is good here — including Janet Leigh, James Gregory as [...] From The Jawa Report A soldier who has served in Iraq has been officially crowned Miss England after the original winner relinquished the title last year to clear her name. Congrats to L/Cpl Katrina Hodge! Jawa has a link to a bikini video if you are at all interested. Yeah, I’m back in Iraq for those who [...] From GrEaT sAtAn”S gIrLfRiEnD “On 26 January 1945, 2d Lt. Murphy commanded Company B, which was attacked by 6 tanks and waves of infantry. 2d Lt. Murphy ordered his men to withdraw to prepared positions in a woods, while he remained forward at his command post and continued to give fire directions to the artillery by [...] AC/DC has just announced AC/DC: Iron Man 2, the official album set to be released April 19th through Columbia Records in support of the upcoming Iron Man 2 film from Marvel Studios. The album will feature 15 classic AC/DC songs, selected from ten of the band’s studio albums, ranging from 1976 to 2008. Included in [...] Perhaps you needed a John Wayne fix today… from Dick Cavett blogging at The New York Times (you’re welcome): The setting was the Universal lot in Hollywood, and I was preparing a prime-time special to be called “Dick Cavett’s Backlot U.S.A.” We’d somehow lured Mae West out of her most recent retirement. We had Mickey [...] “Forget them, Wendy. Forget them all.” Since the subject of home schooling has come up I thought I’d share an article I read recently. It’s very interesting. I really recommend it. The article can be found here, http://www.spiritmag.com/features/article/the_happiest_man_on_earth/ Here are a few snippets: On Logan’s parents’ homestead, at the edge of an orchard-covered mesa overlooking the [...] Sure, I think Eduardo’s a POS for kicking Michael Anthony out of Van Halen, but damned if the birthday boy didn’t provide the soundtrack of my life for the longest time. Up there with “Humans Being,” another fave from the Sammy era, a Japanese-only release (and stateside b-side) from Balance. Share on Facebook At one point in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt (fresh from carving up a Nazi forehead) points his eyes through the camera and at the audience. To paraphrase: “This may be my masterpiece.” Whether or not this is Tarantino’s penultimate directorial moment won’t be determined for a while, at least if the director continues [...] |
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