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if you're in the mood for an over-the-top, kitsch, campy, horror/comedy, i'd say you could do a lot worse. i enjoyed this thoroughly. i went to see this mainly on the strength of toni collette (love her!!!). i wish there was more of her in this but i take what i can get. and say what you want about farrell, but if you've seen In Bruges (as well as others) you know he's a terrific actor and he had a good time slummin' it up in this B-Movie style horror-fest. and you gotta admit those eyebrows suit the vampire character perfectly. no need to hire an expert eyebrow make-up guy! hilariously cliched good times...

whenever hurst comes up @ jazz forums i try to chime in. way underrated musician. one of the best bass players alive. feel, tone, time, different styles... he's the man.

you probably already know to do this, but if you do go back and check it out again definitely start from the beginning. it's very 'serial' and the direction is in no way dumbed down. in other words, if you don't know characters' backstory (and there's plenty all 'round), you'll be missing out.

just got through watching this series over the last few weeks: i must say i've been enjoying it quite a bit. but i can't make up my mind whether i see it as a "guilty pleasure" or a great series nearly on the level of The Sopranos and the like... either way, it's compulsively watchable (imagine popcorn eating emoticon here).

yes to all responses so far. i've been using essentially only two online forums - this one and AAJ - for about 10 years now. have checked in to one or the other (or both) once a day for all that time. most posters remain anonymous 'avatars.' but there have been more than a few that have become 'friend-like' and many who have become known to me (and everyone here) as very real, actual true to life people w/ actual real-life identities and activities that are actually followed outside of this virtual reality. this bill barton thing is by far the most bizarre real world slap in the face from an online presence i've ever experienced in my 10 years of posting and interacting in places like these. mind-boggling. i believe i only had a few back-and-forths w/ him here. he was a reviewer, right? i still would like to think he may be innocent. the internet is so crazy. maybe he was tangentially involved and actually, somehow didn't know what he was involved in? scary...

i voted both equally, but boy it's been a long time since i've seen 'em. i'll have to watch 'em again soon. personally, my favorite mob movie is easily GoodFellas. my favorite sequel, so far, is Before Sunset

saw this tonight: knowing ahead of time that it was going to be pretty formulaic stuff, i went expecting a good time at the movies because the cast was so good. really wanted to like it, but i didn't care for it. thought it was essentially a mess (didn't need to be...) w/ a few fun scenes. gosling, as usual, stole the show. tremendous actor. everyone else was good as well, but the performances couldn't pull it out imo. i believe i'm in the minority on this one. oh well...

any "biopic" that only covers one day is, of course, not really a biopic. they're probably just saying that to create buzz. or the main action will take place during one day later in his life, but there will be copious 'flashbacks.' or maybe it'll be like a miles davis version of Secret Honor probably not...

thanks for the heads-up. hadn't seen that one yet will definitely check that out in the theaters when i get the chance. gordon-levitt has been doing consistently great work for quite a while now. pretty amazing track record so far for such a young guy. this one that's hopefully out soon also looks really interesting (may take a minute to load, but definitely watch the 1st trailer from the top o' the page): Hesher

wow. totally awesome jaso! thanks for putting this up. i will be reading it soon when i've got an extra hour or so to really check it out. Morse is absolutely an unsung hero ( ) as far as rock guitarists go. genius legend legend legend. unbelievable musician. and every time i've ever heard/seen him interviewed or just talking he comes off as the most genuine, straight-forward, unpretentious, articulate guy you could ever imagine. and though he arguably has the greatest and most virtuostic chops of any rock guitarist in history, he's seems to be the most humble, regular guy you could ever meet.

fuck the sturms and fuck the iridium.

thanks for responding to my Veronica Mars post shawn and jazzbo. i am now officially less embarrassed i'm almost done w/ season 2 and will immediately watch season 3 later this week. the show frickin' rocks!

i have my awesome older sister to blame for my current embarrassing guilty pleasure: thoroughly ridiculous, quite possibly offensive and morally objectionable, often totally silly, and i'm completely enjoying it. when deciding what to rent at the video store w/ her father the 17 year old main character says, "There's only so many times a girl can watch Slapshot, ya know what I'm sayin'?," i was hooked. don't know why, but i love that line. and the cutesie/snark/sarcasm factor gets overdone sometimes, but generally the show is written very smartly. pure fun.

exactly. and like clifford said earlier, Falk was absolutely genius in A Woman Under The Influence, among other things...

yep. i also thought this was very enjoyable. and a nice tribute to the man. good interviews, concert footage, etc... low budget production values on the project but, for me, that doesn't detract from the vibe of the film. "I don't know man. I mean... Elton John bankrupt. Come on. Shit. Gimme a break. That is really ridiculous." "Music is mysterious always. I don't really know what music is... other than a sound." the impression i'm left w/ after watching this is that dewey was a rare and egoless master musician who understood and appreciated how very fortunate and lucky he was to be able to do what he did for a living. a truly self-aware and insightful man. i guess bertrand isn't interested in this anymore? or maybe this isn't the film he was looking for...

cool relyles. just got mine and am looking forward to checking it out...

i don't think any serious film person would argue w/ you on that one van basten. Network, All The President's Men, and Taxi Driver are/were all superior films. hell, avildsen wins for director on Rocky while scorsese didn't even get nominated for Taxi Driver?! insanity... but i still love Rocky...

agreed on all accounts. i love it when the museum guide (if that's what she is) refers to the 'pompous know-it-all' as "the pedantic one." and owen's character says, "Yeah. Good word." or something like that. this movie was just fun fun fun. and the analogy of woody's familiar themes appearing in movie after movie being "like hearing one of your favorite jazzmen play some of his familar licks," is an excellent one! but just like musicians can play their regular bag and have off nights, woody has had quite a few off nights in the recent past. but for me, Midnight In Paris was an excellent gig! as for the 1976 oscars, agreed that there were some ridiculous picks. however, i do love the original Rocky. great movie.

i wouldn't be so sure. can't too many. 4 bars is pretty short! in my book "Light Blue" is 8 bars. but there's a version of "Friday The 13th" from Thelonious Monk Orchestra At Town Hall that's only 4 bars. cool idea for a thread webbcity. if i come across any other examples i'll check in... edit: forgot about this one: "Timeless" from abercrombie almost cuts it! 6 bars...

i got rid of my cell phone a few months back. pretty happy about it. unnecessary waste of time/energy/money imo. yeah yeah, convenience is great yada yada yada... all said and done, i'm very happy to be back to just a 'land line.' "how could we ever have lived without them?!" just fine thank you. i know this doesn't help you david. i'm just sayin'...

try here bertrand: Dewey!

just got off the phone w/ my nephew jeremy who lives in joplin with my sister. they're ok. very lucky. they got next to no damage to their house and car etc... he told me about the insanity comparing the devastation to scenes in hollywood disaster movies he's seen. his high school is destroyed and a couple of his friends have lost their homes. it appears he hasn't lost any friends. terrible situation. haven't been able to reach my sister yet but she's ok. she's no doubt out helping whoever she can. thank you rooster for posting this. i just got home from work and hadn't heard. i was scared when i read your post. i will dream of my sister and nephew being safe tonight. thank you.

these "studies" come around a few times a year. every time i hear/read about them i want to vomit. it'd be easy to go through the article, and the larger related 'real' article here, to pick out all of the jive, pop pseudo-science, cutesy nonsense - but it's just not worth doing again. as far as i'm concerned, the appropriate response to any one of these articles that are about some science project/department "proving scientifically" how music "makes you feel," and exactly which particular rhythms or harmonies do this-that-and the other thing to some specific region in the brain and that that must mean that Bb makes little jimmy's neurons flutter in such a way that he'll end up asking helen to the prom, is "fuck you." be on the lookout for pfizer to market the "Mozart Pill" any year now. didn't you hear? the scientists located the synapse/neuron that gives you the feeling of listening to Mozart. side effects may include vomiting, depression, and wasting money.

Good clip -- and no music! I guess when you play the book long enough, you remember the charts... i seem to remember hearing that a lot of that band's music were "head charts." thad's own big band not so much, but for me, just as amazing.

Looks to me like it's probably Thad Jones. But that pic is pretty rough...