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*Yawn* I can't even work up much outrage, since the original was such a non-event which the Beatles themselves had very little to do with.

Happy belated Birthday Mr. Shorter!

Yeah, that's the only thing by him I ever really liked, though I must admit to not making a great effort to check his stuff out. Nonetheless, RIP.

I'm a little surprised she was only 69. The Brill Building was a young person's place back in the day... RIP and thanks for the tunes, Ellie.

I believe he also did woodcarving, painting, and scrimshaw.

"Einstein would've dug Radiohead." Good line. Or maybe he would have said something like, "God does not play dice with Radiohead."

Happy belated Birthday!

Agreed. And his voice...it was the exact sound correlative to his looks: No matter how thick the British accent, it was still Mike Myers voice putting on a British accent. Took me "out" of the film for a bit.

I watched most of that too (missed the first 10 minutes or so.) One tends to forget that if he hadn't created 60 Minutes he still would have had an amazing career. Weird how the giants of television history all seem to passing away at once. Now watching Cash Cab.

Found the Artie Shaw Self-Portrait box used for a quite reasonable price, so I finally got it. Has some stuff I already had (of course) but still worth it.

With all due respect to everyone involved, I've got to admit that as soon as I heard about it, I looked forward to NOT seeing the Pelham remake.

I think Sandler's huge fund of barely-disguised hostility would have made him good for the role, but his hyper-recognizability would have made him terrible. So I'm glad he wasn't used. this "barely-disguised hostility" (i refer to it as rage) you mention is what made Sandler perfect for Anderson's Punch Drunk Love. one of my absolute favorite movies. and his 'hyper-recognizability' didn't hurt the film at all in my opinion. the flip side to Sandler's rage is his seeming 'hyper-sensitivity.' seems to me Anderson wrote the role w/ this exact combination in mind and maybe w/ Sandler in mind because that's already his M.O. for anyone paying attention. maybe the character was even inspired by Sandler himself. i'll write Anderson a letter... but since i haven't seen IB, i can't speak to Sandler in it (or not). Quite. My impression was that Anderson did indeed fashion the role with Sandler in mind; it certainly wouldn't surprise me at least. Something about Punch Drunk Love didn't work for me, though...it was only a half-successful movie as far as I'm concerned. On the other hand, Sandler was fine in Funny People (not his fault the film was too long.) I feel strongly that using him as the "bear Jew" in IB would have been stunt casting of the worst sort, and a distraction. As Mike Myers WAS a distraction, though a more minor one.

I think Sandler's huge fund of barely-disguised hostility would have made him good for the role, but his hyper-recognizability would have made him terrible. So I'm glad he wasn't used. And I could have done without Mike Myers. Oh God, yes! That was the worst casting decision in the whole film.

Those two points are extremely germane, Tom, and you put them really well.

Movieland---Jerome Charyn I actually read this a few years ago, but I'm enjoying giving it another once-over.

Yeah, it was always my understanding that drummers were the most notoriously unreliable or immature musicians.

Agreed.

Yes indeed. Actually, I'm still hoping that Chris will eventually decide to come back. Didn't he do something like this before? Unless my memory is playing tricks (entirely possible) I seem to recall him getting mad about something, leaving angrily, then apparently deciding to let bygones be bygones and coming back. So it could happen again. Maybe.

I think Sandler's huge fund of barely-disguised hostility would have made him good for the role, but his hyper-recognizability would have made him terrible. So I'm glad he wasn't used.

Yeah, he blows hot and cold. Like Dexter.

He wore his hat in a very similar way...but let's just agree to disagree about this show.

Well, it's more like appreciating the artistry that went into creating and delineating them, and how the episodes unfold. Also, Draper reminds me of my father (not the cheating-on-his-wife part, but other things.)

Yes. Since this is the US Government (Library of Congress), why can't they just release a disc themselves, perhaps through the Smithsonian? That would be a beautiful way to celebrate Pres' 100th birthday. They could at least send a copy of it to my house.

Thanks for that. An 'infant progeny' indeed!

Could Eno's 70's "song" albums be considered 'prog rock'? If so, then I guess I'm into prog rock after all...