I’m so glad the movie won for best song. I really enjoyed it. Made for 100k in 17 days. Highly recommended (speaking of which…I should get my favorite movies of 2k7 up here one of these days).
And if you want to see the official preview for Once:
I wonder if the sketch artist or eyewitness watches American Idol…since there sure is a bit of a similarity between the possible Idol and the suspected robber.
Almost a mirror image!
The Virginny politicians continue to be boggled by how to ban smoking in bars and restaurants. Other places such as California, Colorado, NYC, France, Ireland,… seem to have no problem with this. Unfortunately, this is Virginny.
Driving back from the Outer Banks I noticed the biggest tourist attraction between here and there: the “cheap virginny cigarette stop.” It sits at the VA/NC border, just on the Virginny side. Them NC folks love to run up here and get their smokes. Mmmm…tasty. I guess NC wanted some bucks so they added a 1 mile toll road just to get some quick bucks from people zipping across the border for cigs.
The ‘Mr. Bills’ will probably go the way of Toonces.
I wish we could put all the VA politicians in that car if they don’t learn to function.
For those that missed The Colbert Report last night he is doing a three part series on trying to get a painting of himself in the Smithsonian.
A curator was leading him through the museum and stops to point out a really important display. TJ’s desk. The one he wrote that Declaration of Independence thing on. Of course Stephen took the proper approach and said, “Do you think TJ ever had sex with Sally Hemming on that desk?”
Was that joke in good humor? If you were a UVA cartoonist would you be allowed to make such a joke? I thought it was funny. Now…what do I think is the answer? I’d have to say no, since it was a very small desk, and TJ certainly wasn’t small…
Still trying to catch up to the new shows of the year. Long live the Tivo. OK..here are a few more.
Cavemen: A sitcom based on a commercial? Can things get any lower than this? Brutally sophmoric humor that probably has an 8 episode half life.
Carpool: Pretty much a mirror clone of Cavemen, but the people have less hair on them. I am truly boggled by the decisions made by TV executives.
Viva Lauglin: Umm…and the point of this one is…??? This one is really whacked. CSI + Dallas + Cats (yes…the broadway musical). A disaster from the start. This one won’t make it past 8 episodes (they should really just can it now).
Note: Viva got cancelled today. Seems as if someone read this blog 
On the other side of things, CBS has picked up Big Bang for the rest of the season. What imbeciles watch that show?
OK…I’m still trying to catch up on the new shows of the 2007 season. At this point there are only two worth watching this year as far as I’m concerned. The listing below is unedited and are just my notes on things, so take them for what they are worth (is anything on this blog worth anything?).
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Can you believe that in Prison Break they need to break out of a prison? Any prison where you throw down a chicken foot to challenge someone to a fight to death rocks. If only work was like that. Anyway…on to the first new shows that popped up.
K-Ville (note: that is not C-Ville) cranked up on FOX. It is a traditional Starsky and Hutch sort of show with the backdrop of New Orleans. The show was better than I thought it would be, but if people would please get over all the Katrina crap. When you choose to live below sea level you should expect flooding. Duh. It should have no problem lasting through the season (of course FOX seasons are always a bit odd). I’m sure we’ll start seeing a few more “women of New Orleans” in future episodes…just to keep the 18-49 crowd in touch (so to speak).
Kid Nation, one of the most controversial new shows of the season, is a true dud. The premise was that kids get shipped off to a ghost town in the southwest and they then try to build it for forty days with no adults or supervision of any sort. Lots of stories about kids getting burnt, fractured legs, and snapped fingers started appearing. Unfortunately, the CBS idiots decided to make this Survivor with kids. They break them in to groups for challenges, give some phone calls home, others get rewards at tribal council meetings, and the host of the show is always telling the kids what tasks must get done. They should rename the show Mr. Babysitter. Since all episodes have already been filmed, and a few idiots are still paying for commercial time, I have a feeling CBS will air all episodes. However…I really think they should pull the plug just like they did with Pirate Master half way through the season (I never did watch the online version to see who won…it may have been the worst reality show of all time).
Now, back to the 90’s with Back To You (aka Frasier does TV News). FOX has gone with yet another sitcom that follows the traditional sitcom script with traditional sitcom characters and traditional sitcom lines. The show is a snoozer, but on FOX it will last for the year, but will probably get moved around a bit as the odd FOX season rolls along (as does almost every FOX show other than Idol). When does Idol start this year?
FOX continues to start earlier than the other networks with Nashville and Kitchen Nightmares. Nashville has country accents in it. I hear enough of that here in Virginny and can’t take it. Since a good chunk of the country loves country music I assume it will survive. Plus it is on Friday when no one watches TV, so they won’t care if no one sees it. Kitchen Nightmares lets the Donald Trump of the chef world run around loose in restaurants owned by others. He yells and screams and tells people they are f*cking idiots. Many stories have popped up about how some of the scenes were faked (reality is all reality….right?), but does it really matter? I love seeing Chef R run around yelling at people while holding a knife. The show will have no problem running throughout the odd FOX season (have I mentioned the oddness often enough?). If like other kitchen-related shows, it probably only has a dozen episodes or so for the complete season.
Next week is the big one for new shows…my TIVO’s will be busy.
So yet another year of the traditional network television season has begun (for those that missed it, Flight of the Conchords was the best new show of the summer on HBO). Last year I batted 100% on which shows would make it and which wouldn’t. How well will I do this year?
Unlike others, I never make a call until I have seen the show…and with HD TIVO I don’t always see things right away. As I catch up on every single new show I’ll give the one sentence summary.
Are you ready for Kid Nation? Cavemen? Dirty Sexy Money? 2007 has arrived.
Is there anything better to do here in town on a Friday night than watch live coverage of a satellite getting ready to be launched?
If things go smoothly it will actually be possible to get a decent number of HD channels here in this village. Once you’ve seen HD, you can’t go back.
Update (9:35pm): I never thought I would be so excited watching a satellite launch from the middle of a former Russian-ish country. The basic technology required to get a rocket in to space amazes me. The launch went perfectly. It will be about nine hours until the new bird is parked in orbit, and I’m sure a lot of testing will then happen, but so far, so good. Can’t wait for more HD from DTV.
Today was a pretty good day for Apple. More information about the number of iPhones that got sold has trickled out and it is a large number. The stock went up 5% today. Good for me. If only I’d been really smart and bought TONS of it a few years ago. Hindsight…20/20…same old story.
Anyway, I finally got around to ordering a new (refurbed) iPod Nano and the Nike+Sensor thing so I can track my running mileage with it while listening to something along the lines of I Will Survive when plodding along.
I signed up for the Richmond City Marathon. I’ve never run a marathon before. I entered one once but yanked my knee two weeks before it. That was a bit more than two years ago. The marathon is the second week of November. I really hope it isn’t over 80 that day. I’ve started doing some swimming, doing longer runs, and doing some weights (especially for my legs). My goal…finish it in less than four hours. We’ll see how it goes.
Tomorrow morning I’m running a 5k. I don’t think there is another race here in town until September. Very empty summers around here.
Meanwhile…time to kick back on the couch and watch some of the Twilight Zone marathon running on SciFi Channel. That should help my training…right…
Update: Race was rather warm and muggy for 7:30am. 22 minutes. Very consistent three miles of fun.
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