Sundance Lineup announced
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Can't wait to see Keanu Reeves play a dentist. "Whoa! Have to pull that tooth, dude."
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Would you like to know what kicks some ass? Well, let me tell you. Jesse Gloyd dancing like some sort of possesed soul man to the bass player/guitarist/lead vocalist/keyboardist/percussionist of Latin Vida's slap bass solo during "Brick House" in Primm, Nevada, and then driving like a champ through a snow storm. More details to follow on my blog...
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So here I am sitting on the couch after an afternoon of making drinks for loud, fat, unhealthy high school girls(Venti Carmel Frappucino, extra carmel, extra whip cream, extra chocolate syrup). I was thinking about seeing a movie to pass the time and realized I had a few choices, some of which would probably be terrible. The movie in question is "After the Sunset". It got terrible reviews so I decided I'd pass it up. It's probably better watched on a plane. So, for all of you who'd like to respond....
say what you will about the L.A. media but I'll take it over Seattle any day. I don't know what it is, but every time i turn on the news it's something about parents starving their children, teachers having sex with their students, trucks driving into houses, the latest sex offender escapade, not the normal L.A. type bummers but really freaky evil stuff. and they hammer on it. i guess cuz they don't have hollywood in their backyard. But i'd rather hear about ben and jen and paris and jessica and nick than Joe Inbred.
i listened to the entire new u2 album last night. achtung baby has been my favorite album since i was in 5th grade...this new one might be passing achtung baby on the scale. its a smart album, but more than that it is a beautiful album, cohesive and daring. it's just musical...everything works. it is U2. guitars singing and bono wailing. i really can't put it into words, but this album is a beautiful rock album....not as hard as i thought, but hard enough. its not often these days to have an experience while listening to a new album, to not be thinking crtically but really just have an experience. they are streaming the album on mtv.com. check it out...it is best really loud and with some wine to go with it or any drink of choice.
Well, It's nearly one o'clock in the morning and I'm sitting on the couch nodding off as usual. I find it rather relaxing to fall asleep on the couch first, wake up at 3am, then go to bed...it's like an appetizer to the main course. I digress. I am back this evening from a fantastic Amanda Hamilton art show opening at Claremont. Well done Amanda. Well done Drew. Well done every man woman and child who made it out to the oasis in the abyss of east east east LA.
here's a nice video mash-up of 'encore' from the grey album sweetness of hova and 'bigger than jesus', as mixed by dj danger mouse. this video is right up there with the spike jonze mash-up of weezer and happy days.
here's an interesting link (via boingboing) that i came across this evening. here's an excerpt of what it is:
I just want everyone to be aware that I just came across a Huntington supporter by the name of Mr. Jack Tweedy. Mr. Tweedy lives in Orange County.
a great way to waste a lot of time. this is a fun one. i bought merle haggard's 1st album yesterday. there's so much out there... i was bombarded by so much that i need... everything pavement, diamond dogs, hunky dory, to start with bowie, working man's blues, some eddie arnold and george jones wouldn't kill me, lou reed's berlin is supposed to be good, i don't own andy warhol, the john lennon acoustic outtake album just released sounded real cool, the list could go on and on. i could buy two cds a day for five years i imagine, and not be stumped as to what to buy. it's hard to buy right now because of the immense selection and the lack of funds. one has to be selective. but if you had no qualms about what you're buying money-wise, you could just start knocking off "every album you should have in your collection." nevermind and love supreme. modern lovers and rum, sodomy, and the lash. paul's boutique and electric lady land. lust for life and the temptations greatest hits. it would never end. booooo to not having money. in other news, i'm listening to elvis costello on kcrw. he was interesting in the interview, but the music sucks. nick harcourt is rising on my list of pretentious annoying people who i listen to too much. also on the list- sean hannity, both jamie and danny, heidi, frosty, and frank, and... wait... willie nelson and julio iglesias are singing via my airtune country music station... beautifully over produced latino-country gold. to all the girls i've loved before...
i posted about wilco being on morning becomes eclectic a few posts ago. they're not playing today, friday (it's elvis costello!), but next wednesday the 17th. sorry about the miss-post. you can check out either of the broadcast by going to kcrw.
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wilco (not THIS wilco)is going to be appearing playing a live set on morning becomes eclectic next wednesday (the 17th) at about 11am PST on KCRW. not to fear though for those of you not here in sunny san andreas, you can check out the broadcast one the web, or later on that day as an archived recording. it should be pretty sweet.
well. its been a crazy month for me. i went to vegas over halloween. won some good money and came back with the feeling that vegas stresses me out. but it's always fun. i turned 25 and it was a great party and i am glad a good many of your guys made it out. i acted in a little short film, that i hear is pretty good. stewart redwine and myself have reconciled our differences and become friends again. i just started working at a new job on monday, so no more spyglass. i am working for a writer/director named Rod Lurie. He did a film called The Contender and The Last Castle, to name a few. I am back at the Disney lot for this gig, but am enjoying it so far. Longer hours...not great pay...but has much more promise as a job. U2 has a new album coming out. I have already ordered two of the versions of it on AMazon, plus the singles. IS there really that much difference between the two? not really, but I just gotta have it. I plan on getting the U2 Ipod as well, just to have as a collectors item. i heard most of the new album today and it felt real and right for the time, not too mention its just really good.
I'm at school and in a yelling at kids mood. I'm teaching a piano class. They aren't even talking that loud, but I want complete silence. Is that too much to ask? Complete silence. I amm baffled at how I can yell at them to be quiet and they get quiet, for about one minute before the talking starts again. I think I'll send someone top ALC. I haven't done that all year. I'm a pretty nice sub. All I ask is that they give me some peace and quiet to work on writing and read my book. I'm almost done with Kavalier and Clay. It's a great book. I've restricted myself to reading only while at school. I usually try and go two periods of reading, two of writing, and the final two I make my wild card periods where I can either write, read, or surf the internet.
Jayson, Matt, Ryan and myself have been recording in Temecula for the last 2 days fueled by Johnny Walker, High Life, coffee, and creative vibes. It's been good to record the first new material with the band in the last 3 years and hopefully it will yield a great EP. Things haven't been going my way- I've broken a dozen guitar strings while recording my guitar parts and at one point got so frustrated that I tossed the guitar on the ground thus breaking off the headstock. Now, this would be bad enough if it was my own guitar that suffered- alas, it was not. Before we headed out this weekend I called up Ian Nickus to borrow his prized vintage equipment which he so graciously lent to me. The guitar that I was playing was his gold early-80's Les Paul. Ouch. Now it is in 2 pieces. Please pray for the health of that guitar. Hmmm...what else...I start work at Starbucks on monday- as Matt put it: I have bent over for the man with a big target on my ass. He's right.
Myself and Andy went out and bought ourselves matching ibooks. They are the bomb. They are the diggity. I haven't been on here in a while so I think I'll ramble. I've been watching some great dvd television shows. Both Curb Your Enthusiasm and Freaks and Geeks have been making me happy with delight. Larry David reminds me of me some of the time. He also reminds me of Andy. I am also writing something new which is always fun. It is known right now as the 5th film by Jesse Gloyd. Though it should be 4 1/2th seeing as I was blessed to have worked with the budding auteaur Mr. Joey Detroit. Since becoming internet famous with Monkey Show's and such, he dropped the Sanders. Joshing aside... big ups to Darren's video prowess. It is the talk of the whittier and we all look forward to more dynamo productions.
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