early shift

- Worked early Saturday starting at just after 6:00 a.m.

- If you haven’t watched the latest episode of Project Runway yet – you know who you are – please watch it as soon as possible, so that I can end this embargo. I’m about to lose my marbles. It’s on at 6:00 p.m. today and 5:00 p.m. Sunday. I’m just sayin’

- Mystery animal believed to be wild dog.

- Now playing: Mates of State – Bring it Back – “So Many Ways” (interview with them in Sound Check and the Local Buzz next week – sweet)

- Snakes on a Plane – Has Samuel called you yet?

- Best wishes to my crazy co-worker Patrick who is subjecting himself to a triathlon RIGHT NOW.

Two Questions

Freaky ‘Sixth Sense’ kid crashes car

two questions:

1. he can afford better than a ‘95 saturn, right?
2. how is it possible that he is already 18 years old?

Peter Tork – jerk or not? You decide

Check out this video of Ex-Monkee Peter Tork interviewing my co-worker Greg Tulonen (aka THE Movie Boy) outside of a film premiere in Northampton Thursday night. If you don’t have Flash Player, you should probably get it. Or you can read this handy transcript:

Movie Boy: Thanks for talking to me.
Peter Tork: I haven’t yet.
Movie Boy: OK, well now you have.
Peter Tork: I was talking to him over there….
Movie Boy: Oh. Ok. Can you tell me who you play in the movie?
Peter Tork: No.
Movie Boy: OK.
Peter Tork: [grabs the mic] I do not know my character’s name. [returns mic]
Movie Boy: OK um … Can you tell me how you got involved in the project?
Peter Tork: Uh yeah… Donnie Moorhead, uh, Moor, uh uh, asked me.
Movie Boy: Donnie Moorhouse.
Peter Tork: Donnie Moorhouse asked me just said you wanna do this thing? I said absolutely.
Movie Boy: Excellent. You didn’t even read the script you just said yes right off the bat?
Peter Tork: I was in the neighborhood. I had nothing to do but this, so I did it.
Movie Boy: How long was the shoot?
Peter Tork: [gestures in order to indicate some physical length of the shoot] How are you framing? However wide… about this long.
Movie Boy: Can you tell me about any other projects you’re working on right now?
Peter Tork: You really don’t care about these answers do you? You’re just, oh, he says he does.
Movie Boy: I care deeply.
Patrick [camera operator]: He’s Movie Boy
Peter Tork: He’s… one more time?
Patrick: he’s movie boy on MassLive. People listen to him.
Peter Tork: Ok. Um, what was the question? Other projects? Shoe Suede Blues my band. Peter Tork and Shoe Suede Blues is my blues band. That’s what I do, that’s what I love to do and that’s what I hope to do more of.
Movie Boy: OK.
Patrick: Are you planning on coming to Northampton?
Peter Tork: I am in Northampton
Patrick: yeah, but I mean to play with your…
Peter Tork: Oh yes, I hope to, obviously I would love to if I can, whoever allows me to play in Northampton that’s what I want to do. Just let me play. All I ask is that you answer.
Movie Boy: Alright
Movie Boy: Thanks for talking to me.

you know i ain’t a queer

Witness Kelsey Flynn’s dramatic interpretation of Brokeback Mountain. (also seen in Flash here).

you know i ain’t a queer

Witness Kelsey Flynn’s dramatic interpretation of Brokeback Mountain. (also seen in Flash here).

what does james bond wear?

I’m going to this tonight.

For some reason they want you to dress up like you are from a James Bond movie, which I suppose is the essence of the name of the winning drink: The Killer Martini.

What does James Bond wear? Besides a tuxedo.

And a Bond girl (besides a bathing suit)?

I was always partial to the Roger Moore era, although in hindsight I think Sean Connery’s 007 was much more handsome. As far as Bond Girls go, nobody does it better than Barbara Bach (although I want to know who is to blame for that movie Caveman).

S&Q

Sofia and Quentin? Together? So says Gawker. Sofia, I hope you’re not the jealous type because you know Uma will always be number one. I’m sorry.

21 Grams

I haven’t been titillated by a movie concept in ages. A story I heard on NPR about 21 Grams has me anticipating its wide release (currently it’s only showing in NYC and L.A.). Listen to the All Things Considered story. As an added bonus, Benicio Del Toro is featured in this film. Oh man, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu done good.

In a nutshell, here’s the story:

Starring Sean Penn, Naomi Watts and Benicio Del Toro, “21 Grams” links various characters to a single, random car crash. One of the principal figures is a brutish ex-con (Del Toro) who tattoos religion onto his skin and threatens others who don’t adhere to his dogmatic principles. Another central figure (Watts), traumatized by the deaths of loved ones, seeks comfort in murdering their killer. Others are also swept up by raw emotions. It’s a template for drama and disaster.

According to this story in the San Fran Chronicle, Inarritu has made a film profoundly influenced by 9/11. The effects seep not as much directly or blatantly into the plot, but more into the underlying theme that tragedy affects us on an individual level as well as on a national level–this describes the aftermath of 9/11 pretty well.

What does the title mean, you ask? 21 grams is the weight of the mass that leaves the body upon death. It is said to signify the soul leaving the body. For a commercial release, this film’s heady concept is impressive. (And how hot is Benicio?)