‘The Burrowers’ didn’t get the love we might’ve gotten if we had a theatrical release, but that doesn’t mean the movie’s been forgotten. It’s on at least one blogger’s ‘Best you haven’t seen” list here.
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My sister’s fiance sent me these photos from the Buffalo Bill dam in Cody, Wyoming. Before you expand them or look closely, do you have any idea what they are?
Big Horn sheep. Probably licking salt off the dam or ?
Taxi, Anyone?
The 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica is one of the too-few places in L.A. to get a somewhat urban experience (ie, Angelenos using their legs for actual walking). Buskers are almost always performing, and the other night this fantastic guy was dancing, or rather, swaying, solo.
The sign seems odd if you don’t get the joke. Taxi dancers were popular in old music halls. They were women who would dance with patrons. They got their name because the longer they danced, the higher the fee.
A link to the great Rodgers & Hart song sung from a taxi dancer’s perspective, Ten Cents a Dance, is here (sung in this version by Anita O’Day).
So, care to dance?
And Heeeeeerrrrrrr’sss….Slated
So I haven’t mentioned it before, but last year some friends and I started Slated, a company in the tech and film area. Then, earlier this year, we bought B-Side, an Austin, Texas company. Their product, Festival Genius, runs the online film guides for film festivals (200+ last year).
Most festivals’ sites are a bit of a mess, frankly. The organizers rightly put their time and energy into finding the films and running the festival. (And as a festival co-founder, I know just how demanding that can be.) But it’s another huge task to tell attendees about the films, when/where they’re playing, how to buy tickets, etc.
So Festival Genius handles all that and more. Among many other things, FG makes a festival’s films easy to find, read about and rate, and it even creates a conflict-free viewing schedule for you (just what every festival attendee has been hoping for).
Tomorrow until Sept 30, the Fantastic Fest is running in Austin, TX, and their site is using Festival Genius. The festival home page is here, and the Festival Genius part of their site is here.
Even better, Fantastic Fest hired us to create a free iPhone app for them. No need to carry about the paper schedule–it can all be on your phone. To the right is the app’s splash page, and below that is a sample screen, showing part of the festival’s schedule. An intro to the app is here, and the iTunes link to download it is here.
It’s a terrific boon for festival goers, so if you know anyone near Austin, give them a shout about it. They’ll thank you. Maybe not with an expensive car, but they’ll thank you nonetheless.
Agony and Ecstasy and Agony..
Please note the photo to your right. It shows only several of the many TV screens at a local sports bar, and even more specifically, it shows several college football games in progress. If you recognize what this was right off the bat (or ball), please consult your doctor. You may have a serious case of masochism.
Treatments are uncertain and not promising, especially if you’re a fan of Notre Dame. In this case, each passing year seems to bring only less wisdom, not more. Only less hope, not more. Only more pain, not less. And yet one seems unable to stop hoping. This is a s-i-c-k-n-e-s-s.
Case in point: Last evening the Irish lost in overtime to Michigan State, which pulled a gutsy fake field goal to win the game. Hooray for them. So excited. Couldn’t be happier for the Sparkies. Go green. Yay yay yeah yeah whatever.
Only problem: Please note the :00 in the red at the bottom. That’s correct. Time had expired. The clock had run out/down/off before the play even started. The Big East’s explanation? Basically, “we’re only human.” Sigh.
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