So this is what post-it’s are for: this rather helpful young man explains ‘Lost’ in 3 minutes here.
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Posted in Acting Projects, Funny Like Ha-Ha, Random, Recs, Video (Online & Home)Not to Be Negative, But..
A few nights ago Entertainment Weekly threw a party for their Lost-centric issue. Whilst there I encountered the mild-mannered Damon Lindelof, Lost’s co-creator, enjoying a cocktail, a well-deserved post-series rest and not bothering anyone. [Just to clarify, this is he —> ]
Sadly for him, however, he soon found himself Ethanized. I somehow found an excuse — I swear, it seemed perfectly reasonable at the time (I think) — to inflict upon him an impassioned and (probably) dramatized introduction to John Keats‘ theory of negative capability, of which I have been immoderately fond since I was a wee college lad.
Today I emailed Damon the wikipedia link and he tweeted about it. As is customary for Damon, he was kind enough to omit all the gesticulation and listen-to-this-ness. [ And this is Keats —> ]
By the way, if you find me blogging about tweeting ever again, please Ethanize me, I beg you.
St. Louis Shout-Out
Are you ever surprised how your friends turn out later in life? People you thought might sputter soar and potential scientists are asking, “Fries with that?”? I had a friend in college who couldn’t let two sentences go by without finding a way to make me crumple with laughter. Now he’s running a successful electrical contracting company, and, as far as I know, not eletrocuting anyone.
Furthermore, he’s somehow kept alive his college band, The Boorays, and they’ll be rocking in St. Louis at Off Broadway on May 22. If you’re anywhere within 500 miles and not chained to a bed by Kathy Bates, I highly, highly suggest you check out the show.
The show and ticket link is here, the listing in St. Louis today is here, and two sites for the band are here (MySpace) and here (Brickhouse).
Film & Media Blogs
Like almost none of you, I’m sure, I spend too much time on the damn web. So to help eas my guilt, I’ve decided to drag a few of you down to my level. Therefore, here’s a list of film and media blogs I (try to) keep up with. Any great ones I’ve missed, please post them in the comments. I’m really, really need an excuse to spend more time in front of my computer. In no particular order:
LAT Company Town
LAT 24 Frames
Forbes Entertainment
Forbes Biz Blog
The Wrap
Deadline Hollywood Daily
New Yorker’s Front Row
Ted Hope’s Truly Free Film
Edelstein’s Projectionist
Jeff Steele’s Film Closings
Let It Lie
My recommendations began tentatively, then picked up steam, and now, apparently, they’re the Cannonball Express. Once a yapper, always a yapper.
Last night for the first time in far too many years, I saw the Dan Band live. (You may remember them from ‘Old School,’ ‘The Hangover,’ etc.) And three times I laughed so hard I fell off my chair onto the floor. Literally.
Lying there, fighting for breath, as who knows what leapt onto and into my body from the godforsaken floor of Club Nokia, I was tempted to analyze here in a post the what and why of their splendiferousness. I’ve since decided to let it lie. And shut the heck up.
So here, without any further yapping, are some links for laughs: Wikipedia, their home page, and videos of All the Single Ladies and Total Eclipse of the Heart.
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