Archive for 'Life' Category
DVD New Releases – 6/1/2010
These are my DVD and Blu-Ray picks that are getting released this week.
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Undisputed III: Redemption
– This movie has the best non-Asian fight choreography that can be arranged today. The story is sometimes not right but OMG the fighting is amazing, and Marko Zorar (the villain) will be a big star someday soon.
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Rampage
– When an Uwe Boll movie gets 3 of 5 stars at Fantastic Fest then something is going on, because most genre fans hate Uwe just for being Uwe. I couldn’t fit this into my schedule last year, but I’ll be seeing it now.
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Alice in Wonderland
-The build-up and culmination of a particular Mad Hatter scene aside, this was a good movie with some discussion-able themes. Although, releasing it in 3D was pointless.
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The Wolfman
– There were a few CGI moments that spoiled this movie, but the homage to classic monster films almost worked.
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The Man with No Name Trilogy [Blu-ray]
- This is spaghetti western at its finest. Yes, it sucks that I just recently had to buy TGTB&TU but it’s great to get the Fistful pair added to my collection.
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Bad Boys
– Classic Michael Bay movie just before he became his own cliche.
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Barton Fink/Miller’s Crossing/Raising Arizona
– I usually don’t comment on these redundant-release bundle sets, but you gotta admit that is one compelling triple feature.
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Life (with Oprah)
or Life (with David Attenborough)
– Since (most) Americans won’t watch a BBC documentary, they re-edited this UK release with Oprah on the voice-over. This is the same team that did Planet Earth, so you know it’s amazing, but which should I choose?!?
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Live Nude Comedy
– I’m not gonna buy this, but Shannon Elizabeth doing sikmpy stretches before Andy Dick does stand-up intrigues me.
Moving On
I’m shuttering this site in favor of newer online frontiers. I’ve got a personal tumblr where I will continue things like DVD release, and microblogging. I’ve got two YouTube channels; one for videos I’ve directed/produced/etc. and one in which I video blog. With my wife I’m producing a new YouTube channel about […]
Call Me On The Line
I’ve joined the Google Voice “revolution”. Give me a call at 318-SKY-PINE (318-759-7463) or your can use this icon:
My Father, The Musician
For most of my life, I thought of my mother as the musical parent. She played both guitar and piano, checked out albums when we made trips to the library, and was always singing. During the holidays, she was the one who went to sing and play in the folk-music circle at a friend’s house. […]
One Big Thing before 40
This is the big announcement. One Big Thing has technically become Two Big Things that sort of go together.
(1) Next year on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 I will produce and host a live show in Austin to support a local non-profit (to be determined). In the style of This American Life, it […]
Backporch Beer » Playing with Processing
I’m messing around with this visual conceptualization tool, called Processing, to see if I should take it up seriously with fervor for my OBT. I’ve built a page on this site (over there in the left sidebar, near the top) with my “work”. I will add new posts if I do anything phenomenally […]
OBT before 40
This is another cross-post from Facebook. I have to find a way to pick/choose Notes that I want to also hit this blog so that I don’t have to do this double-work.
I begin to realize that I have never completed anything big in my life, mainly due to my lack of focus — too […]
15 Albums
I like this meme — that I perpetuated on Facebook — so I’m copying it here. What I like are the instructions that no one seems to follow. So I will paraphrase the part that I think is important, and then call out Photi and Jank, insisting that they follow the heart of […]
I Miss You Already, Summer
No, I don’t think this is your typical seasonal emotional downturn, remembering all those start-of-school fall sessions that indicated a significant shift in my circle of friends — originally due to the natural regrouping of cliques, then eventually due to the dispersal of close collegiate friends to schools across the nation. No, I miss […]
…and a Hoke Lake Party Don’t Stop…
Mike Hoke celebrated his birthday this year by organizing a lake party. It was the haps (of course) and the biggest attraction was The Water Wheel. Many of us tried to fit our adult size bodies into this child drowning device and only one of us achieved moderate success. Here are some […]
Hello Midsummer
Howdy folks. Hope you’ve all got your hustle right this summer and everything’s chill. We have sufficiently thawed up here in the tundra. Took a little trip to Acadia and Bar Harbor over Memorial Day. Pic of the little man on top of Cadillac Mtn:
Gardening has taken up most of my free time as I […]
Oh, yeah…the peace of vacation
My mother-in-law has a great back porch and after a day of vicious garden touring I got to re-experience one of my favorite moments here in the land of northern Germanic descendants: watching the rain fall on the garden. This will only give you a small hint of the pleasant pause in my […]
Wash Before Drinking
And now for something completely different…
I have more Central Pennsylvania posting coming up, but I came across this video of our cat, Dani, drinking from the water fountain. Always makes me go “Awww…”
State College, PA
Finally made it to State College yesterday, but we were completely exhausted after what turned out to be 12 hours of traveling. Our 6 am flight from Austin to Memphis was diverted to Tupelo because of massive storms (and after a very hairy attempt at landing in our tin can sized plane), then the plane […]
Wouldn’t You Just Love a Kitten?…This Kitten?
I heard some strange noises from outside the windows in my bedroom as I was preparing for sleepy-time last night. I went out to find this adorable little girl scared out of her mind, wondering why she was ripped away from his siblings to wander around in this strange place…and why her mommy wasn’t […]