Friday, May 07, 2004
Shot to the Heart / Bon Jovi's to blame / They give white guys a bad name*
Went out to watch karaoke for the first time on Friday. What did I discover? Bon Jovi songs get white guys riled up like John Mayer in a Dave Chappelle skit (funniest show on tv- "I'm Rick James, [female dog explitive i'm too lefty to use)]"). Through both Dead or Alive and Shot to the Heart (but no Living on a Prayer, a true injustice), no matter what sub-culture they guy was from, be it indie rocker, frat boy, alaskan cowboy, or Office Space extra, they all had their hands in the air and their voices cranking out lyrics from my junior high days. Of course, the same people all were also mouthing along to Oops I Did it Again when they thought noone else was looking.
*The shivers-of-shame I get thinking back on the days I liked Weird Al should have stopped me from writing that title.
*The shivers-of-shame I get thinking back on the days I liked Weird Al should have stopped me from writing that title.
Thursday, May 06, 2004
cane da yo, non avete quella cosa, voi conoscete il cane*
Quote of the week in my house: [My wife talking right after I pick her up from italian language class]
"That guy there got called ugly in class tonight in a tragic accident"
*Italian translation (from BabelFish) of Randy Jackson's very helpful critique of Jasmine Trias this week.
"That guy there got called ugly in class tonight in a tragic accident"
*Italian translation (from BabelFish) of Randy Jackson's very helpful critique of Jasmine Trias this week.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004
It can't be that bad if Spike Lee told me to do it*
This post at Defective Yeti made me think of my favorite bus story:
Pimps sitting in front of me on the bus:
pimp1: business has been rough lately
pimp2: yeah, i'm having a hard time getting money from my ladies
pimp1: I couldn't even make ends meet last month.
pimp2: its just not like it used to be.
pimp1: its alright, it ended up working out. I got my ladies jobs at McDonalds and just take a cut of that.
Uh, doesn't that speak badly of your pimp-ablity when your ladies are turning burgers instead of tricks? I wouldn't be bragging to my pimp buddies about that kind of "ingeniutiy".
*Get On The Bus. One of my all time favorite movies. Like many of the movies on my list, its low on action, high on conversation. broad, wide-ranging, diverse, breaks through stereotypes while still creating characters that are recognizable.
Pimps sitting in front of me on the bus:
pimp1: business has been rough lately
pimp2: yeah, i'm having a hard time getting money from my ladies
pimp1: I couldn't even make ends meet last month.
pimp2: its just not like it used to be.
pimp1: its alright, it ended up working out. I got my ladies jobs at McDonalds and just take a cut of that.
Uh, doesn't that speak badly of your pimp-ablity when your ladies are turning burgers instead of tricks? I wouldn't be bragging to my pimp buddies about that kind of "ingeniutiy".
*Get On The Bus. One of my all time favorite movies. Like many of the movies on my list, its low on action, high on conversation. broad, wide-ranging, diverse, breaks through stereotypes while still creating characters that are recognizable.
Monday, May 03, 2004
A stream of consciousness like Billy Joel's last hit*
Just saw Kill Bill Vol. 1: Classic Tarantino- demented, violent, funny, crazy, quirky, clever, sick, over-the-top, haphazard, bucking-the-system, caving-to-hollywood, long, exciting, nerdy, homage, copycat, unpredictable, bloody, juxtapose, grand, pandering, epic, silly, sparse, intense, imaginative, free flowing...
it all reassures me Tarantino is the incredible director he often gets credit for, but has often failed to prove.
*We Didn't Start the Fire. This weeks SNL had Horatio Sans doing a funny-as-hell version of Billy Joel. In fact, Horatio was in almost every skit. Did he get a promotion or is he leaving the show?
it all reassures me Tarantino is the incredible director he often gets credit for, but has often failed to prove.
*We Didn't Start the Fire. This weeks SNL had Horatio Sans doing a funny-as-hell version of Billy Joel. In fact, Horatio was in almost every skit. Did he get a promotion or is he leaving the show?