Archive for June, 2009
Friday, June 26th, 2009
If you've never taken a moment to check out the work of Georges Méliès, the French silent filmmaker from the early 1900's you really should. His films were incredibly innovative, and hold up well even today. "Le Voyage dans la Lune" is particularly good.
Conquest of the North Pole (1912)
The ...
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
I watched Logan's Run for the first time the other night. I'm not really sure why I hadn't seen it until now. I think partly because I've never heard anyone talk about it, but I've seen it referenced in plenty of places, at least during the 80's. ...
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
So I was watching the first new week of Conan as host of the Tonight Show, and he had Tom Hanks on, and he mentioned his Myspace page. For some stupid reason my curiosity was peaked enough to see what the heck Tom Hanks would put on a Myspace ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
There are few voices so instantly striking as the one Thurl Ravenscroft had. He will probably go down as "the" character voice actor, but it seems few even know about him. For a man so unknown, it's surprising how widespread and recognizable his body of work was. ...
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
So the Raveonettes are back recording again, and I have to say, I am pretty surprised at the turn around from the their last album. It seems as though they just finished touring it, and they are already back at work with getting new stuff recorded. One half of ...
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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
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Friday, June 12th, 2009
So my brother and I had to head down to Chattanooga to take care of some business, and decided to make a little day trip out of it. I had never really spent all that much time in Chattanooga, at least in recent years. It'd probably been at ...
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
The first time I saw the Secret Machines I had no clue who they were, just a band opening up for The Fire Theft. I saw them again back in May of 2006 for the launch of their Ten Silver Drops album. Their live show is impressive, even ...
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
So funny. Watch it to the end.
via videogum
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
I just got done watching last night's premiere of The Tonight Show, and I must say, I was quite satisfied with the debut. Conan has successfully managed to maintain the hijinks that his old slot used to have, while adding a new touch of class with his brand new ...
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