Many condolences to my good friend Jon on the passing of his father this week at the age of 71. Jon’s dad had been battling cancer for much of the past year. My deepest sympathies go out to he and his family.
Month: October 2002
Leather and Claws.
Several images from two sequels eagerly awaited by the fanboy nation come to light: Matrix: Reloaded and X2.
The Other Shoe Drops.
Perhaps content that Saddam’s “resurgence” has snuffed out media coverage of Enrongate for the time being, Dubya tries to gut the SEC’s budget increase, making it impossible for the agency to fulfill the requirements of the recently-signed Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Absolutely shameful. And, as per usual, I think we can guess who’s the brains behind these latest shenanigans.
Born to Run.
The trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, featuring Leo di Caprio and Tom Hanks, is now online. Still seems a strange choice for Spielberg, but I’ll admit I’m curious.
The Right-Thinking Warbot.
Paging Fox News…LinkMachineGo has discovered a robot that randomly detects lefty media bias for you. This might just be the worst thing that’s ever happened to Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly.
Here He Comes to Save the Day!
Our current crop of 2004 Dem potentials may look like a bunch of cowardly, poll-obsessed, not-ready-for-prime-time sycophants, but we still have our ace in the hole. Anyone else up for repealing the 22nd Amendment?
King of New York.
That ain’t Superfly or Marcellus Wallace. That’s Wilson Fisk, looking much more like the fearsome Kingpin than I’d ever imagined. In the still-extant case on the Daredevil movie, this goes in the thumbs’ up pile. Update: The rest of the main characters get their due.
SNL Talk Express.
John McCain gets flak from Drudge and elsewhere for missing a Defense spending vote to prep for Saturday Night Live. Hmm. I think you can go ahead and file this complaint along with the ones about Cornel West being in The Matrix sequels. While it’s true that all the rehearsing in the world isn’t going to make 75% of today’s SNL skits funny, the bill in question passed 93-1. I’m not sure how McCain voting on it would have made much of a difference. And it’s not like this is last week’s Iraq vote, where every Senator should be on record for or against ceding their Constitutional authority to the President. In fact, I think you can argue it’ll make more difference to have a few grotesquely apolitical Americans see “that cool senator” on a late-night show.
State of Emergency.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. In fact, panic. And remember, if something bad happens, we told you. So it’s not our fault. Nope, no sir. Oh, and happy halloween.
Born Slippy, Beyond Belief.
This appears to be the one week a year when I take advantage of living in NYC. A high school friend has procured me a ticket to see Underworld tonight at the Hammerstein, and then Tuesday I’m off to the Beacon to catch one of those acts on my must-see list for years, Elvis Costello and the Imposters. If the setlist is anything as ridiculous as Wednesday‘s, the show is going to be off the hook…Man Out of Time, Indoor Fireworks, Beyond Belief, Alison, Almost Blue, and I Want You?! Unbelievable.