Here are two interesting articles in the L.A. Times by one of my favorite political analysts — which is not to say I agree with everything he writes — Ronald Brownstein. In this one, he discusses the political risks for George W. Bush in the handover of just whatever it is we just handed over […]
The funniest man on the planet is about to open his website. And he's made a special video to announce this. […]
I said a few days ago that I probably would not go see Michael Moore's new movie, Fahrenheit 9/11. Now, I'm thinking I'll change my mind and see it…though maybe not right away. It's playing at a theater within walking distance of my home but the online Moviefone ticketing service says it's been sold out […]
Here's Frank Rich making a good point, which is that the insinuations of Michael Moore aren't all that different from the insinuations of John Ashcroft. […]
From the first time I heard My Son, The Folk Singer, I was a huge fan of Allan Sherman. Huge fan. I can probably quote the lyrics to about two-thirds of all his song parodies, even some of the obscure ones that never made it onto vinyl. At the moment, none of his nine great […]
Here's someone's homemade video clip (you'll need RealPlayer) of a recent segment from The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. If you think Dick Cheney has a severe credibility problem, you'll enjoy it. If you don't, this clip might make you understand why a lot of people do. It runs around five and a half minutes. […]
The documentary I recommended — Breaking Vegas — is on The History Channel this evening, not The Discovery Channel. This is an easy mistake to make and I made it. It was caught by David Feldman. Show your appreciation by buying one of David's wonderful "Imponderables" books like this one or this one or even […]
GMail is a new online webmail service from the Google folks. It's free and it gives you a staggering amount of online storage space (1000 megabytes) and it has an easy-to-use user interface and I don't think I'll be making much use of it. That's my conclusion after a month or so of fiddling around […]
Want proof that western movies are dead? Warner Brothers has torn down Laramie Street. […]
Tomorrow afternoon at 5 PM, Bill Clinton will be at the Brentano's in Century City to sign his new book. Today at around the same hour, I had to stop in there to look for a book that — it turned out — they didn't have. The place was already in a bit of a […]
Here's a link to the online video for a new Bush-Cheney commercial. The premise is that the folks who oppose George W. Bush are wild-eyed and crazy and angry…and I can't imagine why the Bush folks thought this would get them votes. I mean, yeah, the clip of Michael Moore at the Oscars makes him […]
Tomorrow night (Friday), The Discovery Channel is reairing Breaking Vegas, a combination documentary and dramatization of how a batch of M.I.T. students made an incredible Blackjack assault on the casinos of Nevada. A fascinating tale told in an interesting manner. Fans of Hawaii Five-O may be interested to know that the rerun rotation has come […]
Over on his weblog, a gent named Will Campbell posts an anecdote about the late Lorenzo Music working with him at a Suicide Prevention Center. His account is true. Lorenzo did work occasionally at such places and the way he told it to me, people occasionally did recognize his voice. He once described a call […]
My TiVo has been recording I Love Lucy lately, whether I want it to or not. This morn, I watched three and was struck with how incredibly horrible Lucy and Ricky Ricardo were to each other in them. Yes, I know these are not supposed to be realistic portrayals of human behavior and yes, I […]