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Because I'm nice, enjoy some random .mp3s from my ginormous music collection. Don't be a dick, right click. (Limited time only, so download them while they're available.)

Zero 7 - Destiny
Hooverphonic - Mad About You
Counting Crows - Accidentally in Love
The Ataris - San Dimas High School Football Rules
Supreme Beings of Leisure - Strangelove Addiction
Peter Malick Group with Norah Jones - Heart of Mine

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

I've been feeling a little under the weather today and wasn't sure how I was going to spend my evening, but I guess I do now!

I'd noticed when I pre-ordered Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that you could choose standard shipping and, if it wasn't delivered today, the book would be free. I almost chose that option, but now I'm glad I didn't since I got my book today anyway.

Excuse me while I disappear for a few days now.

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The Beethoven Experience

The BBC Philharmonic is currently performing all nine of Beethoven's symphonies. The really nice thing is that the day after they are performed, they are offering them up for download here. Go take advantage and get a little free culture.

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iPodLounge Buyers' Guide 2005

I've talked before about how much I love iPodLounge.com, but I completely forgot to mention that their Buyers' Guide 2005 is now out.

It reviews just about everything iPod (it's over one hundred pages), so if you're an iPod owner like me or you've been thinking about getting one, you should definitely check it out. Hell, check it out either way to get a glimpse of some cool technology.

Mmmmmm. iPod goodness.

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Is It Safe To Go Out?

I just finished watching Saw (brillant, frightening, absolutely genius film; I loved it) and last week I watched The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

I am now convinced that the world is chock full of lunatics who want to do very bad things to you and I don't think I am ever leaving the house again.

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Ocean's Twelve & The Nightfox Song

I just got done watching Ocean's Twelve and, while it wasn't as good as Ocean's Eleven, it was still pretty good. Or maybe there were a lot of pretty men in it (Mmmmmm. George Clooney.) and I got distracted. Whatever.

Being a big fan of movie music, I totally fell in love with the song that was playing as the Nightfox makes his way through the laser beams. A quick Blingo search turned up the name of the song (La Caution's "The a la menthe"), but it turns out that the song isn't for sale on any CDs.

However, you can get it for free here from the artist. You know how I'm all about the free, so I had to share my find. Enjoy!

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You should see what I see...

One of my favorite television episodes ever was the Dead Zone pilot. It was so moving, it was breathtaking.

Currently the entire first season is on sale for only $17.89 at Amazon.com. If you didn't haven't caught the show yet, now's an excellent time to get the first season really cheap.

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Free Music from SXSW and iTunes

For those of us not lucky enough to be attending South by Southwest this year (I swear, next year I am definitely going!), you can get 750 songs from their Showcasing Artists library for free, via BitTorrent. In addition, you can also get the music festival schedule for your iPod as well.

Also, I don't think I've ever mentioned it, but every Tuesday, iTunes has a free single for download. I haven't been crazy about a lot of them, but it's still free music and you never know what you're going to find.

(Link courtesy of iPodlounge, a great resource for information on iPods and music.)

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Another Free iTunes Music Sampler

iTunes has released a second free music sampler. This one contains sixteen songs, including music by Death Cab for Cutie, Simple Plan, and Skindred. I have no idea how long it's going to be available, so get it while the getting's good.

(Link courtesy of iPod Lounge, a wonderful iPod resource.)

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Netflix Friends

Netflix has just created a new service that allows you to see what your friends have rated called, appropriately enough, Netflix Friends. If you're a Netflix member, leave me your e-mail address so I can see what movies you liked.

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Free iTunes New Music Sampler

Apple has a somewhat hidden free thirteen song 'iTunes New Music Sampler' album available to new iPod owners, those who restore their device, or those who simply click here.

(Link courtesy of iPodlounge, an excellent iPod resourse.)

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A Little Bit of Free

Amazon.com has a pretty sweet little deal going on right now. Buy four $15 Apple iTunes prepaid cards and get a fifth one free. That's $15 worth of free music.

These babies make great little stocking stuffers or last minute gifts. Just use promotional code ITUNES544DEC at checkout. Better hurry, though. This offer expires January 2, 2005.

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Jesus, I like him very much, but he no help with curveball.

I just finished watching Far From Heaven, which I just loved. The acting was great, the cinematography was beautiful (I could have stared at the colors for hours), and the story was interesting and sad at the same time.

I was looking through the extra features and started reading the cast biographies when I had a sudden "Oh my god!" moment. Dennis Haysbert, President David Palmer from 24 (one of my favorite shows), he of the regal bearing and beautiful voice, was Pedro Cerrano in Major League. How could I have not known that?

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Van Helsing in Fifteen Minutes

Since I'm a member of both Netflix and Blockbuster Online (did that one to complete one of those free swag offers) I've been watching a great many movies.

Some have been good (Dawn of the Dead, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Stuck on You) and some not so good (Reign of Fire, Starsky & Hutch).

The one that I was really looking forward to seeing, though, was Van Helsing. I figured it had Hugh Jackman (he's so gorgeous), vampires, cool effects, and should be entertaining even if the story wasn't all that great.

I wanted to love it. I tried really hard. Alas, I did not. For those of you that want to save yourselves the trouble seeing it, just read Van Helsing in Fifteen Minutes. It's far more entertaining than the movie ever was.

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Just Because

Frank Sinatra & Barbara Streisand - I've Got a Crush on You (From Frank Sinatra's Duets. Right click and "Save As.")

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Six Feet Under Opening Titles

I don't know about you, but I love Six Feet Under. It's got some of the best writing on television and the characters are just so real. Another thing that I've especially loved is the show's production value - it's always gorgeously shot with great music, especially the hauntingly beautiful opening credits with Thomas Newman's main theme (he did the American Beauty score which I plan on including on this season's Burn It).

Right now HBO's doing an in-depth look at the opening titles that's well worth checking out (did you know it's illegal to film true crows in the United States for commercial purposes?).

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Survivor Strategy

As you can tell from my Netflix history, I've been watching the first season of Survivor. When the show first started I thought it was a really stupid idea and spurned watching it until about two years ago when they split the tribes into male and female. Feminist that I am, I couldn't resist watching it to see how it was going to play out. Now I'm totally hooked on the show and love it, especially the All-Star season that just finished up.

After watching the game for a few years (especially after how Machiavellian this season was) it's amazing to me that people went in and never organized alliances with the exception of a few players. Several players even refused to get in on alliances, something that would pretty much guarantee you a loss if you tried it now. One of the guys is voting for people alphabetically, not even trying to eliminate anyone. It's amazing how different the game became, and from what I understand, just after this first season. Should be interesting to see the evolution when the rest of the seasons come out on DVD.

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Spooky

I've had about $200 worth of Amazon gift certificates just sitting around, so I figured I'd get myself a nice birthday gift (my birthday is only a week away. I'm going to be twenty-nine, the last year to be a 20-something. Very strange feeling). I ordered Crossed Bones by Carolyn Haines (excellent book, I just finished it this afternoon; review to show up on BiblioBlog later), The Journals of Eleanor Druse: My Investigation of the Kingdom Hospital Incident, Tales of a Librarian: A Tori Amos Collection with bonus DVD, Everquest: Gates of Discord Expansion Pack, EverQuest: Lost Dungeons of Norrath Expansion Pack, and The Mothman Prophecies soundtrack.

I've been listening to The Mothman Prophecies soundtrack almost non-stop since I've gotten it because it is simply that good. However, it's beginning to freak me out. The music is very creepy (especially the second CD consisting of the movie's score) and listening to it alone, especially at night, makes me think back to how much the movie freaked me out and then I start to scare myself (just a little bit, though; I'm not that big a wuss).

Anyway, I guess there's no real point to this rambling post, but has any piece of music or CD done the same to you? Or am I really a wuss?

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Cold Case

Anyone else watch Cold Case? I swear, I cry like a baby at the end of every episode.

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Serious Moonlight

Listening to the WinAmp on random (as always) and David Bowie's "Let's Dance," one of my favorites, came on. The phrase "serious moonlight" that's used a few times in the song is just such an evocative image to me. Isn't it a great turn of phrase?

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Power Play

Listening to all my mp3s on random (as I tend to do) and Eddie and the Tide's Power Play from The Lost Boys soundtrack just came on. There's some mixed metaphors in the lyrics (baseball isn't played in quarters, after all) and it's probably a prime example of bad 80s music, but damn, I love this song.

They're out of order in war
They're out of order in love

They need to feed, they both agree
The hawk and the dove

But don't get mad, get even
And don't let 'em get to you

I never promised
It was fair and true
Before they're through
They'll have me hunting you

It's not important

Good and evil
They're neck and neck
Bases loaded
And there's three on left

We're in the final quarter
And it's runnning out
You'll need a father
Like there's no time out

He'll lift you out of the cradle
Help you into the grave

But don't be fooled by all the rules
And don't be the slave

You take a chill pill, and, baby
Relax, float downstream

Life is no rehearsal
You know what I mean
And freedom seems
To be a far-off dream

It's not important

Good and evil
They're neck and neck
Bases loaded
And there's three on left

We're in the final quarter
And it's runnning out
You'll need a father
Like there's no time out

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Waiting For That Day

I've been listening to my WinAmp on random and it just hit one of my favorite songs, George Michael's Waiting For That Day. If you want to listen along with me, you can get the song here. As always, right click and choose "Save As" to get it on your own machine. No idea when it's going to be pulled, so get it now.

So every day I see you in some other face
They crack a smile, talk a while
Try to take your place
My memory serves me far too well

I just sit here on this mountain thinking to myself
You're a fool boy
Why don't you go down
Find somebody
Find somebody else
My memory serves me far too well

It's not as though we just broke up
It's not as though it was yesterday
But something I just can't explain
Something in me needs this pain
I know I'll never see your face again

C'mon now
I've got to be strong now

Now everybody's talking about this new decade
Like you say the magic numbers
Then just say goodbye to
The stupid mistakes you made
Oh my memory serves me far too well

Don't you know that
The years will come and go
Some of us will change our lives
Some of us still have nothing to show
Nothing baby
But memories

And if these wounds
They are self-inflicted
I don't really know
How my poor heart could have protected me
But if I have to carry this pain
If you will not share the blame
I deserve to see your face again

C'mon now
You don't have to be so strong now
Come back

Come back to me darling
I will make it worth your while
Come back to your baby
I miss your kiss
I miss your smile
Seems to me the peace I search to find
Ain't going to be mine until you say you will
Don't you keep me waiting for that day
I know, I know, I know
You hear these words that I say

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If I Had Words...

<MAP NAME="boxmap-p8"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/somethinginteres" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com">Back on Christmas Day I made a wish for all of you, quoting the lyrics from If I Had Words on the Babe soundtrack. I've been playing both versions of the song (one sung by James Cromwell and one sung by the trio of singing mice) repeatedly since I just adore this little song.

I'm an incredibly nice person, so I thought I'd put both versions of the song up for download so you could listen to them as well. I have no idea of when I'm going to pull them, so save them today. Enjoy! (Remember to right click and choose "Save As" to get this music on your own computer.)

- If I Had Words (James Cromwell)
- If I Had Words (Singing Mice)

If I had words to make a day for you,
I�d sing you a morning golden and new.
I would make this day last for all time,
Give you a night deep with moonshine.

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That'll Do, Pig.

<MAP NAME="boxmap-p8"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/somethinginteres" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com">I just got done watching Babe, probably the most enchanting film ever made. Am I the only one who cries pretty much through the whole thing, especially at the end?

This is another one of those highly recommended movies for everyone regardless of age. The movie is simply priceless, especially the ending. Really, I'm not sure who the better actor is - stoic James Cromwell or the cast of animals?

On that note, I'll leave you with some lyrics that I wish for each and every one of you:

If I had words to make a day for you,
I'd sing you a morning golden and new.
I would make this day last for all time,
Give you a night deep with moonshine.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

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Ladies' Night

I just got done watching a special show that The World Poker Tour put on where they invited six of the top women poker players to play against each other. What an excellent show it was! I was really surprised who won and the playing from everyone was phenomenal.

The Travel Channel is showing reruns right now, so if you haven't taken my advice and watched in the past, now would be a great time to start since the new season hasn't started yet.

Damn. I love poker.

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Singin' in the Rain

<MAP NAME="boxmap-p8"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/somethinginteres" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com">I watched Singin' in the Rain tonight - my absolute favorite movie of all time.

If you've never seen this movie - whether you like musicals or not - this is a must-see movie. It's funny, romantic, got great song and dance numbers, and of course, there's the irrepressible, irresistible Gene Kelly (who not only did the singing and dancing, but also arranged all the musical numbers and co-directed).

I just adore this film so much. From the unforgettable image of Gene Kelly standing in the rain, smiling so wide (he actually got really sick while doing that number) to Donald O'Conner hamming it up and running up walls for laughs. To Debbie Reynolds shooting Gene Kelly down in the care and Jean Hagen, so beautiful, but oh, so funny sounding.

I was looking at IMDB info for the movie tonight and I was shocked to find out Kelly was forty when he did it. Forty! I had no idea. I knew that Debbie Reynolds was really young, but she was only twenty when she was in it. Talk about an age discrepancy between the stars, but I never would have guessed.

So, yet again, just me waxing rhapsodic about another of my favorite movies.

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Excellent Movie and Soundtrack

<MAP NAME="boxmap-p8"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/somethinginteres" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com">So, I have close to 9,000 mp3s after I burned the several hundred CDs that I owed plus miscellaneous mp3s that just appeared on my hard drive by themselves, I swear.

Lots of time when I listen to music on my computer, I load all the mp3s and hit the "Shuffle" button on WinAmp just to see what I get. If I don't feel like listening, to the next song we go.

Tonight, while spinning the music roulette wheel, I got a track from The Last of the Mohicans soundtrack. Not only is that an incredible soundtrack, the move rocks. Every time I see it on, I am forced to watch it, even though I own the DVD and can, theoretically, watch it any time I want to.

I've read some of James Fenimore Cooper (though not this book) and I found him impossible to get through, but this movie is just perfection to me. Michael Mann's direction is wonderful, the cinematography is gorgeous, and it's an incredible love story, both the one between Hawkeye and Cora and the subtle one between Alice and Uncas. At the end of the movie where Magua is gesturing to Alice to come with him and instead she makes the choice she does (don't want to spoil it for anyone that hasn't seen it), just grips my heart every time.

So, no real point to this post, just felt like waxing rhapsodic about one of my favorite movies.

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Revolutions Reviewed

So, you want to know what I thought about The Matrix: Revolutions? I don't want to spoil anything for anyone who hasn't seen this yet, so click the "Read More" to find out.

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Revolutions

I called Steven up at the office to see if I could talk him into going to see The Matrix: Revolutions tonight and he agreed to blow off the gym so we're going to the 8:00 showing. Should be interesting. Hope this one's better than Reloaded.

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Finding Nemo

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This is the only Pixar film that I didn't see in the theaters and I wish I would have because this movie was just so damn much fun! Steven and I laughed through the whole thing and had a total blast watching it.

It's amazing to see how far computer animation has come since the very first Toy Story. That whole movie was just one beautiful scene after another. Highly recommended for everyone out there.

I noticed that Disney is back to its old "kill a parent off" storyline. Does make me wonder if a lot of smaller kids get upset when watching it. I know the whole mad elephant thing in Dumbo still can make me cry.

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Freaked

<MAP NAME="boxmap-p8"><AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="14, 200, 103, 207" HREF="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm/privacy-policy.html?o=1" ><AREA COORDS="0,0,10000,10000" HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/somethinginteres" ></MAP><img src="http://rcm-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/rcm/120x240.gif" width="120" height="240" border="0" usemap="#boxmap-p8" alt="Shop at Amazon.com">I've been watching a lot of my DVD collection lately and I just finished watching The Mothman Prophecies.

That movie seriously freaked me out. The first hour was creepy as hell and keeping everything vague and a lot of the scenery out of focus only added to the tension that the movie created. Great horror flick and the soundtrack was terrific (I've already added it to my wishlist so I'll remember to buy it) and since it includes both the score and the music used in the movie, it's a great bargain at under $15.

If you're looking for a good creepy film, you can't go wrong with this one.

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Cold Case Question

I TiVoed Cold Case on CBS this weekend, but the shows were running twenty minutes behind and I missed the end of the show. I've looked for an episode guide to no avail, so I was wondering if anyone could fill me in on the ending. Thanks!

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Argh! Where's Me Booty?

It's almost Talk Like a Pirate Day (technically it's tomorrow), but can I just say I am so glad that Survivor is back? The pirate theme is very cool and I totally love the immunity idol. And how great was it that Rupert (the hippie guy) stole the other tribe's shit to sell?

I'm also wondering what they plan on doing with that live chicken. Eggs? Meat? Bait for bigger things? Wonder how long it makes it.

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The Fab Five

Christine reminded me about something I've been meaing to blog about since the weekend - Bravo's new show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

The concept is that five gay men, each a guru in one area (fashion, grooming, food and wine, culture, or interior design), help a straight man each week accomplish a mission - one guy needs to get ready for a gallery opening, one wants to get his place nice so his girlfriend will move in.

Steven and I have been totally loving it - especially the cool intro. The guys getting remade are great sports about it, which is cool. The Fab Five are also really funny, especially Carson, the fashion guru.

I highly suggest checking it out. And if anyone knows who sings the theme song, let me know. I can't find the answer anywhere.

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Blood and Swash!

I was browsing through Lists of Bests a few weeks ago and started thinking about one of the movies I had checked off as watched - The Ghost and Ms. Muir. I thought about it and realized it was the tv show I'd seen, not the movie, so I did a quick search on the TiVo, found it, and recorded it.

I finally watched it last week and I have to say I can't remember a movie I've enjoyed more in quite some time. Gene Tierney was so strinkingly gorgeous and so high-spirited (pun intended). For a woman at the turn of the century, she was gloriously free and independent. Rex Harrison was also wonderful as the salty Captain Gregg. I couldn't help but laugh everytime Lucy (or Lucia, if you prefer) said blast, much to the shock of those around her.

The movie is both a love story and a fantasy and absolutely a must see. Don't let the fact that it's in black and white put you off - the characters are strong, the writing both witty and touching, and the story wonderful.

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Signed Stephen King!

I can't believe it, but I just ordered Borderlands 5 from Borderlands Press.

What's so exciting about this is that it's a short story anthology with twenty-five contributors including David J. Schow, Bentley Little, Tom Piccirilli, Gary Braunbeck, and, unbelievably, Stephen King!

The thing that has me jumping up and down is that it's signed by all twenty-five contributors! I am the biggest Stephen King fan, but I don't own anything of his signed. It was a little expensive ($75), but cheap considering how many incredible authors are in it (and Stephen King!).

The guy I ordered from says he expects it to sell out within the hour, so I'm glad I ordered it!

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New Stephen King Story

Stephen King has a new story out entitled Harvey's Dream in The New Yorker. Want to read the story but don't have the magazine? You can get it here.

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The Philosophy of The Matrix: Reloaded

Incredibly interesting (and deep) article on the philosophy of The Matrix: Reloaded. Lots of ideas that I hadn't even considered that opened up whole new ways of seeing the movie.

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Ah yes, the corporate mofo analysis. There are many good things in this article.
Namely, the perspective on the Architect, and how he represents a Gnostic/Christian Satan.
I am perplexed at what will happen next though. For my original theory was that the Architect represented God. But as this article brings out, he cannot be God, and therefore, it puts my theory that there is a second Matrix (or Matricie?) in question. For there to be a second Matrix, one that the machines still control, that would mean that the machines caused that bolt to break, that operator to die, those sentinels to destroy the ship, and Trinity to go into the Matrix to save Neo. Ah, it makes perfect sense, it's all a trial, a trial for the machines to figure out the "anomoly" that is love.
I still think that there are some underlying motifs about the theory of love, that the Architect doesn't understand. In the scene, he is clearly intrigued by Neo's reactions. Is it that the Architect is learning more about this emotion to help balance an equation and stop all this Zion nonsense once and for all? After all, it is love that brought Neo back to life in the first saga, and Trinity in this one. And the Architect said himself that it was the human race' greatest strength and weakness.
There is another twist on this whole love theory. What if there is no second matrix? What if this was a test by the representation of good in this trilogy? A God figure, of rightgeousness, and love. What if this was a test by this unseen God charecter rather than the Architect?
As the previous article stated, Neo is the sixth "One", five being before him, a reference to the Old and New Testement. Neo is clearly Jesus, and Jesus was set apart by his capacity for love.
What if a God charecter set this whole thing up? Even the Architect and Smith noticed changes in the way the events worked out. "... that was quicker then the others" , and "Everything is as before -- well not exactly". God breaks the bolt, that sends Trinity in. It's God's test. Since Neo chooses love over the survival of his species, he passes this "God"'s test. My conclusion is that there is not a second Matrix, it is "real". For this to work, and I believe it does, a few things need to be in place. I'll answer some of the main questions, and give a little proof too.

What about how Neo said he could "feel" them, and then he destroyed them in the real world?

This God endowed him with these gifts since he passed the test, and showed love.

Why do you insist that it was God that did this, it could still just be the Architect!?!?

Ah, here's the curveball. Agent Smith. Smith said that he had part of him copied off of Neo. And I can honestly say that what was copied, I do not know. Whatever it was, it changed him. But I think Smith is an Angel of this "God" charecter, whether he knows it or not. It is Smith that goes loner in this flick. He is no longer controled by the machines, he does as he pleases. I do not think that this is something that he does in any of the other Matrix cycles though, just because of that one line: "Everything is exactly as before -- well not exactly". So I think that this God charecter helped change Smith, to set off a chain of events.

What chain of events?

Well, after the God charecter kills the operator, Trinity must go in. Now keep in mind that the only reason that Trinity is out, is because of Neo's dreams. Dreams in the "real" world, out of machine manipulation. So logically, the Architect would have assumed, she would have been with him regardless, and not because of some bolt breaking. That's shot one. Shot two, requires time. Time is something they don't have. Enter Agent Smith. Trinity needs time to get the door ready for Neo, Morpheus and that lovable asian dude, otherwise they could be sucked out into a blackhole of sorts. Now if Smith isn't controled by the machines, who sets this up? Is it some all knowing God? The answer lay in one word: "Please"

Architect- "... if I am the Father of the Matrix, then she most certainly is the mother."
Neo- "The Oracle"
Architect- "Please. As I was saying, she stumbled upon a solution whereby nearly 99.9% of all test subjects accepted the program ...."

Is the mother God? Is the mother the oracle? It would make sense, seeing as we don;t know why the oracle is on the run. But is the oracle still a program under the machine control, or on the human side? And what are the brothers going to do about the fact that the actress who plays the oracle died before the shooting of revolutions.

Only time will tell what happens in the third one. Critisism welcome to my theory. Be kind, I have A.D.D., bad spelling, and no paper structureing skills.

Posted by Grant Taylor at May 29, 2003 09:16 PM

Smith is a virus and yes there have to be 2 Neo's,but how will this conflict be resolved without the sentiment that Love conquers all?
Do the machines have to become more "human" to win?

Posted by hiram at June 2, 2003 08:50 AM

Ahhhhh. I have come to many new conclusions since I have posted that. There are many now realized holes in the theory.

I am trying to work out a theory where in the real "One" is a combination of man and machine that solves the anamoly of choice. This is what the oracle is grabbing for, a child of two programs that will change the world forever. The machines need humans, and humans need machines. Wouldn't it be effiecent to have a human machine?

Argh, it's frustrating. But I am formulating something, and I will post it.

Smith is now a loop in my theorum. The oracle is no longer a candidate for God. And I do not see a prominant God figure in the conclusion's future.

Like a good student, I'm going to review the tape. and try to figure it out.

All my theories that are unsubstanciated are going to be washed off the drawing board though.

Posted by Grant Taylor at June 2, 2003 09:37 PM

How's this: Neo's strong bond with Agent Smith which originates from the ending of the first movie, coupled with the part in the second movie where Agent Smith tries to copy himself onto Neo... these two things have made Neo part machine... which is why he can sense them and control them.

On the other side, Agent Smith was "freed" by Neo in the first movie. He's no longer attached to the matrix, just like he wanted. Maybe his bond with Neo made him a little bit human? That would explain why he can now exit the matrix.

I really have no clue on the whole God idea though...

Posted by Mat at June 3, 2003 10:18 PM

The Architect doesn't represent God. The Architect is the Masonic version of God.

Posted by houseofmanywindows at June 4, 2003 08:21 AM

To answer the question fo what they will do about the oracle since the actress died... play Enter the Matrix, it explains it.

Posted by Guy at June 6, 2003 01:40 PM

Hi there,
I liked the “The Philosophy of The Matrix: Reloaded” post. Definitely the closest theory to my own.
The onion like layers of matrix after matrix used to simply catch any minds that wish to awaken from one reality to another sounds feasible. The One is merely the glimmer of hope given to the people in The Matrix and in Zion. It is used to save that 0.1 present of the harvest and thus increase efficiency.
What I didn’t get was: Why would the machines take a chance or even would bother destroying the whole human race and Zion simply because of a choice Neo makes. The architect states that if the human race is destroyed “There are levels of survival we are prepared to accept. However, the relevant issue is whether or not you are ready to accept the responsibility for the death of every human being in this world”
That seems illogical that a machine would be prepared to accept a limited existence due to a human beings choice. Especially considering the condescending nature the machines seem to refer to humans all throughout.
I think there is more to it than that. The machine has discovered an anomaly. Something in mankind that they cannot figure out. They feel that before they destroy humans forever they must understand everything about them. The must have first gleaned every piece of information from them possible. There can be no waste. To destroy humanity without understanding every occurrence of every permutation would be potentially disastrous for them.
And thus they must continue to allow the matrix to exist and wait for it to throw up another “one”, bring it back to the source and collect the data from its life experiences and try and understand how it can about! That’s the thing you see. They can’t figure out how the anomaly is occurring. An anomaly by its very definition is a phenomenon. Some thing occurring in the natural world that is unexplainable. The machines cannot seem to piece together how the sum of Neo’s life experiences seem to add up to more than simply another human being. How is he developing this power over his environment?
Essentially the Machines have discovered man’s soul. The machines base their existence on the theory of Causality. Cause and effect. Therefore the sum of a persons life experiences should create an individual similar to Neo. This is not the case however. The “one” seems to contain something more. A life force beyond the physical world. Essentially the Machines have discovered man’s soul. They do not know this however as they cannot experience it and would view any blind faith as simply human superstition. Yet the evidence is there that Neo is more than the sum of his life experiences and the machines are simply striving to understand how this anomaly is occurring by allowing him to evolve into all that he can be and then collecting the data to see what they can learn.
This is I think the story within the story. The rest of what happens is in the Matirx 3 is simply open to speculation. Even what has happened so far is open to speculation as you don’t really know what the truth is and what is false.

Posted by stephen at July 21, 2003 05:37 AM

Neo's choice whether to save Zion or rescue Trinity is a revealing one.
For the romantics who believe love conquers all it is a fitting choice for Neo to go to Trinity because as we find out he loves her "too damn much". This choice he makes supports a line said in the first movie when Trinity and Neo are in the loading program gathering guns to go and save Morpheus. Either Trinity or Neo say something to the effect, no one's ever tried something like this before. For Neo therefore, the choice to do things differently from his predecessors would naturally lead him to this door.

Posted by donna at August 29, 2003 04:09 PM

Here is what I've been able to assess so far: When the architect refers to the mother, he is obviously talking about Persephone. He refers to the mother as an intuitive program, which Persephone obviously is. What i haven't been able to figure out is Agent Smith's role in all of this, and why Neo's more specific love for Triniy (as opposed to a general love for all of humanity as exhibited by the 5 previous anomolies) has given him the ability to control machines in the real world. This fact also leads me to deny to "Godly Test" theory mentioned earlier. If it was a test from God, why would loving a single individual over all humanity be the right way to go. This fact also leads me away from the theory that neo is like jesus, because at this point, he is the exact opposite. Anyone who sees something obviously wrong with what I have posted, or can shed some light on what I have mentioned, please let me know.

Posted by Tim at October 30, 2003 06:23 PM

I would like to add that it seems that many have overlooked the importance of balance in all of this. Not only is it important for their to be an all-powerful messiah; but there also must be his/her counterpart. Therefore in the case of agent Smith (as the oracle states in the Revolutions trailer) that Smith is his opposite. Therefore in this case not only do we have good but we also have evil. Furthermore the conclusion is not known to either which will be victorious because they are so evenly matched. Isn't it interesting however; that the reason for the Matrix to control the human race? While at the same time (as mentioned in Reloaded) that the machines are dependent on man and man on machines? Is this also not balance?

Therefore I must default to what I remember was said by the architect; and it has been a while since I've seen the movie mind you. What is most troubling is that the architect built the Matrix and could not control a systemic anomalie i.e. human will. In this case Neo is the manifestation of pure human will i.e. fully enlightened. In the buddhist faith; ignoring the lessons of the Pure Land sect in Japan of course; when one is enlightened one is not bound by the restrictions of society and the rules of the environment in which they are presented. Rather, they have the capabilities to see the true world and understand that all things in life can be broken; additionally this includes even the laws of gravity itself. So to bring back Critical Theory into all of this; the matrix was constructed by the world of the machines; that Neo broke when he became an enlightened being in the Matrix. Then; when he became an enlightened being by choosing to defy the architect; he could not only bend the rules of the "Matrix," but also that of the "Real World." Therefore now the powers that be in the real world; are not really in control either. To reverty back to Buddhism and a corrollary to Critical Theory (see Habermas theory of the construct and his discontents); the Messiah figure of Neo, can do anything in either world. Therefore there must be a higher world or power in which Neo understands that he is a part of. Thus in enlightenment; you can be enlightened on more than one plane of existence. How you choose to live as an enlightened being however; is up to you.

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ER Oops

Crap. I wasn't home tonight and the TiVo missed the last twenty minutes of ER. Anyone still have it on theirs willing to send me a copy of it? I totally love ER and would hate to have to miss part of the show.

Damn presidential messages. Why the hell can't they show those on any night but a Thursday?

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Jukebox Junkie

Inspired by the luscious and talented Joelle's ever-changing mp3 downloads, I decided to add more than just one download to the site. If you look down the sidebar to the Music Selections, you can see what's up for grabs right now. Yes, I know most of the music is probably considered really geeky, but I don't care so there.

Btw, the Calexico tune is highly recommended. It's great - very 70s action movie like. Excellent for a Friday afternoon.

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The Ring

I watched The Ring a few weeks ago and keep meaning to post my thoughts about it, but I never quite gotten around to it until now. I'll put everything in the "Read More" section so nothing gets ruined if you haven't seen the movie yet. For those who want my opinion withouth the spoilers - good movie, especially if you like the genre, but not as scary as it could have been.

First of all, I have to say that the movie was shot just gorgeously - something you rarely see in a horror movie. Most horror movies pay very little attention to the cinematography of the movie, but not this one. You can see the amount of detail that went into the look of this picture from the way the rain plays on the car windshield to the way the tree lights up at sunset to the view of the car driving through the mist on the island. I also loved how the movie had this greenish tint - almost like light was filtering through water.

While I didn't think the movie itself was that frightening, I thought that the video within the movie was extremely creepy and well-done. The strange seemingly unrelated images were sometimes disturbing for obvious reasons (like the thumb being impaled on a nail), but several of them weren't (the girl backing away from the mirror, the ladder standing alone against the wall), which made them almost more disturbing because you didn't know why they were on there. I must say that the video had more impact on me than the whole movie did.

I was a bit disappointed in the ending. It felt like a cop-out to me, wrapping it up in a neat little package, having Noah make a video tape and sending it out among the world. It just seemed false to me some how. Also, even if you think you've defeated the bad force, if you've watched a video that kills you, when your television comes on by itself, don't try to shut if off. Leave so that you're not paralyzed with fear when the creepy girl comes out to get you. I don't care if you do think you're safe. Just go.

Oh, yes, I also had this weird moment when I thought the couple was going to take Noah off and kill him. When they got him from her sister's house and were driving home, for some reason I got this strong feeling that they were taking him to the well to drown - like some sacrifice. I have no idea what it was about that scene, but that was my first impression.

So, well worth watching, especially if you're a fan of the genre. Best horror movie ever? No, but still pretty good.

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Dress To Kill

I just spent the last two hours laughing my ass off at Eddie Izzard's Dress To Kill. He is just so damn funny. The whole bit about the monster on the moon and "Cake or death?" just make me cry every time. I am ordering you to rush over to Amazon and get a copy. You'll thank me later, I promise.

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Survivor Losers

I'm watching tonight's TiVo and I must say these men are completely pathetic. They're in the middle of the Amazon, trying to win a game, and all they can talk about are how hot the chicks are. Have these guys ever gotten laid? Jeez. Grow up!

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Frailty

As some of you may have noticed, I have a DVD collection of well over a hundred movies. What you probably don't know is that after I buy most of them, I don't even watch them. Strange, huh?

Anyway, Steven fell asleep on the couch last night so I popped in one of the movies that I have really wanted to watch - Frailty, a movie about a father who sees demons and teaches his kids how to destroy them. One of the kids sees his dad commiting murder and one sees him dispatching demons which leads to a struggle of what is truly reality.

All in all, I quite liked it. The ending was not impossible to guess, but I thought it was done very well and I really liked the idea behind it. The two kids who played Fenton and Adam were great. Rarely does a movie like this get kids this good. Bill Paxton directed it (it was shot in just 37 days) and I thought he did a good job since he has directed a film in almost twenty years. I would have liked it a little more suspenseful, but I still recommend it.

Anyone else seen it? What did you think?

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Deal Me In!

This is too awesome! Steven came home, turned on the tv, and The World Series of Poker was on! That rocks! I love watching this!

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Trading Spaces

I saw my first Trading Spaces today and I quite enjoyed it. It was the episode where the kid's room was turned into an outdoor adventure complete with a rock climbing wall and tent and the other couple's bedroom was turned into a romantic meditative space with a hanging bed.

I really thought the couple was going to hate what was done to their bedroom but they did seem to like it. All that orange would probably quickly get on my nerves.

It's definitely a cool idea, but I don't know if I could get behind letting my neighbors loose in my house to redecorate a room.

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I've watched it a few times, but I do not like what they do mostly. Too over the top for me....

Posted by Blaine at February 16, 2003 06:09 PM

In our old house, we painted the bedroom this (kind of bright) green. I liked it - although I kinda like the color green to begin with. I still wonder what the woman who bought our house thought of it. I keep thinking she must have gone in there and said "oh yeah! Re-painting THIS room!!!" LOL!

Posted by Jennifer at February 16, 2003 08:38 PM

i watch out of morbid fascination, but honestly could never participate in trading spaces. i couldn't surrender control like that. anyone remember the trading blogs thing erika (snazzykat) did a few years ago? i could barely handle letting anyone redesign my site for me. imagine my house--something much more costly and permanent? no. don't think so.

Posted by bran muffin at February 16, 2003 08:54 PM

I watched an episode here and there, and it seems like fun, although I think I would let someone decorate....let's say the......basement. :)

Posted by Martie at February 16, 2003 10:30 PM

I love love love that show! Especially when Ty's the carpenter for the episode. Yummy!

Posted by Jenni at February 16, 2003 11:24 PM

I agree with Blaine, unless they want to do Marite's idea.

I didn't know the name of the carpenter! wow, he is such a doll.

Posted by DianeG at February 17, 2003 08:09 AM

Ooh, I adore that show! I definitely don't love everything they do, and sometimes it's like a train wreck- you just can't not watch. What annoys me are the people that go on who obviously have extremely rigid ideas of things they like and pitch a big fit about everything they're doing in their neighbors' house as well as their own when they see it. Who goes on a show like that then?! It's not like the Trading Spaces crew comes to your house and horsewhips you into agreeing to be on it.

Rant aside, I do get some good ideas for cheaper home craftiness sometimes.

Posted by tasha at February 17, 2003 12:54 PM

Sounds a bit like the UK TV show 'Changing Rooms'.

By the way, I can't seem to scroll down in your comment popups - I'm using Mozilla.

Posted by Neil T. at February 18, 2003 03:46 AM

I used to watch more often than I do now, more for lack of time than interest though. And while I'd let TS's designer Vern run amuck in my house any day, when it comes to the neighbors... I highly doubt that would ever happen!

Posted by heather at February 22, 2003 12:21 AM

im a fan of you show, but why do you still employ doug and hildi? their designs are unliveable.they resemble early american garage sale. do they actually have a designing degree? i think not. why not moe shows featuring frank. some one who has talent and a flare for art. truthfully i start to channel surf when i see those two hacks. im not the only one that feels this way. why not take a vote who the favorites are ?

Posted by patt at November 17, 2003 09:33 AM

Interesting to watch for how things are built. Would I participate? NOT in this lifetime! The idea of stapling cheap plastic flowers, glueing corregated cardboard or randomly scattered newspaper pages as wall coverings? I can't help but wonder how many of the homeowners later found that the makeovers were a liability? Sorry, painting over paneling or existing wallpaper is NOT the quality way to do things; it just makes for a quick CHEAP way to film an episode and move on to their next victims. Tactfully, most of the changes are cosmetic, and ARE reversible!

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Alias

OMG! Steven and I just watched the new Alias that came on after the Superbowl and all I am just stunned. I can't believe what happened! Anyone else catch it?

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All That Jazz

Jeanna and I went to see Chicago and I cannot remember the last time I loved a movie so much or was able to be so caught up in the world they portrayed. I hadn't seen the show, so I had no idea what was going to happen in the movie which probably let me enjoy it more.

I figured it would be good, but I had no idea it was going to be this good. The dancing and singing numbers were absolutely stunning, especially Cell Block Tango and We Both Reached For the Gun.

Catherine Zeta-Jones was gorgeous and her performances were amazing. You can tell that she has a background in singing and dancing. Renee Zellweger made a hell of a chanteuse. Who would have thought she's have a voice like that? Usually Richard Gere bugs the shit out of me, but I actually liked him in this movie.

I suggest highly seeing this movie in the theater so that you can really take it all in. I loved the music so much that I have already bought the soundtrack (only $12.98 at Amazon). To me, this was magic and why movies hold such a dear place in my heart.

Anyone else seen it yet?

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The Dead Zone - Season Two

I am so excited! The new season of The Dead Zone starts on January 5th. If you missed it last year, they are running a marathon of a lot of the episodes on that same day. The show is nothing short of amazing and Steven and I were glued to the TiVo last year whenever we had an episode to watch. Great stories, wonderful acting, awesome effects, and an ending that only leaves you wanting more. And who knew that Anthony Michael Hall would grow up to be so sexy?

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ER Season Premiere

Did anyone catch the season premiere last night of ER?

SPOILERS BELOW

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Brad and I had the exact same response to this episode. I think it'll be a very good season.

Posted by Lisa at September 27, 2002 11:23 AM

Kim and I are always ignoring the folks who say ER stinks these days. Sure, I wish Green had gone into private practice instead of dying, but his ending was extremely well-done.

Except for Pratt, I like all the characters on the show, and I guess that's why Pratt is there, eh? :)

My guess is Robert will become even meaner as he takes aim at everyone for anything since he won't be a surgeon any longer. Poor Lizzie . . . she'll be in his sights, for sure.

Posted by Scott at September 27, 2002 12:00 PM

I literally fell off my bed and yelled "No fucking way" so loudly my neighbor started pounding on the wall. That was nuts.

Posted by Nicole at September 27, 2002 03:45 PM

Yep... and one hell of a way to "jump back into the season." YIKES! And to think I was kinda behind in last season too... well, I'm hooked again!

Posted by Anne at September 27, 2002 04:41 PM

I have to agree.. I was screaming "Oh My God!" over and over.. you would have thought I was having sex! LOL
I was totally shocked that it happened and I guessed this was his way of leaving the show.. but figured when they could save his arm, he's going to be one mean ole pisser this season. I think Carrie is going befriend him in the end.
Is Carter not a better looking hunk every year? I really cried when Dr. Ross left, then Dr. Greene.. but the minute Carter goes, I'm out the doors with him. He is such a cutie putie. :)

Posted by susan at September 27, 2002 07:15 PM

mmm. Dr. Ross.

Posted by courtney at September 28, 2002 12:43 AM

mmm mmm good.. Dr. Ross, Dr. Carter. :)

Posted by susan at September 28, 2002 01:01 AM

*looks up* thank you Lord for trackback.
what started out as a comment here.... got too big for it's britches!

Posted by amancay at September 28, 2002 03:37 AM

I was eating a late dinner when I saw that scene ... couldn't believe it. It takes a lot to shock me but this one did it. I've got a feeling though that Corday and Romano will be getting all hot and bothered for each other. I've got renewed interest in ER now.

Posted by A. at September 29, 2002 08:36 PM

Heh... I guess I should have kept reading back in your updates before my last comment about ER. :)

I was actually thinking about Romano too, and wondering what he'd do... but he does still have his "winning personality," and he's a good leader, it seems, so he could always be a hospital head honcho. I'm thinking they'll definitely be keeping him in the show, since they just took the character to a whole new level by suddenly making him vulnerable.

They really did a good job with that scene - the moment of focusing on the clipboard was just long enough to suddenly give you the idea that SOMETHING was about to happen, but it was fast enough to still leave you reeling when it actually happened.

I love ER!

Posted by Amy at October 2, 2002 10:18 PM

does anyone remeber the season premiere of ER i was really sick that night and had to be put in the hospital if anyone remebers email me please.

Posted by hillary at April 28, 2003 08:24 PM

Did any one see the premiere of ER last week?? I missed it . What happened?/ Thanks a lot!

Posted by Bobbie at September 29, 2006 06:53 AM

Can somebody please tell me or let me know where they are going to show the permier of er.. i missed it last night... or if you know where i can watch it...

please!!!!

Posted by Roque Garza at September 29, 2006 11:29 AM

if you guys have the permier email me to roqueg_1@yahoo.com

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Dead Zone Marathon

If you haven't been watching The Dead Zone on USA, you've been missing one of the best series I've seen in years. You're in luck, though, because USA is showing the first twelve episodes in order starting at 9:00 a.m. CST September 15th. I would strongly urge you to start watching this show. The stories are wonderful and the acting amazing. The characters are based on the characters from Stephen King's novel of the same name, so if you're a fan of his, even better. It's a hell of a show and Steven, who's not a big King fan, loves it too.

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Bad Lieutenant - Worth Seeing?

I've been thinking about buying the DVD of Bad Lieutenant at Amazon since they've got it one sale for $13.48. I haven't actually seen it before, but I've always meant to watch it. I generally like movies like this (loved Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs), but I thought I'd ask y'all to give me a thumbs up or down on it. Anyone seen it? Heard bad things? Good things?

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A Pair of Movie Reviews

This weekend I watched Momento and My Big Fat Greek Wedding, so I thought I'd share my impressions of the two with you.

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24 Hours

The tv show 24 will show each episode back-to-back over the Labor Day weekend. If you missed this show last season, here's a perfect opportunity to see it all. I was hooked on this show the first time I started watching it and can't wait to see what happens next season.

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Two Movie Reviews

I've been meaning to put a couple of movie reviews on here for quite some time now, but I always forget. To make up for that, here's a review for both Road to Perdition and Signs.

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Books To Sink Your Teeth Into

I just read Guilty Pleasures and The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton and they are excellent. They are supernatural mysteries (sort of) about a vampire hunter. I had to stop on the way home tonight and get the third book in the series Circus of the Damned. I've got some gift certificates that I think are going to buy me the rest of the series and maybe the fifth season of The X-Files on DVD. Anyway, looking for something new to read? Try the Anita Blake series out.

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Dead Zone Song

If you've been watching The Dead Zone on USA you may have noticed the haunting, hypnotic song that plays in the background during the opening credits. It's called New Year's Prayer by Jeff Buckley from his CD Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk). I did some searching on KaZaA Lite and finally found a copy of the song. Since I'm so sweet, you can download it from my server here. Enjoy!

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Childe Roland To The Dark Tower Came

News over at The Official Stephen King Web Presence about the future of The Dark Tower series. I am waiting as patiently as I can for these books, but I swear for the longest time a day didn't go by that I didn't think of them and their characters in some form. I reread all of them about two summers ago. Maybe it's time for another reread.

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I can see right now I'll have to make another attempt at reading this series. I tried (I really did!), but couldn't get into it. Please tell me it gets better as I go along?

Posted by that tart at June 18, 2002 08:55 PM

I read through Book 3 many years ago, and for some reason, never went past it. I was obsessed with Roland and his personality when I was younger...like you, I thought about the characters and where it was going, but for some reason, I just can't start it over again. Can anyone convince me I should?

Posted by todd at June 19, 2002 08:59 PM

I accidenally came across DT4 and I read it in a day then I asked myself why haven`t I heard about these books? And of course I tried to found all the other ones. TOUGH LUCK....I only found dt3... The bad thing is that it will take some time to get it out of my mind... So I`ll keep on hoping...

Posted by ploumi at June 10, 2003 04:54 AM

The Dark Tower series was recently re-released with new introductions, DT4 contains about 11 pages of DT5, which should be out in Nov.

Posted by reese at July 24, 2003 09:04 PM

I'm re-reading DT1 & DT2. Have picked up DT3 and DT4 on Amazon.com - part of my R&R plans for this month.
Full series available (HC) and can pre-order DT5. Also try library for copies.

Posted by NPirnat at August 9, 2003 12:31 PM

What the heck - let's throw in a comment! I just typed the words "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" to see what would come up - also to take a second stab at getting through Browning's poem (This time I could follow it). For anyone who tried reading Volume I (THE GUNSLINGER) and couldn't "get into it" - I don't blame you. It's a terribly grim, dark, gloomy book - after that godawful shootout in Tull, I nearly gave up myself. BUT if you keep going into THE DRAWING OF THE THREE, you're in for a pleasant surprise - a great surprise! I've just re-read it for the third time (preparing for WOLVES OF THE CALLA) and I couldn't put it down. The second Roland steps through that first door into that airliner and into Eddie Dean, the story takes off like a rocket and never looks back. Some of the best, most suspenseful, most passionate writing of King's career. I am totally absorbed in this ka-tet (which only gets better with the additions of Odetta/Detta, Jake and Oy. I was a little disappointed that WIZARD AND GLASS was almost entirely a flashback (I want to get on with the Quest!), but it certainly filled in a lot of background that we needed to know. Now on to the Tower! (Incidentally, I've got a bad case of the flu right now - time to take some astin!)

Posted by pat casken at August 20, 2003 02:02 PM

to the dark tower I came
the best collection of stephen king
there is. I am obsessed with roland and his ever changing view of his world which mirrors our own Cant wait for dt5. if you haven't read any of the series Im sorry

Posted by Acorn at August 23, 2003 01:23 PM

Just had a thought, as to why the DARK TOWER series doesn't really kick in until THE DRAWING OF THE THREE. It's because Eddie and Susannah see the worlds (their own and Roland's) through OUR eyes. (Granted, Jake was in THE GUNSLINGER, but he was too young and scared and in awe of his surroundings to have a very strong presence at that time. But Eddie and Odetta/Detta speak in voices and think thoughts that have resonance for us. They serve, I think, the same purpose that the Hobbits serve in LORD OF THER RINGS (If you've ever tried to read THE SILMARILLION or any of Tolkein's other works where Hobbits are NOT the lens through which the epic adventures are viewed, you know what slow going it is). Eddie and Susannah, like the Hobbits, are US - and Roland starts to become far more exciting and fascinating and touching (and even more heroic) when seen through their eyes.

Posted by pat casken at August 30, 2003 10:50 AM

the first stephen king i ever read was 'the drawing of the three'. ever since then i've become an SK addict. ' the waste lands' has to be his best ever even though i find the riddling session with blaine the mono( in 'wizard and glass) one of the most gripping piece of work ever written.

Posted by parul m at September 14, 2003 11:02 AM

THE DARK TOWER SERIES IS ONE OF THE BEST SERIES EVER. IF U CAN READ IT U CAN ALSO. IM ONLY 14 AND IVE READ BOOKS 1-3 AND AM 250 PAGES INTO THE FORTH. ALTHOUGH OWNING THE BOOKS HAS PUT A LARGE GAPING 80 DOLLAR HOLE IN MY POCKET IT WAS WORTH IT I AM WAITING AVIDLY FOR THE 5TH BOOK. BY FAR THE BEST AND MOST ADDICTING PART DOES NOT COME TILL THE END OF THE THIRD AND BEGINNING OF THE FORTH AS PAT KASEN SAID. BLAINE THE MONO IS A AMAZING PART OF THE STORY AND IS COMPLETLY ORIGINAL. YET UNFORTANITLY WE STILL DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT WHAT HAPPED TO THE WORLD EXCEPT THAT IT HAS MOVED ON, AND THE HORRES LEFT ARE HIDIOUS.

IF U HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOOK E-MAIL ME

VI
When some discuss if near the other graves
be room enough for this, and when a day
Suits best for carrying the corpse away,
With care about the banners, scarves and staves
And still the man hears all, and only craves
He may not shame such tender love and stay.

Posted by SEAN ELMORE at September 19, 2003 01:26 PM

I too typed in " Childe Roland..." as one person here mentioned they did. I printed a copy of Browning's epic poem to read and puzzle over later. I am currently re-reading DT 3 after reading the first two over the past couple of weeks. I first read DT 3 about ten years ago when I got a copy of it from a book club by mistake. I loved it but never picked up the earlier books. The newly released paperback series caught my eye and I jumped back in... and wow what a trip.

I disagree with those who liked DT 2 better than DT 1. I read King's preface to the new series where he acknowledges those who think that The Gunslinger was difficult to follow. Maybe I am twisted but i loved it and didn't find it at all hard to follow. The novel's dark austerity makes it all the more appealing to me. I totally 'get' King's idea of spaghetti western meets Tolkien.

As for the shootout in Tull, I didn't find it nearly as disturbing as the scene in DT 2 where Eddie gets a cavity search by Balazar's goons. For some reason I found this description to be completely gratuitous as opposed to the scene in Tull that had actual significance to the plot.

I'm just quibbling here though, because overall this series is great. I just think that DT2, while being a necessary and powerful link, is the weakest of the three I have read when judged on its own merits. What do the rest of you think?

I am looking forward to reading DT 4 and the rest!

Posted by llednew at December 19, 2003 08:29 PM

The DT story lets me travel to the special place where I wish I could be, and where I think I have been. I would have a Kingsland Ale at my first chance. The story is best realized if you read all the related books. Are you a beamer or a breaker? Waiting for Dt 6 and 7. See you on the flip side.

Posted by James at January 2, 2004 12:59 PM

I also typed "childe roland...etc...etc..." to see what it brought up. I've read DT 1 through to 5 and i'm re reading them all as we speak. I find it amazing the references to the Dark Tower events in the rest of Kings work, go andread the Stand and Needful Things and you'll see what i mean, also his short stories and Hearts In Atlantis. Obviously Kings own quest to write about the Dark Tower and the Ka Tet is as consumming as Rolands own quest.

Email me if you notice any references, i've just pointed out the easy ones, its hard to find one of kings books that dont refer to the Dark Tower in some way!

Posted by vikithecat at January 6, 2004 11:25 AM

im 15 the first book (the gunslinger) was really good thats what started me reading the other 3 the drawing of the three was amazing waste lands was probabley the least cool and wizards and glass was really good as well

Posted by morgan at January 13, 2004 03:49 PM

Im only 16 and i don't read that much. But The Dark Tower is the best series i have ever read! I can't wait to read the last two books of the series

Posted by Keith at January 23, 2004 08:17 PM

I'm currently 400 pages through DT 5 and these books are amazing. i find that i can relate to all of the characters as king so avidly describes them through clever flashbacks and changing points of view. i get hints of the book in my every day life (for example, the allusion to the robert frost poem fire and ice seen in dt 5) dt 4 was my personal favorite, but i think that this is the highest point in king's career. i can't wait for the last two to be published! another interesting fact: lupe means wolf in french!

Posted by Mandy at January 29, 2004 02:21 PM

Hey guys what's up i'm 18 and I started reading the Dark Tower series three years ago. I went to my high school library looking to re-read The Lord Of The Rings series when by mistake i picked up the Wastelands. I read it without realizing that it had it's predecessors, after i found them i ate them up. I am about 100 pages into the fifth one and can't wait to finish. I need someone to talk to about the Dark Tower, someone who can answer questions and ask as well because i myself have read the first four books three times already.

Posted by FuseBox at February 19, 2004 09:09 PM

man....Ive read alot of Stephen Kings books....but nothing of his works are like these, I cant seem to put them down, Im so entranced in his books, the anticipation for his last two books to come out are so great, I cant wait to see what is exactly is at the dark tower...maybe the crimson king is Stephen King himself ;)

Posted by John at February 21, 2004 05:38 AM

For those of you who say that The Gunslinger was hard to read through I would suggest looking at your local library for the book on tape. In fact, I would even recomend to those who have read the books to listen to them on tape. Frank Muller reads the first 4 books (If listening to the first one, they have rereleased it with someone else reading it - find the one that Frank Muller reads - ) and he does a great job with the characters. I especially love how he does Eddie's voice. (As a side note to anyone that cares, Frank Muller won't be reading anymore books because of an accident he got in. I think it was very nice of Stephen King to dedicate book 5 to him. I could defenately belive that Muller heard the voices in King's head.) I am re-listening to the books again before I start on book 5 and as many before me have stated this is a great series, so to all that have yet to read (or listen to) the Dark Tower series...what are you waiting for? Good reading all.

Posted by Alex at March 4, 2004 08:38 PM

I HAVE NOT LONG FINISHED READING DT5.
SO I RE-READ FROM NUMBER ONE I AM NOW GETTING INTO NUMBER FOUR. I FOUND THE SERIES REALLY GOOD . EVEN MY TWO SON'S ARE ENJOYING THE BOOK'S THEY ARE AGED 17 & 13 SO THE SERIES HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO D6

Posted by PHIL at March 11, 2004 12:11 PM

I am one of the many who have typed "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" into some search engin "Altavista" looking for an copy of this mysterious pome written by Robert Browning and saw unoficial stephen king site and thought that id check it out. as it happnes to be i now have the 5th book open in my lap YET A NOUTHER STEPHEN KING FAN... neways. And iv been wonderin how in hell dose SK manage to encorperate 15 outher books in with this one series? even thoe i like the idea that he managed to use the superflu emptied world as one of the ones that the ka-tet visit. the priest form 'Salem's Lot is intresting as well.
I would also like to point out, to those who have read most of his outher books, Flag, or Walter or marten or whatever sk wants to call him in outher books, is a charicter who is repetive in his books and it makes me wonder about him, he seams to have an impact on this series as well and wants for Roland and the ka-tet to renounce the tower.... but whi?
i will leave u with this last thought of mine ~~cause i gotta get back to book 5~~ but i wowld like to let all outher sk fans out there who aer out of collage that there is a 16 year old teen runnin around who has read all of sk's books. i started in 6th grade acculy the teacher wanted a note from home sayin that i could read these books >>i think he was unstable

Posted by Spike Dragon at March 11, 2004 07:56 PM

I was introduced to the dark tower series by my boyfriend and am currently working on the fifth book. I've found the series to be much more realistic than my normal scifi/fantasy norm. (It's the first series I've ever read by SK) I think it's one of the best series of books ever done (at least so far) and I can't wait for the rest!!

Posted by Pinkie at March 30, 2004 12:25 AM

I am 13 years old and have already read DT1-5. The first book was a bit slow to follow, but things quickly spedup in DT2. Part 4 was basically just a flashback of when Roland first became a gunslinger. This book was crutial to understand some of the plotline. King has brought in characters from other books in DT5, and I believe he will put in more! As for King himself... I have learned that STEPHEN KING HIMSELF will be in the book! Not just in the end of DT5, but throughout the series! I am waiting to get to Walden Books to get #6, Song of Susannah, and I can only imagine what DT7 will be like in September, when it comes out!( The day is the 21st, KINGS BIRTHDAY!)Thats all I got, email me for info.

Posted by Chris Laz at June 15, 2004 05:15 PM

only 1/3 thru #6 and its already much better than wolves. i think wizard and glass is still the best of them so fsr

Posted by ziggy at June 21, 2004 03:24 AM

This morning i purchased DT6 Song of Susannah and i'm already halfway through! My eyes ache and i need to get some food but i cant put it down!

Posted by vikithecat at June 23, 2004 11:58 AM

Just finished DT5 Wolves... and thought it was the best one so far, (well maybe Wasteland.) The cliffhanger ending is driving me nuts and i know it wont be resolved quickly in DT6. To those of you who don't know there's a DARK TOWER SHORT STORY in a Stephen King collection called Everythings Eventual. The story is called The Little Sisters of Eluria, it takes place shortly before the Gunslinger but after Roland is on his own and following Walter. Its pretty good, go get it!

Posted by gumslinger at September 16, 2004 05:53 AM

Thats it its all over, and theres still so much we never found out. . . . I've been reading these books for the last 14 years (i got the gunslinger when i was 13) and now i can only back to the beginning and start over again. . .hmmmm who does that remind you of . . .

Posted by Vikithecat at December 6, 2004 03:26 PM

just finished reading the last dark tower book.didnt want to finish as i know its the last.amazing how kings mind works to put it all together.a modern day tolkien.anyone agree?

Posted by cally at January 4, 2005 03:15 AM

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Six Feet Under

Steven and I watched the season finale tonight of Six Feet Under and all I can say is that show is absolutely incredible. I don't want to give anything away for those who haven't seen it yet, so only read the rest of the post if you don't mind spoilers.

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24 Or Rather 48

I read yesterday that Fox is picking up the series 24 next season despite it being 89th in the ratings. I really like the show and have been on the edge of my seat watching it. I've even let two or three of them stay on the Tivo so I can remain in the show's frenetic pace and watch them back to back. Hell of a good show and it will be interesting to see the season finale after last week's bombshell of who the mole really is.

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The Truth Is Out There, But I Hope I Don't See It!

Steven and I attended a wedding reception today, so I missed the series finale of The X-Files. I think until I watch it, I will be avoiding blogs. A few weeks ago they killed The Lonegun Men off and I had the show ruined by several blogs that posted it on their sites. I cannot have the finale ruined. Must avoid blogs.

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Spider-Man - Now With Gang Action!

We went and saw Spider-Man on Saturday night and it was really good. I am a sucker for big summer flicks, and I really enjoyed it.

The one thing that I didn't enjoy was when about half way through the movie twenty or so people in the first two rows stood up and started shouting at each other. They moved to behind the hallway behind the seats and kept yelling at each other. Eventually they all wandered back in, but about five minutes later they did the same thing. I was really beginning to think that a brawl was going to break out. I don't know if someone came and kicked them out or they decided they didn't really want to see the movie, but they never came back. I think I'm going to call AMC and suggest that they start putting a security gaurd in each of the theaters. That way when something like this happens, there is some around.

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Forget Star Wars

Forget Star Wars. The movie that I can't wait to see this summer is Men In Black II. I loved the first one and saw it in the theater like five times. The second one looks like it will be just as good as the first one. Lara Flynn Boyle will kick ass as the bad guy (girl) and I love Tommy Lee Jones. Hurry up, July 3rd!

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A Tribute

I just read the most wonderful article about The X-Files and why it was such an amazing show.

I admit, I was very disappointed when Mulder left and didn't like the show for quite some time. It does appear that it's starting to get its legs back underneath it, but now it is ending. As much as I will miss The X-Files, though, I'm glad they choose to go out while the show was still good as opposed to dragging it along for a few more years.

I will miss you, Mulder, Scully, Skinner, Doggett, and Reyes. It's been a wonderful ride and I thank you for the wonderful memories.

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Stan Lee - The Book

After watching Stan Lee last night on The Screen Savers, I was so impressed by the man that I want his autobiography, Excelsior : The Amazing Life of Stan Lee. His life sounds so fascinating. Anyone read the book? Is it as good as it seems it would be?

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Now Where Did That Rambaldi Artifact Go?

Thanks to the wonderful Tivo, I just found out that Alias reruns on the Fox Family channel on Friday nights. I happened to check and see if Alias was going to be a rerun this weekend and noticed that last Sunday's episode that I missed is coming on tomorrow night. I really love the show, but with only a few episodes of The X-Files left, I Tivod The X-Files instead. Yeah for current shows that rerun during the week!

Note to ABC: Give me a way to skip that flash intro already! I've sat through it twice now.

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TechTV Layoffs

Oh dear! It seems TechTV, that glorious Geek cable channel that I have never seen since I don't have cable, is shuffling programming and letting 50 people go.

I hope that doesn't have any impact on our good pal Chris!

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A New Flavored Coke

I am a huge Cherry Coke fan, so I'm kind of excited that Coca-Cola announced today that it will be shipping Vanilla Coke starting next month. All my life I've heard that vanilla coke is to die for, but I've never tried it. I'm not sure if it will taste good, but I love vanilla vodka, so I'll give this a shot. (There's a lame joke there. I love lame jokes.)

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Once and Again No Longer

I just watched the finale of Once and Again and it was incredible, just like all the episodes before it. I am so sad to see this amazing piece of television get cancelled. This show made you believe that these people were real. I keep hoping that maybe the new Oxygen Network or that Lifetime will pick it up. Does anyone know what sacrifices the tv gods like best? I am going to be so heartbroken with this show ending and The X-Files ending as well, though in the case The X-Files I believe it's time to let that one go. If you're so inclined, cross your fingers and hope that Once and Again comes back.

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Don't Panic!

The girls (Jeanna and Trish) and I went to the movie Friday night. For some strange reason, the AMC website wasn't showing correct movies and times, so we were able to see our first movie choice after all - Panic Room. Let me tell you, that movie rocked! It was incredibly suspensful, well-acted, well-directed, and just plain excellent. As I was watching the movie, I kept thinking, "Damn! That looks just like Fight Club." Found out later it was directed by the same guy, so I'm not surprised it was as good as it turned out to be. Looking for something to watch? Go see this film. Well worth it.

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Everything's Eventual

Stephen King's got a new book coming out the day after my birthday. It's a collection of fourteen short stories entitled Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales. While I'm really excited that he's got a new collection coming out (I absolutely LOVE his short stories!), I'm kind of annoyed. Out of the fourteen stories, I've read (or heard) thirteen of them. I'm one of those King freaks that hears he has a short story in The New Yorker or some other magazine and has to get a copy. It's disappointing that by being an avid fan and searching out these hard-to-find stories that I have no new King to look forward to until later in the year when he releases From a Buick 8. I guess it'll be good to get them all collected in one place, but I was looking forward to reading stories that were NEW to me and only one of these fits the bill. *pout*

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The Red Tent

I finished reading The Red Tent by Anita Diamant yesterday. It was an amazing book. It was so fascinating to read about women and what their lives were like during biblical times. The book itself is a fictionalization of what may have happened to Dinah, the only daughter of Jacob. I'm not religious at all, but the book had absolutely nothing to do with The Bible, but rather with the relationships between women. Since I didn't know the story of Dinah, I was surprised by many of the things that happened, probably making me enjoy the story that much more.

I have always thought that to be a woman is a wonderful, mysterious thing. This book captures all of the words that I wish I could say, but don't have the skill to. It does make me wish I knew my own female relatives more. Unfortunately, both of my grandmothers are dead. Perhaps this will inspire me to learn what my mother was like before she became Mom.

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50 Greatest Movie Moments

I found the 50 Greatest Movie Moments from TV Guide today and it was so wonderful to find movies on here that I hadn't seen in a while. Some of them, like Singin' in the Rain, bring tears to my eyes just thinking about them. I think the D-Day scene from Saving Private Ryan was an excellent choice for number one. I had no idea what D-Day was really like and watching it with Steven and him explaining to me why it had to be that beach and how, despite the grim loss of life, it was an amazing victory for the Allies really brought home what WWII must have been like. Great list.

(Link courtesy of Sparrow)

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What Did She Say?

Steven and I watched the season premiere of Six Feet Under last night. Unfortunately, we got the pixelation you sometimes get with digital cable and I missed what Rico's cousin said to him at the funeral home. They were arguing about her picking up the $600 that was left on the tab of the funeral and she said to him, "I just gave your wife $500 for d...." She gave her $500 for what? Diapers (my first guess)? Drugs (my second guess)? Donkeys (just making things up at this point)? Did anyone see it? Can you please tell me what she said? Thanks!

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The Count of Monte Cristo

Last night we went out to dinner with Steven's brother Alex at Chinese Cafe (excellent Chinese food) and afterwards decided to see a movie. We went to TheCount of Monte Cristo, and let me tell you, it was incredible. It was everything a movie should be - characters you care about, beautifully shot locations, excellent dialouge, and an amazing plot. Sadly, I have never read any Dumas (I believe I started The Three Muskateers in middle school, but I don't think I finished it), but this movie makes me want to rush out and get the book. It was one of the better movies I've seen in a long time and I highly recommend it if you're looking for something to see on a Saturday night.

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Your Whole Life Is Leading Up To This.

In case you didn't know, the second season of Six Feet Under starts this Sunday. If you haven't seen it, HBO's been rerunning the first season and you can probably catch most of the shows before the new season starts. It is absolutely the most incredible show on television and I was thrilled when it won two Golden Globes, including best television drama. It's written by the Alan Ball, who also wrote the screenplay for American Beauty. The show itself is about a family that runs a mortuary, but that's like saying American Beauty was about an American family. I had watched the first three or four episodes without Steven when one of his co-workers raved about the show to him. He caught them in reruns with me and became instantly hooked. I was so glad he liked it. Meant I didn't have to dump him. ;-) Anyway, catch the show if you have HBO. You'll be glad you did.

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Monty Python - Lego!

Since the moose post below has spawned Monty Python posts galore, I thought I'd share the funniest Quest for the Holy Grail link I've ever found. Watch the Camelot scene done entirely in Legos! The first time I saw this I was at work (working hard, obviously) and I started laughing out loud. Oops! Good thing it's a relaxed environment. :-)

(My favorite part of that whole sequence is the part where the prisoner in the dungeon is clapping in time with the music. That part always makes me lose it!)

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Walkin' in Memphis

I'm listening to my mp3s on shuffle and Marc Cohn's version of "Walkin' in Memphis" came on. Does anyone remember The X-Files episode called "Postmodern Prometheus" that was done in black and white? I love it at the end when everyone goes to see Cher in concert and she's singing "Walkin' in Memphis" and Mulder and Scully dance together. That has got to be one of my favorite episodes. I'll be sad to see The X-Files ending this season, but I've been so unhappy with the show ever since David Duchovny left. At least I've got the first four seasons on DVD.

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LOL, I totally forgot about that episode! It was so funny, I wish I could see it again.

Well, the good news about the XF is that it is ending this year, and even mo' bettah is David is returning for the 2 hour finale (as well as directing an upcoming ep or two).

Now that CC will have some time on his hands,maybe we can finally look forward to a good XF movie.

Posted by Promo at February 22, 2002 10:29 PM

Who was the original singer of "walkin in Memphis"? ive been trying to figure that out

Posted by Marie at June 28, 2003 10:06 AM

As far as I can tell it is Cher then Marc Cohn and Lonestar have made newer versions of the song.

Posted by Ryan at July 15, 2003 12:38 AM

I believe the original singer fo Walkin in Memphis was Johnny Rongo from Youngstown, Ohio

Posted by Ron Gallite at July 18, 2003 08:31 PM

The original singer/songwriter is Marc Cohn, it was relased on his self-titled album.

Posted by Lane at September 6, 2003 11:24 PM

I remember a single version back around 1990-91 (?) that got some radio air play on the stations around Wheeling WV. It was not the version off of Carl Cohns album. The DJs in Wheeling claimed the record was performed by a local guy from the Wheeling/Elm Grove West Virginia area. Ed

Posted by Ed at October 6, 2003 01:28 PM

Its all about the Happy Hardcore version on VGT #2..

"Put on my dancin shoes and I set out again.."

"Everybody was happy, ecstacy shinin down on me. Yeah, I got a first class ticket, I felt as good as anyone could feel.."

with the chorus "I'M RAVIN, I'M RAVIN!"

Posted by Dj Pepse at November 4, 2003 01:25 PM

Marc Cohn wrote 'Walking in Memphis' about his trip to Tennessee in the late Eighties. It's a tale of musical salvation in which Marc grows disillusioned about music after a visit to Graceland, but is revitalised by a chance visit to the Hollywood Cafe in Robinsville whereupon he sings with an African-American Gospel singer by the name of Muriel, hence the line "Muriel plays piano every Friday at the Hollywood". The only contribuation Cher made to the song was to completely ruin it!
for more info on Marc visit www.marccohn.org. Cheers

Posted by Hog at December 22, 2004 09:22 AM

Marc Cohn came before Cher, not sure if he's the original singer or not

Posted by livelife2themax at March 20, 2005 07:38 PM

Could anyone please tell me who first sang Walking in Mepmhis? If anyone knows pls msg me
Thanks!

Posted by bip at June 18, 2005 05:25 PM

I saw the episode of X-Files last night on late night tv where Cher sings at the end. I really like that episode, too; as I had seen it before. It did stir my curiosity once more about who originally performed/wrote "Walking in Memphis". I was almost certain it wasn't Cher (although I like her vision, and I am no fan of hers). I guess it was Marc Cohn, as I haven't found anything to the contrary. I just started watching X-files routinely in reruns. As I haven't seen many, it can be hard to follow!

Posted by angie at February 23, 2006 11:11 PM

marc cohn was the original singer of walkin' in memphis...

Posted by musicgal at April 9, 2006 07:53 AM

MARK COHN IS THE ORIGINAL!

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Rose Red

I finally finished Stephen King's Rose Red last night after it sitting on the Tivo for a week or so. I thought it started off pretty good, but by the last hour I was pretty bored and annoyed at the idiots that kept wandering off on their own ("I saw some iced tea in the kitchen. I'm going to go get a glass by myself. The Lord is always with me, I'll be fine." Uh huh. Right). Personally, I think if you're stupid enough to ever go anywhere in a haunted house by yourself, you deserve to die. It also bugged me that everyone was in seperate bedrooms. Did you people ever see a horror movie or read a book? Like I said, it started out kind of interesting, but by the end I was ready for it to be over. I so would have been Emery, the guy who kept advocating that the knock out the autistic girl who was keeping them locked in the house. If you find out who or what's keeping you in, you've got to take it out. Doesn't matter if it's a teenager or an old person, knock them out and run. Nancy Travis did a decent job, but by the third part was the typical, obsessed maniac. It wasn't terrible, but it could have been so much better. The Shining that ran on ABC back in 1999 was incredible, shame this wasn't as good.

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Superbowl Ads

I didn't watch the Superbowl, but the ads generally are pretty good (remember the cat herder ad from a couple of years ago?). USA Today has a page where you can watch all of them. I'll have to go back later and see if any live up to the cat herder one (my personal all-time favorite).

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Finally! Cool Exotic Fish!

Two nights ago we watched the Blue Planet - Seas of Life show, the one with the commercial that made me think, "Cool! Exotic fish!" and start Tivoing the series. It was absolutely incredible. I was completely amazed by the fish and other creatures that live thousands of feet below. Did you know that there are sharks 3,000 feet down? I didn't! I knew about some of the creatures (hatchet fish and angler fish, for example), but to see them in their habitat was something else entirely. As they kept saying, some of the creatures had never been seen before ever and the few that had had never been filmed. Check out screenshots from the show and then try and watch it yourself. For those with Tivo, this is the episode entitled "The Deep." It looks like they are replaying all four episodes back to back on February 10th and there are several more showings of each between then, so be sure and check it out!

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