Did you catch Bill Moyers interview with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright? What an incredible speaker. The portions of his post-9/11 sermon they showed made me cry.
Last Saturday I nearly went blind when my mother-in-law showed up at the ultra-hip McMenamins golf course in orange warm ups, a Hawaiian shirt, and hiking boots. “You look like Ali G”, I said, averting my eyes from the glare. “Who’s Ali G?” she says. Oh. Your. God!
Are you watching this PBS doco on the USS Nimitz? It’s an aircraft carrier with 5,200 crew members stuck out at sea together for months. It’s like a floating city! It must be the convergence of the Navy brat and psych major in me, but I am hooked. Watch the opening of episode one below. [...]
Yippee, pre-ordering on the new Futurama movie is finally available! I’ve had that alert for, like, months. Order it, dammit!
Lucky bastards at the New York City Comic-Con got to see a sneak peak of Venture Bros. Season 3.
If you need to kill time in two-minute increments, check out Trailers from Hell, a repository of previews for classic horror and exploitation movies, with commentary by filmmakers like Allison Anders, John Landis, Joe Dante, and Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright. And yes, Matt, they have your beloved Beast of Yucca Flats. “The only interesting [...]
* History of the Texas polygamy compound. * The raid on the compound might have been based on a hoax call from Colorado. * And the caller might have been inspired by an Oprah episode! * Canada has polygamists, too? * Far out– New York now requires calories on menus. * Future lost cities include [...]
Dig this cat kicking it to Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band’s “Electricity”. He’s made of rubber or something.
Kitty learns to play the theremin. Kitty will be touring with Captain Beefheart this summer.
Hats off to Carl for sending in this bizarre Charlie Rose interview on technology. Charlie’s guest? Charlie. Kaufman-licious!