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Monday, November 8, 2010
I found my old blog and it's AWESOME.
Oh man. I found my old blog, the last post was 2006 in June or somewhere there abouts. I don't know why I lost touch with the blog exactly, but after reading it a lot tonight I decided I'll post it on here.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Lonestar, Greg Giraldo, and the Like.
To be honest I watch more television than I probably should. I get pissed when my DVR doesn't record something and I probably shouldn't. I watch stupid shows that I probably shouldn't waste my time with and get annoyed when they get canceled. I should say, that I used to get annoyed. Lately, I don't get annoyed with the cancellations of television shows, because it's honestly nothing I can help. I remember calling FOX, yelling at them about canceling "John Doe" and now looking back at that I can't help but realize how absolutely fucking pathetic that was.
I was ill informed back then about television. Like anything else, TV is a fucking business and if people aren't watching then people aren't buying the shit that are in the ads that play during your TV show. "Lonestar" is the first casualty of the 2010 Fall TV schedule. "Lonestar" is a show about a Con man, who has two wives in the same state. It stars a fairly newcomer in James Wolk, who if you do a double take, looks exactly like Kyle Chandler's offspring. Actually, so much so that he could be Chandler's son. The show - which was delicately explained in this article - was adored by critics and shit on by audiences. Critics loved the shit out of this show, because unlike everything else coming out this season it was unique. It wasn't that it was the greatest show to ever grace television, it was just that it was a unique concept. Unfortunately, unique doesn't necessarily garner ratings in the TV-biz, so therefore "Lonestar" bit it. Shit happens.
I remember becoming infuriated when "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" - the first show from Aaron Sorkin since "West Wing" - and feeling robbed of an opportunity to watch a great, well-written show. I also remember refusing to watch "30 Rock" because of it and now that I've seen "30 Rock" (completely caught up) and I love that show as much as I loved "Studio 60." It's absolutely a crap shoot as to what show is going to stick and which one isn't. It's like throwing shit at a wall in all actuality. So, when I made the presumption that "Lonestar" would be canned after 3 episodes, I wasn't kidding. I literally thought the show as going to be canned after 3 episodes. I did not look at ratings or at reviews or anything like that, I just know that good shows get canceled. Good shows, such as "Lonestar" which can only be described as "too smart for it's own good" get canned, because people just don't get the allure. The show was exceptionally acted and completely different than anything else on TV and that was the problem. I've come to terms with the fact that we live in a world where cop shows (ie: "Law and Order" "CSI" even the new "Hawaii Five-O") are what people want to watch. Cop shows and 30 minute comedies that you don't have to think about.
If it's not a cop show and it's on the big three (ABC, CBS, NBC) it's either Science Fiction or a cop show. If you watch FX or HBO or Showtime then you're in luck if you want to watch something different. FX started the whole thing with "The Shield" on Cable television and now they have "Sons of Anarchy" and some of the best 30 minute shows on TV. I digress though, because the point of this - if there is a point - is that TV sucks. Plain and simple. Movies are superior and much easier to love.
Anyway....
Greg Giraldo died. It's a very, very sad day for comedy, because this guy was one of the funniest fucking guys on the planet. He was blunt, honest, and a complete asshole and since he wasn't on a mainstream TV show, no one knows who he was. He did the majority of the Comedy Central Roasts (that I watched at least) and it's very sad that he's gone.
I was ill informed back then about television. Like anything else, TV is a fucking business and if people aren't watching then people aren't buying the shit that are in the ads that play during your TV show. "Lonestar" is the first casualty of the 2010 Fall TV schedule. "Lonestar" is a show about a Con man, who has two wives in the same state. It stars a fairly newcomer in James Wolk, who if you do a double take, looks exactly like Kyle Chandler's offspring. Actually, so much so that he could be Chandler's son. The show - which was delicately explained in this article - was adored by critics and shit on by audiences. Critics loved the shit out of this show, because unlike everything else coming out this season it was unique. It wasn't that it was the greatest show to ever grace television, it was just that it was a unique concept. Unfortunately, unique doesn't necessarily garner ratings in the TV-biz, so therefore "Lonestar" bit it. Shit happens.
I remember becoming infuriated when "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" - the first show from Aaron Sorkin since "West Wing" - and feeling robbed of an opportunity to watch a great, well-written show. I also remember refusing to watch "30 Rock" because of it and now that I've seen "30 Rock" (completely caught up) and I love that show as much as I loved "Studio 60." It's absolutely a crap shoot as to what show is going to stick and which one isn't. It's like throwing shit at a wall in all actuality. So, when I made the presumption that "Lonestar" would be canned after 3 episodes, I wasn't kidding. I literally thought the show as going to be canned after 3 episodes. I did not look at ratings or at reviews or anything like that, I just know that good shows get canceled. Good shows, such as "Lonestar" which can only be described as "too smart for it's own good" get canned, because people just don't get the allure. The show was exceptionally acted and completely different than anything else on TV and that was the problem. I've come to terms with the fact that we live in a world where cop shows (ie: "Law and Order" "CSI" even the new "Hawaii Five-O") are what people want to watch. Cop shows and 30 minute comedies that you don't have to think about.
If it's not a cop show and it's on the big three (ABC, CBS, NBC) it's either Science Fiction or a cop show. If you watch FX or HBO or Showtime then you're in luck if you want to watch something different. FX started the whole thing with "The Shield" on Cable television and now they have "Sons of Anarchy" and some of the best 30 minute shows on TV. I digress though, because the point of this - if there is a point - is that TV sucks. Plain and simple. Movies are superior and much easier to love.
Anyway....
Greg Giraldo died. It's a very, very sad day for comedy, because this guy was one of the funniest fucking guys on the planet. He was blunt, honest, and a complete asshole and since he wasn't on a mainstream TV show, no one knows who he was. He did the majority of the Comedy Central Roasts (that I watched at least) and it's very sad that he's gone.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Hardknocks: Drinking with Dan-O who now smokes...
Holy shit, it's been months and years since I've posted on this blog and for good reason I suppose (not really). I've been a lazy bastard for the last probably two years, but I am going to post on this more, I promise. I post on Twitter and Facebook and that's just easy shit. That's me saying shit like "My dog scratched me in the face and now I look like a Bond villain" (fuck it is spelled villain, damn it).
Twitter and the like make people lazy as hell, and that's a problem for a lot of people unless you're like Kevin Smith (@ThatKevinSmith) who posts four thousand times a day or Kanye West (@kanyewest) who's tweets are so irreverent that it's almost painful to read them sometimes. Twitter and Facebook are making life so impersonal that it's almost as if News and Blogs are soon to be non-existent. I am just as bad as everyone else though - a fucking JETS fan to boot - and a twitteraholic (that will be a word, just you wait) and a constant facebook updater, but I must stop for my own good. My own mortality (and mental stability) depend on this.
Anyway, to the point here, my brother Dan-O came to visit on Monday for my Mother's birthday...and I spent 3 days drinking 37 beers with him in the span of what I can only guess was 18 hours, because we didn't drink all day or anything like that, we just drank at night and at the bar, and wherever we could sneak it in. The fact of the matter is that I haven't drank two days in a row in a while and my liver (who is now breathing sighs of relief) was cringing on Wednesday night when we drank the remaining 18 pack of beer that was left.
More pressing matters though would be the fact that my brother fucking smokes now, because of his girlfriend or his friend Jimmy or even my parents, I don't know. I don't smoke. I've lived by the motto love the lungs hate the liver, but lets be honest, I don't hate my liver. It's working a little overtime right now, but overall I treat it pretty well. My brother smokes Camel Lights. Joe Camel has suckered my brother into smoking cigerrettes...that Penis-Faced Mother fucker.
Either way, he's probably going to die before me now which is going to be rough despite the fact that I weigh a good 140 pounds more than he does. Smoking is a funny fucking thing, because I've tried it and I don't like it. I think it's a rite of passage that you have to try smoking a cigarette or something, but I'm glad that shit didn't stick, two of my best friends smoke. I won't smoke cigarette's - even drunk - I would smoke the weed, because at least you get something out of that - fuck, if I'm going crave something, it's going to be corn dogs, or fucking pickles, or cheese. Fuck cigarettes.
The Hard Knocks title was mainly because I watched all of Hardknocks: Training camp with the NY Jets, because I'm a die-hard fan and I never really discussed it.
Prediction: NY Jets vs. Green Bay Packers in the Superbowl. Jets taking it 24-14.
Before I go, I am getting REALLY fucking sick of the spam comments. If you're a spam commenter you're getting labeled as such you wastes of fucking space. I'm tired of getting the emails at 3 in the morning saying that "Anonymous" has posted "DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR PENIS LARGER? CLICK HERE!"
Fuck you, you fucking losers.
Twitter and the like make people lazy as hell, and that's a problem for a lot of people unless you're like Kevin Smith (@ThatKevinSmith) who posts four thousand times a day or Kanye West (@kanyewest) who's tweets are so irreverent that it's almost painful to read them sometimes. Twitter and Facebook are making life so impersonal that it's almost as if News and Blogs are soon to be non-existent. I am just as bad as everyone else though - a fucking JETS fan to boot - and a twitteraholic (that will be a word, just you wait) and a constant facebook updater, but I must stop for my own good. My own mortality (and mental stability) depend on this.
Anyway, to the point here, my brother Dan-O came to visit on Monday for my Mother's birthday...and I spent 3 days drinking 37 beers with him in the span of what I can only guess was 18 hours, because we didn't drink all day or anything like that, we just drank at night and at the bar, and wherever we could sneak it in. The fact of the matter is that I haven't drank two days in a row in a while and my liver (who is now breathing sighs of relief) was cringing on Wednesday night when we drank the remaining 18 pack of beer that was left.
More pressing matters though would be the fact that my brother fucking smokes now, because of his girlfriend or his friend Jimmy or even my parents, I don't know. I don't smoke. I've lived by the motto love the lungs hate the liver, but lets be honest, I don't hate my liver. It's working a little overtime right now, but overall I treat it pretty well. My brother smokes Camel Lights. Joe Camel has suckered my brother into smoking cigerrettes...that Penis-Faced Mother fucker.
Either way, he's probably going to die before me now which is going to be rough despite the fact that I weigh a good 140 pounds more than he does. Smoking is a funny fucking thing, because I've tried it and I don't like it. I think it's a rite of passage that you have to try smoking a cigarette or something, but I'm glad that shit didn't stick, two of my best friends smoke. I won't smoke cigarette's - even drunk - I would smoke the weed, because at least you get something out of that - fuck, if I'm going crave something, it's going to be corn dogs, or fucking pickles, or cheese. Fuck cigarettes.
The Hard Knocks title was mainly because I watched all of Hardknocks: Training camp with the NY Jets, because I'm a die-hard fan and I never really discussed it.
Prediction: NY Jets vs. Green Bay Packers in the Superbowl. Jets taking it 24-14.
Before I go, I am getting REALLY fucking sick of the spam comments. If you're a spam commenter you're getting labeled as such you wastes of fucking space. I'm tired of getting the emails at 3 in the morning saying that "Anonymous" has posted "DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR PENIS LARGER? CLICK HERE!"
Fuck you, you fucking losers.
Monday, July 5, 2010
Adam Brody joins Scream 4
Adam Brody (The OC) has been cast in the upcoming Scream 4 as a cop who was raised watching CSI. Marley Shelton joins the cast in recently vacated role as a Sheriff's deputy (Lake Bell dropped out).
...Another Scream movie huh? I liked Scream and Scream 3, but didn't really care for the second. A fourth movie will hopefully be the last, as Neve Campbell is coming back to reprise her role of Sidney.
The guy who does the voice of Ghostface is also returning. Couldn't tell you what the movie is about yet, though.
...Another Scream movie huh? I liked Scream and Scream 3, but didn't really care for the second. A fourth movie will hopefully be the last, as Neve Campbell is coming back to reprise her role of Sidney.
The guy who does the voice of Ghostface is also returning. Couldn't tell you what the movie is about yet, though.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Green Hornet trailer debuts...
The Green Lantern trailer debuted today (I guess) and it was supposed to debut on the "Jimmy Kimmel Show," but due to power outages (or something), it did not. So, for your viewing pleasure you can watch it on your own computer, in the privacy of your own home, like you could've done on your TV....
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808411967/video/20456959
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808411967/video/20456959
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
I'm not going to lie...
I am probably going to say ....WOW! I'm back, but I'm not. I'm just so bored right now that I have to post something on here. I'm moving in like 18 days, to Cape Coral, Florida. I'm also very interested in starting a pod cast, but fuck if I know what to talk about for an hour.
However, we've done the radio thing constantly before, so who knows.
However, we've done the radio thing constantly before, so who knows.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Braves ...making moves...
Well it looks like the Braves are actually willing to make moves to further along the team. Whether it just be to make us look younger or what-have-you, it's kind-of working.
The trade: Javy Vazquez (+ surely hittable Boone Logan) for Melky Cabrera (also Mike Dunn, and another highly touted reliever #3 in the Yankee Farm System perhaps). The trade definitely raised some eyebrows as the Braves were seriously trying to trade Derek Lowe up until this trade went down. The problem being; Lowe's Salary. So, factor into the equation that Vazquez was not likely to duplicate his numbers from 2009...he'd be awesome trade bait. Now, Cabrera in this deal isn't the main reason this deal went down. The Braves love pitching. Pitching, Pitching, Pitching. I wish they would love hitting, but they love pitching, so this farm-guy Arodys Viscaino is supposedly the #3 prospect in the Yankee farm system according to Baseball America, so...we'll take him I guess.
The signing: Fuck Adam LaRoche I guess...because the Braves went out and signed Troy Glaus to a deal to play First Base. Glaus barely played last year for the Cards (he came over in the Rolen deal) and this deal kind of baffles me, BUT...if Glaus can manufacture numbers like he did a few years ago, and stay healthy, it might not be all bad. (the Raul Mondesi deal is really poking the back of my mind right now).
The rumors: The rumors are swirling mainly because the Braves are still willing to trade people and sign people. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the Braves have between $7 and $9 million dollars to spend. This could be a quick and easy bat. Jermaine Dye is out there. Dye is a free agent because the White Sox bought out his $950,000 option...the Braves could use a Bat like his...a promising 40+ HR hitter a few years ago, still hitting 30 HR a season, he could say for $6-7 million, but it seems like the Braves have some ideas to work on. Who knows.
The trade: Javy Vazquez (+ surely hittable Boone Logan) for Melky Cabrera (also Mike Dunn, and another highly touted reliever #3 in the Yankee Farm System perhaps). The trade definitely raised some eyebrows as the Braves were seriously trying to trade Derek Lowe up until this trade went down. The problem being; Lowe's Salary. So, factor into the equation that Vazquez was not likely to duplicate his numbers from 2009...he'd be awesome trade bait. Now, Cabrera in this deal isn't the main reason this deal went down. The Braves love pitching. Pitching, Pitching, Pitching. I wish they would love hitting, but they love pitching, so this farm-guy Arodys Viscaino is supposedly the #3 prospect in the Yankee farm system according to Baseball America, so...we'll take him I guess.
The signing: Fuck Adam LaRoche I guess...because the Braves went out and signed Troy Glaus to a deal to play First Base. Glaus barely played last year for the Cards (he came over in the Rolen deal) and this deal kind of baffles me, BUT...if Glaus can manufacture numbers like he did a few years ago, and stay healthy, it might not be all bad. (the Raul Mondesi deal is really poking the back of my mind right now).
The rumors: The rumors are swirling mainly because the Braves are still willing to trade people and sign people. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the Braves have between $7 and $9 million dollars to spend. This could be a quick and easy bat. Jermaine Dye is out there. Dye is a free agent because the White Sox bought out his $950,000 option...the Braves could use a Bat like his...a promising 40+ HR hitter a few years ago, still hitting 30 HR a season, he could say for $6-7 million, but it seems like the Braves have some ideas to work on. Who knows.
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