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No, I’m not trying to be dramatic. As I mentioned a few days ago, I’ve been suffering campaign fatigue. I am happy that this thing is effectively over. I’d love to be optimistic and think that there was a realistic chance in Ohio, but I have a feeling that before the end of the dayContinue reading “YES, I’M UPSET, SAD AND DEPRESSED; THROW IN SOME SHOCKED … AND EVEN A LITTLE SCARED”

Day zero! In the closest thing you could ever find to a Daily Show endorsement for Kerry, after telling people to make sure they participate in our democracy and vote today, although he didn’t name names, Jon Stewart gave as good a reason as any for voting our current president out of office: On aContinue reading ““BE READY TO WASTE A DAY FOR DEMOCRACY””

Two years ago before he was even a glimmer in an HBO audience’s eye, Sacha Baron Cohen’s Da Ali G Show starred in his own movie. Ali G Indahouse opened in England but was never able to secure distribution here in the states. Now, it will debut on DVD tomorrow, because what other film couldContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: JUST IN TIME FOR DEE ELECTION”

A couple weeks ago I was pissed as hell at Tucker Carlson. I mentioned how I had always retained a bit of respect for Carlson, even though I disagreed with him on most issues, but had lost much of it because of his inability to even listen to John Stewart’s criticisms of the news media,Continue reading “CARLSON UP, GIULIANI DOWN”

Oy, I just used that “royal we,” and I know I am nowhere near the blogger to pull that off. It must take a lot out of the ones who do it well, even brilliantly, since it seems to sometimes kill them off. Nevertheless … I know there are at least two of you whoContinue reading “WE DO PLAN ON POSTING WITH MORE CONSISTENCY IN THE NEAR FUTURE”

I mentioned this the other day, but I’m tired. Tired of the whole damn thing. I can’t wait for Tuesday to get here. I’ll go to my little elementary school polling place, walk right by the bake sale the parents always seem to hold on election day, try to remember my precinct number, wait foreverContinue reading “FOUR DAYS UNTIL THE BIG ONE: HERE’S SOME HOMEWORK”

In case there’s anyone out there who still hasn’t seen the new video for Eminem’s song “Mosh,” you should definitely check it out. Even leaving aside the quality of the song, this is an absolutely remarkable video. Yes, it is in many ways a campaign commercial, but more importantly it’s a get-out-the-vote commercial. While itContinue reading “IT’S NOT EXACTLY THE “I-FEEL-LIKE-I’M-FIXIN’-TO-DIE-RAG,” BUT THIS ISN’T THE ’60S EITHER”

Did Willard Scott send his Smuckers birthday greetings to the NYC Subway? I wasn’t watching Today this morning, but he should have. The subways turned 100, and I’m sure it likes strawberry jelly as much as the next elderly person. As someone who lived in Los Angeles for eight years, four of them (gasp) withoutContinue reading “HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY MTA!!”

Back at the beginning of September, I wrote a post about IFC and Sundance Channel, praising them for cultivating their individual, and differing, personalities while both servicing the indie film audience. My premise was that while both channels showed any number of independent cinema both foreign and domestic, Sundance has become more real-world driven withContinue reading “THERE GOES THAT THEORY (FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!)”

I’m a huge fan of Errol Morris, and his last film The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara was in my opinion the third best film of 2003 while in other ways being by far the most important. Well today, Ben Chappel posted a long discussion with Morris overContinue reading ““I’M AN OBSESSIONAL CHARACTER TO BEGIN WITH …” — ME TOO, ERROL. MAYBE NOT QUITE LIKE YOU, BUT ME TOO!”