Facing Ali
From Apple’s trailer page…A new documentary about Muhammad Ali’s opponets. This looks great. Click the poster for the trailer.
Mine has too many cheerriies in it!
This has been a work phenomenon for some time now, and I thought I’d share it.
Shawn doesn’t care about Orlando Bloom
Full Frame ended last Sunday. For most of the documentary film goers it ended with a late night re-screening of an award winning doc. For my self and Corey, it ended a bit differently…
Rewind to the day before. Corey, Kenneth and my self were heading to the corner sandwich shop and Kenneth got pulled away by a friend. Corey and I went on to eat. When Kenneth showed up he told us a story. Kenneth and friend were sitting in the hotel lobby when a man walks in with a dog. With surprise Kenneth said “What?” and his friend replied “Yeah, I know what’s with the dog??” “No, that is Orlando Bloom!” Kenneth corrected. After telling us this story I realized that same morning I was rushing to the box office because I didn’t want to miss out on films I wanted to see. As I came up the stairs, there was a dog tied to the railing. It was Orlando Bloom and his black lab…I walked right by.
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A mobile test!
If you’re reading this it means I can indeed blog via text message. Yes, Patty can haunt PSAA from anywhere.
A shortlist of politicians/political commentators who can go fuck themselves
You know, it’s really weird being on the other side of this particular fence, now that I think about it. The tides have turned – now I am frustrated with other people for not supporting the president, instead of the other way around. Say what you will about me drinking the Barack Kool-Aid, but I love the guy, and it infuriates me to read shit like this, where the former Vice President says we’re all gonna die because of Obama’s policies. Just because I vote Democrat does not mean by any stretch of the imagination that I think we should be soft little pussies on terrorism. It’s a very real threat. I just think it should be handled a little differently than the past administration. So with that little rant out of the way, here’s a shortlist in no particular order of people who, because they insist that Obama is a wimp who will get us all killed, can go fuck themselves:
- Dick Cheney
- Newt Gingrich
- Bill O’Reilly
- Glenn Beck (Really, Glenn Beck? Waterworks?)
- Sean Hannity
- Anyone employed by Fox News
- Dick Cheney
You may notice a pattern here with these political commentators. Most of them fall under #6 in some form or fashion. Really though, as fucking frustrating as Fox News is to me, I take solace in knowing that they’re the only major news outlet that’s so full of abrasive pricks. If they would just go ahead and drop the “fair and balanced” bullshit and own up to being one-sided, I probably wouldn’t even think twice about them.
Edit: I would like you to note the intentional absence of George W. Bush from this list. While he can go fuck himself for other reasons, I respect the fact that he’s going to refrain from public opinion on current policy.
The Hookup: Amon Tobin
If you find yourself in a very trip-hoppy/electronica kind of place as I frequently do, this album is a must. Amon Tobin’s Bricolage has some pretty cool ethereal beats to it, and incorporates elements of jazz, trip-hop, drum ‘n bass and general electronica. Some might argue that it’s better for background noise. That may be true but I still like it. Occasionally some tracks feel a little repetetive, but other than that it’s a solid electronica album and good for relaxing.
Here is the track “Easy Muffin” off this album (I don’t know why the title isn’t showing up in the player today).
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Edit: I just realized, the download that I posted contains the album in iTunes AAC (.m4a) format (at 128kbps, btdubs.) This isn’t a “problem” per se; it just means you can only listen to it in iTunes/on your iPod or whatever inferior media player can handle the format. If I get around to it I’ll convert them to MP3 and re-post, but if not – well, it’s 2009, and you still using Windows Media Player is just plain retarded on your part.
FULL FRAME: Friday iPhone update
Friday, day two of Full Frame. I’m kind of upset at how they did tickets this year. Seems they didn’t set aside tickets for passholders, and allowed online single tickets. This made for films selling out staight away leaving nothing for passholders. So I won’t be seeing “Bitch Academy”, piss.
Anyrate, I’m in line waiting to see “The Kinda Sutra” and “St. Misbehavin’: Wavy Gravy”
I was telling Kenneth last night how great it is that this years festival isn’t festuin (no spell check on iPhone) with preachy films about the Iraq war or Katrina or W. It’s nice to have space for films about ineresting people and wonderful stories.
Case and point is the film I saw this morning about a film maker in India who makes a Indian Superman. Ruddy brilliant!
Seems the line is moving. Check back later. Cheers.
FULL FRAME: Mad Men the Movie (”Art & Copy”)
Over the last few years I’ve become more and more interested in advertising and marketing. Last year a friend of mine got me hooked on AMCs “Mad Men” a show about the golden age of advertising produced by the same guy who did the Sopranos. Fast forward to Full Frame 2009, and the film called “Art & Copy”
This film tells the stories behind the stories with real life Don Drapers, “Art & Copy” pulls the curtain back on such ads as Apple’s “1984″ and Nike’s “Just Do It.”
With characters such as George Lois there is never a dull moment. Lois is responsible for the sky rocket of Tommy Hilfiger and the original MTV campaign. Hal Riney’s 1984 Presidential ad told of a morning in America, and helped elect Ronald Regan. Following his cutting edge proclivity, Riney’s company has an amazing website that you can control with your web cam.
“Art & Copy” lets you on top Mount Olympus to see the Gods at work. If you have ever wondered what manner of genius creates the iconic adverts of pop culture or loved last years “Helvetica” or watch Mad Men, then”Art & Copy” is perfect.
FULL FRAME: Opening Night
The openning night film “Sons of Cuba” is about to begin. Check back for a post about one of what is now a fest fav “Art & Copy”
