BartCop Entertainment Archives - Monday, 22 November, 2004
Monday
22 November, 2004
(Updated Daily)
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'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Baron Dave Romm
Wally Pleasant
By Baron Dave Romm
Wally Pleasant
Louden Wainwright III collides with Weird
Al Yankovic
I confess I'm a couple of Wally Pleasant CDs behind.
They're hard to find in stores; you mainly get them from his Miranda
Records. I first encoutered Songs About Stuff in the used
bins, and liked it so much I got on his mailing list, and get alerted
to tours but seem to have missed some new releases. Sorry Wally.
"Wally will be touring EVERYWHERE! HE'S TAKING OVER THE WORLD!" and
he will be happy to write and record a song for any occasion, claims
his web site. Mostly, he hangs around the E. Lansing MI area, but
does go on the occasional tour.
Songs
About Stuff is his first album, from 1992. It feels like a first
album; just Wally and his guitar. It's a staggering amount of fun,
especially for those of us who weren't too stoned to remember college
but sometimes regret we weren't. Wally laments your (not necessarily
his) lack of success with women in She's In Love With A Geek,
That's Evolution, First Love and Bad Haircut.
If I Were is a flight of speculative fancy on the order of
Simon and Garfunkel's El Condor Pasa or Cat Steven's
Moonshadow. Musical legends get deconstructed in Dead Rock
n Roll Stars, though still (I Wanna Be A) Pop Star. His
Hippies Lament is more effective than your average Cartman
insult, though he also regrets his Lost Weekend In Las Vegas.
A lot of his songs are more spoken (or at least blurted out) than
sung, sort of reminiscent of the patter songs of Jimmy Durante. Sort
of. Frankly, this is my favorite of the three albums reviewed here.
It's utterly without pretense or guile, never hitting a false note;
full of clever lyrics and nice tunes. He must be a blast live. More
sophomorically folksy than Louden Wainwright III (another of my
favorites) or as commercial as Weird Al Yankovic's original songs
(alas for him), these remain unrepentent and listenable.
Welcome to
Pleasantville has a lot of fun songs on it, and is an attempt to
go commercial that doesn't quite take off. I Was A Teenage
Republican, both the solo and the George Bush Megamix Version,
deconstruct the Reagan/Bush years. With another Bush in office, the
same jokes work. Hmm.... Anyway, his anti Smoking song also
works and he goes back to talking about his profession in Rock
Song and does the 50s in the Rock-N-Roll Yard Sale. His
sense of humor, college-level searching for Truth-with-a-Capital-T
and self-deprecating patter really shine in How I Got Lost On The
Road Less Travelled But Then Got Instand Karma ON I-96. Sort of
Weird Al's Albuquerque from someone who has taken too many
Senior philosophy courses. Sort of.
By Houses of
the Holy Moly, Wally has graduated (or at least left) college and
wails his Post Graduate Overeducated Out of Work Blues before
falling into his Stupid Day Job. Wally claims I'm
Nice, a change from his selfish past. Didn't help him get a job
at Enron. Just as well. Topics range from Alternateen to
Toxic Waste Party and Wonderful Sex. The Cat Came
Back has as many versions as there are returning felines, and he
puts his stamp on this rock ballad variant. Still, what makes this
album worthwhile, all by itself, is Song for Bob Dylan. Done
Dylan style, he skewers folk singers and commercial expectations with
a precise ear. This is the song that replaced I'm In Love With A
Geek as the most frequently played on Shockwave. "Bob Dylan was
the first Bob Dylan, who was billed as the next Woody Guthrie...."
His latest CD is His latest CD is Music for
Nerds & Perverts, which I'll review soon.
Baron Dave Romm is a conceptual
artist and a noble
of Ladonia with a radio
show, a very
weird CD collection and an ever growing list of political links. He reviews
things at random for obscure web sites. You can read all his music
recommendations from Bartcop-E here, you can
order Shockwave Radio
Theater CDs, and you can hear the last two Shockwave broadcasts
in Real Audio here (scroll down to
Shockwave). Thanks to everyone who has sent me music to play
on the air, and I'm continuing to collect extra-weird stuff.
--////
"Beware of people who think Mel Gibson makes documentaries and
Michael Moore doesn't."
Thanks (again), Baron Dave!
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Recommended Readings
from Bruce
An Excerpt:
A common way to swindle recruits out of promised jobs is the "Moment of Truth" exercise in boot camp. New recruits are taken to a room where their DI (drill instructor) tells them to "really think about it" and see if they've lied while enlisting or filling out their application.
"They'll ask the recruits if they lied about things like ever having smoked grass, or maybe how many times they've smoked, and ask them to raise their hand if they've lied any time in the recruiting process," Massey said. When the hands go up, the DI looks at them and says, "Listen. This is what's gonna happen now. You lied to us. You can either quit in disgrace now, or since you signed a contract to be a Marine, you can stay in, but we're not going to let you have the job you asked for."
An Excerpt:
A few years ago, I heard Archbishop Desmond Tutu speak at a Los Angeles benefit for a South African project. He'd been fighting prostate cancer, was tired that evening, and had taken a nap before his talk. But when Tutu addressed the audience he became animated, expressing amazement that his long-oppressed country had provided the world with an unforgettable lesson in reconciliation and hope. Afterward, a few other people spoke, and then a band from East L.A. took the stage and launched into an irresistibly rhythmic tune. People started dancing. Suddenly I noticed Tutu, boogying away in the middle of the crowd. I'd never seen a Nobel Peace Prize winner, still less one with a potentially fatal illness, move with such joy and abandonment. Tutu, I realized, knows how to have a good time. Indeed, it dawned on me that his ability to recognize and embrace life's pleasures helps him face its cruelties and disappointments, be they personal or political.
Thanks, Bruce!
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Reader Suggestion
Playing Dubya
Here's a Quicktime movie about the perfect person to play Dubya. There are two connection speeds; fast and slow...
Thanks, Tom!
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Fun Sites
from Bruce
Thanks, Bruce!
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Overcast and cold - well, cold for here.
Had a pretty good rain storm with thunder last night, too.
Tonight, Monday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Still Standing', followed by a FRESH 'Listen Up', then a FRESH 'Raymond', followed by a FRESH '2½ Men', then a FRESH 'CSI: The 2nd One'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Dave are Stupid Pet Tricks, Colin Farrell, and the Walkmen.
Scheduled on a FRESH 'Craiggers' with guest host Damien Fahey are Eddie Izzard, Paget Brewster, and Ben Harper & the Blind Boys of Alabama.
NBC begins the night with a FRESH 'Fear Factor', followed by the SEASON FINALE of '$25 Million Dollar Hoax'.
Leno are Tim Allen, Steve Irwin, and Tim McGraw.
On a traditional Monday-RERUN Conan are Dave Chappelle, Rose Byrne, and Sam Roberts.
Carson Daly are Jay-Z and Everclear.
ABC starts the night on the East Coast with a FRESH 'Life Of Luxury', followed by the LIVE 'MNF', where the Patriots visit the Chiefs in Kansas City.
On the left coast, the night starts early with the LIVE 'MNF', where the Patriots visit the Chiefs in Kansas City, followed by an hour of local crap, then a FRESH 'Life Of Luxury'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jimmy Kimmel are Mike Tyson and Green Day.
The WB offers a FRESH '7th Heaven', followed by a FRESH 'Everwood'.
Faux has a FRESH 'Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy', followed by a FRESH 'The Swan'.
UPN has a FRESH 'One On One', followed by a FRESH 'Half & Half', then a FRESH 'Girlfriends', followed by a FRESH 'Second Time Around'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Investigative Reports: Rampage Killings', 'Growing Up Gotti', another 'Growing Up Gotti', 'Airline', and another 'Airline'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Great Outdoors', followed by the movie 'Smokey & The Bandit', then the movie 'Smokey & The Bandit II'.
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 1;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served?' - Top Hats and Tails;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 5;
[4pm] 'The Saint' - Simon and Delilah;
[5pm] 'The Weakest Link' - Episode 43;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Smith;
[7pm] 'Hamish Macbeth' - Isobel Pulls It Off;
[8pm] 'Murder in Suburbia' - Episode 1;
[9pm] 'Waking the Dead' - Episode 1;
[11pm] 'Murder in Suburbia' - Episode 1;
[12am] 'Waking the Dead' - Episode 1;
[2am] 'Hamish Macbeth' - Isobel Pulls It Off;
[3am] 'Murder in Suburbia' - Episode 1;
[4am] 'Waking the Dead' - Episode 1;
[6am] 'BBC World News' (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'West Wing', another 'West Wing', the FRESH '100 Greatest TV Character' (part 1 of 5), and another 'West Wing'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Best In Show', 'South Park', 'Blue Collar TV', and 'Reno 911!'.
On a RERUN Jon Stewart is Richard Branson.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'UFO Files', 'Deep Sea Detectives', and 'Investigating History'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'IFC Short Film Collection I' (2003);
[8AM] 'Johnny Stecchino' (1991);
[9:45AM] 'At the Angelika #90' (2004);
[10:15AM] 'Caro Diario' (1994);
[12PM] 'House Of Cards' (1993);
[2PM] 'IFC Short Film Collection I' (2003);
[4PM] 'Caro Diario' (1994);
[5:45PM] 'IFC In Theaters' (2004);
[6PM] 'House Of Cards' (1993);
[8PM] 'Dinner For Five #34' (2004);
[8:30PM] 'Ultimate Film Fanatic #2' (Northeast Region) (2004);
[9PM] 'Bread And Roses' (2001);
[11PM] 'Dinner For Five #34' (2004);
[11:30PM] 'Ultimate Film Fanatic #2' (Northeast Region) (2004);
[12AM] 'Quills' (2000);
[2:15AM] 'Amarcord' (1973);
[4:30AM] 'Gray's Anatomy' (1997) (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has all 'Stargate SG-1' all night.
Sundance -
[6:45AM] 'Our Times' (Documentary);
[8AM] 'The Dream Catcher' (Feature);
[9:45AM] 'Merry Christmas' (Short);
[10:05AM] 'Mostly Martha' (Feature);
[12PM] 'Diamonds and Rust' (Documentary);
[1:15PM] 'A Place Called Chiapas' (Documentary);
[3PM] 'Hell House' (Documentary);
[4:30PM] 'Uncovered: The Whole Truth About The Iraq War' (Feature);
[5:30PM] 'Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election' (Feature);
[6:30PM] 'Our Times' (Documentary);
[7:45PM] 'Detained' (Documentary);
[9PM] 'Motherland: A Genetic Journey' (Documentary);
[10:30PM] 'Muti Murders - The Dark Side of Occult Belief Systems in Africa' (Documentary);
[11:30PM] 'Herb Alpert: Music for your Eyes' (Short);
[12AM] 'MacArthur Park' (Feature);
[1:30AM] 'The Isle' (Feature);
[3AM] 'Zus & Zo' (Feature);
[4:45AM] 'Mostly Martha' (Feature) (ALL TIMES EST)
TCM spends the night paying tribute to director John Frankenheimer.
[6am] 'He Walked By Night' (1948);
[7:30am] 'Finger of Guilt' (1956);
[9am] 'The Threat' (1949);
[10:30am] 'Donovan's Brain' (1953);
[12pm] 'Cast A Dark Shadow' (1955);
[1:30pm] 'A Tale Of Two Cities' (1958);
[3:30pm] 'Midnight Lace' (1960);
[5:30pm] 'The Honey Pot' (1967);
[8pm] 'The Train' (1964);
[10:30pm] 'Grand Prix' (1966);
[1:30am] 'Birdman Of Alcatraz' (1962);
[4:15am] 'All Fall Down' (1962). (ALL TIMES EST)
Tuesday - 11/23
TCM:
[6:15am] 'He Was Her Man' (1934);
[7:30am] 'Madame Du Barry' (1934);
[9am] 'First Lady' (1937);
[10:30am] 'Blackwell's Island' (1939);
[12pm] 'Wings Of The Navy' (1939);
[1:30pm] 'Double Identity' (1940);
[2:45pm] 'Bad Men Of Missouri' (1941);
[4pm] 'The Cariboo Trail' (1950);
[5:30pm] 'Death Of A Scoundrel' (1956);
[7:30pm] 'Cartoon Alley #1' (2004);
[8pm] 'Imitation Of Life' (1934);
[10pm] 'Stella Dallas' (1937);
[12am] 'Since You Went Away' (1944);
[3am] 'Penny Serenade' (1941);
[5am] 'Little Women' (1933) (ALL TIMES EST)
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
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U.S. resident Bush, center, wearing a traditional Chilean poncho, is joined by Prime Minister of Brunei Sultan Hassanai Bolkiah, left, and Prime Minister of New Zealand Helen Clark, right, as they pose for the APEC leader's official photograph at La Moneda Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004, in Santiago, Chile.
Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais
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Super Bowl Halftime Show
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney will be the featured performer in the next Super Bowl halftime show and organizers promised there won't be any breast baring this time.
This will be McCartney's second Super Bowl appearance. He provided a memorable pregame Super Bowl performance in 2002, the first Super Bowl after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Paul McCartney
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Visits Neruda's House
Laura 'Pickles' Bush
US First Lady Laura Bush visited Pablo Neruda's house-turned-museum to honor the late Chilean poet, a museum official said, angering some activists who took it as a sleight to his Communist past.
Laura Bush's spokesman Gordon Johndroe earlier denied any political significance to the private visit, saying: "He did win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. That's why Mrs Bush is going to his house: Because of his work as a writer."
Asked whether the first lady was a fan of Neruda, Johndroe replied: "Mrs Bush is a fan of literature in general, and as long as she's in Santiago she wanted to see the house."
Laura 'Pickles' Bush
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Kathryn Eastwood, 16, shown in this undated publicity photograph, has been named Miss Golden Globe for the 62nd annual Golden Globe Awards, in an announcement by Hollywood Foreign Press Association president Lorenzo Soria at a news conference in Beverly Hills, November 18, 2004. Eastwood, the daughter of actor and director Clint Eastwood and Jacelyn Reeves, will assist in the awards ceremony. The award show which honors excellence in film and television will be telecast to worldwide audience on January 16, 2005 from the Beverly Hilton hotel.
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Officially Grounded
'LAX'
NBC has officially grounded its low-rated freshman drama "LAX" by opting not to pick up additional episodes of the show, which stars Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood as airport executives.
The original 13-episode order for "LAX" will be completed. Ten of them already have aired with no immediate plans for the remaining three. "LAX," which most recently aired in the Wednesday 8 p.m. time slot, is being pre-empted the next three weeks for previously scheduled specials.
'LAX'
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New Episodes Ordered
'Nanny 911'
Just a few weeks after "Nanny 911" bowed, Fox has ordered a second cycle of eight episodes of the frosh reality skein, which has quietly emerged as a major bright spot on the net's fall sked.
Granada-produced "Nanny's" most recent seg averaged a 4.0/10 in adults 18-49, beating "The West Wing" and "The Bachelor," and finishing first in adults 18-34.
'Nanny 911'
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Movie Musical
Righteous Brothers
Blue-eyed soul duo the Righteous Brothers will be the subject of the next musical foray for Arthur Friedman, producer of upcoming Bobby Darin biopic "Beyond the Sea."
Friedman optioned feature rights from remaining Righteous Brother Bill Medley and the duo's longtime manager, David B. Cohen. Bobby Hatfield, the other half of the singing team, died last November at the age of 63 after a gig in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Friedman told Daily Variety the film also would be a character study of the low-key Medley and wild man Hatfield, who suffered from a lifelong case of stage fright. Their differences led to multiple breakups over the group's 42 years.
Righteous Brothers
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In this undated photo released by the Bonhams and Butterfield auction house, a rare and large example of a Ming underglaze copper red dish recently discovered within a San Francisco estate is shown. The hand-me-down dish used for crab dinners fetched a record $5.7 million in an auction this week, after art experts determined it was extremely rare Ming dynasty porcelain. The flowery, copper-red plate _ which set a record for Ming art sold in a U.S. auction _ once belonged to Elinor Majors Carlisle, a Berkeley businesswoman who became a public education crusader and suffragette in the 1890s.
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A Mother First
Diana Ross
Diana Ross looked every inch the diva as she pulled up to Musictech College in a black stretch limo and got out wrapped in a thick fur coat and wearing dark sunglasses. Striding across a specially rented red carpet leading to the school door, Ross beamed as she accepted a bouquet of white roses and signed record albums held out for her autograph.
But inside the small music conservatory, where a new full scholarship was named in her honor Saturday, Ross told an audience of more than 100 students that it's not divadom that defines her - it's motherhood.
"I'm more a mom than I am a celebrity, even though I know you know me as a celebrity. I'm a mother first," she said.
Diana Ross
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Continue in Richmond
Mysterious 'Booms'
Those mysterious booms on Richmond's Northside continue to be-fuddle city officials. They've been happening for three weeks now and residents say no one can tell them why.
The latest "boom" was just last night. Based on a map of 911 calls received since the booming noises began, the majority came from the area near Palmyra and Gloucester.
For three weeks, city officials have explored a multitude of scenarios. They've come up empty and still the booms and shakes continue. Officials have looked into every logical explanation: a buildup of sewer or natural gas -- both of which have been ruled out for now.
Mysterious 'Booms'
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pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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Often Gets Personal
Disney Trial
The lawsuit shareholders have brought against Disney has come to resemble a Hollywood potboiler of betrayed friendships, secret meetings and wounded egos. During five days of testimony, Disney chief executive Michael Eisner delivered a forceful and often bittersweet account of the 14-month tenure of agent-to-the-stars Michael Ovitz as Disney's president.
The lawsuit contends that Disney's board was negligent in hiring Ovitz to a lucrative deal - and negligent again because it agreed to fork over a cash and stock package valued at $140 million to get him out in December 1995.
Eisner, whose testimony ended Friday, acknowledged being less than candid during a joint appearance with Ovitz on CNN's "Larry King Live" in September 1996. On the show, Eisner dismissed reports of tension between the two men and said he would hire Ovitz again, if given the chance.
In reality, Eisner already had decided to fire Ovitz. Eisner, who denied a lawyer's contention that he lied, said he wasn't completely candid during the interview because Sony was considering hiring Ovitz.
Disney Trial
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A letter written by President Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, is seen at Skinner Auctioneers and Appraisers of Antiques and Fine Art in Boston, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004. The letter written by Booth before the 1865 slaying , sold at auction Sunday for a record price $68,000, according to Stuart Whitehurst, vice president of Skinner Inc. auctioneers.
Photo by Chitose Suzuki
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Reunited With Pets
Vanilla Ice
Bucky Buckaroo the wallaroo and Pancho the goat may soon be back in the custody of their rapper owner Vanilla Ice.
Bucky and Pancho escaped more than a week ago and spent several days frolicking in the streets and wooded areas of St. Lucie County in southeast Florida. They made a run for it after Pancho nudged open an unlocked door with his head and the two broke out of a relative's backyard.
The animals were captured Nov. 13 after the 60-pound wallaroo - a cross between a wallaby and a kangaroo - scratched a woman's car. But Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Robert van Winkle, was out of town and could not immediately claim them.
Vanilla Ice
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A young couple kisses each other under the illuminated lime trees of the boulevard 'Unter den Linden' ('Under the Lime Trees') in Berlin, November 21, 2004. Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I ordered the planting of the lime trees in 1647 which is now Germany's most famous and grandest boulevard, that stretches from the site of the Prussian King's former palace to the city's landmark Brandenburg Gate, and is illuminated during Christmas time.
Photo by Wolfgang Rattay
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To Play for Orange County ABA Team
Dennis Rodman
Dennis Rodman is playing basketball again in a bid to return to the NBA, but for now he's not venturing far from home. Rodman's debut with the Orange County Crush of the American Basketball Association begins next month. But his contract is only for home games.
The Crush has its first game Sunday but Rodman won't even start practice for another week to 10 days. The first home game is Dec. 9.
Dennis Rodman
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Berlusconi, "Piena Fiducia" In Strutture Ministero Economia
Il presidente del Consiglio italiano Silvio Berlusconi.
Photo by Alessandro Bianchi
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At Loss for Words
Arctic Peoples
Many indigenous languages have no words for legions of new animals, insects and plants advancing north as global warming thaws the polar ice and lets forests creep over tundra.
"We can't even describe what we're seeing," said Sheila Watt-Cloutier, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference which says it represents 155,000 people in Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia.
In the Inuit language Inuktitut, robins are known just as the "bird with the red breast," she said. Inuit hunters in north Canada recently saw some ducks but have not figured out what species they were, in Inuktitut or any other language.
An eight-nation report this month says the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet and that the North Pole could be ice-free in northern hemisphere summer by 2100, threatening indigenous cultures and perhaps wiping out creatures like polar bears.
Arctic Peoples
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A swarm of locust is seen in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, in the Red Sea, Sunday Nov. 21, 2004. Swarms of locusts that arrived from Egypt to southern Israel devoured lawns and palm trees on Sunday, causing a panic among farmers and children.
Photo by Mori Chen
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