October 2008
6 posts
On the Dark Side: 5 Movie Villains I'd Love to Be
Since Halloween is about embracing the dark side or facets of yourself that, normally, you would be hesitant to explore, I thought I’d tap into the part of myself that craves danger, depravity and the power to do manipulative and awesomely evil things. Everyone loves a good film villain, but it’s seldom that we openly want to identify with him/her to the point that we yearn to...
Cowabunga!
Another highlight of my weekend:
Rediscovering the magic of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and finding out that Sam Rockwell was the ringleader of Shredder’s foot soldiers all this time! Watching Elias Koteas face-off with Rockwell is analagous to the news that your favorite band of yesteryear is going on tour with the original line-up or being informed that your high school crush...
Let Me Show You My Tattoo
SNL’s “I’m No Angel” skit was the funniest bit of the evening and possibly this season, thus far. And yet, NBC hasn’t posted it online! Gregg Allman’s hit is one of my all-time favorite tunes and the SNL writers didn’t let me down by placing the song in the context of a dive bar occupied by various mustachioed n’er do wells and one very pregnant...
"The Power of Love"
It’s pretty eerie how perfectly this video encapsulates all my ideas about Huey Lewis and the News in terms of what they represent, their target demographic, and the reason for the eternally warm and fuzzy place they hold in my heart. It’s almost as if someone out of a Michel Gondry flick peeked into the flap holding my skull and viewed all of the jumbled symbols and images that...
"I Want a New Drug"
This video is basically an invitation to observe the daily happenings in the glamorous life of Mr. Huey Lewis. On this particular day, our celebrity subject wakes up hungover in a rather modest apartment for the lead singer of one of the biggest American rock bands at that time. And yet, it suits him perfectly. The no-frills bachelor pad where a world map is considered décor and the oriental...
