Sunday, October 30, 2005

Media Feed - Runaways


Media Feed is a weekly podcast where we provide food for the culture vulture in you.

This week's show is about the comic called Runaways.

This review focuses on the Runaways Hardcover, but there are five different Runaways paperbacks available.

Runaways: Pride and Joy (included in Hardcover)

Runaways: Teenage Wasteland (included in Hardcover)

Runaways: The Good Die Young (included in Hardcover)

Runaways: True Believers

Runaways: Escape to New York


Download the podcast here:

MediaFeed03.mp3

Our theme song is graciously provided by Jim's Big Ego. Learn more about the band (and buy albums) at www.bigego.com

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

The Post Where All Standards are Thrown Out The Window

When I started working on this blog, I told myself that this would be different from other blogs; I wouldn’t just surf the internet and post links to other websites here, and I certainly wouldn’t write run-on sentences that refer to myself constantly. This would be a place of creative expression, where a mixture of well thought-out essays and fiction and multimedia live in creative harmony. It would not be self-indulgent fluff text about absolutely nothing. These were the rules.

And rules were made to be broken.

One of my favorite place to get interesting links is Stay Free magazine, particularly the Stay Free blog.

While reviewing the blog, I read about a fellow named John Hargrave who apparently likes pranking credit card companies, pointing out huge flaws in the company security systems.

Since I am (slowly) working on a Dayjobs and Nightmares podcast about credit reports and huge flaws in the entire credit reporting system, web sites like this is pure inspiration.

Something else inspirational is Improv Everywhere.

Makes me wish I had enough time to organize a Dallas chapter Improv Everywhere.

This week’s Media Feed podcast is being edited! As soon as all the “um”s and “err”s are removed, it will be ready for posting. And the Dayjobs and Nightmares podcast is also under construction. Hopefully, it will be well worth the wait.

Monday, October 10, 2005

Closer: The Abridged Script

Taking direction from Rod Hilton's The Editing Room, I have decided to make ridiculous fun of a movie that I recently saw by writing a script abridgement. If you liked Closer, I want you to know that I am sincerly grateful that this film brought you joy. However, you and I are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one. Nothing anyone will say will make me like this film, and nothing I will say will convince someone to hate it.

Except maybe if I say, "Why don't you watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and then come back and talk to me about Closer?"

Closer: The Abridged Script
By M. Robert Turnage


FADE IN:

INT. Hospital, Aquarium, Art Gallery, or Strip Club

JUDE LAW
Hey.

NATALIE PORTMAN
Hey.

INT. Hospital, Aquarium, Art Gallery, or Strip Club

CLIVE OWEN
Hey.

JULIA ROBERTS
Hey.

INT. Hospital, Aquarium, Art Gallery, or Strip Club

JUDE LAW
Hey.

JULIA ROBERTS
Hey.

INT. Loft, Apartment, or Hotel room

JUDE LAW
I love you, Natalie Portman,
but I slept with Julia Roberts.

NATALIE PORTMAN
NOOOOOOOOOO!

Natalie Portman goes to a Hospital, Aquarium, Art Gallery, or Strip Club.

INT. Loft, Apartment, or Hotel room

JULIA ROBERTS
I love you, Clive Owen,
but I slept with Jude Law.

CLIVE OWEN
NOOOOOOOOOO!

Clive Owen goes to a Hospital, Aquarium, Art Gallery, or Strip Club.

INT. Hospital, Aquarium, Art Gallery, or Strip Club

CLIVE OWEN
Hey.

NATALIE PORTMAN
Hey.

INT. Loft, Apartment, or Hotel room

JULIA ROBERTS
I love you, Jude Law,
but I slept with Clive Owen.

JUDE LAW
NOOOOOOOOOO!

Jude Law goes to a Hospital, Aquarium, Art Gallery, or Strip Club.

INT. Hospital, Aquarium, Art Gallery, or Strip Club

JUDE LAW
Hey.

CLIVE OWEN
I hate you, Jude Law.
I slept with Natalie Portman.

JUDE LAW
NOOOOOOOOOO!

Jude Law goes to a Hospital, Aquarium, Art Gallery, or Strip Club.

INT. Hospital, Aquarium, Art Gallery, or Strip Club

JUDE LAW
Hey.

NATALIE PORTMAN
Hey.

INT. Loft, Apartment, or Hotel room

JUDE LAW
I love you, Natalie Portman,
but I am going to be mean to
you until you tell me that you
slept with Clive Owen.

NATALIE PORTMAN
I don’t love you, Jude Law.
I slept with Clive Owen.

JUDE LAW
NOOOOOOOOOO!

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Media Feed - Moneyball


Media Feed is a weekly podcast where we provide food for the culture vulture in you.

This week's show is about the Michael Lewis book Moneyball.

Download the podcast here:

MediaFeed02.mp3

Our theme song is graciously provided by Jim's Big Ego. Learn more about the band (and buy albums) at www.bigego.com

Sunday, October 02, 2005

Media Feed - Vertigo

Media Feed is a weekly podcast where we provide food for the culture vulture in you.

This week's show is about the Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo.













Download the podcast here:

MediaFeed01.mp3

Our theme song is graciously provided by Jim's Big Ego. Learn more about the band (and buy albums) at www.bigego.com