Back When Beer Ads Weren't Horrible
I searched YouTube for a classic Schmidt commercial - the one where the punch line is "Are you kidding? Big Jim's coming!" - but only came up with a political party convention-themed TV ad for the Schmidt Big Mouth. The YouTube poster claims it's from the sixties. You will likely recognize the actor.
Damn, I miss those Schmidty Bigmouths. Sigh.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
A Cure For Your Monday Blues
The Minnesota Foldin' Gophers (who else?) serve up the biggest upset in NCAA college hockey history.
The Minnesota Foldin' Gophers (who else?) serve up the biggest upset in NCAA college hockey history.
"Let's Put A Smile On That Face"
Not a day goes by where I don't watch the trailer for The Dark Knight. Looks like the movie could be freakin' awesome!
The movie poster.
Six minute trailer shown in IMAX theaters: The Joker pulls a bank heist. Yes, I have actually watched (repeatedly!) a trailer lifted from a camcorder.
Not a day goes by where I don't watch the trailer for The Dark Knight. Looks like the movie could be freakin' awesome!
The movie poster.
Six minute trailer shown in IMAX theaters: The Joker pulls a bank heist. Yes, I have actually watched (repeatedly!) a trailer lifted from a camcorder.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Real Smooth, Tuomala
Last night before the start of deejaying, Geoffrey reminded me of what the different switches and knobs do on the console. He said I could get a record ready, and then give him the thumbs-up when I wanted to start. I couldn't get sound on the headphones from the left turntable. Geoffrey returned and asked me if I needed any help. I told him my problem about not getting sound from the left turntable.
Turns out the needle has to be down for the record to play. The rest of the night went well.
Last night before the start of deejaying, Geoffrey reminded me of what the different switches and knobs do on the console. He said I could get a record ready, and then give him the thumbs-up when I wanted to start. I couldn't get sound on the headphones from the left turntable. Geoffrey returned and asked me if I needed any help. I told him my problem about not getting sound from the left turntable.
Turns out the needle has to be down for the record to play. The rest of the night went well.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
The Key To A Jacksonville Upset?
I like to imagine Jaguars assistant head coach Mike Tice as the Lester Freamon of Jacksonville's film room.
I like to imagine Jaguars assistant head coach Mike Tice as the Lester Freamon of Jacksonville's film room.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Favorite Linemate: Daisy Buchanan
I'm watching the Sioux vs. Michigan Tech in hockey on my Mac and Tech has a player named "Jordan Baker." I think play-by-play man Pat Sweeney gets it, as he always refers to Baker by both first and last names and not simply as "Baker" as he normally would. Plus any time Baker is anywhere near the puck, Sweeney slips in a "Jordan Baker" somehow.
If I were at the game, I would be chanting "Gatsby! Gatsby! Gatsby!" whenever Baker is on the ice. I know "Carraway!" is the more appropriate chant, but "Gatsby" sounds better.
I'm watching the Sioux vs. Michigan Tech in hockey on my Mac and Tech has a player named "Jordan Baker." I think play-by-play man Pat Sweeney gets it, as he always refers to Baker by both first and last names and not simply as "Baker" as he normally would. Plus any time Baker is anywhere near the puck, Sweeney slips in a "Jordan Baker" somehow.
If I were at the game, I would be chanting "Gatsby! Gatsby! Gatsby!" whenever Baker is on the ice. I know "Carraway!" is the more appropriate chant, but "Gatsby" sounds better.
This Pizza Would Not Be A Super Bowl Party Spoiler
A Grafton, North Dakota convenience store comes up huge pizza-wise. 52 x 15 inches, 15 pounds!
Classy of the mayor to quitely stay behind the scenes on this one.
A Grafton, North Dakota convenience store comes up huge pizza-wise. 52 x 15 inches, 15 pounds!
Classy of the mayor to quitely stay behind the scenes on this one.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
This Saturday
Saturday, January 12th - You're invited to the King and I Lounge when Geoffrey Trelstad and Bill Tuomala deejay a night of rock 'n' roll.
The music starts at 10:30 p.m.
King and I Thai
1346 LaSalle Ave.
Minneapolis
Saturday, January 12th - You're invited to the King and I Lounge when Geoffrey Trelstad and Bill Tuomala deejay a night of rock 'n' roll.
The music starts at 10:30 p.m.
King and I Thai
1346 LaSalle Ave.
Minneapolis
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
My 2007 Top Ten Netflix Movies That I Had Not Seen Before
I don't write about movies too well. You will likely never hear me use the term "cinematography" because not only do I have to slow down to spell it, I'm certain that I can't spit it out vocally without pausing halfway through. So here's my ten favorite movies I watched from the comfort of my bunker last year, and I'll use lots of words like "great," "brilliant" and "top-notch." Oh, and in 2007 I noticed that I am turning many Internet terms into verbs. This is the natural follow-up to the verb "google", i.e. "I'm gonna Netflix that" and "I Mapquested the address and found it no problem."
1) Superbad
2) The Prestige - I walked around for a week after seeing this, blabbing to all my friends on how "cool and awesome" it was. Everybody seemed to have it mixed up with some movie Edward Norton was in. Same director as Batman Begins!
3) Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? - Dialogue so cruel and timeless that it was collected on a two-LP set. My Richard Burton fascination started here.
4) Zodiac - David Fincher can take me anywhere. Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr. all turn in top-notch performances. Each passing minute while I was watching this I was thinking: "Holy crap - how come nobody told me how great this movie is?"
5) A Scanner Darkly
6) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - I had never heard of this one until I read that Quentin Tarantino referenced/nicked from it in Reservoir Dogs. Martin Balsam! Walter Fucking Matthau! A gem.
7) The Conversation - Gene Hackman brilliant as always in a Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece.
8) The Night of the Iguana - Oh Lord, how hot an "old" Ava Gardner (age 42) is here. Look at how her eyes dance and how she gleefully smiles as Richard Burton's character falls apart. Wow. I think I was prompted to watch this one soon after reading her quote on Frank Sinatra marrying Mia Farrow: "I always knew he would end up in bed with a little boy."
9) Lolita - Peter Sellers! James Fucking Mason! "It was your cherry pies." "Camp Climax."
10) The Upside of Anger - Netflix has this characterized as a romance, but Joan Allen portrays a drunk. As does Kevin Costner, and he holds his own. The Joan Allen slow burn rules.
I don't write about movies too well. You will likely never hear me use the term "cinematography" because not only do I have to slow down to spell it, I'm certain that I can't spit it out vocally without pausing halfway through. So here's my ten favorite movies I watched from the comfort of my bunker last year, and I'll use lots of words like "great," "brilliant" and "top-notch." Oh, and in 2007 I noticed that I am turning many Internet terms into verbs. This is the natural follow-up to the verb "google", i.e. "I'm gonna Netflix that" and "I Mapquested the address and found it no problem."
1) Superbad
2) The Prestige - I walked around for a week after seeing this, blabbing to all my friends on how "cool and awesome" it was. Everybody seemed to have it mixed up with some movie Edward Norton was in. Same director as Batman Begins!
3) Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? - Dialogue so cruel and timeless that it was collected on a two-LP set. My Richard Burton fascination started here.
4) Zodiac - David Fincher can take me anywhere. Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, and Robert Downey Jr. all turn in top-notch performances. Each passing minute while I was watching this I was thinking: "Holy crap - how come nobody told me how great this movie is?"
5) A Scanner Darkly
6) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three - I had never heard of this one until I read that Quentin Tarantino referenced/nicked from it in Reservoir Dogs. Martin Balsam! Walter Fucking Matthau! A gem.
7) The Conversation - Gene Hackman brilliant as always in a Francis Ford Coppola masterpiece.
8) The Night of the Iguana - Oh Lord, how hot an "old" Ava Gardner (age 42) is here. Look at how her eyes dance and how she gleefully smiles as Richard Burton's character falls apart. Wow. I think I was prompted to watch this one soon after reading her quote on Frank Sinatra marrying Mia Farrow: "I always knew he would end up in bed with a little boy."
9) Lolita - Peter Sellers! James Fucking Mason! "It was your cherry pies." "Camp Climax."
10) The Upside of Anger - Netflix has this characterized as a romance, but Joan Allen portrays a drunk. As does Kevin Costner, and he holds his own. The Joan Allen slow burn rules.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
"Our Business Is Making Change"
All the talk among the Democratic candidates about who would be best at making "change" reminds me of a classic Saturday Night Live commercial.
All the talk among the Democratic candidates about who would be best at making "change" reminds me of a classic Saturday Night Live commercial.
Monday, January 07, 2008
The Little Eleven, What A Joke
Combined score of SEC schools (Florida and Louisiana State) vs. Ohio State in the last two BCS "championship" games: SEC 79, OSU 38. Way to hang in there, Buckeyes.
If we can't get a playoff, could we at least impose a moratorium on Little Eleven teams playing for the so-called championship?
Combined score of SEC schools (Florida and Louisiana State) vs. Ohio State in the last two BCS "championship" games: SEC 79, OSU 38. Way to hang in there, Buckeyes.
If we can't get a playoff, could we at least impose a moratorium on Little Eleven teams playing for the so-called championship?
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Straight Out Of The Movies
Time named Vladimir Putin its Person of the Year for 2007, and scored a rare interview with him. It was fascinating to hear the leader of a world power use words such as this:
"I wouldn't call NATO a putrid corpse of the cold war, but it is a leftover of the past, indeed."
Time named Vladimir Putin its Person of the Year for 2007, and scored a rare interview with him. It was fascinating to hear the leader of a world power use words such as this:
"I wouldn't call NATO a putrid corpse of the cold war, but it is a leftover of the past, indeed."
Saturday, January 05, 2008
The King And I January Schedule ... The 12th Is Looking Good ...
7-Mon> Rockit Fuel! is C-Gull, Heavy Metal Amy, T-Machine, Tanner & Cecil Otter
8-Tue> Lisa McGrath
9-Wed> Plain Ole Bill
10-Thu> Housekeeping with Brian Thomas
11-Fri> Verb X
12-Sat> Exiled on Main Street & Papillon
14-Mon> E-DAWG!
15-Tue> D.O. & D.G.
16-Wed> Dj Nikoless
17-Thu> The Saint
18-Fri> Mrs McFeely, Natural Ice, 20,000 Leagues Under the Scene & Bjorn
19-Sat> Blunt City = jamespatrick+danielpaul
21-Mon> Rockit Fuel! is C-Gull, Heavy Metal Amy, T-Machine, Tanner & Cecil Otter
22-Tue> D.O. & D.G.
23-Wed> Jimmy Two Times
24-Thu> Replicant Soul with Dj Tk
25-Fri> Treehouse Records
26-Sat> JOBOT
28-Mon> James Leonardo
29-Tue> It Takes All Kinds... Platetektoniks
30-Wed> Petey Wheatstraw
31-Thu> WES NILE VIRUS
7-Mon> Rockit Fuel! is C-Gull, Heavy Metal Amy, T-Machine, Tanner & Cecil Otter
8-Tue> Lisa McGrath
9-Wed> Plain Ole Bill
10-Thu> Housekeeping with Brian Thomas
11-Fri> Verb X
12-Sat> Exiled on Main Street & Papillon
14-Mon> E-DAWG!
15-Tue> D.O. & D.G.
16-Wed> Dj Nikoless
17-Thu> The Saint
18-Fri> Mrs McFeely, Natural Ice, 20,000 Leagues Under the Scene & Bjorn
19-Sat> Blunt City = jamespatrick+danielpaul
21-Mon> Rockit Fuel! is C-Gull, Heavy Metal Amy, T-Machine, Tanner & Cecil Otter
22-Tue> D.O. & D.G.
23-Wed> Jimmy Two Times
24-Thu> Replicant Soul with Dj Tk
25-Fri> Treehouse Records
26-Sat> JOBOT
28-Mon> James Leonardo
29-Tue> It Takes All Kinds... Platetektoniks
30-Wed> Petey Wheatstraw
31-Thu> WES NILE VIRUS
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
"On The Midnight Shift I'm Rarely Sober"
I have been on record before as saying that I think that The Wire is the greatest TV series ever. Finishing up season four on DVD New Year's Eve night further confirms this for me.
Amazon.com has three prequels on their site:
1) Young Prop Joe
2) Young Omar
3) When Bunk met McNulty
Two The Wire things happened to me today:
1) I was at Office Max getting some office supplies and ran into the owner of the Country Bar. She asked what I did for New Year's and I said I had watched The Wire. We chatted a little more, then parted ways. Soon a young black man approached me and said I he had overheard that I had watched the show. He said he hasn't missed an episode and asked for my "honest assessment." I told him it was the greatest TV series ever, that it seems so real, that everybody - good guys, bad guys, - comes across as truly human. He nodded in agreement and thanked me for sharing my opinion. We both agreed that maybe it's best that the show will end after its soon-to-air fifth season - it might be best to go out while doing its best.
2) On Pardon the Interruption today, Tony said that people around him are telling him to watch The Wire.
I have been on record before as saying that I think that The Wire is the greatest TV series ever. Finishing up season four on DVD New Year's Eve night further confirms this for me.
Amazon.com has three prequels on their site:
1) Young Prop Joe
2) Young Omar
3) When Bunk met McNulty
Two The Wire things happened to me today:
1) I was at Office Max getting some office supplies and ran into the owner of the Country Bar. She asked what I did for New Year's and I said I had watched The Wire. We chatted a little more, then parted ways. Soon a young black man approached me and said I he had overheard that I had watched the show. He said he hasn't missed an episode and asked for my "honest assessment." I told him it was the greatest TV series ever, that it seems so real, that everybody - good guys, bad guys, - comes across as truly human. He nodded in agreement and thanked me for sharing my opinion. We both agreed that maybe it's best that the show will end after its soon-to-air fifth season - it might be best to go out while doing its best.
2) On Pardon the Interruption today, Tony said that people around him are telling him to watch The Wire.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Happy New Year
Celebrate the new year by reading the collection of Pardon the Interruption quotes at imdb.com. They include:
Mike: Pardon the interruption, but I'm Mike Wilbon. Tony, I'm dressed like the man that says "Ho! Ho! Ho!".
Tony: Fred Smoot?
Mike: Pardon the interruption, but I'm Mike Wilbon. Tony, the Cardinals have chosen a new Pope. What do you think?
Tony: I'm Tony Kornheiser. Pope? I thought they'd at least get some starting pitchers...
Mike: Pardon the interruption. I'm Mike Wilbon and you'll have to pardon me today because I'm a little rusty after spending a month in Greece.
Tony: I'm Tony Kornheiser. Oh really? Were you in Olivia Newton-John's role?
Mike: Pardon the interruption but I'm Mike Wilbon. The Twins have had three straight shutouts! You surprised, Tony?
Tony: I'm Tony Kornheiser. Yeah, especially since Mary-Kate is on the DL
Mike: You are sick, sick man.
Celebrate the new year by reading the collection of Pardon the Interruption quotes at imdb.com. They include:
Mike: Pardon the interruption, but I'm Mike Wilbon. Tony, I'm dressed like the man that says "Ho! Ho! Ho!".
Tony: Fred Smoot?
Mike: Pardon the interruption, but I'm Mike Wilbon. Tony, the Cardinals have chosen a new Pope. What do you think?
Tony: I'm Tony Kornheiser. Pope? I thought they'd at least get some starting pitchers...
Mike: Pardon the interruption. I'm Mike Wilbon and you'll have to pardon me today because I'm a little rusty after spending a month in Greece.
Tony: I'm Tony Kornheiser. Oh really? Were you in Olivia Newton-John's role?
Mike: Pardon the interruption but I'm Mike Wilbon. The Twins have had three straight shutouts! You surprised, Tony?
Tony: I'm Tony Kornheiser. Yeah, especially since Mary-Kate is on the DL
Mike: You are sick, sick man.
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