There will be no sprinkles of digital dust for awhile, due to some life-altering changes.
Hope to be back soon. Be safe, everyone.
Monday, May 30, 2005
Saturday, May 28, 2005
CJ Reverse Playlist 05282005
Album:
Bloc Party
Silent Alarm
Snaptrax:
This Modern Love
Like Eating Glass
She's Hearing Voices
Blue Light
By melding the Gang of Four's musical catalog, U2-ish heart-on-sleeve politics, with The Cure's Robert Smith's DNA, you'll end up with Bloc Party. Currently riding a lot of hype (but not a lot of hot air), this band has won a lot of airplay and may become one of the next big things - if they aren't already, and however fleeting that may be. Enjoy the Party now, or forever hold your peace.
Thursday, May 26, 2005
CJ Reverse Playlist 05272005
Album:
Propellerheads
Decksdrumsandrockandroll
Snaptrax:
History Repeating
Cominagetcha
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Bang On!
Big Beat proponents coming off as a poor man's Chemical Brothers, the Propellerheads still manage to serve up some nifty tracks in their 1998 debut. Aside from the occasional remixing job, for some reason they never released anything after. Does that bode ill for these wannabes? So what's going on, dudes?
CJ Forward Playlist 05262005
Album:
Daft Punk
Human After All
Snaptrax:
Human After All
Technologic
Robot Rock
Television Rules The Nation
Dance music cult favorites Daft Punk returns with their 3rd studio album and serves up more robot disco, belying the album title (chicken or egg?). Given their current hype, one song, "Technologic" already made iPod-commercial status. Have a care though - repeated spins of this disc will make you feel like you've been living inside an Intel chip.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
CJ Forward Playlist 05252005
Album:
Sugababes
One Touch
Snaptrax:
Overload
Soul Sound
Lush Life
Real Thing
Same Old Story
Back in '01, I heard "Overload" on someone's collection, and I was instantly hooked. Its easy to dismiss them as teenage pop fluff but somehow I'm still listening whenever they put an album out, which means some degree of staying power since they can sing anyway, despite dwindling material. This debut though, is already classic - in my own collection, that is.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
CJ Reverse Playlist 05242005
Album:
OMD
Best of OMD
Snaptrax:
We Love You
Secret
So In Love
If You Leave
Forever Live and Die
Talking Loud and Clear
For all their radio-friendly music, OMD didn't hit their stride till 1985's Crush, which spawned most of their catchiest work. No one will remember the 80s, or spin 80s dancefloor hits - without injecting some OMD.
Monday, May 23, 2005
Lip Locking Lords
iiiiiiiick.
King of Middle Earth Viggo Mortensen and Lord of Horror B-Movie David Cronenberg getting it on at Cannes. Yes, they have a movie together.
i say again, iiiiiiiiiiiiick.
King of Middle Earth Viggo Mortensen and Lord of Horror B-Movie David Cronenberg getting it on at Cannes. Yes, they have a movie together.
i say again, iiiiiiiiiiiiick.
CJ Reverse Playlist 05232005
Album:
Beck
Guero
Snaptrax:
E-Pro
Girl
Go It Alone
Que Onda Guero
Earthquake Weather
Hell Yeah
Admittedly, this is the first Beck album I've listened to from start to finish, and it does do its job: satisfy my ears and make me curious about past albums post-"Loser". He's the musical equivalent of my laptop, multitasking all over the place. Despite the chaos of musical styles, you're never lost. At least I wasn't.
Archangel!!!
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You scored as Angel. Angel: Angels are the guardians of all things, from the smallest ant to the tallest tree. They give inspiration, love, hope, and positive emotion. They live among humans without being seen. They are the good in all things, and if you feel alone, don't fear. They are always watching. Often times they merely stand by, whispering into the ears of those who feel lost. They would love nothing more then to reveal themselves, but in today's society, this would bring havoc and many unneeded questions. Give thanks to all things beautiful, for you are an Angel.
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Sunday, May 22, 2005
Friday, May 20, 2005
Go West, Young Man
West is a metaphor. West is the promised land, the garden of manna and honey. West could be a state of mind. Whatever it is, you will know when you're there.
Welcome to the real world, bro. Have a blast.
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Saturday, May 14, 2005
The Slow Death of Philippine Cinema As We Know It
this one's is from yesterday's Inquirer.
HELLO po! To all you readers po and televiewers po out there, Kuya Germs, Kuya Boy, plug lang me my latest movie po, "Bikini Open" po! Thank you po, fans. I labshu!
Hi to Robbie Tan, the producer! Hi to Ate Jimboy (not his real name) for my stylist! Hi to Direk of course. And last but least, my Seiko family! Kamusta kayo diyan, mga friends! Always remember po, "When it's Seiko, it must be bold! Po!"
Back to the movie, I'm very pleased with it po. Direk Jeffrey says my performance is good po ("Iho, nincompoop ka!"). And proud po me of this labor of love po. It's hard rin po to be hours in your bikini at 5 o'clock at night po and it's so hard to be relaxed po when there's a lot of Manongs and Manangs in the set po. They keep looking at my tralala po.
In truth po, I was quite hesistant po in accepting the role. Pero, I read the script of Kuya Chris Martinez and it was hilarious, you know? Plus may meaning po. There are issues po that Kuya Chris talks about like... bikini po ...and open po. But let me tell you about the movie muna po.
All of the labors was worth it po because the film po is quality naman po. It's about a Bikini Open po. There's a reporter, si Ate Cherry Pie, na sobrang sweet as in matamis talaga in person. Ate Cherry po in the movie has a show po and tries to get ratings po by making hubad the lives of the other characters po.
Then there's the models like Ate Diana, Ate Francine and Kuya Rafael who undergone po the rigors and trials and corruption and graft of Bikini Opens po.
Direk said it's a "mockumentary" po (Tama ba, Direk?). I do not know po what it means po but it's a common sense daw. So stop asking me po what it means.
You can see me po in this movie of mine starting May 18 in an SM near you po. If you look closely po at the pictures above, below and beyond, you will find me po. Kitakits po!
Sa mga producers, ready na po me for my next film!
Caring and sharing,
Dao Ming Zoo
HELLO po! To all you readers po and televiewers po out there, Kuya Germs, Kuya Boy, plug lang me my latest movie po, "Bikini Open" po! Thank you po, fans. I labshu!
Hi to Robbie Tan, the producer! Hi to Ate Jimboy (not his real name) for my stylist! Hi to Direk of course. And last but least, my Seiko family! Kamusta kayo diyan, mga friends! Always remember po, "When it's Seiko, it must be bold! Po!"
Back to the movie, I'm very pleased with it po. Direk Jeffrey says my performance is good po ("Iho, nincompoop ka!"). And proud po me of this labor of love po. It's hard rin po to be hours in your bikini at 5 o'clock at night po and it's so hard to be relaxed po when there's a lot of Manongs and Manangs in the set po. They keep looking at my tralala po.
In truth po, I was quite hesistant po in accepting the role. Pero, I read the script of Kuya Chris Martinez and it was hilarious, you know? Plus may meaning po. There are issues po that Kuya Chris talks about like... bikini po ...and open po. But let me tell you about the movie muna po.
All of the labors was worth it po because the film po is quality naman po. It's about a Bikini Open po. There's a reporter, si Ate Cherry Pie, na sobrang sweet as in matamis talaga in person. Ate Cherry po in the movie has a show po and tries to get ratings po by making hubad the lives of the other characters po.
Then there's the models like Ate Diana, Ate Francine and Kuya Rafael who undergone po the rigors and trials and corruption and graft of Bikini Opens po.
Direk said it's a "mockumentary" po (Tama ba, Direk?). I do not know po what it means po but it's a common sense daw. So stop asking me po what it means.
You can see me po in this movie of mine starting May 18 in an SM near you po. If you look closely po at the pictures above, below and beyond, you will find me po. Kitakits po!
Sa mga producers, ready na po me for my next film!
Caring and sharing,
Dao Ming Zoo
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Juice Teas
Got an email today notifying me of a class action settlement for BMG Music Service (a music club which i terminated my membership in months ago). Apparently, they got sued for deceptive practices by piling on shipping and handling charges on CD orders. They got sued! Wonder if Columbia House is next. Wahahaha. I'd sue them for hiring moronic customer service assistants, at the least.
On a bum note, the settlement involves the right to buy 2 CDs at 75% off, with no shipping charges. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I'd join the claim if they were handing out $200 bucks.
Still, this demonstrates some karma to all these greedy corporations. One day, Ticketmaster, you will feel the wrath ...
On a bum note, the settlement involves the right to buy 2 CDs at 75% off, with no shipping charges. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I'd join the claim if they were handing out $200 bucks.
Still, this demonstrates some karma to all these greedy corporations. One day, Ticketmaster, you will feel the wrath ...
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
dvd on tap: I, Robot [Alex Proyas]
Will Smith only plays one character, and one character only: smartass. The great thing about it is, he plays it well. Forget his forgettable rap music career, or his attempts to be a romantic-comedy lead (see Hitch) - Mr Smith is at his best when he plays the cool, hip, and wisecracking badass.
Apparently, 30 years from now, Smith still is who he is, as he plays retro-cop Del Spooner in 2035 Chicago. Loosely based on the Asimov book, where he formulated the Three Laws of Robotics, I, Robot is both a murder mystery and a reflection on technology. Smith functions as the audience basically, since he's still rooted in the 21st century while the world around him seemingly advances every second.
Asimov's voice is Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), who "invented" the 3 Laws and tamed technology to the point that they have robots as assistants in daily living. But then Lanning is murdered, and all signs point to a non-human assassin (yep, they call him 'Sonny'). Techno-phobic Spooner has lot of entanglements with the metalgears before corralling Sonny, and it turns out there may be a greater complicated conspiracy afoot, because who could make Sonny break the Laws?
"One last time, delatas: who among you molested R2D2?"
Alongside the great CGI effects, the cast doesn't embarass itself, with Chi McBride (as Spooner's chief), Bruce Greenwood (the Bill Gates of that time), and of course, the requisite chick, Bridget Moynahan (skeptical scientist turned action heroine). There are a few surprises here and there, though you may have figured out the culprit 20 minutes before it ends. Still, I, Robot is still viewing manna, as any summer movie should be.
Apparently, 30 years from now, Smith still is who he is, as he plays retro-cop Del Spooner in 2035 Chicago. Loosely based on the Asimov book, where he formulated the Three Laws of Robotics, I, Robot is both a murder mystery and a reflection on technology. Smith functions as the audience basically, since he's still rooted in the 21st century while the world around him seemingly advances every second.
Asimov's voice is Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), who "invented" the 3 Laws and tamed technology to the point that they have robots as assistants in daily living. But then Lanning is murdered, and all signs point to a non-human assassin (yep, they call him 'Sonny'). Techno-phobic Spooner has lot of entanglements with the metalgears before corralling Sonny, and it turns out there may be a greater complicated conspiracy afoot, because who could make Sonny break the Laws?
"One last time, delatas: who among you molested R2D2?"
Alongside the great CGI effects, the cast doesn't embarass itself, with Chi McBride (as Spooner's chief), Bruce Greenwood (the Bill Gates of that time), and of course, the requisite chick, Bridget Moynahan (skeptical scientist turned action heroine). There are a few surprises here and there, though you may have figured out the culprit 20 minutes before it ends. Still, I, Robot is still viewing manna, as any summer movie should be.
Roll With It, Baby
You are Optimus Prime! You are a natural born leader, brave and selfless and you will fight to the bitter end for peace and freedom. You have extensive knowledge in just about everything from art to the art of war. You would be a better leader if you were more ruthless, but then you just wouldn't be Optimus Prime. Roll out with your bad self!
Transformers Generation One Personality Test
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CJ Reverse Playlist 05112005
Album:
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand
Snaptrax:
Darts of Pleasure
This Fire
Take Me Out
The Dark of the Matinee
Cheating On You
By this time, Franz Ferdinand will have been sooooo 2004 while the music media will have passed on the mantle of band du jour to the next worthy one (time's a-tickin', Killers). For their debut, they wowed the critics with their brand of garage pop that's catchy and cool, and netted them a few awards. Expressive guitar work and shifty melodies (you hear the influences: Gang of Four, Joy Division, etc) hold your interest until the needle hits the end. Now let's see if they make it past a second album.
The Many Faces of ...
Natalie Portman has made great career choices. She's not the vava-voom type, but even Angelina Jolie had crappy movies.
Kicking ass in Leon (1994)
Queen channeling kabuki in Star Wars Episode 1 (1999)
Young bride of a sappy Jedi in Star Wars Episode 2 (2002)
Young mom in Cold Mountain (2003)
Free spirit in Garden State (2004)
Hot stripper in Closer (2004)
Coming soon: Skinhead revolutionary in the Alan Moore's cult comic V For Vendetta (2006)
Kicking ass in Leon (1994)
Queen channeling kabuki in Star Wars Episode 1 (1999)
Young bride of a sappy Jedi in Star Wars Episode 2 (2002)
Young mom in Cold Mountain (2003)
Free spirit in Garden State (2004)
Hot stripper in Closer (2004)
Coming soon: Skinhead revolutionary in the Alan Moore's cult comic V For Vendetta (2006)
funny
when you have 5 minutes, lazy office worker!
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and lots lots more around the site. nyhahahaha.
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and lots lots more around the site. nyhahahaha.
CJ Forward Playlist 05112005
Album:
The Crystal Method
Community Service, Vol 2
Snaptrax:
Come With Me
Ellis Salty
We Have the Energy
Crystal Method vs The Doors
Speedfreak
Gyromancer
Finally they got Volume 2 out. More dancefloor fodder that never seems to stop. You can play this disc side by side with Volume 1 and the party'll last all night. It also makes for great action film music. Like a screaming dogfight in the skies. Or a thundering car chase. Or a subway train launched into space. Whatever. Go away now, I'm ignoring you. I'm doing Crystal Meth.
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
You are 'juggling'. Jugglers, tumblers, and other street performers were a very popular sort of entertainment once, before movies and talkies and online quizzes supplanted them.
You like to put on a show for people, and they like to watch. You are friendly and well-liked, particularly for your sense of humor, although you sometimes play with people's heads. You are frequently the center of attention, and you like it that way. However, you have to realize that the world does not revolve around you. Furthermore, you have to learn that your light-hearted antics are not appropriate to all situations. Your problem is that juggling has been obsolete for a long time.
What obsolete skill are you?
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CJ Forward Playlist 05102005
Album:
FatBoy Slim
Palookaville
Snaptrax:
The Joker
Mi Bebe Masoquista
Song for Chesh
Long Way From Home
Push and Shove
Slash Dot Dash
What's this? FatBoy Slim writing ... songs? Stop the presses! Toning down the dancefloor burners and churning out some sensible melodic pop gems, Norman Cook just extended his shelf life. The disc is still peppered with party songs, but variety is the spice of life. Yowza!
Monday, May 09, 2005
In The Darkest Day
You're the Green Lantern!
Your best friend is always getting him or herself into trouble, and while you do appear to be annoyed by them most of the time, you'll never admit that you enjoy their company. You're with the law and always want a back up plan in case something goes wrong, always thinking ahead unlike SOME people.
Which one of the Justice League (cartoon) are you?
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World View?
Ehh? I scored the same on being an Idealist and a Romanticist. What gives here??
You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.
What is Your World View?
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You scored as Cultural Creative. Cultural Creatives are probably the newest group to enter this realm. You are a modern thinker who tends to shy away from organized religion but still feels as if there is something greater than ourselves. You are very spiritual, even if you are not religious. Life has a meaning outside of the rational.
Cultural Creative | 69% | ||
Idealist | 69% | ||
Romanticist | 69% | ||
Modernist | 63% | ||
Postmodernist | 63% | ||
Fundamentalist | 50% | ||
Materialist | 50% | ||
Existentialist | 50% |
What is Your World View?
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Sunday, May 08, 2005
Ah!
You are Man-at-Arms. He is the Palace's fix-it man. He keeps all the equipment around the palace going. He also invents new ingenious items which help everyone out. He knows Prince Adam's secret of being He-man. Whenever there is trouble, the King asks him to contact He-man, which he always does.
Which Masters of the Universe Character are you?
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dvd on tap: Man On Fire [Tony Scott]
Former Special Forces assassin Creasy (Denzel Washington) comes back to his old haunts in Mexico City and works as a bodyguard for a precocious young girl Pita (the always-amazing Dakota Fanning). Despite the demons of his past and the bottle, Creasy makes a go of it, eventually getting charmed by this little ray of sunshine. And then tragedy strikes: he fails to prevent Pita's kidnapping.
All signs point to corrupt elements in the government/police bankrolling the kidnappers. And once Creasy gets out of his sickbed, turns into a devastating force of nature. Washington has gone a long way from the defiant dignified slave in Glory. This performance is a subdued version of his Training Day Oscar win, but no less powerful. Christopher Walken, playing his old colleague Rayburn, does another of his Walken-isms: "A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasey's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece." And you can tell he ain't just blowing smoke.
ok,ok, am serious - these are the best two actors ever to work in one movie.
Tony Scott once again directs Denzel (Crimson Tide) and elicits another outstanding performance, but you can see that the man doesn't need much coaxing to impress you. Man On Fire makes no apologies for its violent themes but tempers it with a humanity and spirituality through the talents of Mr. Washington and Ms Fanning.
All signs point to corrupt elements in the government/police bankrolling the kidnappers. And once Creasy gets out of his sickbed, turns into a devastating force of nature. Washington has gone a long way from the defiant dignified slave in Glory. This performance is a subdued version of his Training Day Oscar win, but no less powerful. Christopher Walken, playing his old colleague Rayburn, does another of his Walken-isms: "A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasey's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece." And you can tell he ain't just blowing smoke.
ok,ok, am serious - these are the best two actors ever to work in one movie.
Tony Scott once again directs Denzel (Crimson Tide) and elicits another outstanding performance, but you can see that the man doesn't need much coaxing to impress you. Man On Fire makes no apologies for its violent themes but tempers it with a humanity and spirituality through the talents of Mr. Washington and Ms Fanning.
Saturday, May 07, 2005
dvd on tap: Elf [Jon Favreau]
Will Ferrell strikes again! A delightful Christmas treat way back in 2003 - my sister and I went nuts aping his line - "I know him, I know him!", Ferrell plays Buddy, a human raised by Santa and his elves after sneaking into his bag one Christmas Eve when he was still in diapers. Being the odd one out in the North Pole, they suggest he find his real parents back in America.
Hijinks ensue when you put an adult human dressed as an elf - who doesn't know anything except making toys and preparing Christmas - right smack into the Christmas season in the Big Apple. His dad Walter, played by James Caan, is an understandable grinch of a book publisher, given the pressures in putting out new children's books and showing the bottom line to his bosses. At first, he gets put off by the appearance of his "son" but then relents when even his new wife and son accept Buddy into their home, with all his quirks (ever had spaghetti and syrup at the same time?). Buddy even gets to work in a Macy's-like store and even gets to fall in love (no, no bed scene, this is a family movie, you gutter rat) with a colleague (Zooey Deschanel).
Pervert elves, nekkid wimming - - FAAAAAAANtastic!
Elf sometimes beats you over the head too hard with Buddy's do-goody style and its overall damn-the-cynics storyline, but it provides lots of laughs and charms your heart over the long run (Jon Favreau, take a bow). The producers were smart to release the DVD over a year later after its theater run. This one has definite replay value.
Hijinks ensue when you put an adult human dressed as an elf - who doesn't know anything except making toys and preparing Christmas - right smack into the Christmas season in the Big Apple. His dad Walter, played by James Caan, is an understandable grinch of a book publisher, given the pressures in putting out new children's books and showing the bottom line to his bosses. At first, he gets put off by the appearance of his "son" but then relents when even his new wife and son accept Buddy into their home, with all his quirks (ever had spaghetti and syrup at the same time?). Buddy even gets to work in a Macy's-like store and even gets to fall in love (no, no bed scene, this is a family movie, you gutter rat) with a colleague (Zooey Deschanel).
Pervert elves, nekkid wimming - - FAAAAAAANtastic!
Elf sometimes beats you over the head too hard with Buddy's do-goody style and its overall damn-the-cynics storyline, but it provides lots of laughs and charms your heart over the long run (Jon Favreau, take a bow). The producers were smart to release the DVD over a year later after its theater run. This one has definite replay value.
dvd on tap: Resident Evil: Apocalypse [Alexander Witt]
Milla Jovovich must love starring as the hot chick in sci-fi B movies. Or she just can't resist the loads of money thrown at her. Or both. Either way, the bright minds behind the Resident Evil franchise, just like Tomb Raider, launches the sequel to the sci-fi zombie thriller, and we have the Ukraine-born model once again decimating scores of zombie fodder. This time around, Raccoon City (don't you just love those Japanese creative writers of video games) has been hamleted and isolated as the T-Virus spreads, forcing Alice (Jovovich) to find a way out and strike back at the masterminds of the whole crap, the Umbrella Corporation (yeah, someone was dumb enough to be in charge of naming).
Despite obvious plot holes (knowing there's an airborne virus reanimating dead cells, would you pass through a cemetery?), RE2 works best when you suspend common sense (don't they all), and just watch the pretty pictures. Speaking of which, this time, Alice is joined by suspended cop Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory), whose first impulse when the zombie riots reach critical mass, is to walk the streets in a tube top and miniskirt, guns blazing. Other cops in full body armor are systematically whittled down as zombie snacks, while Jill never even gets licked. In blending the game storyline, the Nemesis creation (ugly 8-foot jacked-up armored zombie) and Alice seem to be unwilling products of the same super soldier program, and form an alliance against the common enemy.
"You want to play, Croft? Then slap leather!" (ok, that sounded kinky)
Oded Fehr (The Mummy) returns to the big screen as another badass cop, while Mike Epps provides some snorts as a gun-toting comedy relief (what really his role is here, ma at pa). The ending provides some intrigue as Alice is seemingly turned into a double agent to hunt down the remaining agents opposing the Corporation. That only means one thing - another RE movie!
Factoid: Jovovich is banging the screenwriter and the original film's director, Paul WS Anderson. Need we say more?
Despite obvious plot holes (knowing there's an airborne virus reanimating dead cells, would you pass through a cemetery?), RE2 works best when you suspend common sense (don't they all), and just watch the pretty pictures. Speaking of which, this time, Alice is joined by suspended cop Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory), whose first impulse when the zombie riots reach critical mass, is to walk the streets in a tube top and miniskirt, guns blazing. Other cops in full body armor are systematically whittled down as zombie snacks, while Jill never even gets licked. In blending the game storyline, the Nemesis creation (ugly 8-foot jacked-up armored zombie) and Alice seem to be unwilling products of the same super soldier program, and form an alliance against the common enemy.
"You want to play, Croft? Then slap leather!" (ok, that sounded kinky)
Oded Fehr (The Mummy) returns to the big screen as another badass cop, while Mike Epps provides some snorts as a gun-toting comedy relief (what really his role is here, ma at pa). The ending provides some intrigue as Alice is seemingly turned into a double agent to hunt down the remaining agents opposing the Corporation. That only means one thing - another RE movie!
Factoid: Jovovich is banging the screenwriter and the original film's director, Paul WS Anderson. Need we say more?
Friday, May 06, 2005
Kingdom of Heaven scales the action scenes a bit, and actually provides a back story. This should be the #1 film of the weekend. Orlando Bloom does his best, though he's not quite there yet. But you could see flashes of Errol Flynn in him.
Sesso is no longer where it should be so Brucolino was the night's destination. Got in there in time around 9. The Mozzarella In Carrozza was excellent, and the pasta and pork chops were good as well. Waiter wasn't as attentive (hey i can pay too, you know), but this is the Upper West Side, and despite the suit, I'm not white.
Wanted to drop by Cafe Lalo but it was raining and the chilly wind didn't help matters. Oh well. Still quite something to look back at.
Sesso is no longer where it should be so Brucolino was the night's destination. Got in there in time around 9. The Mozzarella In Carrozza was excellent, and the pasta and pork chops were good as well. Waiter wasn't as attentive (hey i can pay too, you know), but this is the Upper West Side, and despite the suit, I'm not white.
Wanted to drop by Cafe Lalo but it was raining and the chilly wind didn't help matters. Oh well. Still quite something to look back at.
dvd on tap: Anchorman [Adam McKay]
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a side-splitting look at the macho and vain world of TV anchormen. San Diego's top dog is Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), and he's so wrapped in his own press releases that he is revered as The Man by his colleagues, specifically, his crew - Champ (David Koechner), Brian (Paul Rudd) and Brick (Steven Carell). You should watch them sing "Afternoon Delight" and banter around. Carell, in particular, is a devious scene stealer (which probably got him the nod to star in the Yankee version of The Office, playing Ricky Gervais' boss-from-hell character).
Their chauvinistic world, which includes constantly taunting their #1 competitor Wes Mantooth (Vince Vaughn), is suddenly upended when Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) - gasp! a broad! - joins the news crew and instills fear in the hearts of these chest-thumping cavemen. But wait! What's this? Everyone wants to score on her just to get her out of the way, yet Ron Burgundy actually likes her! And she's attracted to him too! Sufferin' succotash! Is Ron becoming soft? The office affair becomes a battle of wills as Ron and Veronica develop a venomous rivalry and Ron's weakness of reading anything - anything - written in the teleprompter hastens his downfall.
In what I thought was movie's silliest (still funny) scene, anchormen from all of San Diego's TV stations square off in a free-for-all - giving us brilliant cameos of Tim Robbins, Luke Wilson and Ben Stiller as an over-the-top Spanish anchorman. There is only one rule: no touching of hair and face. Yep, you can decapitate someone and it'll still be legal.
Can anything be funnier than a moron bringing a grenade to a brawl?
Directed and co-written with Ferrell by SNL alumni Adam McKay, this hilarious film is a great start for his megman career. Will Ferrell is riding a hot streak with his brand of comedy. What can we say - grabe, ang kuleeet!
Their chauvinistic world, which includes constantly taunting their #1 competitor Wes Mantooth (Vince Vaughn), is suddenly upended when Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) - gasp! a broad! - joins the news crew and instills fear in the hearts of these chest-thumping cavemen. But wait! What's this? Everyone wants to score on her just to get her out of the way, yet Ron Burgundy actually likes her! And she's attracted to him too! Sufferin' succotash! Is Ron becoming soft? The office affair becomes a battle of wills as Ron and Veronica develop a venomous rivalry and Ron's weakness of reading anything - anything - written in the teleprompter hastens his downfall.
In what I thought was movie's silliest (still funny) scene, anchormen from all of San Diego's TV stations square off in a free-for-all - giving us brilliant cameos of Tim Robbins, Luke Wilson and Ben Stiller as an over-the-top Spanish anchorman. There is only one rule: no touching of hair and face. Yep, you can decapitate someone and it'll still be legal.
Can anything be funnier than a moron bringing a grenade to a brawl?
Directed and co-written with Ferrell by SNL alumni Adam McKay, this hilarious film is a great start for his megman career. Will Ferrell is riding a hot streak with his brand of comedy. What can we say - grabe, ang kuleeet!
Oi!
And a-carousing we will go ...
Heartland Brewery, South St Seaport, May 5, 2005
Beer swilling louts
Are we partying yet?
My round. 1 down, 3.5 to go.
ship of fools. waiting for the iceberg.
you can tell a man's drunk when he's chugging invisible pints.
a tsunami of alcoholics
smashed. 20x over.
to those who were calling me during that time, sorry i couldn't answer. and when i was trying to call you back, YOU WEREN'T PICKING THE DAMN PHONE EITHER. Bwahahahaha.
Salud!
Heartland Brewery, South St Seaport, May 5, 2005
Beer swilling louts
Are we partying yet?
My round. 1 down, 3.5 to go.
ship of fools. waiting for the iceberg.
you can tell a man's drunk when he's chugging invisible pints.
a tsunami of alcoholics
smashed. 20x over.
to those who were calling me during that time, sorry i couldn't answer. and when i was trying to call you back, YOU WEREN'T PICKING THE DAMN PHONE EITHER. Bwahahahaha.
Salud!
Thursday, May 05, 2005
dvd on tap: Walking Tall [Kevin Bray]
A remake of the 70s movie and early 80s TV series about a sheriff toting a 2x4 instead of a gun, The Rock more than fills in the shoes of the main character Buford Pusser, portrayed previously by Joe Don Baker and Bo Svenson.
The Rock plays ex-US Special Forces soldier Chris Vaughn, who going back home to his small Northwest town, finds it changed a lot. Factories and mills have closed down, and the business has been revved up with casinos and adult shops. These inroads to progress have been engineered by his smarmy childhood pal, Jay Hamilton (Neal McDonough - who really looks like a sinister taong araw).
Since they have to update the story, the film makes reference to Pusser as the previous sheriff who dies in a suspicious accident, and the post is now occupied by a corrupt guy in Hamilton's pocket. You can see it coming then: The Rock runs for office, wins it, and starts cleaning the town up. Hooohaaa! So much for the buildup - let's get the mayhem on!
You'll have to excuse the story having a fratboy element - why else would Johnny Knoxville be cast as Chris' wayward childhood friend, whose criminal past helps a lot in figuring out the drug-running methods of the town's current bad apples? Speaking of Knoxville, have you ever seen him and Josh Duhamel in the same picture? No? Because they're the same guy! Bwahahahaha!
Ok I digress. There's also the chick element, ably filled (ooooh, filled!) by eye candy Ashley Scott. Wow, The Rock has a bed scene (can't remember if he did Kelly Hu in Scorpion King). Lucky sumbitch.
"This is just like the WWF - only I get paid better. Take that, Vince!"
Even though Vin Diesel's The Pacifier rolled in the dough in the box office, I think The Rock would have fit the role better. Its obvious that The Rock has made better choices in film roles than Diesel. Plus the dude just has the personality - wake up and smell ... what The Rock is cookin'.
The Rock plays ex-US Special Forces soldier Chris Vaughn, who going back home to his small Northwest town, finds it changed a lot. Factories and mills have closed down, and the business has been revved up with casinos and adult shops. These inroads to progress have been engineered by his smarmy childhood pal, Jay Hamilton (Neal McDonough - who really looks like a sinister taong araw).
Since they have to update the story, the film makes reference to Pusser as the previous sheriff who dies in a suspicious accident, and the post is now occupied by a corrupt guy in Hamilton's pocket. You can see it coming then: The Rock runs for office, wins it, and starts cleaning the town up. Hooohaaa! So much for the buildup - let's get the mayhem on!
You'll have to excuse the story having a fratboy element - why else would Johnny Knoxville be cast as Chris' wayward childhood friend, whose criminal past helps a lot in figuring out the drug-running methods of the town's current bad apples? Speaking of Knoxville, have you ever seen him and Josh Duhamel in the same picture? No? Because they're the same guy! Bwahahahaha!
Ok I digress. There's also the chick element, ably filled (ooooh, filled!) by eye candy Ashley Scott. Wow, The Rock has a bed scene (can't remember if he did Kelly Hu in Scorpion King). Lucky sumbitch.
"This is just like the WWF - only I get paid better. Take that, Vince!"
Even though Vin Diesel's The Pacifier rolled in the dough in the box office, I think The Rock would have fit the role better. Its obvious that The Rock has made better choices in film roles than Diesel. Plus the dude just has the personality - wake up and smell ... what The Rock is cookin'.
naks. i see my friend delphie, aka wkk, also allowed ads to invade his space. wooohoooo! money, money, money!
CJ Forward Playlist 05052005
Album:
Lighthouse Family
Greatest Hits
Snaptrax:
High
Lost In Space
Loving Every Minute
Ocean Drive
Lifted
This is album you would want to listen to with a state-of-the-art stereo system. In a beach house overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The soothing sound of a crashing wave. Blue skies above. Cool afternoon breeze toying with the curtains. And then stormclouds move in causing a slight rainshower. Then the blue sky appears again. Gentle pop soul that moves you with its freshness and timelessness. Bril.
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
dvd on tap: Cellular [David Ellis]
Who wants to believe that soccer mom Jessica Martin (Kim Basinger) can make a call out of a shattered phone? Not I, said the Grif (and everyone who watched the movie). OK, she's a science teacher and all, but ...
Let's suspend our common sense for 90 minutes and enjoy the movie now, shall we? So she gets kidnapped by gun-toting bad guys, they up the ante by kidnapping her only son too, and her only hope is beach bum/slacker Ryan (Chris Evans), whose number is the one she dials when she tries crossing them phone wires together. Ryan suddenly develops a case of hero-itis, probably because he's so ashamed that he can't even keep a hottie girlfriend (Jessica Biel). How come she manages to connect to a whitebread hunk, and not that wimpy Asian guy? Because this isn't a comedy, you moron.
The reason for kidnapping Mrs Martin is because she named their only son Ricky (no, really!). Actually, Mr Martin is a videobug and is a witness to a gangland rubout. Ergo, the baddies want his camera and his life and his family's too. Poor Ricky. Doesn't even get the chance to be in the American Menudo.
But wait! Whitebread hunk Ryan doesn't have to do this by himself. He needs help. We have the always-competent William H. Macy as a retiring desk jockey cop finally getting a break, and is the only one who manages to piece it all together (aren't those instincts honed by being on the beat for years?). Of course, on the other side, we have the Dark Side cops and the main bad guy, Jason Statham. Yes, THE Jason Statham. He should be in an XMen movie someday (Cable?). Him and that Oded Fehr dude (that's another movie).
"You're my agent! Get me off this movie quick! What? Did you say Fantastic Four?"
Unlike Phone Booth, this one doesn't have a twist. Or at least a cliffhanging ending. But my biggest beef is: barely 10 minutes of screentime for Jessica Biel? Who's the wiseguy who decided that? I should go watch Blade: Trinity pronto. If I had it.
Let's suspend our common sense for 90 minutes and enjoy the movie now, shall we? So she gets kidnapped by gun-toting bad guys, they up the ante by kidnapping her only son too, and her only hope is beach bum/slacker Ryan (Chris Evans), whose number is the one she dials when she tries crossing them phone wires together. Ryan suddenly develops a case of hero-itis, probably because he's so ashamed that he can't even keep a hottie girlfriend (Jessica Biel). How come she manages to connect to a whitebread hunk, and not that wimpy Asian guy? Because this isn't a comedy, you moron.
The reason for kidnapping Mrs Martin is because she named their only son Ricky (no, really!). Actually, Mr Martin is a videobug and is a witness to a gangland rubout. Ergo, the baddies want his camera and his life and his family's too. Poor Ricky. Doesn't even get the chance to be in the American Menudo.
But wait! Whitebread hunk Ryan doesn't have to do this by himself. He needs help. We have the always-competent William H. Macy as a retiring desk jockey cop finally getting a break, and is the only one who manages to piece it all together (aren't those instincts honed by being on the beat for years?). Of course, on the other side, we have the Dark Side cops and the main bad guy, Jason Statham. Yes, THE Jason Statham. He should be in an XMen movie someday (Cable?). Him and that Oded Fehr dude (that's another movie).
"You're my agent! Get me off this movie quick! What? Did you say Fantastic Four?"
Unlike Phone Booth, this one doesn't have a twist. Or at least a cliffhanging ending. But my biggest beef is: barely 10 minutes of screentime for Jessica Biel? Who's the wiseguy who decided that? I should go watch Blade: Trinity pronto. If I had it.
CJ Reverse Playlist 05042005
Album:
Something Corporate
Leaving Through The Window
Snaptrax:
I Woke Up In A Car
Punk Rock Princess
If You See Jordan
You're Gone
Drunk Girl
Cavanaugh Park
Given their post-pubescent background, Something Corporate's (now is that tongue-in-cheek irony or cockiness?) musings can be forgiven for being a little high-school-y at times. But that's where the age factor ends. Them boys sure know their musical chops, and lead singer Andy McMahon's piano/orchestral maneuverings bring a lot of melody and pomp to the table. Melancholy power pop in the hands of the young - imagine them maturing further. Look out, world. This ain't Hanson.
CJ Forward Playlist 05042005
Album:
Sugarcult
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Snaptrax:
She's The Blade
Memory
Head Up
Over
Counting Stars
What You Say
Despite the fact that Sugarcult's music isn't something you haven't heard before, its still refreshing in a way because they fill in the catchy power pop/punk void left by the elder statesmen (Green Day, Blink 182, Everclear). They do know their power guitar riffs, in that they're seemingly too slick, but that's not bad. Romantic frustration is the norm (like duh), and expressing those seem - and sound - better with a rock star air.
everybody’s watching you
breathing in your every move
look around when the world is empty
look around if you’re guilty
everybody’s after you
i wait in line to touch you
look around if you ever miss me
look around because it kills me
it’s over
there’s nothing you can do
there’s nothing you can say
to keep me here
it’s over
you say we’re just friends
we're playing pretend to keep me here
every night I lay in bed
i think about the things you said
look around, I’m the one, your only
look around it still kills me
Doesn’t anyone care?
everybody’s watching you and counting down your every move
look around when your heartbeat’s empty
look around if it’s guilty
it’s over
you say we’re just friends
we're playing pretend to keep me here
it’s over
there’s nothing you can do
there’s nothing you can say
to keep me here
it’s over
you say we’re just friends
it’s almost the end
i’m outta here
it’s over
i’m outta here
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
dvd on tap: Godzilla [Roland Emmerich]
The Devlin/Emmerich team, pilloried for the commercial (and guilty pleasures - c'mon, you can't help not watching it!) Stargate and Independence Day, socks it to audience, New York City and noted movie critics Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel (R.I.P.). Boom! There goes the METLife building. Down goes the Chrysler. They practically nuke Madison Square Garden. Hey, there goes "Mayor Ebert" and his bumbling assistant Gene. And what does that nervous Sgt O'Neal (Doug Savant) imply as a representative of the US military? Nyhahahahaha!
Plot? What plot? This was a summer movie. We don't need no stinkin' plots. French nuke testing. Radioactive lizard. Fancies Manhattan as a nesting ground. Americans go in shooting. Nerd hero Nick (Matthew Broderick) saves the day. What else do you want? Oh I know, I didn't like that bitch Audrey (Maria Pitillo) who sells out her ex Nick (her ex!) to further her career - that was just mean. Hank Azaria could have been the nerd but instead steals some scenes as the gung-ho gweedo TV cameraman. And I don't care if he represents ze French, I don't care that he's French: how can you not like any movie with Jean Reno?
"I will never ... ever ... go to Hooters again. Ever."
Godzilla fans seem to yearn for the days of rubber suits, toy cities being crushed and piss-poor animation. They gave it the name GINO (Godzilla In Name Only - nyuknyuknyuk). Listen, if I were standing on a wooden pier, and this huge-ass wave comes rushing toward me breathtakingly, dammit if I wouldn't run scared. And that already conveys the idea behind Gojira, where man plays God and damn the consequences. Emmerich just made the sandbox a lot better. It may be a B movie, but its a goddamn good B movie.
Plot? What plot? This was a summer movie. We don't need no stinkin' plots. French nuke testing. Radioactive lizard. Fancies Manhattan as a nesting ground. Americans go in shooting. Nerd hero Nick (Matthew Broderick) saves the day. What else do you want? Oh I know, I didn't like that bitch Audrey (Maria Pitillo) who sells out her ex Nick (her ex!) to further her career - that was just mean. Hank Azaria could have been the nerd but instead steals some scenes as the gung-ho gweedo TV cameraman. And I don't care if he represents ze French, I don't care that he's French: how can you not like any movie with Jean Reno?
"I will never ... ever ... go to Hooters again. Ever."
Godzilla fans seem to yearn for the days of rubber suits, toy cities being crushed and piss-poor animation. They gave it the name GINO (Godzilla In Name Only - nyuknyuknyuk). Listen, if I were standing on a wooden pier, and this huge-ass wave comes rushing toward me breathtakingly, dammit if I wouldn't run scared. And that already conveys the idea behind Gojira, where man plays God and damn the consequences. Emmerich just made the sandbox a lot better. It may be a B movie, but its a goddamn good B movie.
Die, MF, Die!
You are an assassin.
That means you are a professional and do your job without mixing any emotions in it. In your life you have probably been hurt many times and have gotten some mental scars. This results in you being distant from people. Though many think that you are evil, you are not. What you really are is a person, trying to forget your pain and past. You are the person who never seems to care and that is why being an assassin fits you good. At least, that's what people think. Even if you don't care that much for your victims, you still have the ability to care and to generally feel. It is not lost, just a little forgotten. In crowds you tend to not get noticed, and dress in black or other discreet colours. You don't like being in the spotlight and wish people would just leave you alone. But once you do get close to someone you have a hard time letting go and get real down if you lose him/her.
Main weapon: Sniper Rifle/Carbonite Dagger/Poison Powder
Quote: "The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy" -Jim Rohn
Facial expression: Narrowed eyes
What Type of Killer Are You? [cool pictures]
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CJ Reverse Playlist 05032005
Album:
Peaches
Fatherfucker
Snaptrax:
Operate
I U She
Back It Up, Baby
Shake Your Dix
Stuff Me Up
Tombstone Baby
If she played it clean, Peaches (a.k.a. Merill Nisker) wouldn't gain the notoriety or make her material work. That is to say, her music is catchy electropop with an edge - raunchy lyrics. Ironically, her best songs are when she tones down the bitchy slut persona ("Operate"). She also manages to corral Iggy Pop for a sex-me-up duet. The album title is delineated fully in the album's most blatant song "Shake Your Dix", which she just uses to describe herself and her ilk. Fatherfucker, indeed.
CJ Forward Playlist 05032005
Album:
Chemical Brothers
Push The Button
Snaptrax:
Galvanize
Believe
Come Inside
The Big Jump
Shake Break Bounce
This album had to grow on me, and after several spins, I am now back on the Brothers' saddle. No anthemic bigbeat dancefloor burners here, but there are quite a few that would do with the right remixer. Am sure "Galvanize" would already top the list. Veering slightly off the beaten track with the guitar-driven "Shake Break Bounce" and stripped-down toe-tappers like "Marvo Ging", sounds like the Brothers are back to creating new music.
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