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Dylan Documentary

It will air in two parts, tonight and tomorrow night, on PBS. It sounds pretty good. Then again, the review is from the LA Times and the director is Martin Scorsese, so who knows. Link [http://www.calendarlive.com/tv/cl-ca-dylan25sep25,0,840025.story?track=widget]. Excerpt from LAT Review:

Aiming to Entertain in Early Hollywood

King Vidor about why he wanted to make The Big Parade [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0015624/] (1925): > One day I had a talk with Irving Thalberg and told him I was weary of making ephemeral films. They came to town, played a week or so, then went their

Historical Miniature

Hank Williams, from this morning's NYT [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/books/review/25keillor.html]: > Hank was a landmark, the first really sexy hillbilly. Chet Atkins, who saw him perform, said he was graceful like a snake, somebody you couldn't take your eyes

Great Movie Review

James Pinkerton at Tech Central Station has written an excellent analysis of Corpse Bride. Link [http://www.techcentralstation.com/092305F.html]. Here are two excerpts, related but distinct enough to be emphasized separately: 1. > The film's production notes attest that CB is based on a "19th

Strider Wouldn't Be Ashamed

Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen was once so hungry he ate a roadside rabbit that had been hit by a car. Link [http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/mortensen%20makes%20roadkill%20confession] .

Poor Fulton

The eponymous grandson has been a moral disgrace: > Reformed hell-raiser Charlie Sheen left a whole baseball team with endless wild memories, after throwing them a party at his house complete with prostitutes and porn stars. . . > Former Reds player Rob Dibble tells FHM, "During our championship season in

50 Bad Ones

VH1 has released its "50 Worst Songs of All Time" list. There are some bad ones, and I was glad to see "We Built This City" by The [Jefferson] Starship at number one. Whatta wretched song. Link [http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/50_most_awesomely_

Ice Cream with Salsa?

Heavy metal cellists? I guess they're pretty popular with teenage orchestra members, but I'd never heard of such a thing: Apocalyptica Website [http://www.apocalyptica.com/bio/index.php]

Raising Ellen

Out of curiosity, I clicked on the Ellen DeGeneres Actor Page on Yahoo. These pages provide a snapshot biography of famous actors. Each snapshot presumably presents the most salient information of a person's life, even if much of it is mundane (e.g., where a person was born)

King of America's Past Time

> Couch potato, thy name is Suresh. Suresh Joachim broke the Guinness world record for the longest time spent watching TV. He finished Friday with 69 hours and 48 minutes. > After passing the previous record of 50 hours and 7 minutes Thursday, Joachim continued until shortly after 7 a.