Sunday, October 31, 2004
Get a Proofreader
Foxx has generated a lot of early Oscar buzz for his accurate portrayal of the blind pianist, who saw the film shortly before he died in June of liver disease.
NO HE DIDN'T.
Review: SAW
I have to say that I was not disappointed on this one. Even though it did have its share of foibles, all round it was a movie worthy of the admission price.
Without going much into the plot, its about a guy who takes people and more or less puts them in these sick, tortuous situations. You don't see the guy, you don' really know why he chose the people he did, but you do know that since the walls are grimy and the lighting is bad, some twisted shit is about to go down.
You could compare this movie to Se7en in the fact that its about a killer who is trying to teach people a lesson with his brutality. This is to me is your optimal horror flick; one that could happen in real life. People thought The Ring was scary, but in actuality it was just a boogieman coming through a TV set. Yawn.
The best thing about the movie is the atmosphere in which it takes place. Maybe I'm easily impressed, but the fact that the walls are grimy, the lighting is that dirty, low-light fluorescent green, and having a lot of the movie take place in a room that you could see taking place in the Kings Park Psychiatric Center did it for me.
Also, the gruesome situations the people were put in by the killer were great. They just made you say "HOLE-LEE SHIT" out loud when you were watching it. Beautiful.
However, the acting blew ass. Cary Elwes (whose life achievement has been Robin Hood: Men in Tights) looked more like a soap opera character than some guy about to saw his own foot off. Scenes were he was yelling because he couldn't reach a cell phone were just too ridiculous. People were laughing at the screen. The people I saw it with said it almost ruined the movie for them.
I thought it was cool regardless of the acting. Danny Glover pulled off an inspired performance as a black man. Actually a black cop. I don't think he's ever played one of those before.
The same people who said the acting almost ruined it for them said the ending made the movie awesome for them. It is a cool ending. I'm one of these guys who tries to figure out the ending 20 minutes in, either because some guy gave a dirty look or something like that, but I never get it right. This one I don't think anyone could be even close.
If you like horror movies or just want to see an unnerving flick, I definitely recommend this. It does the job without too much nonsense or 'that-would-never-happen' moments.
GRADE: A solid 89%
Why are old puppets always so fucking scary?
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Don't Wave At Me, Asshole
I'm so ready for this election to be over its not even funny. I have to admit that I honestly haven't followed any political news for about the last two weeks, it honestly makes me nauseous. I watched Crossfire for about five minutes yesterday, and I had to turn it off. I can't take this bipartisan nipping at each other about the insignificant anymore. The only thing that has really gone on in the last two weeks has been these explosives going missing, other than that its been "Bush is a dummy", "Kerry looks silly throwing a baseball". I can't listen to it anymore. Who cares?
Its not just Republicans ignoring the important anymore. Democrats have been talking about what? A fucking box on Bush's back during one of the debates. WHO THE FUCK CARES? Why not point out how royally fucked we are in Iraq right now. Stick to this, and hopefully people will notice. But do they do that? No. They're more concerned about finding out why Bush won't release his 2nd grade report card.
I really, really hope Kerry wins. If he doesn't.......I don't know. I'll be truly nervous about world affairs for the next four years. I pray to God that we don't have a draft. I can't even imagine.
The wait for this election has been like sitting outside a bathroom waiting to hear from the skank from Saturday if she's pregnant; so full of worry, doubt, anger, and a feeling like you want to yell "SCREW YOU, TRAMP!" and run away.
Please please please anyone who reads this and is thinking about voting, vote for Kerry. Forget all that other shit that doesn't matter right now: we can worry about fags marrying, your rights to own a rocket launcher, and dead fetuses later. If we keep on this pre-emptive kick and screw up international relations, fuck up countries so its EASIER for terrorists to recruit people in them, and spending money they way we are right now, all that other shit won't matter because we'll all be dead or fighting in a war in the middle of some Mr. Ronai ancient desert.
I don't have much faith in people to make the right choice. I hope I'm proven wrong this time.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Monday, October 25, 2004
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Saturday, October 23, 2004
This Is A Video Edit
That's all I did today. I think me and Kristin are going to the two WONY parties tonight. WONY is so popular now, we've got to have multiple parties to contain all the awesomeness.
Here is the Internet Movie Database page of my Art of the Motion Picture teacher:
Jensen all up in your grille
Thursday, October 21, 2004
CMJ Post Game Analysis
- At first it looked like we were going to have major trouble getting into the hotel. It was 2 rooms, equipped for 6, and we had 9, plus they had a huge sign saying "YOU MUST DISPLAY YOUR KEY WHEN ENTERING ELEVATORS" sitting right next to some guy stationed there, but we never had trouble.
- We all went to the Javits Center together, and got our badges, along with bags of free stuff.
- No one wanted to go see the 'Team America' pre-screening except Lisa P., so me and her got on a bus and went to Lincoln Center. We stood in a line of like 400 people. Finally got in, watched it (I'd say a 5 out of 10), Trey Parker and Matt Stone came out and talked to everyone for like 15 min., and then they raffle off a guitar signed by them. I won. Find out later the whole package is worth like $1500 - $2000. First thought that popped in my head was "Going on eBay so fast."
- Me and Lisa go and meet Meg and Kristen Miller at Irving Plaza. Some band where they played literally Halloween music was on stage, then Sonic Youth came out. Me and Lisa somehow fanagled our way into the VIP section of Irving, the bands walking by us and all that. We are so hip.
- Day 2 begins back at Javitz to see Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys make no sense. He really gave me a feel of what drugs does to you after 35 years. We also saw Ted Leo and Saul Williams (who are they?) speak about politics.
- Me, Treats, Daly, Meg, and Miller went to some place by the Williamsburg Bridge. Free beer for a few hours. Good time.
- Trying to get back into the hotel, we got stuck in some area of the building that just had a staircase going up forever. It was like The Shining. Actually, the entire hotel was just like the one in The Shining, especially when RedRum was written on our mirror in ketchup. Or catsup, if you're a moron.
- Meg and Daly introduce me to Sparks, and take me to an Indian restaurant. I've never seen anything like this. There are like four of them right next to each other in about a 15 foot space. When they see you are considering eating Indian food, they all start SCREAMING at you to eat at their place in broken English. They yell promises and incentives at you. One guy yelled 'FREE WINE!' at us. We went there.
- Unfortunately, and as I expected, the caveat was that it was only free wine if you order an entree.
- You can never recognize what you are eating when eating Indian food. Everyone else just picked up these random orange things that looked like alien eggs and bit them. It was gross.
- The food wasn't bad, but I didn't see anything special about it. Honestly, the best part was the experience. You have to go to an Indian restaurant at least once in NYC.
- Rob, Laz, and other Alumni showed up at the hotel that night. Me, Rob, and Lisa K. went to some bar, me and Rob talked about big boy adult stuff, and Lisa sat and stared at us. Whoopsy.
- I can't remember what I did Friday. The whole day is a blank to me. All of these things are just mixing in my head.
- I do remember losing everything I own during this trip, however. I lost the key card to the room the first night, then I thought I lost my $300 CMJ badge the next morning (Feldman was sleeping on top of it), I thought I left my wallet on the subway (it was in my pocket), I thought I left my jacket at the Team America premiere (I didn't wear it), and I dropped my ATM card in the Bowry Ballroom. I am seriously a 7-year old.
- Saturday we went to a panel of RCA Record execs, two gay directors, and the manager for a band called My Chemical Romance. Although the panel was titled 'Anatomy of the Music Video', all I really got from it was that if you're not an established artist, the record company gets to fuck with you as much as they want to, but if you have sold some records, they will kiss your ass forever. It made me really mad.
- Saturday night was out of control. Me and Daly more or less split a bottle of Smirnoff together, and I drank about 3/4 of a small bottle of 99 Apples by myself. The pictures will speak for themselves. Everyone was out of their minds.
- We first went to the Bowry Ballroom, and saw some band called Mates of State and a hip-hop group called Aesop Rock. It was ok. I dropped my ATM card on the ground, and luckily Kodi found it, otherwise I'd have been so fucked and pissed off my face would have exploded.
- We then went to the Pussycat Lounge. The 'free beer' they advertised having was more like a case of Amheiser World Select for about 200 people. Needless to say, there was no more free beer after 20 minutes. CMJ really fucked us all over when it came to that. It wasn't the fact that there were naked girls there that made it fun, it was the fact that all of us were there together when there were naked girls there that made its so fun. Kodi and Lisa P. left like an hour after we got there, because Kodi was out-of-his-mind drunk, and kept snapping people with the rubberband that came out of his $5 sweatpants he bought. The rest of us went back in, and Treats fell in love with one of the strippers, and gave her all his money, ran out of money, then tried to hand them folded-up napkins as a tip. He also took a picture in the strip club, not of the girls, but it still got confiscated by a bouncer. We finally pulled him out of there when he started to wave his bank card at the girl.
- Outside, Treats kept up this behavior by ripping open a bag with 1,000 page phone books in it, and put them under someone's windshield wipers.
- I don't remember who I came home with, but I do remember taking pictures inside the cab. For no reason.
- Meg, Daly, and I went to the KFC in Penn Station at 3:30 in the morning. Miller was sleeping in the room so we ate it in the hallway. For some reason, Meg started talking in this foreign accent, and we ended up having a 20-minute conversation with each other in this Eastern European/Russian voice. Meg kept talking about her "muffin", a.k.a. a biscuit. Every sentence started with "In my country...." It was really funny.
- What wasn't funny was when I woke up four hours later and started to puke. A funny thing happened during this experience, because while the KFC mashed potatoes were coming out of my mouth, they were also coming out of my nose. I froze over the toilet, as I had shit coming out of every hole in my face, trying to blow it out of my nose onto the bathmat, but the bile burned the inside of my nose every time I did so. It was one of the low points of my entire life.
- It was finally time to leave. We got our stuff and headed to Grand Central Station. Since we had to kill some time, Kodi sat on the floor, and wrote on napkins things like, "Check out my cornhole Give me change" and "Slide MetroCard here" and propped these signs against himself, with his ass in the air. Not many 21 year olds could amuse themselves with a pen and napkin for an hour and a half.
And that sort of concludes the trip. If you want to see the pictures, you can check them out here. Also, if I forgot anything, put them in the comments section, the link is right under this article. Overall, I spent about $200 in the city, but the trip was definitely worth it, and I suspect CMJ 2005 will be as equally out of control.
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Momma Always Told Me There'd Be Days like These
Regardless of all that, I'm going to wait until the weekend to put up a CMJ post. I want to do it right, with pictures as illustrations, and really give a sense of how out of control it got.
I think I talked about the guitar in one of the audio posts. Anyway, I've heard that I can get from $1500 to $2000 for it. Wowzers. I don't think I'll get that much though. I'm gonna put it on eBay for like eight, and a Buy it Now for twelve.
If I get anywhere in the range of what these people are telling me, its gonna pay for a computer, the CMJ trip, and Christmas. That would be a nice treat. I know it won't happen though.
Why is it so hard to put a key on a keyring? I just tried to do it and I fucked up my fingernail.
I gotta go do a radio show soon. Go Sox, even though I'm predicting your demise tonight.
Monday, October 18, 2004
CMJ Aftermath
In the meantime, get prepared to deal with a onslaught of this in the coming weeks:
Problems Crop Up in Fla. Early Voting
Friday, October 15, 2004
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Monday, October 11, 2004
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Unoriginal Suck
Now, I can't comment on the books, having too much self-respect to read them, but I'm guessing the movies and books are basically the same. I've been forced to see all three of these atrocities in the theaters by Kristin. Through those wasted hours, I have studied and scrutinized the films, and come to the conclusion that people must be idiots to have made J.K. Rowling the richest woman in Britain. The only credit I give this woman is being able to con so many people that she ends up a BILLIONAIRE, with a few books to go and I'm sure more movies. BILLIONAIRE.
BILLIONAIRE. For writing a story. About WIZARDS. And WITCHES. Holy shit, that is the most original thing I've ever heard.
That's my main problem with the Harry Potter franchise, it is not an original, creative idea. She did not invent the idea of wizards and magic. People act like there has been no mention of magic in the last 1700 years other than what this lady has written. She didn't invent this. It is not a new concept.
You know what the name of the forest is that surrounds the school is named? The Dark Forest. Amazing! The mind that came up with that deserves to be a BILLIONAIRE!!!!!
I honestly believe that one reason so many people like this series is because she gives weird names to things. That's not a person anymore, it's a muggle. A ball? No, no, it's Quafiki. When you have to pee, you go to the naipershundy. Yum Yum! My favorite dish is the bra-goosh-ner with wanecrott. Even though I made all those up, you get the idea. If you don't believe me, watch the movies.
Also, the characters are really irritating. The redheaded stepchild, all he's good for in the movies is making goofy faces. This one I'm not even exaggerating. If you watch any of the movies, this kid makes stupid faces he calls 'acting' throughout 90% of the film.
Harry is no better. These kids break every single rule Hogwart's has, gets caught by the big guy with the beard, and what does he say? "For knowingly breaking every rule we have set forth for the students of Hogwart's, we have no choice but to............AWARD 50 POINTS TO GRIFFENDOR!!!!"
What?!?! How does that make sense? Yet it happens in every movie.
I'm not even gonna get into why the entire plot of the third movie is destroyed in one scene. All I'm going to say is that if you are standing in a house and someone throws a rock at you, and you turn around and see no one, then later on go back in time to that very moment and find yourself throwing a rock at yourself, then when the first rock was thrown at you something else must have been throwing rocks at you other than yourself because you can't justify you throwing a rock at you before you even went back in time because how else did the first rock get thrown?
If you can follow and understand that rambling, you have tapped into the reason why the crux of the third Harry Potter movie doesn't make sense.
Hogwart's also seems to not have heard of Brown v. Board of Ed. yet, because there are virtually no black people at Hogwarts. You'll see one or two thrown into big crowd scenes, but that's about it. The only black kid with a speaking part is the kid who does the announcing at the flying rugby games. But of course, they have to make the black kid a DJ, right? Wizards are so racist.
Also, if every kid that goes into the Slitherin house goes bad, then why even have a Slitherin house to begin with? As soon as the talking hat yells out, "SLITHERIN!" take the child and throw them in jail. The movie actually says that all the people picked for that house turn to evil, yet they are still allowed to exist. Sense makers.
I have come up with a few ways to entertain myself when coerced into viewing any Potter movie. One is to fall asleep, a technique I used in the theater during the first movie. The second is to compare the goings-on in the film to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict (number two actually pays out like it). And the third is to sit in the packed theater on opening night that you were dragged to and stare at the people in front of you dressed up like wizards to see the movie and think of ways you would want to kill them (only thing that kept me sane during the third one.) You can also wait until the movie is over and rant for forty minutes on the car ride home about how the time travel didn't make any sense and get everyone so mad at you that they refuse to speak to you when you get out of the car. I didn't care, though. The whole movie was based on the premise of "It doesn't have to make any sense whatsoever. It's a movie, and therefore can do whatever it wants and you should just accept it."
Never.
The best thing to get you through these movies is to picture what they're gonna be like when they're all like 17 years old. "Harry, do you know the abortion spell? I got Hermione pregnant!!" I actually came up with a whole scenario for this during one of them, but I forgot it. Oh well.
In conclusion, please don't be one of those people who falls for this trash (or rubbish, since we're being English) and says that they stories are so whimsical and fun, because in essence its a story thats been told for hundreds of years with some odd names thrown in.
See you on Platform 9 3/4.
Saturday, October 09, 2004
Review: Shaun of the Dead
But by some stroke of luck, they brought Shaun to the Southside Mall this week. Even though the movie was in the Top 10 last week, number six to be exact, it only made $2 mil and I didn't expect to see it anytime soon. But that's neither here nor there.
This movie was incredible. Easily the funniest movie I've seen this year, and in my Top 3 of 2004 (Kill Bill 2 and Fahrenheit 9/11 came out this summer). The plot revolves around two guys in England, one a skinny loser who works in a Nobody Beats the Wiz-esque store, and the other is a big fat guy who lives like a pig and just plays Playstation2 all day. It's unfortunate, but I can relate to these guys.
Skinny guy Shaun breaks up with his girlfriend, and the two go out and get drunk, not realizing that chaos has slowly broken out across the country. They wake up the next morning, oblivious, until they see a girl standing in their backyard. They shout at her and throw a rock or two, and she turns around all slow and zombie-like, moaning and all that good stuff. They laugh and think she's drunk. She goes after Shaun, which they read as a drunken makeout attempt. Shaun's friend gets a camera to get shots of his friend attacked by a drunk girl. She doesn't stop, blah blah blah, they find out she's a zombie. Hilarity ensues.
What I think I liked best about it is that the characters were very believable, regular guys, and their reactions to all the shit going on around them fits their demeanor. I know a few people who if zombies came to life, would laugh and take pleasure in killing them rather than being scared. You do, too.
Another of the great things about it was that they were able to also make the movie genuinely suspenseful without making it feel forced. The comedy and tension flowed perfectly.
I would say this is one of those movies I would see in the theater again, which almost never happens, and will be a definite DVD pickup when it comes out: A
Friday, October 08, 2004
CMJ Music Marathon
I'm using the next 72 hours to do nothing but schoolwork, as I will be attending the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City next week.
What is CMJ?
What is CMJ, you ask? CMJ stand for College Music Journal, a publication for those who care about college music. I don't care about college music, so why even bring it up?
Because CMJ also holds a yearly convention in the city. A four day tour-de-force of bands, panels, speakers, and such-n-such. SUNY Oneonta pays for members of the radio station at attend this, to learn more about the radio industry.
What this equates to in real life is ten members of WONY gallivanting around New York City, drinking and getting free stuff.
I'm sure we're going to shows and panel discussions, but this trip is more about having the freedom to run around the city on Oneonta's tab. The school pays for most of the hotel bill, as well as the $300 badges you need to get into these things.
CMJ also hosts parties around the city, and from what I hear if you have a badge, you can drink for free. Which means me, Mr. Wouldn't-Even-Try-to-Get-Into-Anyplace-Trendy will be going to clubs and stuff. I already know it'll be awkward, but whuttayagonnado?
The last night, CMJ is having one of its parties at The Pussycat Lounge, a topless bar. So if you follow the chain, my school is paying for me to go to a topless bar. Sweet. And by sweet I mean freakin' sweet.
Actually, I'm not even as excited about that as I am about seeing Al Franken (funny, but super-bias, liberal comedian), and Brian Wilson (one of the Beach Boys).
By some mystical set of circumstances, since we have this Monday off for Columbus Day, and we are leaving Wednesday morning, I only have classes on Tuesday. And not only do I have just one class on Tuesdays, but the fact that MY TEACHER CANCELLED CLASS THAT DAY means I don't have any class next week. Wow.
I'm not as thrilled about it as you might think. My inner school nerd is concerned about getting too far behind in my schoolwork. That is why I am using this weekend as a 72 work-a-thon, so I won't have to worry as much about missing classes.
I'm going to do a lot of audio posts while I'm in NYC, probably of both the sober and drunk variety.
I've got a lot of work to do. Bye.
[Update: I just found out that Trey Parker and Matt Stone (creators of South Park) will be at CMJ, will debut their new movie Team America: World Police, and will do and Q&A session afterwards. That's freakin' awesome!]
Thursday, October 07, 2004
These White Slippers Are Albino African Endangered Rhino
We here at Oneonta have yet another break coming up, our second since late August. We get pretty spoiled with the breaks up here. Anyway, most people are going home. I'm not. It's a ridiculous idea: Drive 5 hours to go home, sit for about 50 hours, then have to drive another 5 back. I say, since I'd just be sitting on my ass at home anyway, I'll stay here and keep those 10 hours to do more precious things, like watch TV and look at porn.
Mother nature is having mood swings. The other day here it was below freezing, and now tomorrow it's supposed to be in the 70s. It makes it impossible to dress for class in the morning. You get up, freeze, put on a long sleeve shirt and pants, go to class, by the time class lets out, you're sweating like a pig. No wonder everyone is sick. Everyone but me, of course. I keep on good terms with my white blood cells. Give them a lot of orange juice. They love orange juice.
My cell phone is all greasy. Its gross. Screw the Middle East, Halliburton could set up shop on my face, particularly on my chin, pump out millions of barrels of oil a day and make a gold mine.
Gold Mine Mexican Grill. Good tacos. A little overpriced.
I've gotten in this stay up 'til all hours rut. I've got to break it. Goodnight.
Is goodnight two words or one word?
Spell check says its two words. Good night.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Silva, Slacking Off, and Subway
Actually, that's [CENSORED BY JOHN SILVA]. I should write something about it, too.
I've been in a rut the past few days of sitting on my ass and putting off doing work. Like right now it's past 1:30 in the morning, and I should take a shower before I go to bed, plus I should go to sleep soon so I can wake up early and do some Organizational Communication review that I didn't do today. But instead I'll probably sit in front of the computer 'til at least 2 - 2:15, and then I might play some Vice City so I can polish my skills for San Andreas. 3 weeks from today. It's going to be amazing.
I can't believe I have to start thinking about housing for next year already.
The Subway here in Oneonta has a Student Special you get when you show your Student ID: 2 foot long subs of your choice for $7, or three for $10. I can't believe such a great deal exists. I tried their chicken teriyaki last time. I want another. Or maybe two. Tomorrow.
Eat fresh, motherfuckers.
Monday, October 04, 2004
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=5&u=/ap/women_s_college
You've got to be kidding me. When a female student wanted to enroll at VMI, women everywhere where talking about how this discrimination has to end, how a woman is capable of doing anything a man is capable of.
Yet when Wells College does the same thing in reverse, it turns into "The men are going to dominate the classroom."
What happened to your whole Destiny's Child Independent Woman 'Throw your hands up at me' bullshit?
The best thing is that these girls protesting have no base for their actions other than 'It's tradition'.
It's also tradition to come home after a hard day's work and have dinner sitting on the table for you, prepared by your wife whose only job is to cook for you and bring your sons into the world.
Basically, these women don't want equality. They want to break traditions when they feel like it, but when it's time for traditions you cherish to be broken, break out the bongo drums and tye dye shirts it's protestin' time!
Decide, women. You can't have it both ways.
In other news,............actually there's nothing that can be said about this.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&e=1&u=/nm/penis_dc
Mistakes like this just cannot be made.
Sunday, October 03, 2004
Whoops, I Mean Girl, Girl Girl Girl
I don't know about anyone else, but I think this is the worst single he's released yet. It almost seems like he's releasing a terrible song on purpose, just to see if people are so entranced by him that they'll eat up anything he gives them.
If you haven't heard 'Just Lose It' yet, I'm sure you will. Wait about a month or so and it'll be everywhere.
If you have heard it, have you noticed that the whole structure of the song seems really disjointed? It really doesn't flow too good (not flow in the rap sense).
The lyrics aren't too spectacular, either. Here is a sample of one particularly bad section:
Oh you signed me up to battle? I'm a grown man
Tubba tubba tubba tubba tubba tubba tubba
I don't have any lines to go right here so tubba
Now I know you could argue that it's in there for comedic effect, but the entire song follows this uninspired, slightly annoying pattern. The chorus of the song mostly consists of Eminem making this Pee-Wee Herman or Charlie Brown missing the football sound.
This song also has parts from his other hits. He's resorted to that already? That's some bad writer's block.
It almost reminds me of the later Beatles albums, where they're so tripped out that they just recorded gibberish and people called it fantastic. Is that what Eminem is going for here?
Whether it's terrible or not, it's going to sell millions of copies. Maybe the rest of the album is great, who knows.
I'm just picturing the next 4 months of my life hearing this song 5 times a day, everywhere I go, and I don't like it.
Eminem gives Alf mad street cred.
Saturday, October 02, 2004
This Person Will Enter the Workforce In Two Years...Bad News for America
MantisChooch (8:18:26 PM): no idea
MantisChooch (8:18:30 PM): ill call toy
Fantom05 (8:18:38 PM): toy?
MantisChooch (8:18:42 PM): toy
MantisChooch (8:18:44 PM): you know
MantisChooch (8:18:45 PM): toy
Friday, October 01, 2004
Why Does This Stuff Pop Into My Head?
You know what's funny? Listen to a rap song and look and pictures of people and things you don't associate with rap music. I was listening to a song called 'B R Right' by Trina and I looked at a picture of John Kerry. It's really funny. And weird.