tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53506172641186680272024-03-23T14:28:37.537-04:00I've Gotta Fang<i>"We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I will spend the rest of our lives."
--Jeron Criswell, Philosopher and B.S. Artiste</i>Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-73048706291842635202006-10-29T12:16:00.000-05:002006-10-29T12:48:13.307-05:00Books 'n StuffSounds like a rather uncreative, generic name for a store that sells. . .well, books and stuff. But that's not what's this entry's about.Harry Houdini, Secret Agent? Sounds plausible. This forthcoming biography of Houdini speculates he worked for the U.S. Secret Service, Scotland Yard, and monitored Russian anarchists. That he was America's First Superhero. Makes sense. Even Teller (of PennGottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-86562590611915183992006-10-26T12:53:00.000-04:002006-10-26T14:43:16.211-04:00Light Blogging for AwhileOn vacation from my real job this week. Daughter's visiting us. Finished up work for next month's LMN. Not changing out of my pajamas until after lunch. But still keeping up with the world. See you soon.UPDATE: If you're needing some light, cheerful reading. . .don't click here.(h/t: the folks at Pajamas Media)Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-49474478466856794192006-10-22T11:56:00.000-04:002006-10-22T19:12:23.426-04:00Congratulations, Brigid!Louisville musician Brigid Kaelin is one of 56 who will compete in the regional finals for a chance to appear on USA Network's Nashville Star. She was originally one of 20,000 to have initially auditioned. Full list here. Here's my story on her from the July, 2005 issue of Louisville Music News. And starting here are the pictures my wife took for Brigid's cover shoot session.Honestly, you Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-22116942332341317412006-10-21T23:01:00.000-04:002006-10-21T23:06:35.916-04:00So. . .Been to the Movies Lately?Only once in the last couple of months, says I. And that was to see this. I liked it, but wasn't too enthralled. But I'm looking forward to this, this, and, of course, this. So why are the only films I'm looking forward to based on comic books? This guy might have an answer. End stick. Strike the set.Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-27152842966300718472006-10-19T22:27:00.000-04:002006-10-20T10:05:19.583-04:00Happy Birthday Chuck Berry!The duck-walker turned 80 years old on Thursday. Sing a few lines of "My Ding-a-Ling" to honor the man.Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-48860960908120631682006-10-17T22:50:00.000-04:002006-10-17T22:52:14.437-04:00EXTREME TRICKS! EXTREME TREATS!EXTREME PUMPKINS!Have an EXTREME Halloween!Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-17190110211028698892006-10-16T12:56:00.000-04:002006-10-16T13:28:49.481-04:00Dredged Up From Your Nightmares of the 1970sAnd brought into attempted relevance today, Ladies and Gentlemen:Billy Jack vs. George W. Bush! (h/t: Libertas)This film will be, according to BillyJack.com, just the start of a:multifaceted Political, Sexual, Spiritual and Psychological Revolution, and because America is “the only Nation founded for a Moral Purpose … the rights of every man, everywhere,” the film calls out to Mainstream America Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-37562342648066036622006-10-15T22:22:00.000-04:002006-10-15T22:33:13.495-04:00Ow.Creative gratuitous stick figure violence from the kind folks at SomethingAwful.com.And for all my musician friends, take a look at Something Awful's Photoshop Friday projects "Band Name Movies" and "Band Name Movies 2."You're welcome.Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-17152309084181585292006-10-14T21:35:00.000-04:002006-10-14T21:45:42.767-04:009-11 Truther Reax to South ParkThe snarky WuzzaDem wades into the bongwater swamp and gets 9-11 Truther reactions to this past Wedesday's episode of South Park that took on the Kooky Konspiracy Kidz and their nonsense (which they proclaim as THE TRUTH, AND YOU NEED TO OPEN YOUR EYES AND DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH ABOUT IT AND BUY INTO WHAT WE SELL. REALLY, MAN! YOU SHEEPLE CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH. ESPECIALLY YOU, BILL O'REILLY. Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-23521799818418965532006-10-12T23:02:00.000-04:002006-10-13T10:41:30.669-04:00My Goal For This Blog. . .Is to have it mentioned in Playboy as one of the best of the blogs. Just like the good Captain was named recently. To be sure, CQ was named as one of the best political blogs. Maybe mine can be in another category. Something like Blogs Containing Random Sporadic Nonsense. Wouldn't mind being at the awards ceremony though. Here are the presenters going through orientation:Okay, so they're Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-36364357122030598992006-10-10T09:33:00.001-04:002006-10-10T19:19:24.687-04:00"My Opponent Basically Sucks Old Sour Dishrags"Our TV was on early Monday evening, but neither my wife and I paid much attention to it. She was busy editing some pictures she had taken while a delicious dinner simmered on the stove. I had just finished a shower after cutting the grass for the final time this year (I hope). I glanced at it while walking back to the bedroom. A political ad was on. Not surprising, since they're now running Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-56526413297989123392006-10-09T22:06:00.000-04:002006-10-09T22:12:04.642-04:00New Louisville Music News Out 'n AboutForgot to mention it earlier this month. Pick it up at your favorite music place in Louisville. Or check it out at www.louisvillemusic.net. I took a month off from writing the cover feature, so my contributions this month are minimal. You'll find my review of works from two Louisville musicians: Basic Needs from Leigh Ann Yost, and Thenceforward, from Tom Staley and Rick Harper. Click here Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-16321940253251363332006-10-08T12:19:00.000-04:002006-10-08T12:32:30.630-04:00Worn OutPlain beat to the socks, Daddy-O. Saturday was one of the Days-Full-o'-Stuff-to-Do: cash-up, gas up for a trip out to Buckner, KY (in the next county east of here) so my daughter could cheerlead for a youth-league football team, but not before a stop at Meijer to get her a white turtleneck to wear under her uniform (she's already outgrown the ones she's had here). Her team lost, again (0-6 on Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-77484368163852259112006-10-06T15:40:00.000-04:002006-10-06T15:42:21.220-04:00Now The Insanity Has Infected My CitySomali refugee kills his four children, wounds wife.Developing. . .Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-9535657965003288832006-10-02T20:57:00.000-04:002006-10-02T21:32:26.446-04:00Accessing My Inner 13-Year-Old GeekToday was just a bad news day. I can't add anything more to what's been said. I grieve for the loss of those children. I have one in that age group, and my gut knots up when I hear of something like this done to any child. Anywhere.Still, I did have a brief shot of joy this weekend when I found out that the lead for the upcoming Iron Man feature film had been cast. Robert Downey, Jr., will Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-49431425093917399572006-09-30T21:02:00.000-04:002006-09-30T21:28:37.182-04:00Explore a Slightly Skewed GeniusVisit the Tim Burton Collective.And you can actually find a forum there dedicated to Burton's movie about this guy, whose most famous work is now in glorious color. More here.The Man Himself (not Tim Burton, I mean)And as portrayed by Johnny Depp.Almost can't tell one from the other.UPDATE: Give all your documents at work the Tim Burton touch with these.UPDATE: Belated h/t to The Screengrab Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-60152765131737070972006-09-29T18:19:00.000-04:002006-09-29T18:21:10.089-04:00Obnoxious Loudmouth Deemed Sexy by Talk Show QueenVia Hot Air: Oprah names Kos one of her sexiest men in the worldHuh?Does she mean The Candidate Stalker?The Barge-In Neighbor With a Mouth Full of Nuts He's Saving for Winter?Or The Dead-Sexy Nipple Stroker?I guess one billionaire's definition of "sexy" doesn't have to fit everyone else's.Vid caps courtesey Allahpundit via LGF.Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-8667428129221253302006-09-29T13:26:00.000-04:002006-09-29T13:28:26.572-04:00Best News Headline of the Day(with apologies for the obvious Dave Barry ripoff of this post's title)I never knew they even left.Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-82996202417204800252006-09-28T21:20:00.000-04:002006-09-28T21:58:04.603-04:00Saving Nickels, Saving DimesSo I can eventually travel into space, thanks to Sir Richard Branson. Check out this video from Virgin Galactic, appearing on Space.com.Expected cost for a two-hour suborbital flight? $200,000. That'll be about 2000 jars of change.Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-35585256653917594802006-09-28T21:08:00.000-04:002006-09-28T21:12:46.054-04:00Catholics, Muslims, Jews, ScientologistsThey don't want to leave anyone out.The 10th season of South Park premieres next Wednesday, October 4.Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-67416699031766698052006-09-26T19:05:00.000-04:002006-09-26T19:22:25.140-04:00A Return to GreatnessAnd a return to a mondo-geeky era of my early teens. Ladies and Gentlemen, Doc Savage and his Fabulous Five! I remember seeing the Bantam reprints of the Doc Savage pulp novels in used book stores. And it wasn't until I got a copy of a Marvel Giant-Size reprint of their first two issues of the Doc Savage comic, the ones that adapted The Man of Bronze (shown at right), the first book of the Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-48178328257331837702006-09-24T12:25:00.000-04:002006-09-24T12:31:56.131-04:00If I'd Known It Would Have Been This Easy. . .. . .I wouldn't have wasted my time trying to get into film school 25 years ago.The best part, and I wish I had come across this when I was fermenting these dreams of making a major feature film, is this pair of sentences from the Kubrick quote:The point to stress is that anyone seriously interested in making a film should find as much money as he can as quickly as he can and go out and do it. Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-58436844140449309092006-09-21T15:38:00.000-04:002006-09-21T15:48:19.864-04:00Dictators in Love"Where do I begin to tell the storyOf how great a love can beThe sweet love story that is older than the sea. . ."--Francis Lai,"Theme from Love Story"Lebanese President Emile Lahoud shares a moment with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-7499149375580067592006-09-20T22:12:00.000-04:002006-09-20T22:23:55.046-04:00UNSPEAKABLE!!A six year old burned to death for Muslim honor. These people must pay and will pay. There is absolutely no reason why they should do this. None. At. All. The mass murder on September 11, 2001 exposed these vile fuckers and their alleged religion for what it really is: a sick and twisted fantasy mindset that wants its way with the rest of the world, that can't stand any of the kind of Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5350617264118668027.post-1309377774087083722006-09-20T22:02:00.000-04:002006-09-20T22:04:01.411-04:00Oh, For God's SakeSean Penn may play Einstein in film.Gottafanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12778381458869384559noreply@blogger.com0