Just watched the Criterion Collection DVD of Luis Bunuel's "That Obscure Object of Desire." Excellent DVD transfer and bonus features, and of course, a superb...
I saw sideways a couple of weeks ago and I had my reservations for several reasons, 1. it had the "dumb" guy from wings. 2, it had wine tasting and wine...
Uh, anyone remember "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home"? ... "A lone whale, with a voice unlike any other, has been wandering the Pacific for the past 12 years,...
""Sideways," a quirky comedy about two friends on a road trip through California's wine country, was picked as 2004's best film by the Los Angeles Film Critics...
""Sideways" has taken another step forward with critics, winning top honors from the New York Film Critics Online. "The group named the comedy, about...
Welcome to the Scarcelight Newsletter http://scarcelight.org December 2004 01 New Releases 02 Artist News 03 Forthcoming 04 links, credits ... 01 New Releases ...
And why not? Of course, common sense dictates that "subscription- based services do not call into play the issue of indecency." Alas, common sense and a...
I'm surprised that Little Billy O'Reilly didn't toss in the term "shylock." What a dick... but he's still lagging in second place behind Sean Hannity for...
Minmae, from Portland, OR, have just released their long-awaited 21- song CDR, Soul/Drone, in the vein of Flying Saucer Attack, Roy Montogomery, GBV, Grimble...
"So when mismangement, theft, and a colossally out-of-control conflict are revealed in a government audit like the one presented by the Inspector General of...
Wowee! I'm surprised Rush can find the time to fit that cigar into his blubbery, blabbering cakehole considering all of the Oxycontin he shovels down. ...
Pretty fascinating NY Times story about those living on the fringe of the culture: "Slab City is not so sinister as it is a strange, forlorn quarter of ...
... Ever debate a dittohead? They quote something Limbaugh says, usually something ridiculous, and are so confidant that it is right. You then ask "Are you...
No, fortunately I have never debated a "Dittohead." And what an idiotic term - "ditto" as in "the same" as in "complete conformity." Mindlessness and blind...
From: http://mediamatters.org/items/200412210002 "But when I'm speaking about intelligent design as a scientific theory, I do not expect the teacher in the...
It's not that I even remotely agree with this list; I just happen to ... "Beach Boys: They started out doing bland, half-arsed Chuck Berry ripoffs. And ended...
Okay, here's my list of what I considered the Best Music of 2004, just because I felt like it. Please feel free to comment and/or add - I am always open to...
"The widening gulf between the rich and the poor and the accompanying disappearance of the middle classes." Status Substitution: Using an object with...
A) My brother doesn't have a BMW B) I don't read Camus However... I see this all the time. I don't think it's new, either. The intellectual elite acquire a...
Snarky-snark-snappy-snack-shack. "Darwinistic losers in the land of academia" - sounds like this would have been a superb sketch on "Mr. Show." Don't know Mr....
... The allure of faux intellectualism is wonderfully expressed in Soul Coughing's track "Sugar Free Jazz" Not to pick a fight, but there are some easy signs...