I saw Orgazmo, Welcome to the Dollhouse and Team America: World Police today ( Read more... )

Tonight, at Barnes and Noble some black guy started laughing at me for no reason. He just looked at me once over and chuckled to himself as we got on the escalator and on our way up he says to me, "man, you are funny." I was puzzled. "i didn't even say anything. what's so funny about me?" he says, "you don't have to. white people are funny." and i ( Read more... )

As a therapy for myself, I decided to make a short list of things I am currently looking forward to.

1. The new Star Wars movie.
2. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
3. AO Scott's film reviews.
4. Repeats of "Frasier."
5. Christopher Walken movies.
6. Saturday Night Live episodes.
7. The mix cd vamessedup is preparing for me ( Read more... )

I found this quote about Dylan and plucked it.

"In the near future Dylan will be the subject of a Martin Scorsese documentary, an authorized Todd Haynes biopic in which he will be played by seven (!!!!!!!!!!!) actors (including an as-yet-to-be-cast African-American woman (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!), possibly Oprah (!!!!!!!!!!!) or Beyoncé), and a ( Read more... )

What do you guys make of the music of Green Day? I saw them on the Saturday Night Live and--what can i say?--I like their music! It's definitely rock 'n' roll. But i don't listen a lot of music and, well, i distrust something that i like too much, especially when i am not sure about my taste in the general category of that something. I guess a 15th ( Read more... )

Immigration is the heart and soul of America, and it can be the solution to many a crisis in the world. However it is an easy target in American politics. Many people have straitjacketed policy positions on immigration, which are dependant on their views on jobs or security. That's why I was happy to find a contrarian viewpoint that dares to look ( Read more... )

I gave a lot of thought to Charlie Kaufman last night. He is the kind of guy you can't get out of your head. He made me think about my own fourteen year old self when i was so selfish and egotistic and my fantasies were colored by the evil celebrity culture of this great land that I call hom (for now). The impact of the American celebrity culture ( Read more... )

My mother gets regular letters from Turkish organizations and to my dismay she sends some of them to me, and though I discard most without even a second look this one had an excerpt from Bob Dylan's Chronicles. And it really made my day. Excerpts follow:

BOB DYLAN, CHRONICLES (Volume One), Simon & Schuster (Pages 92-93),

2004 (Copyright)

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There is a really compelling article about Woody Allen in the Times, written by who else but AO Scott.

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