January 2008
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The Gazetteers
Over the weekend, the Gazetteers recorded their third album. Our previous release, Landlocked!, was issued by the Salt in Wound “collective”. This one features “Trapped Inside a Skill Crane”, once performed at John and Bernie’s wedding.
Ringo-ing, going, gone!
Apparently Ringo Starr walked off the set of Regis and Kelly due to a dispute over the length of a song he was to perform on the show. Ringo wanted to do the 3 minute version while show producer Gelman insisted on a 2 minute version. This resulted in the best of all solutions… the […]
strike?
The writers’ strike led to an impasse, with management walking out of the negotiations. The DGA stepped in and made a deal, a better one than they would have made without our efforts. That deal has unofficially been offered to the writers. End of story. But, sadly, for many, it’s just the beginning. I’m getting […]
Save Your Own Date, You S.O.B.’s
I received a fancy envelope in the mail the other day. The names on the return address seemed to indicate that I had received a wedding invitation. (However, sometimes they use a phantom parents’ address just to throw you off the scent a little.) I ripped it open, risking a paper cut; I am a […]
Uh Oh, Nikki’s Tired Again
I’ll spare you the effort to click to deadlinehollywooddaily– THE go-to place for strike information. Here’s Nikki’s latest: DHD Update: Back On January 22ndI’m exhausted. I’m not feeling well. I’m overwhelmed. I need a week away from the emails and the comments and the phone calls and the rumors. Most of all, I just need […]
Clarification for Bernie
You don’t know me, but here’s how I know Frank. I was a year behind him at college, and greatly admired Frank as music director of the radio station. (A staff meeting comment by him my freshman year, about how “some DJs were still playing the music they listened to in high school” I think […]
Quisp
Quisp wasn’t my favorite cereal. I’d say it was middle of the pack. But, for some reason, it was the first thing that popped into my mind when I read John’s post on discontinued cereals. From the Quisp web site, I’ve learned that it was discontinued when I was five. That would make this a […]
Timeshare Math Problem
In a hypothetical timeshare presentation which she in fact studiously avoided, Bernie is offered an amazing opportunity: to purchase a timeshare in the resort in which she is currently staying. For about forty grand, she can have it all, a week in the sun in paradise, or, she can go elsewhere and trade in her […]
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