Thursday, January 22, 2009
Not even a face a mother could love.
In the U.K. people seem to admit to extraordinary claims and taboo things publicly more than most Americans. Maybe Americans feel a need to keep secrets, but Brits are fairly open about their dirty little secrets. For instance, a girl called into a radio show and told the DJ that she had eaten human meat her father had fed to her. Of course she was eating it unknowingly, since her father had apparently kidnapped young African girls and fed them to his family back home. Sounds like a really disturbing film or an episode of Always Sunny in Philadelphia. You can listen to the story here. While that is shocking, so is the fact that a mother of two has flat out told the Daily Mail that she feels absolutely no love towards her oldest daughter. I find it odd that she went as far as going public to the press, but even more odd that she felt compelled to announce it period. While in shows like Arrested Development it is funny when Lucile shows no love to Gob, but this is real life. Therapy will be expensive in this family.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Without You by Mark Gormley
Ever seen a band and just wandered to yourself what the hell were they thinking? Well this is one of those music videos that may leave you feeling that way. I don't know if the VJ guy is serious, if Mark Gormley is serious, or the people who made the video are serious. All I know, is that Mark Gormley knows how to rock and he doesn't even need to untuck his polo shirt to do it. Check out the music video for Mark Gormley's "Without You."
Monday, January 19, 2009
My top 5 favorite Lost episodes
With all the buzz and excitement surrounding the quickly approaching season of Lost, I can't help but reminisce over my favorite episodes. Now this will vary from person to person, but here are the 5 that really worked for me. Hopefully there will be more episodes this coming season to add to this list.
1) Walkabout- Season 1
This was the very first episode of Lost I ever saw and it hooked me. In this first Locke-centric episode we discover that the knife wielding hunter was actually in a wheelchair upon his arrival to the island. Especially touching is the scene when the losties burn the fuselage and Locke watches his old wheelchair burn while he flashbacks to when he is denied his chance to go on the walkabout in Australia.
2) The Brig- Season 3
While many people would agree that season 3 was not the best season, there were still moments that stood out. I particularly liked this episode for the encounter between Sawyer and Locke's father which was very intense.
3)The Constant- Season 4
Probably my favorite story-line in the show is the one surrounding Desmond and his one true love Penny. When Desmond talks to Penny on the phone in this episode, it is actually more emotional than when he actually finds her at the end of the season.
4) There's No Place Like Home Part 1 &2- Season 4
As far as season finales go, this one has it all: several plot lines intertwining and merging together, romance, insane amounts of action, a dramatic and emotional rescue, explosions, death of major characters, moving islands, and not a slow moment within the two hours. If the writers of this show know anything, it is how to make a dramatic and pleasing season finale.
5) The Pilot- Season 1
I have known so many people who have gotten hopelessly addicted to this show, and all it took was the very first episode. The start, the beginning seems more like a Hollywood movie rather than a T.V. show. Mystery is introduced immediately with the appearance of the monster. If you are not even a little curious and slightly hooked after watching this then you may have something wrong with you.
Daily Digg and Reddit posts(and a funny pic)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Microsoft Songsmith
As a lifelong Apple user, I am not in anyway swayed or manipulated by the "It's cool to own Mac" ads that have been around the last several years. I was using a Mac before the appearence of Justin Long; when the only games for Mac were point and click adventure games and there was no itunes or ipods to speak of. To me Apple will always be a solid operating system with exceptionally stable hardware that suites my needs as a creative professional. With that said, I will mention that it is important for a computer company to know what the majority of people want and not just need. While I am not swayed by the hip Mac guy, dressed in an American Apperal hoodie and blue jeans who plays devils advocate to the stiff and rigid PC guy, I do see the need for a company to reach a broader audience if it wishes to succeed. I feel that Apple has done a good job of this, despite the fact that their ads are obnoxious and pretensious at times. On the flip side, Microsoft has done a poor job at managing to stay connected to what the public wants and needs. While windows XP was a pleasant computing experiance for most, Vista brought nothing but trouble for a bulk of its users. In an attempt to neutralize the bad press that Vista had caused, they launched an advertising campaign starring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld, that showed how out of touch the company really was in terms of their "hip" factor. Luckily these ads were replaced by the "I'm a PC" ads, that in my opinion, are the best ads Microsoft has ever made. However, right when it would appear that they were heading in the right direction with better advertising and the new Windows 7 that should work all the problems out that they had with Vista, Microsoft releases what I can only assume is supposed to be a mock up of Apple's Garageband. Microsoft Songsmith is a new, user friendly recording software that can be easily used by the masses. Now I have not tried Songsmith first hand, but this advertisment really show that Microsoft is still far from understanding the public. Check out the ad.
*warning*
ONCE THE SONG GOES IN, IT CAN NEVER COME OUT!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Song of the week.
My good friend Michael Frederick played this for me and now I can't stop singing it.
"Never Go to Work" by They Might Be Giants
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