Thoughts

1. Don't rent A Guy Thing. It would be a waste of your time... trust me. And you won't get those two hours back. Once they're gone, they're gone, man. What the fuck was Jason Lee thinking?

2. Who the hell is James Brolin, anyway? For a guy who's been around Hollywood for a while, he's been in a lot of crap. Actually, he wins my award for "Guy With Resume Filled With the Most Crap." The guy's been in over twenty TV movies, starred in the show Pensacola: Wings of Gold, and played someone named "Fabbrizio Disguisey " in the movie Master of Disguise (which also goes by the title "How To Know That Dana Carvey's Career is Over").

3. What's with the song "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (off the album Daisies of the Galaxy by the Eels)? I've heard it in three movies released in the last two years (Road Trip, A Guy Thing, and Along Came Polly), and I'm not sure why. I mean, I like the song quite a bit (more than I liked any of the movies), but it's not a masterpiece of modern music. Maybe the Eels (or their record company) are really lax about royalties for using the song... Anyway, you should download it. Some great lyrics:

   
   The smokestack is spitting black soot into the sunny sky
   The load on the road brings a tear to the Indian's eye
   The Elephant won't forget what it's like inside his cage
   The Ringmaster's Telecaster sings on an empty stage

   God damn right it's a beautiful day Ahah

   Anyway, the Eels are good shit, and they came out of LA (which means they had a handicap... as if they were driving an 85 Toyota Celica down their road to coolness). So get your ass to a record store (or, just as good, to the iTunes Music Store) and whip out the plastic.

4. The Lakers are sucking right now, mostly because everyone by Gary Payton is injured, and they have two guys in the starting lineup that were selling giant foam fingers at Staples Center two weeks ago. So teams are beating up on them, especially teams that can't beat them when they're at full strength, so they make a point to do it when they're not (read: Dallas Mavericks).

   Interesting quote from tonight's AP gamer:

   `They're still the Lakers,'' said Jamison, who tied his season high for points despite playing just 27 minutes. ``When it says `Lakers' on their chest, we knew they would fight back. They played with a lot of energy early in the third period, but we stayed poised and patient.''

   It's interesting to me that just wearing "Lakers" on your chest (a) makes you a target for the rest of the league, and (b) means you'll fight back no matter what. Either way, it's a compliment from Jamison, even though I'm not sure he meant it that way.

Comments

[Jessie]

The Eels are good stuff.
Saw them play in Boston. They were awesome. Their opening act was a mime-it was pretty surreal.

[Esther]

Road Trip didn't come out in the last two years. It came out in 2000.