Playboy unveiled their annual poll about America's sexiest sportscaster. Sideline princess Erin Andrews is an obvious choice (anyone remember when she first started doing updates during Braves games for their regional coverage? She was awful on that, but has improved dramatically and seems like a nice person. You know, for a Gator), but I have a soft spot for Stacey Dales.
The stories behind the studio logos. (People thought Annette Benning was the torch chick? Really?)
The phenomenon of "TiVo Guilt." I suffer from that, along with "Google Reader Guilt." I get antsy if I don't clear out all the unread items in Reader. Thank Zeus for the CrackBerry.
Will any "final Cylon" live up to the anticipation? I hope for the best, but I'm sure the hype and time spent pondering it can't possibly live up to everyone's expectations. And I'm still on record as guessing Zack Adama.
What will your college smell like? (Right now, I think the eau du Dawg would have strong undercurrents of whiskey with notes of disappointment and bitterness. It might look good in the bottle on the shelf, but won't be quite the same once you open the package).
TWOP looks at 10 shows that were cancelled too soon. I was passionately in love with 6 of them (which certainly parallels a lot of my real life), and watched one regularly because it was a trainwreck of epic proportions. (Guess which one that was?)
Morena Baccarin wins Newsarama's "who should play Wonder Woman" poll. I think Morena is gorgeous, obviously, and has an exotic appeal, but I'm not sure if she's statuesque enough for an Amazonian princess.
Glad I don't live in Gwinnett County anymore. Stick this old newspaper up your tree-hugging ass.
Someone has captured all the scenes of "The Observer" in the background on Fringe. Pretty cool.
A look back at one of my favorite albums.
A fun look at "best replacement actors." (And even though Hannibal was a baroque mess, I thought Julianne Moore nailed Starling's West Fucking Virginia accent. And I think Gambon has more of Dumbeldore's playful, and malevolent, side).
10 songs that "resemble" other songs. (And Joe Satriani just sued Coldplay, too). There are tons more suggestions in the comments. One that made me giggle: "Almost every recorded artist on the planet rips off John Cage’s “four and a half minutes of silence” for their 2-second pieces between most tracks of their releases. Vinyl lead-in and lead-out grooves also appear to quote the Cage composition."
TV show episode naming conventions.
TIME's TV critic has seen the Dollhouse pilot. Anyone else concerned about Eliza playing multiple characters convincingly?
Like Doctor Who? Like crochet? Then this is for you, and it's awesome. (h/t Pop Candy).
FINALLY! One of my favorite albums, by a band that should have been much bigger, is coming to an iPod friendly format next week.
Nerve looks for 40 lost pop culture icons.
ESPN's Pat Forde references a restaurant in Athens called "The Last Resort." Was this after my time? Any of my local readers know about it?
In honor of your birthday, I've enjoyed several this week.
Ralph McQuarrie's original concepts for the "first" Battlestar Galactica. I remember seeing some of these in Starlog when I was a kid. Pretty damned cool.
Married Iowa fan who was fucking a stranger in a bathroom stall said the incident "ruined her life." Ya think? (On a related note, one of my dates to UGA games a couple of years ago would vanish for significant chunks of time during the games. In hindsight, a lot of things make sense now).
Classic style pin up pics of several Hollywood hotties.
Mr. Skin's Top 20 movie nude scenes of 2008 (with 10 bonus scenes from TV).
Interesting new sci-fi pilot at ABC, from the guys behind the underrated Threshold.
Watch and listen to Al Pacino go from a whisper to a shout.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
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Last Resort is around the corner from where the Uptown Lounge used to be back in the day. Its been there since the 90s... can't believe you haven't ever been there, although it was post matriculation. Ms. Freebird's favorite in Athens. I recommend the pecan chicken.
ReplyDeleteGood list from TWOP-the cancelled before its time list. Lot of my favs there-I still feel the hurt from My So Called Life cancellation low these many year later.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing your trainwreck show is Studio 60.
Freebird: I've heard from both you and DJ that LR is a good place. We should check that out sometime I'm in town.
ReplyDeleteCoolSchool: Never got around to watching MSCL, but heard good things about it from people I trust. I assume it's like "Gilmore Girls" was to me: a show on the surface that I should have absolutely no interest in, but one with writing and acting that trancends my usual interests. And yeah, the link on the Studio 60 item was to a parody I did of the pitch meeting for that show. There were some amazing ideas, dialogue and actors associated with S60, but it never quite came together like SportsNight or the West Wing, and quickly imploded into a parody of itself.