Lee vs. Eastwood
A few of my friends have a long thread of emails going that was initiated by Clint Eastwood bitch slapping Spike Lee. It has evolved into a discussion over the merits of each of their movies. I’ve spent most of my time on the sidelines of this discussion; all I really needed to do was [...]
A Great Story Opportunity
A while back, I wrote a post about a few advantages newspapers have in the market and how they could use them to remain relevant. Using these assets–excellent writing, investigative journalism, and local marketplace branding–newspapers can give us something no one else can. Today in the KNS, at least on their web site, there is [...]
Time For SNL To Get Beat Down By the Hansons
A couple of weeks ago I watched Saturday Night Live for the first time in a long time. It was the first show after the writers’ strike ended, and Tina Fey was hosting. It was one of the best episodes I’ve ever seen. I didn’t get to see last week’s episode, but I started watching [...]
Sort The Viewers, Not The Movies
My buddy IB sent this article to me…very interesting. Netflix is running a contest for data crunchers and offering $1M to anyone (or any team) that can beat their current recommendation system by 10%. One of the leaders is a psychologist working by himself who is looking less at raw data and more at human [...]
Check Out the Tom Petty Movie
I Tivo’d Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream Thursday, I’m about halfway through it (it’s four hours long). This is without a doubt the best music documentary I’ve ever seen. Imagine Motley Crue Behind the Music without all of the crap about drugs and chicks. This documentary is about guys making good [...]
Movies, Music, and Newspapers
This post by Jack Lail made me revisit a thought that has been rolling around in my empty skull off and on for a while now. Truth be told, the history of newspapers on the Internet is littered with missed opportunities, wrong turns, and a lack of investment that all seemed smart (or at least [...]
Never Ask Me About My Business
In my last poll, I asked people to choose which Corleone they’d most likely be–Michael, Connie, Sonny, or Fredo. The answers were pretty surprising to me for several reasons. First of all, someone actually chose Fredo. I had a suspicion that my friend Rooster may stop by this blog, but I didn’t think he actually [...]
Blogging The Iowa Debate Part II
Getting a new post going here since they’ve decided to move to domestic issues. Huckabee is now in favor of nationalized health care. Why can’t this just be left up to the individual states? Huckabee buddy, I hate to tell you this, but there is way more money in illness than there is in health [...]
Hey Bud, What’s Your Problem?
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a great movie: Mr. Hand Chavez: Am I hallucinating here? Just what in the hell do you think you’re doing? Jeff Spicoli: Learning about Cuba, and having some food. Has your economy been hijacked by a socialist dictatorship? Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he’s [...]
The Most Disappointing Movies of the 80s
I was born in the early 70s, and like a lot of my contemporaries, I spent a lot of time during my middle school years at the mall/movies. One of the worst memories I have from my childhood is being all amped up to see a movie, only for it to be a complete waste [...]
