Live action Avatar: The Last Airbender movie coming to big screens. M. Night Shyamalan is at the helm as writer, directer and producer. I suppose it could be good but really why live action? I can't say I'm too hopeful.
DVD Commentary: Election
Election is a wonderfully odd movie with Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon and Directed by Alexander Payne who also directed such great movies as Sideways and About Schmidt.</p>
This DVD Commentary is really about Alexander Payne's directing and writing and directing process. Alexander is extremely well spoken and does a good job of mixing his commentary with out completely blotting out the movie in the background. I had not seen the movie in a long time and the way Alexander's comments intermixed with the actual audio made it easy to remember what happened.
Very few commentaries are worth listening to but this is definitely worth it if you have any interest in either Election or how directors come to create their own voice.
Song A Week: Week 1
In an effort to keep my self looking for new music I want to share an MP3 with you each week for the next year.
Song 1: We're From Barcelona (MP3)
We're From Barcelona from the band I'm From Barcelona is just such a fun song I can't help from listening to it several times. They really do encompass a weird Indy Kitsch that come across really strongly in the music video below. I think only an Indy band can truly own these kind of postmodern jokes that would fall on deaf ears in the main stream.
PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2006
PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2006. A short but solid list.
The Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2006. There needs to be more coverage of news stories that don’t get coverage. If that makes any sense.
The Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2006. There needs to be more coverage of news stories that don't get coverage. If that makes any sense.