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Don't you know that it's different
for girls.
I saw "Boys Don't Cry" last weekend. Hillary
Swank is pretty good. Fantastic, actually. This is a
movie that I respect, but didn't like. In fact, I grew to
like it less and less as days passed. And, am I alone in
having no sympathy for Brandon Teena/Teena Brandon? Now, I'm
not saying that B/T "deserved it" or anything - but,
face it, she was a bad person. I don't care how
"confused" she was, she was an idiot. And a thief.
And a liar. She was a person who used people and treated the
ones who helped her and cared about her like shit. She
decided to surround herself with people who were obviously mental,
caused her harm and got her into trouble on numerous occasions.
So, why'd she stay? She did it all for the nookie. The
nookie. So someone took a cookie and shot her in the head.
Shot her in the head. Shot her in the head. (Ahem)
I'm not trying to lose karma here folks, but, come on.
Natural selection. Period. Plus, in a true
"Freaks & Geeks" moment, they'd NEVER play The Cure
in a redneck bar in Nebraska.
Favorite Album Of All Time This Weekİ: 'Good Old Boys' -
Randy Newman.
Hey, Freaks & Geeks. Still
not funny, still a bad show. This week's show opened with a
pathetic attempt to be cool by advertising the writer's love of Joe
Jackson. (I'm sure they didn't know Graham Maby is the bass
players' name - and unless they can pick up WXRT in Detroit, there's
no way in hell that "I'm The Man" would be playing on the
radio.) Of course, they revisit Joe Jackson later in the show,
with "Look Sharp" - a song from his previous album.
Well, at least the songs are from 1979. I guess that tall
semi-retard kid is funny and Cindy has a kinda sexy Winnie from The
Wonder Years thing going for her, but, GOOD GOD is that Sam kid hard
to look at. I missed the first hour of 'Mary &
Rhoda' for this?! BTW, "Slip Kid" is from 1975.
Speaking of 'Mary & Rhoda', I
made it through 20 minutes of that...that...whatever that was.
The only thing that kept me tuned in for that long was watching
that pipe cleaner body with a Tim Burton drawing of Mary Tyler
Moore's head on it.
Favorite Song Of All Time This Weekİ:
'Love Is All Around' - H¸sker D¸
Happy Birthday To Thee From LEE This
Weekİ:
02/11/35 Gene
Vincent
02/12/39 Ray
Manzarek (Only for the X stuff, not the Doors stuff)
02/13/42 Peter Tork
02/14/47 Tim
Buckley
02/16/38 Sonny Bono
02/17/41 Gene
Pitney
2nd Favorite Song Of All Time This
Weekİ: "Long Title: Do I Have To Do This All Over
Again" - The Monkees Yeah, Mike was the best, but Peter
DEFINITELY had the boots.
'Music For Imaginary Films' - Arling
& Cameron [Emperor Norton]. You know why instrumental
soundtracks are never any fun to listen to? Because there's a
movie to equate it to. Pick up this gem, and make up your own
movies. 13 instrumental and vocal themes with fake movie
posters for them in the artwork to boot! If you're a lounge
fan, but need a modern feel in your tunes in the same
proportion that you need vermouth in your martini, dig this
record. Not as much all out fun as last year's exceptional
"All In", but a great addition to the cd changer at your
next happening.
'I Am Shelby Lynne'. 'I Am
Overrated' would have been a better title. She's made better
records. Check used bins for the old stuff. You know,
don't even do that.
Kiss Me DeadLEE A Year Ago This Weekİ:
Buddy Wayne Knox, 54. Singer
("Party Doll"). Feb. 14
Question Of The Weekİ: What TV
characters or television series would you like to see revisited?
İ 2000 Lee M. Lodyga
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