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It's hard to write a song with bitter fingers.
Yeah, the show's gone - but do you think I could go a week
without talking about it? Frankie Sullivan III (the short
guitar playing guy with the silly hair from the "Eye Of The
Tiger" video) is trying to block the release of the Survivor
TV soundtrack [TVT] because he says that he
holds the copyright to "Survivor." Listen here,
little man, you need to get a fucking life. Your band
is over. Your life is over. If you're worried about
the record sales of Survivor - the band, do everyone a favor
& kill yourself. That always spikes
sales.
Favorite Song Of All Time This Week©: "Vehicle"
- Ides Of March
Kiss Me DeadLEE A Year Ago This Week©:
Allen Funt, 84. Host of TV's "Candid Camera."
September 5th. - Which always makes me think of a letter from
National Lampoon about "Fandid Famera." The
Fraziest, Fookiest Show on TV. Signed, Allen Funt.
Speaking of
the "C" word, TV Guide has TV football's Public Enemy
Number One on the cover. Since people will actually start
watching now that pre-season is done, ABC must have found it
necessary to pay TV Guide to print an article justifying the
discomfort fans will feel while watching this cocksucker ruin
their Monday night tradition. But then, what are they
going to write? That you now need to have received 1247 or
higher on your SAT to watch the game? Or that you'll want
to have www.britannica.com open
instead of www.mondaynightfootball.com
for replays? All I can hope is that his pre-scripted
"comedy" for opening night is brief enough that he
won't yammer through too many plays. What a dick.
Joan Jett is slated to play Columbia in the upcoming Broadway
revival of The Rocky Horror Show. Guess they're dumping
the dancing aspect of that character. "Do you wanna
touch?" step ball-change "Do you wanna touch?"
step ball-change... And, while they're combining the role
of Dr. Scott & Eddie (as it should be), they're having a
woman play the part. Why do dumb people get good money to
fuck cool things up?
Favorite Album Of All Time This Week©: Simplicity
- Tim Curry
Go out this weekend and spend some money on The Band reissues
[Capitol]. And, if you can only go for one at this point,
may I suggest Stage Fright. Man,
that record kicks my ass. And it ain't just the Todd
Rundgren connection, neither. A masterful reissue job,
with great bonus tracks and exquisite packaging.
You've probably read about these records for a long time, and if
you've never heard them, you owe it to yourself to do so. While
Music From Big Pink & The
Band may be considered the classics, Stage
Fright is certainLEE the most fun of the
batch.
Happy Birthday To Thee From LEE This Week©:
09/01/44 Archie Bell
09/01/46 Barry Gibb
09/05/46 Loudon Wainwright III
09/06/43 Roger Waters
09/07/36 Buddy Holly
LEE On DVD This Week©: Yeah, I know, it's been a while
for this section, but I just bought a shitload of 'em and I'm
watchin' movies like crazy.
The Woody Allen Collection [MGM/Warner
Home Video] Well, there's 8 discs in this sucker, and
they're packaged in alphabetical, not chronological order - so
here we go... Annie Hall:
In retrospect, this may be his finest film, although I won't
know until I hit the M's. Nice transfer, but it's quite
obvious they've done some modern retools on some of the titles
(especially the subtitled sequence on Annie's patio). A nice
trailer is added, but that's about it for special features,
unless you want to watch it in French. Of course, being
able to put "What an asshole" on A-B repeat is worth
the price of a DVD player alone. High point - in the scene
where Alvy goes back to LA to propose to Annie: in the
background, plain as day, is a billboard for the Kiss
Destroyer tour. (See above comment regarding the fact that
this may be his finest film.) Bananas:
Man, when this one's on, it's on; but there's sure a lot of
filler in it for a movie that only runs 82 minutes.
Still funnier than hell, though. The sound is fantastic,
and the transfer's great. Better transfer than Annie Hall,
in fact. Here, you get the trailer treatment and it's a
good one. But, it's evidence that this box set ain't
for everybody. Plus, I can never watch Louise Lasser
without getting uncomfortable since I read Saturday Night...
The Little Rascals (Volumes 1 & 2) [Hallmark/Artisan]
Here's where I like to see that Blair Witch money being spent.
No,it's not the discharge directed by the woman who brought us
the fabulous The Decline Of Western Civilization, but 8
shorts from Scotty & Co. Unedited in their
fabulous, politically incorrect glory (see: The First Round
Up). I could watch these shorts forever, and while
the transfer is rather crummy (not nearly as good as the
videotape series Hallmark put out years ago) they're still fucking
great. I'm eagerly waiting for the editions with Birthday
Blues and Divot Diggers, but there's some classic
shit on this DVD; including Hearts Are Thumps (He Man
Woman Haters Club) and Beginner's Luck ("Girlie,
the dress is in the bag.")
Of course, this weekend is reserved for the 2 DVD edition of the
finest American film of the last 20 years, Magnolia.
And I'm way ahead of your comments that it will take
all weekend to watch it...
Question Of The Week©:
Who was the best member of Our Gang?
©2000 Lee M. Lodyga
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