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| TaoMan1121 (profile) wrote, on 9-22-2006 at 1:28pm | |
| Music: Garbage - It's All Over But The Crying Subject: Recent Happenings |
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| Joe sent this to me earlier this week. This uproariously funny Craigslist entry more than makes up for the dozens of weird/random/pointless links he'll sent me on a daily basis. ;-) Free to a Good Home Michelle, Steve, and I went to one of my favorite films this year last weekend. The Museum of the Moving Image hosted a couple screenings of "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints." Set and shot in Astoria, Queens, it's loosely based on first-time writer/director Dito Montiel's memoir of growing up in the city. Normally I'd have a tough time getting into a gritty story like this one was, but this film had a lot of heart, and by halfway through you are completely sucked into the story, somehow actually identifying with the characters as a nice change of pace. Mr. Montiel and actor Chazz Palmentari were on hand after the screening(s) for questions. It was a lot of fun. Also a riot of a time was Wednesday's taping of "Late Show with David Letterman" that Michelle scored tickets to. After being cattle-herded around the theater, inside and out, for a combination of an hour and 45 minutes over the course of the day, we got our seats (which were surprisingly good). I wondered whether it was because we were seeing it live, but I thought to myself at the time, "This show is never this funny." Sure enough, seeing it aired later that night, it wasn't quite the same, but the nonetheless I found that evening's materials (if not the guests) to be very solid. Nothing like getting tater tots shot at you through a pneumatic gun. If you taped the show, look for Michelle and I when they show upcoming guests towards the end of the hour. We are 6-7 rows back, center stage, wearing light blue and teal. Feel free to use the obnoxious goateed guy who sat next to me who's flailing his arms as a reference point. TaoMan1121 (10:50:08 PM): durp Franz1939 (10:50:24 PM): durp yourself whore |
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brutisimo | 09-22-06 4:15pm so aguide to recognizing your saints is at the top of my list of moies i want to see ( yes i have a list and yes, this is partly from your influence.) but i am really happy to hear it is so good because i am dying here. I cant believe you got to see those guys at the screening too...*jelous*
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TaoMan1121 | Re:, 09-22-06 4:21pm Marg Helgenberger (from CSI), Diana Krall, and a ventriloquist. The latter was actually the most entertaining guest. |
| goldberry | Re: Re:, 09-23-06 2:22pm Diana Krall!
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TaoMan1121 | Re: Re: Re:, 09-24-06 10:17pm Yeah. She was so pregnant (twins, with Elvis Costello... BOOYAH!) when we saw her. Her preformance was pretty boring, but she was sure more entertaining than the chick from CSI. |