This past weekend was weird here - how 'bout where you are...
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I don't wanna start out on a bad note, but:
Every day in America, a mother dies of poverty, disease or drugs in the inner cities. THAT is a tragedy.
Every day in America, a Cop, a Fireman, another first responder or a soldier defending our liberty is killed in the line of duty. THAT is a tragedy.
Every day in America, a veteran who can't handle what he dealt with during his service to his or her country kills himself. THAT is a tragedy.
Every day in America, a baby - or a senior citizen - dies for lack of proper medical care or neglect. THAT is a tragedy.
Every day in America, worthwhile causes and charities go unfunded and ignored because people are too concerned about frivolous bullshit to understand what's truly important. THAT is a tragedy.
The death of a multi-millionaire ex-jock who never worked a single day of his privileged life at a real job is NOT a tragedy.
It's too bad, and it certainly sucks that his daughter and others were killed also, but Please don't tell me it's a tragedy, because it isn't. Stop it.
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While I was working last Friday my wife 'sorted out some things' in my closet.
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Are these two guys dead and no one's told them yet? Jeez. I have sneakers that are aging better then that asshat on the left.
Earlier this month, estranged Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer sued his bandmates of 50 years in an attempt to be allowed to perform with them at this Sunday’s Grammy Awards; the judge, however, ruled against him. But now, Kramer must be heaving a sigh of relief.
Aerosmith’s shambolic, creaky number was plagued by horrific sound issues and seemed totally unrehearsed; even the charismatic Run-D.M.C., who joined in for “Walk This Way,” could not salvage this embarrassment, because Rev Run and Darryl McDaniels sounded like they were singing an entirely different song. And the train(wreck) kept a rollin’, when off-key Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler awkwardly pulled two unenthusiastic ladies onstage and tried to persuade them to do the side-to-side “Walk This Way” choreography.
He should’ve just brought up Flavor Flav instead; the Public Enemy hypeman’s wild audience dancing was really the only enjoyable thing about this debacle.
Aerosmith’s shambolic, creaky number was plagued by horrific sound issues and seemed totally unrehearsed; even the charismatic Run-D.M.C., who joined in for “Walk This Way,” could not salvage this embarrassment, because Rev Run and Darryl McDaniels sounded like they were singing an entirely different song. And the train(wreck) kept a rollin’, when off-key Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler awkwardly pulled two unenthusiastic ladies onstage and tried to persuade them to do the side-to-side “Walk This Way” choreography.
He should’ve just brought up Flavor Flav instead; the Public Enemy hypeman’s wild audience dancing was really the only enjoyable thing about this debacle.
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This is Alison Steele (the 'Night Bird') - may be the greatest female 'radio personality' ever on the air. She had a truly mystical voice.
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An American soldier with a pet joey in northern Australia during WW2
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Meanwhile, back in Minnesota...
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Henry Fonda on the set of "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940), preparing for his next scene in what would become widely considered as one of the greatest American films of all time. Darryl F. Zanuck paid $100,000 for the rights to John Steinbeck's novel, a staggering amount of money at the time. Steinbeck loved the movie and said that Henry Fonda as Tom Joad made him "believe my own words". The two became good friends. Indeed Fonda did a reading at Steinbeck's funeral.
According to Henry Fonda, John Ford preferred only one take and little or no rehearsal to catch the most spontaneous moment. For the key climactic final scene between Tom and Ma, Ford didn't even watch the rehearsal. When the time came to shoot, Ford led Fonda and Darwell through the silent action of the scene, preventing them from starting their lines until the two actors were completely in the moment. It was done in a single take and Fonda said on screen it was "brilliant."
Much of The Grapes of Wrath was shot on the Twentieth Century-Fox lot, but second unit director Otto Brower took a crew to Oklahoma, Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico, following the route that the "Okies" had taken West.
The film was banned by Josef Stalin in the Soviet Union because it showed that even the poorest Americans could afford cars.
The film was banned by Josef Stalin in the Soviet Union because it showed that even the poorest Americans could afford cars.
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This is a tree up the street from my house.
I love living here...
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I'm so old, I can remember when the 'M' in the logo actually stood for the word MUSIC.
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fat little bastard...
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fat little bastard...
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The best thing he's done on film? I think so - what say you?
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