Nailed It
Ok, look what I found. Here’s a picture of the Pillars of the Earth author. Uncanny. I think I really nailed it.
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Fathead Solo Project in Australia
Hey, I am down here in Melbourne. My band Immigrant Union has a residency every Thursday night in February at The Tote, 71 Johnson street in Collingwood. You should come down, it will be great.
BRENT DEBOER
Pillars of the Earth
This is what I read over the holiday season. I just found out there’s some kind of mini-series of it and that makes perfect sense.
“Soap opera.” I stewed for weeks over how to describe it and finally (after giving up almost a month ago) those two words really nail it for me. Ironically this book came into my life soon after the Thomas Hardy debacle and I say ironic because if I were to put that name before the two aforementioned words it would describe this book even better. It seemed to me that Ken Follett was a depressed gay hairdresser who had read every Hardy novel between high school and college so when he cut hair he would tell the ladies Thomas Hardy stories.
Judging from “Pillars” though, he clearly had mixed up the characters and plots so badly that by the time Bev or Jan or whomever urged him to write his own book he was happily free of any real plagiaristic details.
Well the book is a real fun read if you don’t mind cheap and catty set in a rich historical tapestry in which case you might also try “I, Claudius”.
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR
Rock N Roll Mamas Film Needs Your Help
Dandy fans, music lovers, philanthropists, rockers, mothers, etc.,
Jackie Weissman is close to finishing a documentary call RockNRoll Mamas in which I am one of the primary subjects.
She has started a Kickstarter fund in order to finish editing and secure music rights. While she has met the goal of $8,000, much more is needed for image and music clearance costs, and to help with the expenses that I have accrued while working on composing original pieces for the film. Every little bit helps so please donate today.
ZIA MCCABE
Courtney Movie Review: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans (2009) Okay, so if cops just smoked more crack they could fix everything, right? |
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR
Courtney Movie Review: Bottle Shock & Johnny Dangerously
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(2008) Wow, this is one of the worst after school specials I’ve ever seen (hammy writing, flagrant overacting etc.), yet I must’ve been asked about thirty times if I’d seen it. |
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(1984) who woulda guessed that this movie was actually really funny? |
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR
Courtney Movie Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Whoa, for a second there I thought Agatha Christie was alive and well and writing under a Swedish pseudonym and oh, watching way too much Law & Order SVU. |
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR
PIA- Friday Jan 14 In Portland
Peter’s Pete International Airport will be playing this Friday (01/14/11) at Mississippi Studios (21+) in Portland with old friends Sunset Valley and Federale. Do come out, it should be a ripping time.
GOTHMAN
Courtney Movie Review: Becket
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(1964) In spite of Peter O’Toole’s over-the-top performance, this movie somehow manages to still be totally boring. |
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR
Site Being Made Awesome
Hey, it’s that time of year when there is not much for the band to tell you, so that’s when I take the opportunity to (somehow, through trial and error) fix what bothers me about this very website. Problems like not being able to navigate?? Whose idea was that? I wanna beat them up.
Anyway, if things are especially screwy in the next few weeks it means I’m messing around with templates or whatever. Should only last a few weeks, tops. If the site is screwy after that it’s probably your fault. WHAT?
GOTHMAN
