March 2007
A few years ago, I had this squirrely idea for a project where I thought a bunch of different people should cover The Palace Brothers’ “I am a Cinematographer”…as a power pop song. (sample on iTunes) Going through an old hard drive tonight, I found the two versions I made — a couple of the first things I ever made in (the then-new) Garage Band. I am a Cinematographer (Europop Version) I am a...
February 2007
“a thousand kids will fall in love in all these clubs tonight. a thousand other...”
– The Hold Steady - “Most People are DJs”
“Today I step into the shoes of a great man, a man by the name of Dwayne Elizondo...”
– Pvt. Joe Bowers, Idiocracy (brought to you by Carl’s Jr.)
Watch“You have to have some credibility and can’t be beholden to all these sleazy merchants out there, man.”
004: Interview: John Vanderslice | The Merlin Show
“Gracefully executed and cathartic, The Agony of Laffitte is possibly the best...”
– Review of “The Agony of Lafitte” by Spoon
“don’t have co-CEOs. Makes it sound like there was a tie in the corporate...”
– Jason Goldman
Watch002: Interview: Jonathan Coulton | The Merlin Show
“Isn’t it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you?”
– Jonathan Coulton - Skullcrusher Mountain
Merlin’s Index
Number of times — while watching the first two-thirds of The Queen, starring Helen Mirren — that I thought to myself, “Hm, this kinda seems like a BBC TV movie that I’d never finish watching:” 7
Likelihood, expressed as a percentage, that I will ever watch the last third of The Queen, starring Helen Mirren: 0
Times by which Children of Men is better than the first two-thirds of The Queen,...
“The ‘roadside ambush’ scene was shot in one extended take with a special camera...”
– Children of Men - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Merlin’s Index
Minimum number of dollars I spend at Bristol Farms — seemingly independent of what I’m there to buy: 12
“Homer Simpson’s pronunciation of saxophone, often sung to the tune of...”
– Urban Dictionary: saxamaphone
“‘She would of been a good woman,’ The Misfit said, ‘if it had been somebody...”
– Flannery O’ Connor, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
“In the confusion I took aim, only I wasn’t sure which clown I was supposed...”
– notes: Clowns
“Pena”
The Mascara Snake: Fast and bulbous
Captain Beefheart: That's right, The Mascara Snake, fast and bulbous. Also a tin teardrop.
The Mascara Snake: Bulbous also tapered
Captain Beefheart: That's right
eventually
You can tell a project is right for you when you have no idea what you’re doing most of the time…then suddenly you do.
Flickr: Photos tagged with "the orange New Day... →
“Slooo-oan at the The Indepenent on Monday April 30th, ($15, 21+, on-sale 2/25)”
– Upcoming.org: Sloan at Independent (Monday, April 30, 2007)
“The telephone is an antiquity — you never know who is calling, there is no...”
– Ralf Hütter of Kraftwerk
“Code Monkey think maybe manager want to write god damned login page himself”
– “Code Monkey” by Jonathan Coulton
“Like coming back from the restroom and finding out the waiter has brought the...”
– Little Mistakes - Notes
IT'S A TRAP! →
“I’ve got to stop chugging beers two minutes before going to bed.”
– Twitter / Ben Brown: I’ve got to stop chugging b…
“Came from the Simpsons character Milhouse when something particulary swell...”
– Urban Dictionary: Everything’s coming up Milhouse
My producer clarifies the evening punch list
me: Ok so
me: to review
me: Because I'm disoriented
me: :)
ben: me: teaser rev 1
ben: you: shut the f*ck up
me: roger
ben: me: joco compression
ben: you: shut the f*ck up more
me: got it
me: I can do this.
“she said my name is rick danko but people call me one-hour photo. i’ve got some...”
– “The Swish” by The Hold Steady
