Monday, November 17, 2003
An old movie weekend and sleeping on T.I.?
This is my new favorite music video: "Be Easy" by T.I. The first single "24's" from his Trap Muzik album was a monster to me too but it kind of got lost in the southern hurricane that was Lil Jon and his crunk production style that dominated the clubs this year. Am I sleeping on this cat? I don't want to spend money on his album and be disappointed.
Just watched this movie this weekend to see if it was really as bad everyone claimed. It was. Here's the best press pull-quote they could come up with to promote the movie:
Also watched this one which was kind of like The Fast and the Furious but on two wheels. They must have had almost every major black actor of note (who doesn't rap) in this film but it still couldn't make those pedestrian-shot drag races scenes look any more exciting.
Drugstore Cowboy was probably the best of the three movies I caught over the weekend but it wasn't quite as good as I thought it was going to be especially with Gus Van Sant behind the cameras and the great word of mouth I'd heard about it over the years. There's a great cameo by William S. Burroughs and Matt Dillon is still a highly-underrated actor though.
Great article ("Building a Web Media Empire on a Daily Dose of Fresh Links") on the William Randolph Heart of the blog media world, Nick Denton, here. (Source: New York Times)
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Just watched this movie this weekend to see if it was really as bad everyone claimed. It was. Here's the best press pull-quote they could come up with to promote the movie:
"...great scene transitions and some of the better special effects of the year...the film was fast, furious and just a good ol' time at theaters." --Joblo's Movie EmporiumWow, who the hell is Joblo? He sounds like a movie critic made up by Waner Bros. because they couldn't find anyone to give this dog a good review but he actually does exist.
Also watched this one which was kind of like The Fast and the Furious but on two wheels. They must have had almost every major black actor of note (who doesn't rap) in this film but it still couldn't make those pedestrian-shot drag races scenes look any more exciting.
Drugstore Cowboy was probably the best of the three movies I caught over the weekend but it wasn't quite as good as I thought it was going to be especially with Gus Van Sant behind the cameras and the great word of mouth I'd heard about it over the years. There's a great cameo by William S. Burroughs and Matt Dillon is still a highly-underrated actor though.
Great article ("Building a Web Media Empire on a Daily Dose of Fresh Links") on the William Randolph Heart of the blog media world, Nick Denton, here. (Source: New York Times)
