I'm only fifty pages into Mergers and Acquisitions, but am prepared to call Dana Vachon the best yet blogger turned novelist. Can't tell if the book is going to go anywhere, but it is funny.
Just about every Friday for the entire summer a movie with a franchise behind it is being released. So, if you're not into "Transformers", "Harry Potter or "Pirates of the Carribean" and those blockbuster types, what's left for you to look forward to at the theaters in the next few months?
Personally, I am looking forward to "Knocked Up" and "The Ten"
7 "Once" is supposed to be a really good Irish musical, but more in a rock 'n roll way than your usual Rodgers & Hammerstein variety. So far it has 32 out of 33 positive reviews with an average score of 8.2/10. I'm not sure how many theaters are carrying it, but I'm sure it's playing somewhere in LA.
7 Oooh, the Ten comes out this summer? I'm also looking forward to Knocked Up, and Superbad (new Michael Cera movie). Saw the trailer for that the other day and it looked really funny.
Warner Brothers is releasing the first image of Heath Ledger as The Joker right now. It's a viral campaign. Everytime somebody signs up for an e-mail response. Another pixel is revealed. So far, this is what has come out:
http://www.avi-film.com/joker6.jpg
Pretty smart marketing. People are signing up left and right. The more people sign up, the clearer the picture gets.
"Hot Fun in the Summertime," by Sly and the Family Stone is the greatest song about summer that is not part of a "folk opera."
I also like the Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon."
The taxman's taken all my dough,
And left me in my stately home,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
And I can't sail my yacht,
He's taken everything I've got,
All I've got's this sunny afternoon.
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
My girlfriend's run off with my car,
And gone back to her ma and pa,
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now I'm sitting here,
Sipping at my ice cold beer,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
Help me, help me, help me sail away,
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
cause I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
I would like to put in the good word for one obvious choice, the Beatles' "Good Day Sunshine," and a personal favorite/sleeper pick, "Smokin' Pot in the Hot City" by the Archers of Loaf.
What? Sunny Afternoon isn't a summer song? It's not only a summer song, it's a "bummer in the summer" song. Why does every summer song have to be about good time?
The Kinks are the poets of English summer and its disappointments. "People Take Pictures of Each Other" has these great lines:
"People take pictures of the Summer,
Just in case someone thought they had missed it,
And to prove that it really existed."
Discuss.
Anyone want to share what they think will happen, or should happen, with their favorite shows without giving away any spoilers?
Personally, I am looking forward to "Knocked Up" and "The Ten"
http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=cannes2007&jump=story
http://www.avi-film.com/joker6.jpg
Pretty smart marketing. People are signing up left and right. The more people sign up, the clearer the picture gets.
"Summertime" by George and Ira Gershwin
"Hot Time Summer in the City" by the Lovin' Spoonful
"In the Summertime" by Shaggy
I second OZ's nomination of Sublime's "Summertime", but my ultimate vote goes to "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry.
Shaggy's version surpasses Mungo Jerry's in my opinion.
I also like the Kinks' "Sunny Afternoon."
The taxman's taken all my dough,
And left me in my stately home,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
And I can't sail my yacht,
He's taken everything I've got,
All I've got's this sunny afternoon.
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
My girlfriend's run off with my car,
And gone back to her ma and pa,
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now I'm sitting here,
Sipping at my ice cold beer,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
Help me, help me, help me sail away,
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
cause I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
Can't say I've heard Shaggy's version, but I have a hard time believing it could surpass the original.
The Kinks are the poets of English summer and its disappointments. "People Take Pictures of Each Other" has these great lines:
"People take pictures of the Summer,
Just in case someone thought they had missed it,
And to prove that it really existed."
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