Wow

I was looking for the scene on YouTube from I Heart Huckabees where Jason Schwartzman confirms for Dustin Hoffman that he has transcended time and space..... errrrr...... "space but not time.....I don't know what you're talking about."  Don't ask me why.  What I found, however, is this crazy on-the-set fight between Lily Tomlin and the director, David O. Russell.  Really crazy.  Imagine continuing to work with someone after they've spoken to you like this:

For Those Of You Who Sit Around And Refresh This Blog For The Latest News

The Alabama v. Georgia game tonight is a blackout game.  And no, I'm not proudly proclaiming I'm going to drink too much tonight, I mean to say Georgia is going to wear black uniforms, and their fans are going to wear all black.  

Knowshon Moreno's from Jersey by the way.

Check out his coach talking about red shirting him:

End zone leap:

  

M.I.A./Moreno Remix:

Some Football Stuff

I'll attempt for the first time in a while to write something remotely substantive at some point this weekend.  In the meantime, however: 

This catch is ridiculous.  Absolutely ridiculous.  

How great is it that Oregon State defeated USC yesterday?  Pretty great I think.  If I were a violent person, I'd go out of my way to punch Pete Carol in the face.  His failure is my success.    

Tonight at 8:00 PM: Connecticut at Louisville
What's up with UConn?  Where do they get these kids?  Connecticut High School Football is terrible.  How is UConn slowly becoming a relevant football power, just a few years after entering Division 1A?    

Saturday, September 27:
3:43 PM ET Purdue at Notre Dame NBC 

Yeah.  You might not watch this one but I will.  Will Weis continue to stubbornly attempt running the football?  Or will he embrace the fact that his offensive line is inept and start spraying the ball all over the place?  Probably the former.  

7:00 PM ET No. 24 TCU at No. 2 Oklahoma 

Might as well change that "No. 2" to a "No. 1", provided Oklahoma can take care of business tomorrow night.  Though they haven't really played anyone yet this season, they have won by an average margin of just over 35 points.  

7:45 PM ET No. 8 Alabama at No. 3 Georgia

Marquee teams from THE marquee conference.  This is obviously THE must see game of the college football weekend.  And, since I hate the soulless mercenary Nick Saban, Go Bulldogs.     

  
8:00 PM ET No. 22 Illinois at No. 12 Penn State

Maybe Joe Pa isn't quite done.  Penn State mauled Oregon State 45-14.  Oregon State beat USC on Thursday.  Maybe the Big 10 isn't as bad as the pundits have been punditting.   

Cleveland at Cincinnati 1:00 PM CBS

I'm looking for Brady Quinn to take the helm at some point during this game.  You should look for it too.  If he does, Cleveland will feed off the shakeup and get off the snide.  

Minnesota at Tennessee 1:00 PM FOX

The Vikings have had their shakeup at quarterback.  Provided Adrian Peterson plays, look for Tennessee to come back down to Earth.  It was only a matter of time with Kerri Collins at the helm.    

Denver at Kansas City 1:00 PM CBS

Gimme a break.  Herm Edwards needs to be fired almost as much as Matt Millen did.  Just kidding.  He should be fired though.  I'll take Shanahan in this one.    

San Francisco at New Orleans 1:00 PM FOX

Injury ridden or not, New Orleans.  

Arizona at NY Jets 1:00 PM FOX

Look for AZ to take this one.  

Green Bay at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM FOX 

Green Bay.  

Atlanta at Carolina 1:00 PM FOX 

Atlanta.

Houston at Jacksonville 1:00 PM CBS Tickets

Jacksonville

San Diego at Oakland 4:05 PM CBS Tickets 

San Diego.

Buffalo at St. Louis 4:05 PM CBS Tickets

St. Louis is AWEFUL.

Washington at Dallas 4:15 PM FOX 

Dallas.  Washington will cover though.

Philadelphia at Chicago 8:15 PM NBC 

Philadelphia.  Toughest division in footall:  NFC East.  

MON, SEP 29:

Baltimore at Pittsburgh 8:30 PM ESPN

Baltimore.  Pittsburgh will not score much.  

·Bye: Detroit, Indianapolis, Miami, New England, NY Giants, Seattle

Lens Crafters

I thoroughly enjoyed myself at a wedding this past weekend.  Self-incrimination and feats of vapidity aside - including the origins of my black eye and chipped tooth - I was pleased to bear witness on numerous occasions throughout the weekend, and amongst mixed company in every sense of the phrase, to good friends and new ones voicing their contempt for all things Sarah Palin.  I was reminded on those occasions of "Sarah Palin Naked" from the Huffington Post on 9/11.    Keep your shirt on, she's not actually naked.   I don't necessarily agree with all of the sentiments set forth by Mr. Steitzman in his rant, but I am 100% behind his enthusiasm.   And I am fed up with the notion that it is rational to vote an every[wo]men into office.

  

Good New Songs I've Heard Today:

Pete Bjorn and John "Inland Empire"    

Eine Kleine Nacht Musik "La Serrenisima"

Grizzly Bear "Two Weeks"  

Goldfrapp "Little Bird" (Animal Collective remix)

Dutchess Says "Ccut Up"

See more Demetri Martin videos at Funny or Die

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See more Zach Galifianakis videos at Funny or Die

To and Fro

We'll open with something light.  I've been way too heavy lately.  In general.  Need to lighten up.  

At my cousin's engagement party a few weeks ago my brother and I somehow ended up volleying songs and lines of our favorite "Winnie the Pooh" episodes back and forth.  Most people in our circle laughed, though I'm sure on some level they wondered if we were half-wits or stoners (or perhaps both).   I'm not sure whether it helped or hurt our intra-extended-familial stature when my sister candidly admitted she brought the Pooh tapes we were weened on with her to college.  Perhaps even more telling, the tao of Pooh apparently won over many of her friends.   

(At some point in the not too distant future, I hope to obtain footage of my brother's Pooh impression.  While I remember lines and can do a serviceable impression, he may as well replace the fraud who does the voices in all of the more contemporary rehashings.)  

I just got my car back from the body shop this afternoon.  Without my iPod for the commute, I was relegated to a choice between the radio and one of the 8 to 10 CD's that have been in my car collecting dust for just under a year now.  Actually not a very difficult decision.  I reached for the stack and pulled out CD that had been put into its case upside down.  Arcade Fire's Funeral.  As the album's been in my car, and subsequently has not been put on my iPod, I couldn't tell you the last time I spun it.  At one point this was as regular in my rotation as anything else.  While I can't say I've ever taken a close look at the lyrical content of Neon Bible -mostly because I don't really like it- Funeral is a fantastic album front to back. 

In a strange mood at least in part because of the gridlock traffic I was inching along in -weighty anger, determination, frustration, optimism, and apathy swinging to and fro like a pendulum- I was brought back to the present ironically by "Wake Up".  

Somethin' - filled up - my heart - with nothin' - someone - told me 

not to cry. - but now that - I'm older - my heart's - colder - and I 

can - see that it's a lie. 

children - wake up - hold your - mistake up - before they - turn the 

summer into dust. - children - don't grow up - our bodies get 

bigger. but - our hearts get torn up - we're just - a million little 

gods causing rain storms - turning every good thing to rust. - I guess 

we'll just have to adjust. 

with my lighning bolts a-glowin' I can see where I am going to be when 

the reaper he reaches and touches my hand. 

with my lighning bolts a-glowin' I can see where I am goin'. 

better look out below! 

The line: "children- wake up - hold your- mistakes up - before they turn the summer into dust" has always resonated most.  The idea that this is likely a reference to children and not twenty-somethings thankfully never took hold: technically, my summers turned to dust in 2003.  But I digress.  The notion that youthful mistakes - both careless and precocious - should be proudly displayed rather than hidden away, I find curiously optimistic in spite of the increasingly pessimistic light the song subsequently sheds on adulthood.  Perhaps it's the unapologetic tongue in cheek irony of the last line that keeps it from obscuring the emboldened taste in my mouth.      

  The only mistake of the album, as far as I can tell, was not placing Rebellion (Lies) and Wake Up back to back.  

Sleeping is giving in, no matter what the time is. sleeping is giving 

in, so lift those heavy eyelids. 

people say that you'll die faster than without water. but we know it's 

just a lie, scare your son and scare your daughter. 

people say that your dreams are the only things that save ya. 

come on baby in our dreams, we can live our misbehaviour. 

everytime you close your eyes lies, lies! 

people try and hide the night underneath the covers. 

people try and hide the light underneath the covers. 

come on hide your lovers underneath the covers. 

come on hide your lovers underneath the covers. 

hidin' from your brothers underneath the covers, come on hide your 

lovers underneath the covers. 

people say that you'll die faster than without water, but we know it's 

just a lie, scare your son, scare your daughter 

now here's the sun, it's alright! now here's the moon, it's alright! 

now here's the sun, it's alright! now here's the moon, it's alright! 

but everytime you close your eyes, lies!

My Morning Jacket

Since I drank too much before and during the concert to put together a remotely cogent account of the evening, I'll defer to some bootleg footage that can be found here.  Scroll below the ever infuriating O'Riley tirade on the September 9 entry.  This footage was actually recorded by a friend of a friend that we met over a few [too many, apparently] beers at a pre-concert barbeque.    

You can also see "Lay Low" from Saturday night right here:  

Defense

As much as I hate to admit it, this commercial is fantastic.

An Evening with My Morning Jacket

I'll be spending this evening with My Morning Jacket at the Bank of America Pavilion.   I bought these tickets quite some time ago.  As such, this concert fell off the radar, partly by design and partly as a function of time.  Currently, however, I'm chomping at the bit for this concert.  I can't really concentrate on any of the usual  Saturday domesticities.

Set Wishlist:

The Bear (live)

The Way that He Sings (live)

One Big Holiday (live)

Gideon (live

Librarian 

Smokin' from Shootin (live)

Remnants

What a Wonderful Man

Two Halves

Evil Urges (live)

I'm Amazed  (music video)

Wordless Chorus

It Beats 4 U (music video)

Dondante (live)

Off The Record (music video)

This list is getting ridiculous.  I'd like them to play their entire catalogue.  

  

Must See TV

**Admittedly, I pay little attention to the NFL pre-season.  This is due mostly to the litany of preseason games which mean nothing and are indicative of nothing.  Rather than waste my time, I simply begin stockpiling football boners for weeks 1 through 17.  This being the case, my "teasers" are a bit lacking.  That will soon change.    

Thursday, September 4:

Washington at Giants 7:00 PM NBC

Regardless of your alliances, this is the first game of the new NFL season.  

Saturday, September 6:

3:30 PM ET San Diego State at Notre Dame NBC 

Maybe this one's a must see depending on your alliances.

Sunday, September 7 
Seattle at Buffalo 1:00 PM Fox 

Which Seattle team is going to show up this year for Holmgren's last?  Is Shaun Alexander washed up?  If he is, what's Julius Jones going to do about it? 
Jacksonville at Tennessee 1:00 PM

Interesting quarterback matchup.  
NY Jets at Miami 1:00 PM CBS 

As sick as I had become of hearing Favre's name, and as ambivalent as I am about the Jets, I can't help but be interested.  Ironic too how Chad Pennington will face his replacement the first game of the season.   
Kansas City at New England 1:00 PM CBS

Will they pick up where they left of leading up to the greatest Superbowl in the history of football?  What's up with Tom's foot?   
Cincinnati at Baltimore 1:00 PM CBS

How will Joe Flacco look?  Will Ray Rice get some touches?  What's Cinci going to do this year? 
Carolina at San Diego 4:15 PM Fox

Look for LT to run with a chip on his shoulder.    
Dallas at Cleveland 4:15 PM Fox Tickets

Hoping Dallas fails miserably and Derek Anderson comes back down to earth, plays terribly, and yields the starting job to Brady Quinn.  
Chicago at Indianapolis 8:15 PM NBC 

Monday, September 8:
Minnesota at Green Bay 7:00 PM 

Can Ryan Grant carry the full load this year?  Can Adrian Peterson do it again?

Coming Soon

Juneau II

Though technically not a sequal due to spelling differences, watch as the far right appropriates 2007's surprise hit movie, making it entirely their own. If you thought Juno was preposterous, wait until you see this. You can rest assured, there will be no whimsical trips to the abortion clinic this time around.

This film is not yet rated and will play exclusively on CNN and FoxNews. Don't miss it.

Music

Santa Barbara Radiohead Webcast (full show)

Fiasco: "Oh You Horny Monster"

Their MySpace.

Elliot Brood: "The Bridge"

Mr. Brood's MySpace.