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Posted on 17th February 2009
It’s been an action-packed past few days. Last night, I opened up for Carl Arnheiter’s excellent “Inside Joke” show at UCB. His guest last night was Janeane Garofalo, who was awesome. I wish the show could have gone for longer as they were having a nice and very interesting chat. After the show, a handful of us went and drank stuff at a nearby bar and then ended up at Corner Bistro for too-late hamburgers, fries, and more beer, a decision I kinda, sorta regret as of this writing.
In other news, this past weekend I saw “Gran Torino” and the new “Friday the 13th” movie. It’s a tough call but I have to give the “better movie” award to “Gran Torino” on this one. Clint Eastwood was awesome and- holy shit!- he’s 78 already! How did that happen? He’s still a badass though. But what did you expect? My lovely friend Geraldine Hughes was excellent in the movie too. I like seeing friends in movies. It makes me want to yell and clap at the screen, almost like I’m seeing “Friday the 13th” or something.
And speaking of “Friday the 13th,” the new one is pretty solid (trailer above). Kids on pot, naked chicks, guys getting hit in the face with machetes- it pretty much has everything. Run- don’t walk- to the theater to see this movie. Unless you are Jason Voorhees, of course, in which case you can just walk to the theater and still somehow get there faster than anyone who might be running as fast as they can. I could have handled a few more creative killings in the new one (Jason zipping one of his victims up in their sleeping bag and whacking them against a tree in “Friday the 13th: Part 6”- I think it was anyway- is pretty much as good as it gets), but other than that I can’t really complain. I mean, I wouldn’t have minded if one of the girls in the movie had decided to take a shower at a really inconvenient time for no apparent reason, but I’ll never really get enough of that sort of thing. I’m a purist.
In other news, the other day I saw this sign in the window of a restaurant in Chinatown. Note the top dish- hot dog and minced beef with spaghetti. Sounds like someone is trying to clear out the fridge. Then again, it does sound kind of delicious. “Mmmm- you can really taste the hot dog!”
Finally, I read this disturbing news item today- GQ has named Justin Timberlake the most stylish man in America. Come on. I mean seriously- come on! If history has taught us anything, it’s that Justin Timberlake has no style whatsoever and simply just wears whatever someone tells him too. See above. Case closed. Paul F. Tompkins and I can take Timberlake in the style department without even getting out of bed (separate beds! I don’t mean that in any creepy sort of way. Sheesh). But I have to admit, the top spot goes to this man, NYC dandy-about-town Patrick McDonald:
I honestly don’t know how he does it. He’s like a white Andre 3000 or something. Kudos, sir. It has been noted.
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