BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002 The Oregon political world's radar blipped yesterday upon the entrance of Bill Sizemore into the Oregon GOP gubernatorial primary. I'll admit...
Line Out (Free subscription) | yesterday
Seattle trio Salmon Thrasher consist of two sound engineers ( Evan LaSure and Justin Ripley of Showbox and Neumos ) and a photographer ( Tara Sloan , drummer for What What Now ). They're new and the two songs they have on their MySpace remind me of a number of lo-fi bands from the '90s ( Pavement, Guided by Voices, Butterglory, Grifters , about half of the Merge Records roster from the Clinton era,...
Blatherings Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
as support for the feckless obamacare plunges, yet again, you have to wonder if harry reid can cobble his democratic senators - +2 independents - for his 60 votes to pass this boondoggle in a couple of weeks. and frankly, sooner or later, he’s gonna run out of our money to bribe his [...]
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Live is as thick and murky as Louisiana Gumbo.
Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Where is Sheriff Joe, anyhow? He needs to get out of the jail house and check on website number, fix all the stupidity Here’s a stimulus success story: In Arizona’s 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have been saved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that’s what the Web site set [...]
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
~ RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCE OF INSANITY ~~ UNDERREPORTED NEWS AND UNCENSORED OPINION ~~ DISMANTLING THE PROPAGANDA MATRIX ~Monday, November 16, 2009 By Tom Burghardt, Global ResearchThat social networking sites and applications such as Facebook, Twitter and their competitors can facilitate communication and information sharing amongst diverse groups and individuals is by now a cliché.It should...
GreenCine Daily (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Spread directed by David Mackenzie 2009, 97 minutes, USA Anchor Bay Films Maybe it's a misnomer to hail an Ashton Kutcher indie vehicle the week's highest recommendation (the case certainly won't be made here that it's more or less worthwhile viewing than Up , Lake Tahoe or Ballast ), but Scottish director David Mackenzie and writer Jason Dean Hall's clever, pruriently entertaining satire of sociopathic...
FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Mind Your Tweets By Tom Burghardt Source: Antifascist Calling... October 27, 2009 Courtesy Of Global Research That social networking sites and applications such as Facebook, Twitter and their competitors can facilitate communication and information sharing amongst diverse groups and individuals is by now a cliché. It should come as no surprise then, that the secret state and the capitalist grifters...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
TWO years ago, John Cusack gave an interview to a British newspaper where he claimed he had made only ten good films.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Also: 'Sesame Street,' 'The Ugly Truth' and more Also: "Sesame Street," "The Ugly Truth" and more.
Comments for edroso - HaloScan.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I like Anjelica Huston as much as the next fan, but for me Annette Bening is really the standout in The Grifters -- her and the late (alas) J.T. Walsh. Not that John Cusack isn't terrific too.
Comments for edroso - HaloScan.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I think my favorite movie from a Jim Thompson book is Coup du Torchon, by Tavernier. Coup du Torchon is great -- it really French-i-fies the story without losing a drop of its essence, and Philippe Noiret is brilliant -- but don't count out The Grifters. It may be the
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Having dipped into the seductive waters of sexy courtesans, Stephen Frears is now looking towards the future, and the future's got lots of gambling. The trades are reporting that Frears is set to direct Lay the Favorite , a dramedy that will rejoin him with High Fidelity scribe D.V. De Vincentis . The project stems from an upcoming memoir by Beth Raymer called Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog , which...
Get the Big Picture (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I read The Killer Inside Me about 25 years ago, and in general I'm an admirer of the work of pulp novelist Jim Thompson . His most recognized works are probably that title, The Killing (later turned into an early Kubrick film), The Getaway , and The Grifters , released as a film over 10 years after his death. I heard about him while growing up in Oklahoma, because that's where he was from. The Killer...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Book Adaptations: Director takes on Raymer memoir -- Stephen Frears will direct "Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog," an adaptation of an upcoming Beth Raymer memoir that is aiming for a June production stars.
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