Pirate Acting

Just a reminder to the friendly forces lying in wait: The Hey Mercedes AMP contest goes on for one more week. I say the Hey Mercedes AMP because truly, no other band on there is worthy of the honor. I guess you emo kids out there are going to go stark raving mad over Taking Back Sunday, but if you’re a fan of Bob Nanna and the gang, then please vote for Hey Mercedes. In fact, vote multiple times!

So I saw Pirates of the Caribbean last night. Marco and Parker joined up with me and we decided to go out and see a movie. Ironically, it was actually pretty good. I mean, yeah, it had a stupid plot and some predictable 2-Dimensional characters. However, there was one thing that defined this movie, one thing that elevated it beyond a cheesy summer blockbuster into a genuinely entertaining flick: Johnny Depp. In a similar vein of Jude Law’s performance as Gigolo Joe or Hugh Jackman’s performance as Wolverine, Depp’s portrayal of a roguish Pirate elevated this film. Like a vortex of charisma and genuine interest, his performance made all of the other mediocre actors and actresses (and the sub-par plot) truly miraculous. As a result Pirates was a fun movie. Not exactly the kind of film I’d normally salivate over, but we all need some mindless entertainment every now and then. Go and see it if only because Depp’s pirate performance usurps Dustin Hoffman’s pirate acting.

Pirate acting…I can’t believe that’s what it all boils down to.

(Remember, Pirates Vote too!)

Possiblies and Maybes? Definitely.

I've been a limited poster recently. By next week I should be less busy at work.

Yes, The Casket Lottery's Possiblies and Maybes CD will be for sale during this tour. Should be anyway. I'm very much looking forward to it as well as the show. We'll most definitely work something out for Radiohead tickets that weekend.

Burning my travels clean

Looks like you’ll have to settle with a late post from me today.

So now I’m extra bitter about the week of the Casket Lottery and Year of the Rabbit show. You see I’ve learned that the tickets for the Radiohead shows in California will ironically go on sale while I’m in California. It’s like some kind of ironic kick in the jimmies, or some such. Gabe and I are going to work out some kind of back-up plan though regarding the purchase of the tickets. We’ve got a friend or two who might be able to hang around and purchase the tickets for us while we’re gone. By the way Gabe, Alex said he might be able to do it depending upon when the tickets go on sale. We’ll figure something out, we’ll figure something out. That seems to have become my little mantra during this whole dealy.
I am glad to be going though; it’s not every day that I get an opportunity to see both The Casket Lottery and Rocky Votolato. I’m looking to purchase some Rocky CDs, so this will be a good opportunity. Likewise, maybe the new TCL CD, “Possiblies and Maybes”, will be on sale.

After that I’m blowing San Diego and heading on up to San Francisco for a trip I already had planned there. I’ll probably take some pictures of Alcatraz for your viewing enjoyment. Well, more for my own personal novelty anyway.

So I guess this means I need to purchase and pack a few things with the impending trip in mind:

• An iPod charger


• A new book to read


• A portable toothbrush (heh heh)

And some other junk…