Tonght, Tonight

I'm feeling an improvement today. My sore throat is almost gone, and I'm not that congested anymore. Maybe I'll be able to stage some kind of resistance!

Here's to hoping Corgan's next album is a keeper. Who knows, not having a band might be good for his songwriting. (He worked solo on Siamese Dream after all).

So I'm getting near the end of the pre-work on a script I'm writing for a possible submission to the Phoenix Film Fest (Gabe's a volunteer!). What's it about? I don't want to say. I can drop a hint or two though. Check out the film fest site.

Don't!

Brock, don't get sick again! Nooooo!

Billy Corgan is working on his solo album.

Please not a 4th time

I kind of had a sore throat yesterday and a bit of congestion. I hope I'm not getting sick again (everyone else around me is).

Fire Fight

The Fire Theft has posted their dates with Grandaddy and Saves the Day. It's a shame that Nita's is now closed, because it would have been the perfect place to hold the Phoenix show. At any rate, the Marquee Theater is a fine spot. We saw Zwan there I believe, and it worked. Keep an eye out for ticket sales imaginary readers, cause this is gonna be a big one.

By the way, Radiohead landed five nominations in the NME awards (which are voted upon by the readers of the magazine). They include:

• Best Album - Hail to the Thief


• Best Single - There There


• Best Video - There There


• Best Live Band


• Best UK Band

There's probably not much question that they have the best live band deal sealed. That's their shtick. They deserve it too, especially after this tour of theirs. You can vote here.

News, Oh News!

Well, Brock and I went to go see Rocky Votolato with Limbeck last night. We missed the beginning of Rocky's set trying to find this club in a strip mall. All because one of our good local venues, Nita's Hideaway had to close it's doors.

On a much lighter note, The Casket Lottery are finishing up their EP. Unfortunately their looking at a June/July realease date, but...they plan to have it available in May when the go on a West Coast tour! Woo hoo!

Braid's Killing a Camera DVD is slated for realease on May 11th! All I could say was, "hot diggity damn!"

Oscar Bait

Yes, I was also pleasantly surprised to see some of the nominations. I was telling people that Keisha Castle-Hughes was the best actress of the year, but I didn't expect a nod from the Academy. Word to that!

And they didn't nominate Halle Berry for Gothika!

Today they announced the Oscar Nominations for the 76th Academy Awards, and all I can say is that I'm extremely pleased with many of their selections. In fact, this is the first time I've been this excited about the Oscars.
For starters, Bill Murray got his nod for Best Actor, which is only fitting. He earned that nomination, every last shred of it. But he's going up against stiff competition. Johnny Depp, everyone's favorite pirate, seems to have a strong presence this year. I'm betting that Murray has a tad more edge in this competition then Depp does, but it's still close (and he's still got Sean Penn to worry about).
Speaking of the actress category for a second, it would seem I finally got my wish, although it was a tad late. Samantha Morton got a nomination for 'In America'. She should have been nominated for Minority Report, but this is just as good. And what's this about Keisha Castle-Hughes being nominated? Right on!!!
By the way, the Best Supporting Actor category has Djimon Hounsou in it, which is just fantastic.

And of course, the director category has Sofia Coppola, right alongside legendary directors like Peter Weir and Clint Eastwood. Something about that is just so damn cool, even if she doesn't stand a chance against Peter Jackson's 'make up' nomination.

Oh, and Lord of the Rings: Return of the King got a Best Picture nod. No surprise there. Ditto for Seabiscuit...they've been talking about that one for months.

But, the fact that there are so many indie actors and unexpected choices littering this year’s selection is what makes me so excited. Sofia Coppola, Djimon Housou, Samantha Morton, Keisha Castle-Hughes, it's like they've decided to pay attention to the actual talent this time around.

Ready for his close up

Damn straight.

Mark my words, Gabe will be the next Bogart.

Ready, Set...Act!

I have signed up for Acting I at a local community college. I'm nervous, but very excited to see what this class will be all about. At least now I'll have some credibility when auditioning for Brock's movies!