Prove me wrong Willy Wonka, prove me wrong

I hope you guys have a good time in Flagstaff.

Yeah, the Edward Scissorhands DVD is a good buy. It’s got a Burton-Elfman commentary, but other then that it’s not heavily laden with features. But that’s not the point really; it’s simply an amazing movie. Burton has other ‘masterworks’ but Edward Scissorhands takes the cake.

You’ll have to tell me how that Talking Heads film is. I’m not too familiar with the band, but I know that they were supposed to be pretty good. I should probably check that out for myself though.

I purchased Grandaddy’s latest effort ‘Sumday’ today. I’m still listening to it and trying to decide where it fits in with ‘The Sohptware Slump’, so I’ll hold back any premature comments. I’ve been intrigued by them lately though. At least I’ve taken the precaution of not seeing them live with The Fire Theft and having no knowledge of their work.

On the Air

You can stream The Casket Lottery's raw and unmastered version of On the Air from their upcoming EP Smoke and Mirrors at Second Nature's website. A little preview.

Yesterday I picked up Stop Making Sense, a Talking Heads film by Jonathan Demme. I've heard nothing but good things about it so I picked up. Can't wait to check it out.

After hearing from Brock that he picked up Edward Scissorhands, I had to get it too. Hot diggity dog!

I'm off to Flagstaff this weekend with the wife. Maybe we'll do a little snowboarding. Depends on the weather and snow.

Writing Machine

Dang, Brock's a writin' machine!

Mmm, a Weezer DVD sounds mighty tasty.

Progress

Up to page 48 in my script. Gotta keep truckin'

Ready to Shred

Yesterday came the arrival of my beloved new Gibson SG Standard. It is a beauty.

It'll be nice to finally get the Star Wars trilogy on DVD!

The Force will be with you, always

You know, I got really excited when I heard that they'd be touring before Coachella. Like most fans, I thought that they'd be playing all of the major cities in the U.S. before heading to Coachella. I haven't seen the actual dates they've laid down yet, but if most of them are in Canada then it looks like Coachella might be the better bet.

Crock indeed...

I have to mention this bit of news in my post today; Star Wars is finally coming to DVD. No, not the Prequels, they’ve been on DVD for a while. I mean, the original Star Wars films: Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. The films will hit American shelves September 21st this year. September is a long ways away, but at least the films will be released before the previous 2006-7-speculation date.

Crock, Indeed

How about that Pixies tour? What a bunch of weird cities to pick, most of them being in Canada! This pretty much forces me to go the Coachella Festival in Indio. Still thinking about that one.

Crocks

So the Grammys were last night. I didn't watch them but I heard that Coldplay's Clocks won best song, proving that the shadow of a much greater band can in fact win awards.