From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V14 #270 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, November 19 2005 Volume 14 : Number 270 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Arrested [Jeff Dwarf ] whoa [Jill Brand ] Re: whoa [Spotted Eagle Ray ] Re: whoa [Tom Clark ] west coast swing [wojizzle forizzle ] That infamous "laffer" again [Eb ] Re: That infamous "laffer" again [2fs ] Re: That infamous "laffer" again [Spotted Eagle Ray ] reap [Eb ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:12:43 -0800 (PST) From: Jeff Dwarf Subject: Re: Arrested FSThomas wrote: > http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=1099 > > A nice brief video clip of David Cross from AD offering > some helpful > advice to the higher-ups. > > The original post where the video hails from can be found > here: > > http://www.transbuddha.com/index.php/buddha/dear_fox_television_you_suck/ Actually, that clip is amongst the Bonus Material on the Season Two DVDs. "I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." -- Mitch Hedberg . __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:12:13 -0500 (EST) From: Jill Brand Subject: whoa > Aron's Records! Sad news for all Los Angeles types. I hear the going- > out-of-business sale starts tomorrow. > > "Amoeba" is consuming its competition just like one of those > microscopic films you see with the paramecium surrounding/absorbing > adjacent cells.... > Yuck. I've never been able to cultivate the love for Amoeba that seems >to come so naturally to everybody else, but this just about tears it. > -Rex Does this mean that you two are, um, agreeing? It's time for a drink. Jill ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 09:26:32 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: whoa > Does this mean that you two are, um, agreeing? It's time for a drink. You'd be hard-pressed to find an Angeleno music-nerd who wouldn't find this news depressing. But yeah, I'll pass Eb a Jamaican lager and pop one open for myself. -Eagle Rawk Ray ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:01:11 -0800 From: Tom Clark Subject: Re: whoa On Nov 18, 2005, at 9:12 AM, Jill Brand wrote: > Does this mean that you two are, um, agreeing? It's time for a drink. "Want a beer?" "It's 9:00 in the morning!" "Scotch?" - -tc, "220, 221, whatever it takes." ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:29:23 -0500 From: wojizzle forizzle Subject: west coast swing yep roc has the west coast dates alluded to on robynhitchcock.com. TH 02.23.06 Belly Up Tavern w/ The Minus 5 San Diego, CA FR 02.24.06 Coach House w/ The Minus 5 San Juan Capistrano, CA SA 02.25.06 Key Club w/ The Minus 5 Los Angeles, CA MO 02.27.06 Slim's w/ The Minus 5 San Francisco, CA TH 03.02.06 Sam Bond's w/ The Minus 5 Eugene, OR FR 03.03.06 Doug Fir Lounge w/ The Minus 5 Portland, OR SA 03.04.06 Crocodile Cafe w/ The Minus 5 Seattle, WA woj ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:57:52 -0800 From: Eb Subject: That infamous "laffer" again Huh...I don't think Robyn has performed at the Key Club before. Eb from variety Inside Move: Latest 'Development' is one to remember Self-referential 'Arrested' script questions skein's future By JOSEF ADALIAN, MICHAEL SCHNEIDER "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz isn't giving up on his show -- but he is using an upcoming episode to poke fun at the skein's latest near-death experience. Seg, dubbed "S.O.B.s" -- for "Save Our Bluths" -- finds the show's Bluth family fighting to save their fictional construction company. They decide to mount a big event -- "Some kind of 'Save Our Bluths' type thing," as George Bluth Sr. says in the script for the episode. "It's very self-referential," Hurwitz told Daily Variety, noting that he finished the final draft of the shooting script Wednesday. In one scene, Jason Bateman's character, Michael, notes, "Our backs are against the wall. ... It's just hard for me to accept that it's really come to begging." There's also a conversation about whether the Home Builders Organization -- HBO -- might be willing to save the Bluths. When that idea is nixed, George Sr. says, "I guess it's Showtime. We'll put on some kind of show at the dinner." Episode also makes note of the show's recent round of guest stars, such as Charlize Theron, and even includes an appearance by the star of another critical darling killed by Fox, Andy Richter. Hurwitz is hoping to round up some other major names to make a pointless-but-funny cameo. Script is even-handed, however, acknowledging critics -- perhaps even those inside Fox -- who've complained "Arrested" simply isn't a mass-appeal show. "We've had plenty of chances," Bateman's character says. "Maybe the Bluths just aren't worth saving. Maybe we're just not that likeable. Who'd want to spend a half-hour with us if they didn't have to?" As Hurwitz moves forward with what could be the final five episodes of "Arrested," the scribe said he's still digesting last week's double dose of bad news. Skein's order was cut to 13 episodes, and the show was pulled from sweeps (Daily Variety, Nov. 11). "It's a very challenging show to do right," Hurwitz said. "It's even harder to do without hope. We're trying not to be discouraged ... the only thing that discourages me is the prospect that they won't show these episodes." Hurwitz declined to take any major jabs at Fox but did lament what he feels is a lack of on-air hype. "They made the decision to not promote the show," he said, noting other skeins with better lead-ins got more support even though "Arrested" had to open a new night of comedy for Fox. But he also said he understood the dilemma Fox execs face. "This show may not be for everybody. We always have to consider that," he said. "This is more than I ever expected. I've got nothing to complain about." Hurwitz is also holding out hope of a "Family Guy"-style renaissance, particularly if DVD sales continue as strongly as they have been. "All of a sudden the new rule, instead of getting 25 episodes a year, could now be, let's get enough episodes to sell DVDs every year." While the writing seems to be on the wall for "Arrested," Hurwitz has been down this road before. "I feel a little naive in saying it, but this time last year they cut our order from 22 to 18. I got a lot of condolence calls, and I looked silly when I told them, 'Oh, there might be a third season,' " Hurwitz recalled. "Nobody has said the word 'canceled.' " ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:14:37 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: That infamous "laffer" again On 11/18/05, Eb wrote: > Huh...I don't think Robyn has performed at the Key Club before. Eb > > from variety > > Inside Move: Latest 'Development' is one to remember > Self-referential 'Arrested' script questions skein's future > By JOSEF ADALIAN, MICHAEL SCHNEIDER > > "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz isn't giving up on his > show -- but he is using an upcoming episode to poke fun at the skein's > latest near-death experience. > > Seg, dubbed "S.O.B.s" -- for "Save Our Bluths" -- finds the show's > Bluth family fighting to save their fictional construction company. > They decide to mount a big event -- "Some kind of 'Save Our Bluths' > type thing," as George Bluth Sr. says in the script for the episode. Translate "skein" and "seg" please. Also, does _Variety_ have something against the definite article? Lots of sentences oddly omit "the"... - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:44:10 -0800 From: Spotted Eagle Ray Subject: Re: That infamous "laffer" again > Translate "skein" and "seg" please. Seg = segment = episode. Skein = series, looks like from context. Don't remember seeing this one before. Also, does _Variety_ have > something against the definite article? Rag does. -R ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:00:53 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: That infamous "laffer" again On 11/18/05, Spotted Eagle Ray wrote: > > > > > Translate "skein" and "seg" please. > > > Seg = segment = episode. > > Skein = series, looks like from context. Don't remember seeing this one > before. I think we should invent our own snappy and incomprehensible slang. Here's my suggested rewrite of the RH bio on Wikipedia: - -- Robyn Hitchcock (unegged March 3, 1953) is the rock and roll songer and psych-couster artist. Born in London, he began his waving career in 1976 with Cambridge-based wrapper The Soft Boys. In 1981 wrapper nixoned and Hitchcock embarked upon his distinguished polepuller career, waving both under his own cog and as Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians (which includes Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor from The Soft Boys). Hichcock's soundy and windy styles have drawn influence from his appreciation of Bob Dylan and Syd Barrett. His tendency for irreverent-sounding delivery has led to barkers misunderstanding him as the purely novelty/comic winder. Many of sentiments within his writing are actually quite serious in themselves, only framed in the unpretentious, whimsical manner. The lifelong Dylan thuse, Hitchcock's 2002 rounder Robyn Sings is the album of Bob Dylan 'ber sheeters including the barn waving of his recreation of Dylan's Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1966 barner. Also in 2002, Hitchcock re-united with Kimberley Rew and Windsor for The Soft Boys drop of "Nextdoorland". Hitchcock has clabbed with cinner blower Jonathan Demme on two projects: barn cinner Storefront Hitchcock (1998) and 2004 sheeter of The Manchurian Candidate, in which Hitchcock portrayed double-agent Laurent Tokar. Additionally, Hitchcock has the keen interest in abstract sthetings and wordies, writes short stories and draws (often in the whimsical cartoon style). - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:33:32 -0800 From: Eb Subject: reap The news isn't well substantiated at this point, but I'm hearing that guitarist Link Wray has died. http://politiken.dk/VisArtikel.iasp?PageID=408895 Eb ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V14 #270 ********************************