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Video Pick of the Week!
 Watch Better Than Ezra's "In the Blood"
My friend Jay and I have conversations about music all the time. I find that on my own time, I listen to either music that is current or new OR one of my favorites from the early 90s. I really like stuff from the "Alternative" genre. I have been having fun giving the boy old CDs from my 90s collection, like Better Than Ezra, Matthew Sweet, Live and Oasis. He has a pretty good ear for picking out the tunes on his guitar too! This is one of my favorites from BTE!!
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My Minutae:
Favorite 80s song: In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel
Fave Mix Artists: Peter Gabriel, Sarah McLachlan, REM, The Fray, Counting Crows, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Bodeans
On my iPod:
      New music from Death Cab for Cutie. Oh wonderful day! I'm digging Narrow Stairs so far and using it to illustrate to my son that listening to an entire CD, start to finish, is a dying skill. REM has some very fresh stuff on Accelerate. We love Seal and his new CD, System. We're comedy hounds, and when we need a laugh, it's Frank Caliendo or Mitch Hedberg nearly every time. Caliendo Squares is THE best. And, Big Blue Ball comes out June 10. I'm getting every advance single I can from iTunes, until then. The Whole Thing from Peter Gabriel is haunting and addictive!!!
In the 80s: I liked the layered fashion look with lace and buckles and the big hair pulled back from the face, like Madonna or Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink. I think the 80s had some great TV, but I especially liked Beauty and the Beast, Hill Street Blues and NBC News Overnight.
Favorite Childhood Memory: I had a magical trip to Disney World with my Mom the year after it opened in Orlando. There were still miles and miles of orange groves, before the park was developed. The whole state of Florida smelled like oranges to me.
Food: I like it! Nothing beats a good pizza. I also like off the farm sweet corn and heirloom tomatoes with mozzarella cheese and basil. I dig breakfast meat and good coffee.
      I'm Reading: I am in full on Stephen King mode right now. It started with Duma Key, which was fantastic. In listening to some of his interviews and podcasts, I learned that everyone went crazy over Lisey's Story. Some say it might be his best book ever. Well, I'll just have to see about that. I'm not sure why I wasn't that jazzed to start it, when it came out. I was thinking it would end up like a Rose Madder or Gerald's Game. Maybe it was the cover? And, I'm continuing to listen to audiobooks, unabridged, while I work out. It's very cool.
I'm still reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, getting that sent to me via email in installments. I got quite a few books for Christmas. At this moment, I can't believe how many books I have started. I've been a one book start to finish gal until recently. Wonder if I'll ever finish any of them? But, I am enjoying them all. The Looming Tower is so interesting. And, Wonderful Tonight is great light reading, while I'm putting the baby to bed. I still haven't picked up The Road by Cormac McCarthy again. It's so brutal! But, I want to finish it, and I will.
Favorite Reads: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, The Stand by Stephen King, The Gunslinger series by Stephen King, Black House and The Talisman, Harry Potter series by JK rowling, Voyager by Diana Gabaldon, The Year of Janie's Diary.
First Car: Awwwww, yeaaaahhh! I drove a 1973 periwinkle AMC Gremlin. Very distinctive. It had a Pabst Blue Ribbon gear shift and a foot shaped gas pedal.
Sports: I love to golf, and wish I could do it more. It always makes me feel good to be on a course. I used to be quite the softball and volleyball player. I like to watch college basketball and anything my son is involved with, especially cross country.
And One Time, at Band Camp: I was the Drum Major of the Syracuse University Marching Band, so taking the field for the first time in my senior year is a great memory.
Movies: Braveheart, The Princess Bride, To Kill a Mockingbird, Desk Set
Famous People: I'd like to meet Stephen King, Peter Gabriel or Lance Armstrong. If we're talking "ever," I'd like to chat with Mary, Abraham Lincoln, Katharine Hepburn, and Jim Thorpe.
Brush with Greatness: I don’t know about greatness, but I’ve met quite a few famous people. Probably my best story is the time I got to be on the David Letterman Show during his “Brush with Stupidity” segment. People recognized me from that for years! I am going to see if our MIX webmaster can put a stream of that on the MIX website. Please check back.
Please Support: The Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation and The Colon Cancer Alliance. Both my parents died from colon cancer. A few years ago, I participated in a 40 mile walk over two days for the effort. People don’t like to talk about it, but it’s important. Please get yourself checked, if you're over 35!
Personal:
I'm a Parma girl. For me, “Home” is where my family is. I have been married since 1987 to Frank. We met in college. We have two sons, one's a teenager and one's a baby, so life is interesting! Also taking up space in the house, our crazy keeshond, Boo, and three cats. Puella and Clio are approaching 20 years old! Sabrina is a newer addition waiting to move up in our little food chain.
I used to love to travel, still do, but there's no time. My favorite place in the world I've been so far is Scotland. I also love Montreal, Canada and the Mount LeConte in the Great Smokey Mountains, but there are many more places I do want to see. My dream would be driving around in a nice RV with the family and going from National Park to National Park.
I received a great education at Syracuse University. I’m a staunch supporter of The Orange, and not just because I got the best man there. I’ve worked in radio and television since 1984 doing news, sports, weather and as a radio personality. I count my blessings every day. I'm an entertainment junkie. I love music (good thing, right?), movies, television, books, theatre, magazines, newspapers. There's just not enough time in the day to absorb everything that's going on! But I try.
I'm proud of my Scottish heritage. I'm a big sports fan. I like to geo-cache and play board and card games and check out new restaurants. |
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"Say a prayer, but let the good times roll, In case God doesn't show..."
Tuesday 10-14-2008 11:51am ET
Friends of mine who wanted to sell their Browns tickets for last night's game on ebay said there was no demand, they were lucky to get face value. It was so surprising to me, because even a few years ago, if you'd said the Browns were on Monday night, everyone would have be fired up for it. Maybe it's the economy. Still, I guess there were other fans who started their tailgate as early as Saturday night! Regardless, fun to watch, in person or on TV. And what a beautiful fall night!
Sure to be the big seller this week, purchases and rentals, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. There's a lot to like about this movie, but there was also a lot I didn't like. It all just felt very dated to me. But, I know there are a lot of Indy purists out there who loved it. So, you know if you want to see it or not.
 
Some serious films out this week, but there are quite a few good ones that I didn't get to see in the theaters, and they're well worth a rent. American Gangster stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in a classic power battle. It's out on Blue Ray, as is Eastern Promises, which is a very dark story starring Viggo Mortensen as a very bad man in the Russian mob.
War, Inc. is the pet project of John Cusack, who stars as a hitman. This is a political parody with excellent performances by Marisa Tomei and a surprising Hilary Duff.
Another one I wanted to see in the theaters but missed is Mongol. As you'd expect, it's a biopic about Genghis Khan and covers his early days as a slave, before he went on to much bigger things. The cinematography, in particular, looks amazing.
In the continuing dark theme, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. It's a foreign film about a girl who helps her friend get an illegal abortion in 1980's Romania. High critical praise for the performances and the story.
Finally something light! But, the Veggie Tales always have morals and messages. The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything is a Veggie Tales Movie, with a great theme song from
Other films out on DVD today include: the documentary, Standard Operation Procedure, Stuck and the Ghose House Underground Eight Film Collection, of which Dance of the Dead is one.
From television, you can check out the 8th season of CSI, the third season of The Partridge Family, the first season of Nash Bridges and the third season of The Unit. Long Way Down is a documentary about Ewan McGregor and his friend Charley Boorman, who take a motorcycle ride from the north of Scotland to the south of South Africa, though why you'd want to leave the north of Scotland, I have no idea. And The Adventures of Robin Hood, second season, is out on DVD today. This is a series on BBC America. When I have happened by it, the production values look very high. It's fun in a very Hercules and Xena kind of way, and we really haven't had any series like that on in a while, so if it's something you liked, you might want to check it out. By all means, start with season one though!
"Let an angel swing and make you swoon, Then you will see, you will see..."
Monday 10-13-2008 1:03pm ET
Some weekends, you're more tired when you go to bed Sunday night than you were when you went to bed Friday night. Am I right? It's not supposed to be like that. Maybe part of it, this weekend, for us, is we're trying to squeeze out every last bit of enjoyment of the beautiful weather. It was just gorgeous.Probably too gorgeous, here, to spend time in the movie theater, even though there are quite a few interesting movies playing. Looks like it was a slow weekend at the box office, all around. I'm shocked The Express is not in the top 5. I guess others aren't as interested in Ernie's story as I am. That's sad. I continue to be impressed by Shia LaBoeuf's staying power. He's like the new Will Smith!!! Good for you, Shia. A new fun freebie, available for a limited time, you can get a sample pot of Seattle's Best Coffee. And you get your choice from three different blends. Click here to fill out the form and receive your freebie. Our weekend started, Friday, with an Anniversary celebration. I signed up for NHL Center Ice, so my husband can watch hockey all winter. He and the boy are excited. We went to Crop Bistro for dinner, which was delicious and very interesting. Great wait staff. Saturday, the boy had a cross country meet at a farm in Gates Mills. It was gorgeous, and the baby had fun running through the fields. Then, we had an end of the season picnic with the team and families. I don't talk to the other parents much during the season, so it was nice to connect a little. Yesterday morning, we took part in the Community Walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. My whole family walked to remember my cousin, PM, who left us too soon. And, I walked with some friends who've, unfortunately, been touched by suicide. It was a lovely 3 mile walk through the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, with snacks after. I hope, if you're interested, you'll join us next year around this time. The lions, particularly, seemed to enjoy the sunshine. In the afternoon, we went to the Lake Erie Monsters game. More hockey! Whew!!!
"Some people have everything, and other people don't, But everything don't mean a thing, if it ain't the thing you want..."
Friday 10-10-2008 12:32am ET
I can remember Monday mornings in Mrs. Carlson's 6th grade class. She started the year as Miss... something with a K, but got married at some point, and still she seemed old to me at the time. John Waugh and I would trade lines back and forth, back and forth, killing each other recapping the Saturday Night Live from the weekend. I sat in the front of the left most row. I didn't have to pay attention in class, I read ahead in the books and outlined the chapters. John sat in that corner of the room, not in a row, but with his desk facing the wall, because he was "unruly." We did Belushi and Radner and Chase and Newman. We were hilarious.
And now, these many years later, the Monday morning buzz from Saturday Night Live is at that level again. People are actually DVRing it. Last night's special election episode was pretty funny. And tomorrow, they're re-running the Michael Phelps season opener, with the Hilary and Sarah press conference, which is gold. Please watch Weekend Update and tell me if Samberg's Cathy is as funny as I thought it was the first time, when I fell off my couch laughing. Last night, we watched a VHS dub of the first episode of Friday Night Lights from DirectTV. You'll recall, NBC was going to cancel the amazing show, but DirectTV funded the third season, and they get to run the episodes this fall, with NBC starting the season in January. DirectTV has another original show called Crash, based on the movie, which is based on a TV miniseries, and I hear it's quite good, as well. I could cry when I think about Friday Night Lights. It was awesome spending time with the Taylors and Tyra and Landry and Smash again. I love my friends in Dillon, Texas. I really do. We watched The Office, which was okay, but mostly uncomfortable. I recognize that the Amy Ryan character is good, she does a terrific job. But, do we really need a female Michael? *sigh* Blurgh. The Battlestar Gallactica thing did make me laugh, because if you know anyone who's into the show, you get that. And, Life on Mars... *sigh* it makes me miss the original from BBC America. I have much love for Jason O'Mara, but Lisa Bonet as a big city cop? Really? I boycotted The Office because it didn't measure up to the UK version, but they ended up really making it American and their own characters. I will continue to watch Life on Mars. The 70s stuff is a hoot. Harvey Keitel makes me laugh. Gretchen Mol is very good. And, wow, was the World Trade Center up in 1973? You could have knocked me over with a feather.
*sigh* But, that's a good tear-filled sigh. I get a little choked up every time I see a commercial for The Express, and I've known about the movie for about two years. I'm so excited the Ernie Davis story is getting a wide audience and positive attention. He was something very special. And, being a graduate of Syracuse University, I'm very, very proud to be associated with Ben Schwartzwalder and the Orange. Ernie Davis was a talented running back from Elmira, New York who played for Syracuse, and the movie covers the team's undefeated season of 1959, when they played all over the country and got national recognition, but black players still had to deal with all sorts of racism and adversity, even black players, like Ernie, who won the MVP Award at the Cotton Bowl. He wasn't allowed to attend the dinner after the game. Many of his white teammates refused to attend, as well, but not all of them. And, that's a shame. Great performances by Dennis Quaid and Rob Brown, a wonderful inspirational sports movie, ten times better viewing than what you'll see Monday night, I'll bet. The Express is rated PG for thematic content, violence and language involving racism, and for brief sensuality.
We haven't had a good period piece in a while, you know? But here, we have The Duchess. Keira Knightly is really the princess of the period piece, she's SO good at embodying these women in corsets and crinalines. Is it the accent? In The Duchess, she plays Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life, aristocracy in the 18th century, with a loveless marriage and so on and so on. The Duchess is rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material.
Oh boy, I love it when Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe work together. Why is Leo DiCaprio getting all the glory here??? I have never understood everyone's love affair with Leo, but Marty loves him, Cameron loves him... He reminds me of Tom Cruise, in that I'm not a fan, I don't even know if I'd like them in real life, but I'll see them in a movie and totally forget who they are, because they're just that good. Thing is, I go to the movie practically kicking and screaming. They're just not box office draws for me. Anyway, this movie is based on a book by a Washington Post columnist about a CIA operative who gets a lead on a major terror leader in Jordan. It's one of those intrigue stories, think Syriana meets Jason Bourne. Body of Lies is rated R for strong violence, including some torture, and for language throughout.
For Quarantine, the story goes, that the government sealed off an apartment building in Los Angeles last March, and the residents were never seen, nor heard from, again. The movie is footage from a news reporter and cameraman who were conveniently there. Quarantine is rated R for bloody, violent and disturbing content, terror and language.
I honestly don't know anything about City of Ember. Apparently, it's a pretty popular book among the younger set. The city gets its like from a generator that's starting to fail. It's up to a small group to make the repairs and keep the lights on. This is a family adventure from the same arena as Journey to the Center of the Earth. Bill Murray and Tim Robbins star, with some younger actors. City of Ember is rated PG for mild peril and some thematic elements.
In limited release, you could check out Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story. For me, I saw the title, and I thought, Hmmm... I remember that name, Lee Atwater. This is a documentary. And, while I can't speak to the filmmaking, the topic looks pretty interesting. Atwater was a political consultant for the Republican party, pretty much the man who got Ronald Reagan and the senior George Bush elected, he perfected dirty tricks and negative campaigning. AND, he was a musician, playing guitar for Percy Sledge and with BB King and David Letterman's band. Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story is not rated.
And, I know Battle in Seattle has been out for a while, but I didn't know it was playing here until just now. It's an intense film about a huge news story that I completely ignored at the time, but I think it's something that is really important, in retrospect. Battle in Seattle is based on the events that occurred when protestors hit Seattle to try to stop the World Trade Organization meetings in 1999. In looking up some history, it appears there are nasty protests every time the WTO meets. The film was directed by Stuart Townsend, who got his girlfriend, Charlize Theron, and some of his friends to star. I'm going to try to check this out as soon as it comes out on DVD, because I hear it really stays with you and educates you, albeit in a slanted way from the filmmaker. Battle in Seattle is rated R for language and some violence.
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