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According to this article, there will not be a third season of Flight of the Conchords. That’s too bad but I can imagine that show was harder to write than most. In the good news column, the third season of Breaking Bad is scheduled to air starting in March. Sounds like there is the potential for [...] Reading Caligula For President prompted me to revisit a past interest of mine: ancient Rome. I had never watched Bob Guccione’s notorious 1979 film Caligula and figured I should finally check it out. At the same time, I was reminded of the excellent 1976 BBC miniseries I, Claudius. I felt this bore re-viewing so ordered [...] I just started watching this AMC show and so far, I’m pretty impressed. Bryan Cranston (who played the dad on Malcolm in the Middle) plays a high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico with a pregnant wife and a teenage son with cerebral palsy. When he is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he decides [...] I’m late to the party but I’ve really been enjoying this show. For those who haven’t seen it, it’s an HBO comedy about a two man band from New Zealand living in New York City. The clip above is from a recent episode where the guys prostitute themselves as a Simon and Garfunkel tribute act. [...] I was watching last night’s episode of Californication and was pleased to hear the first song played in the party segment was “New Situation” from the Stereotypes awesome album 2. So I went to check if that album was still on emusic since I know over the years, various of their albums have come and gone [...] Just watched the series finale of The Wire. Just maybe the finest hour and a half of television ever made. Fittingly, the teleplay was written by series creator David Simon (shown at left in a small cameo!) and the episode was directed by Clark Johnson. The episode tied up a lot of loose ends. It’s [...] I never watch television but tonight I decided to haul out the rabbit ears and take a look at the Superbowl. A commercial for the Nissan Versa came on and the music was awfully familiar. It was Guided By Voices’ song “Quality of Armor” from the classic 1992 album Propeller. I couldn’t find the commercial [...] The fifth and final season of The Wire is now airing. This season adds the layer of the Baltimore Sun newsroom to the mix. Clark Johnson (Meldrick Lewis from Homicide) plays the city editor. This material is certainly dear to series creator David Simon’s heart as he was a Sun crime reporter for many years. The [...] Interesting article on the benefits of piracy to content producers. In particular, I found this quote noteworthy: An even more interesting thing has started to happen: unofficial, but sanctioned television show leaks on BitTorrent. Broadcasters aren’t posting their shows directly on PirateBay yet, but they are talking informally and giving copies of shows to a friend [...] Pretty funny… |
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