And to continue the Star Trek theme, here’s William Shatner and his beat poet interpretation of Levi Johnston quotes (real ones!).
A bit of geekery
Wil Wheaton aka Star Trek:TNG’s Wesley Crusher had an ultra secret voice cameo on JJ Abrams’ Star Trek 2009. Apparently, Wheaton dubbed the vocals for all of the Romulan crew aboard the villain’s ship, the Narada (aside from Clifton Collins, his second-in-command, and Nero himself, played by an unrecognizable Eric Bana). Most of the voice work was tweaked to sound like different people, but there’s a scene toward the end of the film where Wheaton’s unchanged voice is used. You can see the clip here. You’ll have to be attentive, as it’s a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment. Still, very neat!
The original Snuffleupagaus was pretty freaky, wasn’t he? I liked it when his existence was questionable, and never quite understood why they decided to make him visible to everyone. But the answer to that question made me realize how thoughtful the folks behind Sesame Street really were:
In an interview on a Canadian telethon that was hosted by Bob McGrath, Snuffy’s performer, Martin P. Robinson, revealed that Snuffy was finally introduced to the main human cast mainly due to a string of high profile and sometimes graphic stories of pedophilia and sexual abuse of children that had been aired on shows such as 60 Minutes and 20/20. The writers felt that by having the adults refuse to believe Big Bird despite the fact that he was telling the truth, they were scaring children into thinking that their parents would not believe them if they had been sexually abused and that they would just be better off remaining silent
New Berlin wall built for U2 to mark fall of old one →
The fact that this was a free concert makes this even more hilarious
We didn’t do it because it was gay,” he explained. “We weren’t gay. Brian Epstein was gay. He and the gay crowd could appreciate it. It wasn’t that we were anti-gay,” he added. “It’s just that we, the Beatles, weren’t gay.
Paul McCartney making it 100% clear that he nor his 3 bandmates were gay
via The Guardian
Popmatters Review of Ghostbusters on Bluray →
First, let us sing a wistful song of praise for the forgotten Hollywood craft of practicals. While some effects shots in Ghostbusters do not hold up (the demon dog that chases Rick Moranis’s Louis Tully out of his apartment building is somewhat distractingly unconvincing, for example), most of the film’s special effects are superior to today’s CGI wizardry. Further, since one is uncertain how some illusions were created back then, even a trick as trivial and insignificant as a pair of books flying from one shelf to another becomes enchanting; today, there is no mystery left to movie magic, for everything is accomplished (with spectacularly uneven results) with the aid of computers.
Can I get an amen? Are you listening Movie Gods? Just because something is easier doesn’t mean it’s better.
Kele Okereke to release solo album →
We may as well face it now: there’s very little chance of this not being a terrible, terrible thing.
But most people with Peter Pan Syndrome regress to pre-pubertal life, an age before the complications of responsibility and sexuality. So what do we call what Rivers Cuomo has? The Weezer frontman seems to be stuck in an eternal puberty, forever 13— confused, horny, hyperbolic, obsessed with brand names. It’s a characteristic that has always been at the heart of Weezer, from “In the Garage” onward. But it’s never been more concentrated than on Raditude, which, from its goofy name and cover art to its Mountain Dew-jacked sound and melodramatic lyrics, is designed to hit 13-year-old boys directly on target.
You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?
