Eric Whitacre

So apparently, one of the guys I knew in high school has become an internationally known choir conductor and composer.... This is not surprising to me, as he was a very talented musician in high school, but it is always interesting to see what people do with their talents.... His latest project is what he is calling the Virtual Choir, where people are loading up a video of them singing a part in one of his compositions and then they compile them into the final piece. It's pretty interesting, check it out.

Random Silliness

1. Anyone who knows me knows that I have a serious, life-threatening addiction to Diet Coke. I usually buy it in either 44 ounce or 52 ounce cups from the QT (which is the best convenience store on this little blue rock we live on, but that's another story). I only bring it up because I sometimes stop at this one gas station on the way home and they don't have the 52 ounce cup. They jump straight from the 44 to a half-gallon. This is the final step into a medical condition, I'm convinced of it. I refuse to make that jump.... for now. Looking at that 64 ounce soda cup is like Lindsay Lohan looking at big fat line of cocaine on her second day in rehab... she knows she shouldn't but you just know its gonna happen sooner or later. I'm very afraid.

2. Monica Gellar's husband is out in public discussing how, the day after his separation from his wife is pubic, he hadn't had sex with her for four months and he needed to go out and get some. I don't know if there is a joke here, other than getting into a relationship with any of the Arquettes is a horrible idea (Nicolas Cage has never recovered), but I'm guessing that going on Howard Stern's show and confessing your infidelities is not the best way to get that Friends money in perpetuity David....

3. I was listening to an old Dokken CD the other day and I became legitimately curious as to why the drummer was always listed as 'Wild' Mick Brown? Really, he was a fairly generic hard rock drummer, with all of the subtlety of a hammer, so what was he doing that made him so wild? Or was this Don Dokken's attempt to venture into Led Zeppelin's Hammer of the Gods territory? Either way, calling Mick Brown 'Wild' was just silly and smacks of desperation.... It probably drove George Lynch to steroids.... I loved this album in high school, so here's a cut, just know that Don Dokken is the least charismatic front man in the history of rock and roll:



4. Shauna Sand is out in public again.... Can we take her and Coco out and drop them off in a desert somewhere? Then I saw this picture a few days back....



This poor young lady is not related to Shauna, she's Lorenzo Lamas's daughter, but it is obvious that there are some serious body image issues going on in that household....

5. Kim Kardashian is naked in this month's W magazine.... Didn't she just complain about Playboy releasing unpublished pictures of her? I guess any publicity is better than none....



6. Finally, this girl is the one who Brett Favre was so smitten with he had to send her pictures of his wiener.... Does that move really work? I mean, unless you're Tommy Lee, why would you want to do that? Is this some hidden advantage to wearing Wranglers? I guess they raise them differently in Mississippi....

AAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

MAKE IT STOP.... PLEASE ICE-T, MAKE IT STOP. HALLOWEEN ISN'T FOR ANOTHER MONTH!

Seriously, make use of the pimp-hand and keep this shit out of my interwebz. I don't know which one I need worse at the moment: a HAZMAT-strength eye-washing station or a cycle or two of antibiotics...

I'm All In...

I really hate poker metaphors, but with the new fall television season in full swing it felt appropriate. I suggested my love of all things Alison Brie last year and the new season of Community has done nothing to blunt that. She's funny and hot, which is always a good combination. Here are some other random thoughts:



1. Black Swan is coming out soon and if you recall, the movie features the male fantasy of Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman making out. Apparently it took the duo the better part of a bottle of tequila to get the ladies in the mood. My question is what kind of tequila were they using and is it generally available? Can you imagine what that information would be worth to a PR firm? It would make for a much better commercial that that Sopranos douche sitting at a table.

2. Kanye West was on SNL this past week... being just as stupid as he always is. It was a laughable performance. Why is he famous again? Oh yeah, he stole some award from the similarly talent-deprived Taylor Swift.

3. They are making another Three Musketeers movie. What the hell did the French do to deserve to have Orlando Bloom desecrate their national heroes?

4. Kate Beckinsale has officially given up. She fell for the paycheck and is going to star in the fourth Underworld movie. All this means is that she'll be doing direct to dvd sequels to this and her other shitty movies until her looks fade. That's too bad, as she is not a bad actress, but she's married to an abominable director. At least she's still working though....

5. The League is back, which is my new favorite television show. It is a crazy, semi-improvised show about a group of friends who are in a fantasy football league. There is no place they won't go, which to me is the essence of good comedy. I love it, you should watch it too....