Day: September 30, 2005

Friday Random 10, “These are Just Some Songs, You Know?” Edition:

“Wooden Ships” – Jefferson Airplane
“Streets of Philadelphia” – Bruce Springsteen
“I’m Only Sleeping” – The Beatles
“Rocky Raccoon” – The Beatles
“Indian War Whoop” – John Hartford
“Waterloo” – ABBA
“Valleri” – The Monkees
“Hale” – Deep Blue Something
“Night Moves” – Bob Seger
“Lucky Ball and Chain” – They Might Be Giants

“Every tool is a weapon, if you hold it right.”
– Ani Difranco, “IQ”

Wild gorillas spotted using tools for first time

Elaine: Yes, The New Yorker. I’ve met with their cartoon editor and I got him to admit that that cartoon…MADE NO SENSE….
Jerry: Wow! Good work, Nancy Drew.
–Seinfeld, “The Cartoon”

New Yorker cartoon formula exposed

Erskine: What do you mean no ‘in a world?’ ‘In a world’ is our bread and butter. Test audiences love ‘in a world.’ The people like knowing a movie’s going to be ‘in a world.’
-Joshua Allen, The Morning News, “Behind the Scenes: The Minority Report Trailer“

The Shining, Redux

All links via Backwards City, except the fake Shining trailer, though they do have some more information about it. I originally found the link through defective yeti.