May 13, 2010
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The Daily News
1 I missed the Doors' documentary last night on PBS. I fell asleep early, as has been my recent wont, and missed it by an hour-twenty. It was an American Masters doc called simply When You're Strange, narrated by Johnny Depp. I'll see it soon enough, but what an interesting topic for a documentary. Director Tom DiCillo both wrote and directed the piece, which aired last night at 10 p.m. Incredible idea for a documentary. Wish I had seen it. Watch for it when it comes out on video; I've heard good things.
2 I'd like publicly to thank me old friend and confidant Brian Daley for giving me a head's up on that one. I will watch it the second there is a chance. I conked out early and woke up only to catch the last five minutes of the piece.
3 Ah, so it goes, so it goes.
4 Moving on, Part the First: Speaking of classic rockumentaries, The Museum of Modern Art in New York City brought in a premiere of the new Rolling Stones' newest documentary called Stones in Exile the other night. Attending the affair were Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Charlie Watts. This documentary precedes the re-release of their 1972 album Exile on Main Street, an eclectic album that brought in myriad genres of music including blues, gospel, rock, and country at a time when the Stones themselves had been exiled to France for tax evasion. This film is directed by Stephen Kijack, who called the album a "masterpiece" because they had to record it in the basement of the French Nelcotte mansion, a mansion on the waterfront of Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera. The talk is that the Nelcotte purportedly served as a gestapo headquarters for the Nazis during World War II. Stones in Exile will make its world premiere May 18 at the Cannes Film Festival.
5 Jimmy Fallon has declared this week Rolling Stones week. Pretty fun. Stones' keyboardist Chuck Leavell was on the show last night, as well as a satellite hook-up interview between Fallon and Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Charlie Watts. Sheryll Crow, who has always been in touch with the boys, covered the classic All Down the Line with Fallon's awesome show band, The Roots. Great tune, almost unknown by the mainstream.
6 Moving on, Part the Second: I've been a sort of fly on the drape in my eyeballing the resurgence of the great Betty White lately. I've been a big fan for years, and it's good to see that a younger generation is lucky enough to enjoy her quick wit and risque delivery of hilarity. Always charming, and always irreverent, she has kept many of us on our toes throughout the years. I can't believe she went through the rigors of rehearsing sketches with Saturday Night Live, which has notoriously hectic rehearsals, and an unbelievable pace for all involved. Just awesome. Betty, you're a cutie, and you give all of us inspiration.
7 Moving on, Part the Third: I'm a little nervous because this past week I've stepped up my work schedule, working into the early evening each day in order to keep up with papers and planning. I've also been conking out early, a lot of times resulting in a resurgence in insomnia, only a much healthier sort than I had been going through earlier in the year.
8 In some ways, it works, because I wind up getting up to seven or eight hours of sleep each night, where I used to get four or five. When I awaken in the middle of the night, I've usually already hit five or six hours. Being a Giants' fan lately really helps me get to sleep earlier, since they can't buy a win against the San Diego Padres.
9 What helps a lot is when the Giants' bats decide not to work during games. As much as I LOVE my team, when they fall behind and can't hit, six innings could put a starving gorilla to sleep.
10 Oh, the image.
11 Moving on, Part the Fourth: My. It seems that nearly everybody I know is going through tons of work and boushit lately. College students can't even see straight. My colleagues are staying well past eight at night. Maybe it's just May. Last May I also juggled an intense college class that demanded hours of research, reading, writing, and citations.
12 So last night I was out at around eight, and awakened at 11. I got a chance to watch an extended appearance by Betty White on Jay Leno. Leno had her holding Bengal tigars, being shot at with paint balls, and being charged by by midgets, the latter two behind a clear barrier. It was Betty White night on Leno, but a part of it looked pretty bandwagon to me. Congrats, young lady. You've twice landed in today's DN!
13 Still, I guess it was a bit like old times, listening to Leno in the background while writing up the DN. It's sort of hip nowadays to hate Leno because of what he "did" to Conan. I'm sorry about what happened to Conan, truly. But I was never really a fan of his. I thought his "humor" was pretty forced, and unfunny, but that's just me. Pretty unhip of me, but I don't always subscribe to the brainwashing that seems so rampant these days.
14 Is Betty White a brainwashing thing? Nah. But it is amazing to me how everybody all at once decides to like something, or to hate something else. Open your eyes. People soar all over Facebook/Twitter/Friendster/Twitter, or whatevuhy else to see what everybody is suddenly into.
15 I won't go there. If you try to show people, they simply don't see what I've seen for years. We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control.
16 Anyway, don't believe most of what you read, including this folderol. It always has been the rantings of a madman, lol!
17 lol.
18 woot.
19 fml.
20 Well, I think I'd better bounce.
21 You all have a grand Thursday.
22 Peace.
~H~
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