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June 27th, 2004
Yes, I will go out on a ledge and say that ALL OF US are gullible.
I just recently watched the movie Miracle in which Kurt Russell stars as the coach of the 1980 Olympic US Hockey Team and struggles to put together a team of young hockey players who can, god we all hope, beat the Soviets in the Lake Placid Winter Games.
But you have to know that in 1980 the Russians had not been beat by the Americans since 1960. Twenty years since they’d been beat. The Russians were a powerhouse team. Hell, they even beat the NHL All Stars months before the Lake Placid games. But, as history tells the story, this rag tag group of wannabe professional hockey players worked their butts off and (again) as history tells us, in the end, they beat the pants off of the Russian team. Major upset. Huge story. Everyone knew about it around the world.
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June 26th, 2004
Okay. I’m smitten.
I recently came across a Russian-born NYC-based singer named Regina Spektor who is sort of a mix between Sarah McLachlan and Bjork (but more than that). And even that doesn’t do justice to her amazing vocals, awesome musical ability and great songwriting talent.
Within minutes of hearing her song Us, off her album Soviet Kitsch, I had already purchased two of her CD’s.
Strangely, her CD’s cannot be found on mainstream sites like CDNow or Amazon.com, you have to purchase it from an Oregon based independent CD distributer called CD Baby. Whatever it takes, baby. Whatever it takes.
Did I mention I want to be her best friend? No? Oh, okay.
Posted under Music, Regina Spektor. | 5 Comments »
June 25th, 2004
Paul Danger Davidson.
Really, it has an amazing ring to it if you sit down and write it on a pad a thousand times over in tons of different handwriting styles, much like women who are about to get married do with their soon-to-be legal name.
Mr. Danger Davidson.
I’d have people who didn’t know me that well refer to me as Mr. Danger Davidson, much like the formal “Tu” in Espanol. It would be my subtle way of distancing myself from people who weren’t a member of my current inner circle. The inner circle that would, most obviously be called…
Paul Danger Davidson’s Inner Sanctum/Circle.
Posted under What If. | 6 Comments »
June 25th, 2004
Good WFME friend Andrea provides this week’s “Words For Your Enjoyment” topic, which centers around one annoyingly needy David Vardy and his quest to sell his virginity to the highest bidder on the Internet.
We hear about these desperate attempts to gain attention every few weeks or so. A few weeks ago, a desperate and broken screenwriter decided to sell his finished screenplay on eBay to the highest bidder to anyone who wanted it. He, of course, ended up on NPR and there was at least 4 and a half minutes of fame thrown his way. There were those 18 year old kids who decided to sell tickets to watch them have sex together for the first time on the Internet. About six months ago there was a man who was selling his family to the highest bidder on eBay — offering up a “rental family” for someone who didn’t have one.
Posted under WFYE, Web/Tech. | 3 Comments »
June 24th, 2004
Today, after having taken a sabbatical of over four months from the daily grind of Hollywood, I was introduced back into the wild.
The wild that is the “meet and greet.” “Meetings”, for those uninterested in learning the prose of Hollywood.
In a nutshell, however, it involves the practice of going around town to the studios, sitting down with VP’s and Development Executives at these production companies, and telling them about you, what you’re up to, what ideas you’re currently working on (so they can steal them) and find out what they’re all about.
The best part is the free water.
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