Ann and I have seen a couple of great movies recently: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Big Fish. Eternal Sunshine was written by Charlie Kaufman - the same guy who wrote Adaptation and Being John Malkovich, and it is every bit as entertaining as those movies. Big Fish was directed by Tim Burton and it is much better than Planet of the Apes but maybe not quite as good as The Nightmare Before Christmas. Ewan Macgregor's souther accent is a bit suspect, however. I know it came out last year, but I consider a movie premier to be when the movie opens at the discount theater in Arlington.

If you get a chance, check out the new Wilco album - they are streaming it for free. You can listen to it and hope along with me that Jeff Tweedy kicks his painkiller problem.

Seacrest out!

Seems some people aren't quite up on the fact that The Onion is fake news. Maybe we'll see Fox News wish Donald Rumsfeld a happy Secretary's Day next.

A great article about the greatest movie of all time.

Here is today's art project (click for a bigger version):

Last night Ann and I went out to see The Bad Plus at the Regattabar. They are a pretty kick-ass piano trio that has been getting a lot of press lately - mostly for the fact that they play some unconventional covers. Last night's encore was Iron Man by Black Sabbath, and it was excellent. I've never heard anyone bang on a piano that hard and I believe the drummer was certifiably insane - he was smacking the cymbals with his bare hands.

What I was wondering the entire time I was listening was "where were these critics when MMW was playing 'Crosstown Traffic' in 1995?" Besides that minor quibble, the show was great, and I definitely recommend catching these guys if you can. I picked up their first album at the show, and it is well worth it. I love buying CDs at shows - usually they are cheap, I don't have to pay sales tax, and I think that more of the proceeds find their way to the artists. Enough rambling for now...