April 26, 2007
Music for the Masses
Singin' in the Bathtub: John Lithgow
This is truly the golden age of entertainment.
April 25, 2007
Ahh...
It has never been necessary for someone to concur with my opinion in order for me to be convinced of my rectitude. But sometimes, it feels awfully nice. I've been on this bandwagon for about 20 years:
This Week In Terrifying Hybrids
1. John Krasinski + Mandy Moore + Robin Williams = A movie that should be called Nevermind, Just Avoid This
Behold the awesome ruining power of Robin Williams!
Granted, this movie about an engaged couple who have to endure the wacky whims of a wacky reverend in order to get married in his church didn't sound very good to begin with, but there was a small, shining chance that it wouldn't be so bad. After all, John Krasinski is funny. Mandy Moore is pretty likeable. But then Robin Williams crawled into bed between them, effectively toppling the small tower of hope that was License To Wed.
Short of the words "directed by Michael Bay," is there any bigger, redder red flag for any movie than the presence of Robin Williams? At best this poster creates confusion (What is John Krasinski doing so close to Dr. Patch Adams? Is this a joke?), at worst it creates panic (Oh God. Robin Williams is going to have to promote this thing. On several talk shows. With several voices.)
Finally - a global warming story that makes sense!!
Spinal Tap Reunites To Save The Earth From Global Warming...
April 17, 2007
You MUST pay the rent!! I CAN'T pay the rent!!
Will Farrell doing what he does best:
April 16, 2007
For those of you who just tuned in:
Hello and welcome to Clowncarblog.com. It's a fairly closed system dedicated to the sparkling and witty product of four contributing co-conspirators...
UBER - a restaurant manager and parttime pool hustler, his specialty is cabrito flash-fried via small fuel-air explosion.
ULYSSES ZWEIBEL - The assistant District Attorney of Fred, TX, he also juggles cabbagehead jellyfish. But only during discovery.
THRILLHOUSE - a sound reinforcement tech with a local Political Action Committee, he plans to shortly distribute a PERL module designed to bring the internet to its knees.
RALPHIEBOY - a biographer of Jackie Gleason, George Meteskey and Elwoodius of Ur, he hasn't been published in sixteen years.
Clowncarblog is an outlet for whatever we choose to perpetrate upon each other. And when we tire of annoying each other, we'll switch to annoying you.
April 13, 2007
Off this beast... it's got a taste for humans now.
A crocodile at a zoo in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung holds the forearm of a zoo veterinarian in between its teeth, April 11, 2007. The crocodile bit off the arm of the zoo veterinarian treating it, an official reported. Picture taken April 11, 2007. REUTERS/Frank Lin (TAIWAN)
(hattip: The Hell Kitty)
April 10, 2007
Mark St. John, RIP
Things I missed in the news last week:
Former KISS guitarist MARK ST JOHN passed away this morning of a brain hemorrhage. He was 51. Mark replaced KISS guitarist VINNIE VINCENT in 1984, only to shortly thereafter develop Reiters Syndrome, a form or arthritis, which left his hand too swollen at times to play guitar. Mark played on all but one of the tracks of the 1984 Animalize album. On the subsequent tour his condition had deteriorated and was only able to play 1 full and 3 partial shows. BRUCE KULICK was called in as a temporary guitarist to play the remainder of the partial sets as well as the rest of the tour. Mark's condition was not improving and sadly had to soon step down to have Kulick take his place permanently on December 8,1985.His musical career not over, Mark later formed the band White Tiger in 1986 and then interestingly enough teamed up with former KISS drummer PETER CRISS to record a demo in 1990. A self-produced CD entitled the MARK ST JOHN Project was released in 1999.
Born Mark Norton in Anaheim California on January 7, 1956. He is survived by a younger brother and sister.
Mark truly was an incredible guitarist with amazing talent. Check out this video of him playing an acoustic guitar solo backstage at a Torpedo Girls gig. He will be greatly missed by his fans and is a great loss to the music world in general.