The Oklahoman's George Lang
New Series Review: “Journeyman”
September 26, 2007
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New Series Review: “The Big Bang Theory”
September 20, 2007
Kaley Cuoco and Jim Parsons in “The Big Bang Theory”
Following the success of “The Office” and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” studios and show developers moved fast to exploit a rising tide of geek chic — witness the arrival of both NBC’s nerdcore spy dramedy “Chuck” and CBS’ “The Big... Read More
September 20, 2007
Kaley Cuoco and Jim Parsons in “The Big Bang Theory”
Following the success of “The Office” and “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” studios and show developers moved fast to exploit a rising tide of geek chic — witness the arrival of both NBC’s nerdcore spy dramedy “Chuck” and CBS’ “The Big... Read More
2007 MTV Video Music Awards Live Blog, 8 tonight
September 09, 2007
Chances are, most Staticblog readers will claim to be reading Moliere tonight, orwatching a DVD of a classic Norman Lear sit-com, or they’ll really be watching HBO’s highbrow sex soap “Tell Me You Love Me” coupled with the much anticipated return of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” That’s just fine, kids... Read More
The 2007 MTV Video Music Awards Live Blog
September 09, 2007
8:01 pm “It’s Britney, B—h.” Not to go all Perez/Egotastic/The Superficial on you, but when you’re going to wear an outfit designed to fit a Bratz doll, you might want to start the Pilates regimen earlier. Okay, that’s that. “Gimmie More” is not what most people would characterize as a first-rate... Read More
September 09, 2007
8:01 pm “It’s Britney, B—h.” Not to go all Perez/Egotastic/The Superficial on you, but when you’re going to wear an outfit designed to fit a Bratz doll, you might want to start the Pilates regimen earlier. Okay, that’s that. “Gimmie More” is not what most people would characterize as a first-rate... Read More
Rocking Could Be Hazardous To Your Health
September 04, 2007
Staticblog readers who are in bands, beware and take your vitamins. According to Professor Mark Bellis of John Moores University in Liverpool, the first five years after the initial blush of success could derail your plans for AARP membership.
From The Guardian:
“Professor Bellis and his team analysed... Read More
September 04, 2007
Staticblog readers who are in bands, beware and take your vitamins. According to Professor Mark Bellis of John Moores University in Liverpool, the first five years after the initial blush of success could derail your plans for AARP membership.
From The Guardian:
“Professor Bellis and his team analysed... Read More
Lou Diamond Phillips in “Camelot”
August 31, 2007
This is about as convincing as “Robert Goulet’s Cajun Christmas.” You can practically hear investors calling their chips back in.
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August 31, 2007
This is about as convincing as “Robert Goulet’s Cajun Christmas.” You can practically hear investors calling their chips back in.
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Video of the Day: Common feat. Lily Allen, “Drivin’ Me Wild”
August 28, 2007
Yes, I’m living up to expectations/cliches by posting “Drivin’ Me Wild” by Common and Lily Allen, but honestly — Staticblog being Lily Allen Central and all — if I didn’t put this one up, its absence might be construed as evidence that I had gone missing, kidnapped by anti-Lily gnomes. Or by Amy... Read More
August 28, 2007
Yes, I’m living up to expectations/cliches by posting “Drivin’ Me Wild” by Common and Lily Allen, but honestly — Staticblog being Lily Allen Central and all — if I didn’t put this one up, its absence might be construed as evidence that I had gone missing, kidnapped by anti-Lily gnomes. Or by Amy... Read More
Worshipping at the Temple of Low Men
August 24, 2007
Throughout my career, I have taken great pride in never being a “fanboy,” but in a busy shopping district in Kansas City, Mo., my celeb-stalker resistance reflex utterly failed me.
My wife, Laura, and I drove to Kansas City over the weekend for Crowded House’s Monday concert at the Uptown Theater, a... Read More
August 24, 2007
Throughout my career, I have taken great pride in never being a “fanboy,” but in a busy shopping district in Kansas City, Mo., my celeb-stalker resistance reflex utterly failed me.
My wife, Laura, and I drove to Kansas City over the weekend for Crowded House’s Monday concert at the Uptown Theater, a... Read More
Ticketmaster/LiveNation Divorce
August 23, 2007
The biggest news in the concert business came yesterday via Variety, when a leaked internal memo from Ticketmaster revealed that the concert ticket behemoth would not be re-upping with the concert promotion behemoth LiveNation at the end of the year.
How this will affect concertgoers remains to be seen. Maybe... Read More
If it’s not cash, then it’s the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb, the bomb that will bring us together
August 23, 2007
According to Billboard, Morrissey turned down $75 million to “tour under the Smiths name in 2008 and/or 2009.” The only proviso to the deal is that Johnny Marr would have to be part of the band — Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke are apparently devalued on the Smiths financial index.
To which I say, “Come on!”... Read More
August 23, 2007
According to Billboard, Morrissey turned down $75 million to “tour under the Smiths name in 2008 and/or 2009.” The only proviso to the deal is that Johnny Marr would have to be part of the band — Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke are apparently devalued on the Smiths financial index.
To which I say, “Come on!”... Read More
Greatest Hits?
August 23, 2007
Over at CNN, there is a great article about record labels placing imperatives on artists to deliver “best-of” or “greatest hits” collections, often too early to be any kind of realistic career capper or marker. There have always been jokes about “greatest hits” collections for artists unworthy of such... Read More
Reality, Bill Murray Movie, Or Both?
August 22, 2007
I cannot add much to this, other than to say that this almost certainly smacks of an early “Late Night with David Letterman” bit.
Bill Murray refuses to take breath test after driving through Stockholm in a golf cart
AP Photo NYET180
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Bill Murray could face a drunken driving... Read More
August 22, 2007
I cannot add much to this, other than to say that this almost certainly smacks of an early “Late Night with David Letterman” bit.
Bill Murray refuses to take breath test after driving through Stockholm in a golf cart
AP Photo NYET180
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Bill Murray could face a drunken driving... Read More
Post-Potter Depression
August 09, 2007
“Deathly Hallows,” U.K.-style
As you might imagine, J.K. Rowling went through a depressive period after delivering “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” She told USA Today that the finality of delivering the ending volume of a 17-year project left her with a certain emotional void — something... Read More
August 09, 2007
“Deathly Hallows,” U.K.-style
As you might imagine, J.K. Rowling went through a depressive period after delivering “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” She told USA Today that the finality of delivering the ending volume of a 17-year project left her with a certain emotional void — something... Read More
M.I.A., “Boyz”
August 03, 2007
M.I.A. “Boyz” video
Thanks to regular reader/antagonista Tony, I am now in possession of the new M.I.A., “Kala,” which improves on 2005′s “Arular” — as if it needed improvement. It might not have that immediate shock of the new that we experienced with “Bucky Done Gun” and... Read More
August 03, 2007
M.I.A. “Boyz” video
Thanks to regular reader/antagonista Tony, I am now in possession of the new M.I.A., “Kala,” which improves on 2005′s “Arular” — as if it needed improvement. It might not have that immediate shock of the new that we experienced with “Bucky Done Gun” and... Read More
Bob Gets Ronsoned
July 31, 2007
Okay, so go to Dylan07.com, where you will promptly get hit in the ear with Mark Ronson’s “re-version” of Bob Dylan’s “Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine).” This is the add-on single for a 51-song box set that Sony is releasing this fall. Sony/Columbia is asking for a vote on whether... Read More
July 31, 2007
Okay, so go to Dylan07.com, where you will promptly get hit in the ear with Mark Ronson’s “re-version” of Bob Dylan’s “Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine).” This is the add-on single for a 51-song box set that Sony is releasing this fall. Sony/Columbia is asking for a vote on whether... Read More
The Inexorable March to DigitalWorld
July 30, 2007
Technology is my friend, and I am a stalker-friend of new, straight-off-the-assembly-line electronics — iPhone, I don’t love you yet, but grow a decent-sized memory and I’ll be yours forever.
But a recent technological dilemma involving my father-in-law and the death of an irreplaceable machine made me... Read More
July 30, 2007
Technology is my friend, and I am a stalker-friend of new, straight-off-the-assembly-line electronics — iPhone, I don’t love you yet, but grow a decent-sized memory and I’ll be yours forever.
But a recent technological dilemma involving my father-in-law and the death of an irreplaceable machine made me... Read More
Random 10 for July 23, 2007
July 23, 2007
1. Isobel Campbell, “Willow’s Song.”
2. The Brunettes, “Her Hairagami Set.” The Brunettes’ third album, “Structure & Cosmetics,” will be out shortly for all you members of the twee-house set. Love this New Zealand duo — “Her Hairagami Set” is nice, but the balance of the... Read More
July 23, 2007
1. Isobel Campbell, “Willow’s Song.”
2. The Brunettes, “Her Hairagami Set.” The Brunettes’ third album, “Structure & Cosmetics,” will be out shortly for all you members of the twee-house set. Love this New Zealand duo — “Her Hairagami Set” is nice, but the balance of the... Read More
Sly Stone in Amsterdam on Sunday
July 17, 2007
Yeah, that sounds like a recipe for herbal disaster, right? Well, ladies and gentlemen, IT’S ALIVE!
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post tony on Jul 17, 2007 @ 4:47 pm sad. Read More
July 17, 2007
Yeah, that sounds like a recipe for herbal disaster, right? Well, ladies and gentlemen, IT’S ALIVE!
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post tony on Jul 17, 2007 @ 4:47 pm sad. Read More
“I’m Not There”: Cate Blanchett as Zimmerman
July 17, 2007
Check this leaked clip of not only Cate Blanchett as mid-’60s-period Bob Dylan, but David Cross as Alan Ginsberg.
2 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post tony on Jul 20, 2007 @ 7:21 pm WORTH READING:Stop Trying To 'Save' AfricaBy Uzodinma... Read More
July 17, 2007
Check this leaked clip of not only Cate Blanchett as mid-’60s-period Bob Dylan, but David Cross as Alan Ginsberg.
2 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post tony on Jul 20, 2007 @ 7:21 pm WORTH READING:Stop Trying To 'Save' AfricaBy Uzodinma... Read More
Random 10 for July 13, 2007
July 13, 2007
1. Pink Floyd, “Arnold Layne.” Last night, at the home of a Staticblog reader, we were discussing the relative merits of a Pink Floyd reunion, and our host, Kev, said that it isn’t truly necessary: Roger Waters had all the bases covered when he saw him in Vegas recently. Even had a David Gilmour soundalike.... Read More
July 13, 2007
1. Pink Floyd, “Arnold Layne.” Last night, at the home of a Staticblog reader, we were discussing the relative merits of a Pink Floyd reunion, and our host, Kev, said that it isn’t truly necessary: Roger Waters had all the bases covered when he saw him in Vegas recently. Even had a David Gilmour soundalike.... Read More
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Staticblog" is a repository for the musings and harangues of Assistant Entertainment Editor George Lang, featuring indie music videos, movie news.
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