I will finally post my full report/editorial on the conventions, the quick turn the Republicans made back to conservative, the Palin effect, the truth about our little Alaska Governor, Obama's plans and the response to the past two mind bending weeks in politics this Friday. I swing to one side, as all of my readers and friends know, but I want this election to be about truth - not about swift boating. And FUCK YOU Karl Rove for creating a word that will forever remain an integral part of the political zeitgeist!!!!

TV On The Radio is coming....

I can not wait for this to come out. Please support real musicians. The new TV on the Radio DEAR SCIENCE will be released on 9/23. The ban recently sat down with Rolling Stone to dish about the record and why they want to "dance". I will be seeing the band on 10/14 & 10/15. Can not WAIT!!!!! "Golden Age" the first single for the album is dancey with enough TVOTR substance and background symphonics to break out dancing everywhere. Its obvious some time off was good to this band and this album, while a bit more "funky" is much more mature. And in a weird way, not overtly hip. We shall see what it does when it breaks, since this band have been the unspoken "next big things" for years in the music industry.

MTV Blows it Again Big Time....

In sad news, MTV officially lost all credibilty with music fans yesterday when they decided to have another go at the VMAs. If last years atrocious show opener staring Ms. Meltdown of the Year Britney Spears and the near seizure enducing cuts back and forth from performances and presenters wasn't enough of a nail in the coffin, last night has to be. MTV presented Britney Spears with three separate awards for best yada yada and they did it with a straight face. The pop tart also didn't show up bloated, stoned or with a baby in her hand, so all in all it was deemed a success by the critics. These are actually the first VMAs Spears ever received in her career and I am pretty sure MTV guilted itself into presenting these since they all but destroyed her career last go around.

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The irony surrounding this event is a television station that continues to avoid the ever present fact that it is a pale shadow of its former self still manages to debase itself more and more each year with awarding videos and artists that it no longer represents. I am proud of myself that even the idea of Britney Spears reappearing was not enough for me to pull myself away from the 60 Minutes interview with Alec Baldwin to watch this shit show. (NO OFFENSE MTV, Really!) Anyways, the buzz is all over in praise of Russell Brand saving the near dead awards show. His star is definitely rising, but not sure being the funny captain on a sinking ship is the best career move. Brand who is basically the illegitimate child of the Sex Pistols and Hugh Grant is always hilarious and apparently the underlying sexy snark he delivers actually grabbed the audience this time around. In addition to the Spears' nonsense, Christina Aquilera, Rhianna, The Jonas Brothers and more performed. I think I just threw up in my mouth. Anyways, one time MTV darling Courtney Love blasted the program for the obvious reasons. Sadly, who knows if Courtney or Kurt Cobain would even find their way onto the station nowadays if they were just coming up. Defamer don't think so...

Monday Movie Box Office Recap!

Let’s be honest….this weekend was a bust for box office totals and MTV’s credibility. Bangkok Dangerous, yes seriously, came in number one. Just when I thought we as a nation could not get any dumber, we stoop to a new level and decide to advertise it with the box office totals. Tropic Thunder was bumped to second place after audiences had to find out what was up with Nicolas Cage’s wig. The House Bunny came in a strong third (comparatively). Summer strong holds The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia finished out the top five in fourth and fifth place, respectively. This weekend was the lowest grossing at the box office this summer and I cane understnad why. Movie fatigue and other factors, such as shitastic films can lead to buyers remorse from the American pubic. Or perhaps they were actually intersted in this year's presidential election. Who knows?

Here is the rest of the Box Office Top ten, courtesy of Box Office Mojo.
1. Bangkok Dangerous - $7.8 million
2. Tropic Thunder - $7.5 million
3. The House Bunny - $5.9 million
4. The Dark Knight - $5.7 million
5. Traitor - $4.7 million
6. Babylon A.D - $4 million
7. Death Race - $3.6 million
8. Disaster Movie - $3.3 million
9. Mamma Mia! - $2.7 million
10. Pineapple Express - $2.4 million

Project Runway Recap - Episode 8 - Working with a Legend!

First, I would like to say if there was no Project Runway on Wednesday, I might have seriously lost my mind. Secondly, I have to apologize for the delay in this recap and posts. Honestly, I have been all too consumed with politics the past two weeks and its been not only bad for my stomach its been keeping me from posting. My thoughts on everything political will be in another post later, so let's get to dishing Project Runway.

This week's episode had a great premise and unfortunately it was beyond filled to the brim with product placement. At the end of this season, I seriously want to take some time and count the total time the program devoted to advertising. Anyways, the designers were informed that there were going to be designing a piece to possibly be in the Fall Collection of Diane Von Furstenberg, yes the iconic designer synonymous with sexy elegance and the creator of the wrap dress. The living legend greeted the designers in her Meatpacking District studio and allowed them to utilize fabrics from her own collection to create an inspired look, worthy of walking down the runway with DVF on the tag. Most designers enjoyed the challenge, even with the extreme pressure of designing something for Diane, yet I am not sure everyone refined their palette enough to present their items. Her collection is based on the Marlene Dietrich film A Foreign Affair.



Honestly, I think only Leanne and Korto truly understood the magnitude of the challenge and produced pieces that reflected that. While most put together decent designs, they weren't truly DVF worthy, nor good matches with the already existing collection. Terri produced a varied version of the same three piece look she has each week, tailored pants, work blouse and jacket/vest thing. While I know this woman can sew well, her designs are pretty boring and other than the drag queen challenge, I can find most of her stuff in the women's section of Macy*s. What did shock me was Joe's literal take on Shanghai, with the creation of what looked like a cheap geisha style waitress uniform for some Japanese chain restaurant. It was terrible and worthy of being sent home, but it was Stella, who had consistently produced shotty work, went instead with her odd suit/capelet thing.

Leanne's and Korto's were inspired, with a wonderful play on the sexy siren aesthetic of a film noir spy film from the 1940's. Korto, with the additional play of the color yellow throughout her black and white pattern gown, was wonderful. But truly Leanne's was beyond runway ready. The rich tone of her dress and the beautiful detail on the back made it beyond covet worthy. For the runway, Diane was a guest judge, as was Fern Mallis, the Director 7th on 6th and NYC Fashion Week. Both women, along with Michael Kors and Heidi Klum brought Korto, Leanne and Kenley's simple Asian influenced dress to the top three discussion. Leanne came out on top and her piece is not being sold through DVF, for $605 to American Express card holders only. After this week's challenge, I am fairly certain the top three this go around will be the ones sticking around till the end.

Monday Movie Box Office Recap - Labor Day edition....

Surprise, Labor Day weekend was quite slow for box office totals letting Tropic Thunder managed to remain at the top for the third week in a row. It was followed by newcomer Babylon A.D. and The Dark Knight came in third with a little under ten million, bringing its box office total to just over $500 million and a new record for the box office history books. As of now, this movie could come close or shatter Titanic’s record for $600 million. The House Bunny and Traitor also faired nicely even with the lackluster numbers at the box office.


I finally caught Pineapple Express this weekend, which finds itself in ninth place, and I have to say I thought it was truly hysterical. It successful blurred the lines between stoner comedy and 80’s cop/action/druggie movie. Ironically, I also caught Hard to Kill for the first time this weekend and it made me appreciate “Express” even more. Personally, I need to be entertained or educated while watching a film and this movie was straight up entertainment. Car chases, explosions, weed paranoia, corrupt cops, slacker losers, ninjas and a cursing Ed Begley Jr.! Really there isn’t much more you can ask for from the movie studios nowadays. In a weird way, I found the almost clicheness of the film refreshing. It reminded me of buddy/crime flicks like Tango & Cash, The Big Lebowski and even Die Hard.
Let’s not get it twisted the premise, characters and events in this movie are ridiculous, but that’s what makes it amazing. When a film jumps the shark within the first 10 minutes, my hats off to it. I found it fresher than “Tropic Thunder” which I also liked and I thought the breakout actors had much more fleshed out roles in this film. Danny McBride, as always is a scene stealer and James Franco always succeeds as an affable stoner. Seth Rogen was like Dan Ackroyd and John Goodman’s first born in this film and Craig Robinson is finally given the screen time he deserves in a good movie I really can’t find a flaw with it. If you like movies that make you laugh and don’t explain how people can survive multiple explosions, you will LOVE Pineapple Express.

Here is the rest of the Box Office Top ten, courtesy of Box Office Mojo.
1. Tropic Thunder - $11.5 million
2. Babylon A.D. - $9.6 million
3. The Dark Knight - $8.6 million
4. The House Bunny - $8.3 million
5. Traitor - $7.8 million
6. Death Race - $6.3 million
7. Disaster Movie - $5.8 million
8. Mamma Mia! - $4.4 million
9. Pineapple Express - $3.5 million
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona - $2.8 million

And lastly, some sad movie news. "King of the Voiceovers" Don LaFontaine has passed away at the age of 68. He died from complications to an illness he was suffering and his survived by his wife and children.

New Day, Same Old Crap from the Right Side...

It's hilarious how a straight answer is nearly impossible form the Republicans. Family and private lives are apparently not important anymore when you have a VP choice, who believes in abstinence only education, and a pregnant teenage daughter. And when you ask about Palin's direct experience, you simply hear more of the same - shit about Obama. Kudos to Campbell Brown for not backing down on the questions. I would love to have known how the Republicans and their armies of Dodos would have treated John Edwards' daughter in 2004 if she was in a similar situation. Lord knows they all had such tact when it came to Chelsea Clinton. Republicans are flipping the script on the Democratic party and the American public once again. Experience at an executive level from being the mayor of 8,000 people? Really???? But I do think Brown's strongest point was asking the McCain aide why, fully knowing that her daughter would be going through such a difficult time in the upcoming months, Palin thought it would be appropriate to throw the situation into the public eye? I too wonder where the judgement is there. I am fairly certain that Senator Obama nor Senator Clinton would ever stoop to that level to win a Presidency.