Saturday, August 23, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Two Lane Blacktop
does drop his tough guy persona a few times. Dennis Wilson is his sidekick on the ride and The Mechanic. A chill and laid back dude with his eyes on the road race at all times. Did I say that James Taylor was bbbeeaauuttiiffuull in this flick? I would have totally jumped in the car with them. The driving scenes were sensual enough for me. He shifts gears like nobody's business. There is nothing sexier than a man driving the shit out of a car. I am so serious. Maybe it's my inclination to fall head over heels for complicated, confident men. Real men. Thankfully we don't see him fall for the only chick around. The Girl, Laurie Bird, is 18 in this film, a youngin' who fucked the Mechanic then made a poor attempt to woo the Badass. He kissed her on his time, not hers. Hot. A section of the film happened in Memphis at an old racetrack my dad enjoyed as a young man. He told me where it was, so, I immediately jumped in the car. I found what was left, a bit of blacktop battered by neglect, riddled with abandoned keg party crap. Kids starting fires and drinking beer. I had to walk pretty far into nowhere with no end in sight. Yikes. It was an eerie scene, battered old sofas scattered in the woods. I thought someone was sleeping on one under a blanket at one point. Fortuitously, only trash and no scary dude. I have a bunch of pictures. You can also go to www.lakelandraceway.com if you are a total geek like myself. Pics will be on blog. Later days....
Thursday, July 31, 2008
I am on local tv being a smartass
http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=1AC4B9CECAF94D1F5A8B25A03C68D8A7?contentId=7100551&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
glad they didn't use the other expounding vomit I gave them. it was funny. Mojitos will get me on tv. At least my hair looks pretty fly.
glad they didn't use the other expounding vomit I gave them. it was funny. Mojitos will get me on tv. At least my hair looks pretty fly.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
OA reply!
dear Miss Mills
Thank you for the very thoughtful message.
The good thing to come out of our mess is that it galvanized us and, we think, has made us stronger. Luckily, we have been given a second chance and we intend this time to be more alert--and effective.
I look forward to listening to Andrew's record which I read about somewhere.
One of the OA issues you missed--on the subject of "Home"--turned out to be one of our best (I say this as somebody who at first would've voted against this theme and as somebody who didn't like the other issue you missed, on "Sports," all that much). You should track the Home Issue down. The upcoming Best of the South III issue may top it though. INcludes a DVD that features a number of Memphis-based films including the debut of a Big Star "video," edited (expertly by our DVD editor) from footage shot by the band during the making of their first album.
Thanks again for the understanding and good words.
Good luck to you too.
Marc Smirnoff
p.s. I never saw the Tweedy connection...but those OA girls sure did.
Thank you for the very thoughtful message.
The good thing to come out of our mess is that it galvanized us and, we think, has made us stronger. Luckily, we have been given a second chance and we intend this time to be more alert--and effective.
I look forward to listening to Andrew's record which I read about somewhere.
One of the OA issues you missed--on the subject of "Home"--turned out to be one of our best (I say this as somebody who at first would've voted against this theme and as somebody who didn't like the other issue you missed, on "Sports," all that much). You should track the Home Issue down. The upcoming Best of the South III issue may top it though. INcludes a DVD that features a number of Memphis-based films including the debut of a Big Star "video," edited (expertly by our DVD editor) from footage shot by the band during the making of their first album.
Thanks again for the understanding and good words.
Good luck to you too.
Marc Smirnoff
p.s. I never saw the Tweedy connection...but those OA girls sure did.
Monday, June 30, 2008
My first letter to the editor
I guess last Saturday morning cartoons, overwhelming stress, random moments of disparagment and staying home with my cats 89% of my evenings hasn't been so bad. I watch movies, either putting all my chips in on an On Demanded one and losing $4.50 or getting a dvd from Netflix. I'm quite proud of that queue. All hand picked and searched. I keep a notebook in the purse to make notes of films/ music I know I'll forget to look up. The short-term doesn't hold up like it once did. Presently, I've taken on the exhaustive undertaking of catching up on all my magazines. They're looming at me by the bed. Oxford American was first, the May issue of this year. Reading that they recently indured a money embezzlement, my heart broke. It's a hard one to endure, especially when other parts of your life decides to fall apart. A letter-to-the-editor was born in this mess. Well, here it is:
please edit if you print. i am a painter, a history student, not a writer. andy earles was my boyfriend you met. he has a new cd out on matador. a comedy cd. and, it's funny. thankfully. cc
Salut Marc,
Sadly, I've missed the last two issues. I promise to not let that happen again. We met one another in Memphis at a party before our Indie Film fest last year. You and your OA entourage thought my boyfriend at the time looked like Jeff Tweedy. No, you guys actually thought he WAS Jeff Tweedy. Not so surprisingly, he gets that often. We were confused for about 5 minutes, but, it all came together. I'm not here to reminisce, though. My concern in writing you is that I can empathize with the embezzlement the OA experienced recently. I own a business based in Memphis I started seven years ago. I created it's operating system, oversaw the handbook, live every moment of my life for it...everything. It's growing, ethical and successful, monetarily and environmentally. I hired a close friend when I needed an office manager to help with the bookkeeping. All was well for several years, but, quickly headed south. I tried to make it work. My naivete did not allow me to even consider she was to blame for the biz losing thousands suddenly with a forged signature and some checks. Not a friend, someone I thought was one of my best and who vocally praised being part of a 'green' company. Never. Don't say 'never', ever. Did she not consider others while pilfering the back account, putting in jeopardy almost thirty jobs and my livelihood? I will never forget the overwhelming shock, feeling of inadequacy and ineptitude. Doubt, depression, double chocolate ice cream. Repeat. I jumped out of the haze and knew this history student would not allow this (enter obligatory four-letter word) to happen again. Instantly, I knew my first mistake was to trust her without checking over the work. There needs to be trustworthiness in an office as well as a leader. At that time I was not as involved as I should have been in the daily operations of my office. I admit it. I didn't pay close enough attention for the last three months of her tenure. I'm an entrepreneur and we learn a lot through experience, right? My heart broke when I read that the OA endured a similar travesty. I promise to never feign loyalty to the OA. I know that I am a mere reader in Memphis, but, we can all make a difference by making just decisions based in ethics and piety. My dad always says, "you wake up in the morning and you have the choice to make the wrong decision or the right decision. Make the right one". It's not always that black and white, but, now I think of that quote every morning. Maybe we will all meet again. I will say hello, and, maybe you can introduce me to the real Jeff Tweedy one day. No substitutes for the real thing.
cheers, Candace Mills
Memphis, TN
please edit if you print. i am a painter, a history student, not a writer. andy earles was my boyfriend you met. he has a new cd out on matador. a comedy cd. and, it's funny. thankfully. cc
Salut Marc,
Sadly, I've missed the last two issues. I promise to not let that happen again. We met one another in Memphis at a party before our Indie Film fest last year. You and your OA entourage thought my boyfriend at the time looked like Jeff Tweedy. No, you guys actually thought he WAS Jeff Tweedy. Not so surprisingly, he gets that often. We were confused for about 5 minutes, but, it all came together. I'm not here to reminisce, though. My concern in writing you is that I can empathize with the embezzlement the OA experienced recently. I own a business based in Memphis I started seven years ago. I created it's operating system, oversaw the handbook, live every moment of my life for it...everything. It's growing, ethical and successful, monetarily and environmentally. I hired a close friend when I needed an office manager to help with the bookkeeping. All was well for several years, but, quickly headed south. I tried to make it work. My naivete did not allow me to even consider she was to blame for the biz losing thousands suddenly with a forged signature and some checks. Not a friend, someone I thought was one of my best and who vocally praised being part of a 'green' company. Never. Don't say 'never', ever. Did she not consider others while pilfering the back account, putting in jeopardy almost thirty jobs and my livelihood? I will never forget the overwhelming shock, feeling of inadequacy and ineptitude. Doubt, depression, double chocolate ice cream. Repeat. I jumped out of the haze and knew this history student would not allow this (enter obligatory four-letter word) to happen again. Instantly, I knew my first mistake was to trust her without checking over the work. There needs to be trustworthiness in an office as well as a leader. At that time I was not as involved as I should have been in the daily operations of my office. I admit it. I didn't pay close enough attention for the last three months of her tenure. I'm an entrepreneur and we learn a lot through experience, right? My heart broke when I read that the OA endured a similar travesty. I promise to never feign loyalty to the OA. I know that I am a mere reader in Memphis, but, we can all make a difference by making just decisions based in ethics and piety. My dad always says, "you wake up in the morning and you have the choice to make the wrong decision or the right decision. Make the right one". It's not always that black and white, but, now I think of that quote every morning. Maybe we will all meet again. I will say hello, and, maybe you can introduce me to the real Jeff Tweedy one day. No substitutes for the real thing.
cheers, Candace Mills
Memphis, TN
Friday, June 27, 2008
Friday Night movie. Play by play.
Super High Me
Obviously, I'm home on a friday night with my cats and an on-demanded film. After looking through their list of paltry choices, eighties hits and recent favorites/ ridiculous, I chose Super High Me. And, obviously, it's in the recent ridiculous category. Doug Benson made this film, looks like it played at SXSW this year. I was there for the music week, attempting to survive 3 nights of rock shows and Andy's comedy performance. Doug is a comedian out in LA, once involved with UCB and presently involved with Best Week Ever, Paul F. Thompkins has a cameo as well as other funny dudes. Doug was High TImes Magazine's 'Stoner of the Year' in 2006. Yep. He is abstaining from marijuana for 30 days. One of my favorite moments is his stand up joke wondering why a mildew cleaning product hasn't been called Mildon't. Funny. I own a cleaning biz, hello... Snippets of other stand up pot ha-ha's, Doug doing stupid stuff to rag timey music, Los Angeles is Los Gangales.. you follow me, brah? Oh, and he makes fun of the Vagina Monologues and the women who have protested the stand up performance he co-wrote, the Marijuana-logues. Why am I watching this? Not sure. I like to watch movies in my small amount of free time. Oh, I am looking at the largest bong I have ever seen. Dougie's chilling with the 'Prince of Pot'. the Prince is totally high. Zach Galifiankis just showed. He is my comedic crush. Adorable. More play by nonsense later.
Obviously, I'm home on a friday night with my cats and an on-demanded film. After looking through their list of paltry choices, eighties hits and recent favorites/ ridiculous, I chose Super High Me. And, obviously, it's in the recent ridiculous category. Doug Benson made this film, looks like it played at SXSW this year. I was there for the music week, attempting to survive 3 nights of rock shows and Andy's comedy performance. Doug is a comedian out in LA, once involved with UCB and presently involved with Best Week Ever, Paul F. Thompkins has a cameo as well as other funny dudes. Doug was High TImes Magazine's 'Stoner of the Year' in 2006. Yep. He is abstaining from marijuana for 30 days. One of my favorite moments is his stand up joke wondering why a mildew cleaning product hasn't been called Mildon't. Funny. I own a cleaning biz, hello... Snippets of other stand up pot ha-ha's, Doug doing stupid stuff to rag timey music, Los Angeles is Los Gangales.. you follow me, brah? Oh, and he makes fun of the Vagina Monologues and the women who have protested the stand up performance he co-wrote, the Marijuana-logues. Why am I watching this? Not sure. I like to watch movies in my small amount of free time. Oh, I am looking at the largest bong I have ever seen. Dougie's chilling with the 'Prince of Pot'. the Prince is totally high. Zach Galifiankis just showed. He is my comedic crush. Adorable. More play by nonsense later.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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