"Form three lines. You're in the wrong line, buddy."

[snurri]

It was a beautiful morning, and now it's raining like mad. Ah well. The snow will be here tomorrow, I guess. And after that, the snowmen. Those creepy interlopers, loitering on lawns with their mocking grins . . . I swear, come February I'm going to buy a flamethrower and melt the bastards down.

Speaking of violence, yesterday morning at the place where I get my tea and sometimes my breakfast two guys nearly started a fistfight. At 7:30 in the morning. I mean, seriously. That's way too early to be throwing punches. Wait until after lunch, at least.

Things you may not have seen:

Mr. Dan Kelly has the awful truth about Hell. Also, I think he wants me to kill a barber.

Speaking of killing things . . . There was a time when I would have liked a patron, in the Renaissance sense. My skin is crawling away. (Via everybody.)

Hm, perfect murder? I suspect everyone in Veronica's Criminology class. Piz may be cuddly but maybe a scary boyfriend is better sometimes? (This paragraph has been encoded.)

HBO is making Preacher into a TV series. Considering how bad it was in comics form, I don't expect that this will help them regain any credibility.

Pitchfork interviews Tom Waits. In case you haven't figgered it out, he's got a new album out--technically, a new boxed set. You know you want it.

While you're buying stuff, I would like to note that the first season of "St. Elsewhere" is now out on DVD. If you've seen the show, you know you want this; if you haven't, you need to. It's got Denzel before he was famous! Ed Begley Jr. before he was old! William Daniels before he was on "Boy Meets World"! Howie Mandel before he was annoying! OK, scratch that last one, because it's possible that Howie Mandel was even MORE annoying back in the day. Anyway, I remember this show as strange, funny, startling, and engrossing. I can't wait to see how it holds up.

Comments

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

I only ever read one issue of Preacher (it was sitting out! at a friend's place! it belonged to his roommate!), but that was enough for me not to see the appeal. Something from this era, IIRC. Bleh.

Why is there so much bad God vs. Devil fiction out there?

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Probably because no one bothers to go to the source material.

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

You might be on to something there.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I do plan to read the King James at some point. It's on the TBR shelf.

I don't plan to write any God vs. Devil fiction, though. I suppose that may change.

[scarypudding.livejournal.com]

I may have to, just 'cause so much of it is so bad.

Have you heard William S. Burroughs' renditions of the Lord's Prayer and the Sermon on the Mount? That's what made the KJV come alive for me. (Helps to be drunk, too.)

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Ooh. I have heard "Ah Pook the Destroyer." I haven't shopped for my Christmas presents yet . . .

[bondgwendabond.livejournal.com]

HBO should stay away from preachers. The man o the cloth storyline killed Carnivale.

BUT: they still have The Wire. Which is the best, ballsiest, smartest thing on TV. And they're giving it another season despite the fact that very few people watch it. The other day Tim Goodman referred to HBO keeping The Wire as a "private sector arts endownment."

[bondgwendabond.livejournal.com]

Endowment, even. An endownment would hurt.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

"The Wire" is great, no doubt. But it's kind of the only thing they've got going now, or will be once "The Sopranos" is gone.

[bondgwendabond.livejournal.com]

We liked Rome and that's coming back, right?

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Ah. I think it is. I've not seen it; I've heard mixed things.

[bondgwendabond.livejournal.com]

It's rightly mixed, but still some damn fine acting and set porn. (Plus, you find yourself recognizing all these young British actors in bit parts in other movies...)

But you're right, HBO has had a bad run development-wise, it seems. They should have bought Arrested Development. And the Deadwood decisions earlier this year were just plain stupid.

The only other show I can think of that we actually watch of theirs if Entourage.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

The Deadwood stuff is unforgivable.

Is Entourage any good?

[bondgwendabond.livejournal.com]

It's surprisingly addictive, mostly because of the awesomeness of Jeremy Piven (and his assistant Lloyd).

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I do love me some Jeremy Piven. I still cry myself to sleep over "Cupid."

[bondgwendabond.livejournal.com]

I wish some network would rerun Cupid. I _loved_ that show.