Tales of True Adventure for Rugged Men Not Unlike Yourself
Inspired by a great 1990 New Yorker article.
“We come now to the Acme Spring-Powered Shoes. The remains of a pair of these purchased by Mr. Coyote on June 23rd are Plaintiff’s Exhibit D. Selected fragments have been shipped to the metallurgical laboratories of the University of California at Santa Barbara for analysis, but to date no explanation has been found for this product’s sudden and extreme malfunction.”
Or, more specifically NO X 4. Four films to hit in 2028.
Peter Jackson says there’s eight hours of White Album material. Give me that – in grainy, poorly edited format – all day long over imitation crabmeat biopics.
Updated list of “Based on a True Story” productions I’ve managed to avoid:
– Elvis
– Dylan
– Jimi
– Brian Wilson
– Ray Charles
– Hank Williams
– Loretta Lynn
– Queen
– Elton John
– Weird Al
– Johnny Cash
– Bob Marley
I watched The Doors but regret it.
I confess to liking The Buddy Holly Story and La Bamba. And Backbeat.
They’ve got Barry Keoghan – whom I love – portraying Ringo.
Still not going.
Thankyouverymuch.
A lot going on here.
Alien superintelligence is different than what I thought.
But perhaps more important:
I found the concert video that A.I. trained on.
The audience should always be behind the artist.
Great evolution here. Richard Berry – same guy who originated Louie Louie – got the ball rolling. The Sonics revved it up a bit…
… and everyone followed suit.
Stiv Bators covered it and Sky Saxon has a fine version.
For good measure, early 90’s English garage:
Previously brought to our attention by Senior Basstard Researcher Makerbot, this tale now has a slick BBC production. I’m trying to prune my streaming services, but may need to splurge for this one.
Memi.
The premise of Last One Laughing UK is simple and diabolical: stick a bunch of professionally funny people in a room together for six hours and forbid them from laughing. Crack once and you get a warning, break a second time and you’re out.
I could fight Waymo.