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antny bourdain does disappearing nyc tonight 10 on travel ch


- bill 2-24-2009 12:12 am [link] [add a comment]

still havent seen east of eden. on tcm tonight at 10.

- dave 2-23-2009 10:52 pm [link] [add a comment]


- dave 2-23-2009 9:28 pm [link] [add a comment]

i rarely tune in to the late night shows anymore but i might click over to conan tonight to catch a bit of his last show at 1230 before he moves to the tonight show in june. i have a feeling his replacement jimmy fallon is going to be a failure as will leno at 10pm.
- dave 2-21-2009 1:21 am [link] [1 comment]

tv tropes

- dave 2-18-2009 1:15 am [link] [add a comment]

the second season of flight of the conchords has been a little disappointing particularly the song segments but the most recent episode seemed a return to form. michael gondry directs one of the more memorable video bits.
- dave 2-17-2009 9:23 am [link] [add a comment]

eastbound and down premieres tonight on hbo at 1030.

- dave 2-16-2009 12:51 am [link] [2 comments]

another tivo special on ifc at 430am, miranda julys me you and everyone we know.

- dave 2-13-2009 3:08 am [link] [2 comments]

joaquin and dave


- bill 2-12-2009 11:35 pm [link] [3 comments]

found this oddity while reviewing lost post-mortems. many of the characters names are related to writers, philosophers and scientists. in this case one has a psuedonym named jeremy bentham.

I think the most fascinating, and perhaps relevant, thing about Bentham was the disposition of his corpse: He hoped that his body might be of use to mankind after it had ceased being of service to himself, so he desired that following his death, his remains be turned over to science for dissection. He made the stipulation, however, that after dissection his skeleton be kept intact, that his head and hands be preserved, that he be dressed in his usual clothing, and that he be placed in his old chair in his accustomed attitude. This stipulation came from Bentham's odd notion that instead of corpses being placed in the ground out of view, they ought to be preserved by friends and relations and put up at carefully chosen points around the house and grounds as permanent monuments, or "auto-icons" as he called them. ...Bentham's requests were carried out by three of his trusted friends. After his body was dissected by a group of medical men, his skeleton--surmounted by a replica wax head--was dressed in his old clothes, placed in his old chair, enclosed in a glass and mahogany case, and all was put on permanent display in the Anatomical Museum of University College Hospital, Gower Street, London, where it can still be seen today. Bentham's real head was kept separately, but attempts to preserve it in its original condition failed. The head is now parched and withered. Photographs of Bentham's mummified head, together with his skeleton dressed in his old clothes, may be seen in issue 43 of Man, Myth & Magic.

- dave 2-12-2009 8:54 am [link] [add a comment]

ealing comedy starring alec guiness the man in the white suit on tcm @10.

- dave 2-10-2009 2:15 am [link] [add a comment]

tivo specials tonight on tcm:

Georgy Girl
Carnal Knowledge
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
- dave 2-05-2009 5:31 pm [link] [1 comment]

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger create a phantasmagoric marriage of cinema and opera in this one-of-a-kind take on a classic story. In Jacques Offenbach’s fantasy opera The Tales of Hoffmann, a poet dreams of three women—a mechanical performing doll, a bejeweled siren, and the consumptive daughter of a famous composer—all of whom break his heart in different ways. Powell and Pressburger’s feverishly romantic adaptation is a feast of music, dance, and visual effects, and one of the most exhilarating opera films ever produced.

5:30 on tcm
- dave 2-04-2009 10:23 pm [link] [add a comment]

No Sense Agency

- dave 2-04-2009 1:33 am [link] [3 comments]






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