tidbits

does anybody read this?  i don't think i would.  i think i mostly post about stuff of interest to me, and it's very random and not very reliable and i don't post very often.  yeah, i probably wouldn't read it.  but if you do, that's awesome and i hope someone does.  or else why is this on the internet taking up precious bandwidth?

here is some news:

-according to darkhorizons, tom cruise and john travolta want to remake butch cassidy and the sundance kid with cruise as sundance and travolta as butch.  WHAT.  please stop it you guys.  the original movie is one in which i wouldn't change a frame, a work of great beauty and originality and something that shall not be fucked with.  when is someone like me going to make it to hollywood and get some original ideas flowing into town?  why so many remakes?  i know, i've made this argument before.  so this post is sorta a remake, with butch cassidy in place of last house on the left/rashomon/etc/etc/etc.

-tuesday is tomorrow and so is my birthday.  music comes out from: neil young, bat for lashes, the thermals, lady sovereign, and VERY EXCITING is the crystal antlers.  allegedly the last touch & go release in the foreseeable future?  they don't have anything else listed (although there is that jesus lizard box set for record store day) so i hope we get some announcements of new stuff from them soon.  from enon, how about.  or ted leo or the ex.  or another exciting new band.  someone.

-home video comes out tomorrow too: doubt, mirror noir (arcade fire concert film), and some other stuff.  i dunno. i just got lazy.

hey remember last year when i wasn't lazy?  i made this post about my birthday and those with whom i share a birthday.  but i missed a few.  here are some additions to the list:

-Spencer Dryden, drummer for Jefferson Airplane.  Not The Greatest Drummer, but great nonetheless.

-David Frost: the famous David Frost, subject of one of The Greatest Films of 2008, Frost/Nixon.  The Greatest Nixon Interviewer, that's for sure.

-Florian Schneider: founding member of The Greatest Pioneering Electronic Band, Kraftwerk.