NEW GOERGE ROMERO MOVIE

I'm really looking forward to checking out LAND OF THE DEAD. It opens tonight. I love all the other zombie picks in the trilogy and I even liked the remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD, and I usually hate remakes. The new movie actually looks like Romero had a fairly sizable budget to work with. Maybe I should take my wife to this for our anniversary? I realize that it's not really romantic but she does like horror movies and I already got her flowers. I'll have to give this some thought.

I have just recently seen REVENGE OF THE SITH and BATMAN BEGINS. I really liked these movies. A lot of my friends have been commenting that the new STAR WARS movie is the best in the series. Maybe, but I really thought THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK was hard to beat, but I haven't seen it in a while. I know a couple of people who are waiting for the DVD to come out so that they can watch all of the STAR WARS movies straight through in one sitting. Man, I think I don't have a life, but I don't know if even I could get to that point. Maybe if I was on heroin. I mean I like the movies, but thats a level of fandom that I can't reach. Even if I wanted to, how could you find the time, I mean how long would it take to watch them all straight through? 12 hours or more. Well guys, good luck with that.

Speaking of the new Batman movie, it's about time that they made a good one. The others were spotty at best. This one really seems to capture the mythology and does it some justice. Hopefully they will be able to keep making the franchise with this level of quality.

Other movies that I want to see: THE FANTASTIC FOUR and WAR OF THE WORLDS. Being that the second one is a remake I might find a lot to hate about it, but it does look like it may be good. Actually both of these films look like they could go either way based on the trailers that I've seen.

Still trying to find more info on the Roky Erickson flick that is being written. I know that there is a piece about Roky in the new MOJO magazine, but I haven't been able to get my hands on an issue yet.

NEW ROLLING STONES TOUR

I've heard the the tickets are going to be around $180 or so. I don't know of anybody that I would pay that much too see. I've already seen the Stones and I did enjoy it immensely, but lets face it, they were past there prime when I saw them in '88 and they really haven't gotten better since then. I haven't heard any of the new stuff that is coming out soon, but I really don't think that the old boys are going to surprise me. Believe me, I'll be really happy if they do, but I just don't think it's in the cards.
I also think that charging that much for concert tickets is just wrong. They have a right to charge whatever they want, but when the cost is that high, I think they might be taking themselves a wee bit too seriously. I mean, yer gonna have to pay more than you ever did to see the band and they are nowhere near as good as they used to be. I might pay the $180 I guess, if that included the expense of time travel to go see the Stones in '66 or '72 or somewhere in between but certainly not now.

And remember, if I wasn't writing about all of this pointless stuff, I'd be writing about the latest Supreme Court decision in regards to private property and the public good. Let's face it gang, nobody wants that.

ANOTHER SESAME STREET POST

I was reading a couple of days ago about how the feds are looking to cut funding for public broadcasting. This editorialist was pissed because this may very well mean the end of Sesame Street and she went into how that very show has immeasurable importance in the lives of us all, whether we be adult or child.
Well, I have to say that on some level I agree with her. Sesame Street does have some real value and it is definitely iconic, but it's icon stature is more in the sphere of pop culture more than I would say in it's actual educational value. I'm not saying that it doesn't have any value as a tool to help in learning, but I have to wonder about what the exact measurement of that value is. I mean, has the show ever really taught somebody to read? I don't know, maybe it has, but I would sorta doubt it.
I do believe the show does inspire learning in young kids and that is a good thing without a doubt, but let's face it, there are a lot of dumbasses out there in the world today and Sasame Street ain't gonna save 'em, or us from them as the case may be.

The real question that has come to my mind about all of this controversy (and I think we've seen all of this before in regards to public broadcasting?) is even if the government would stop funding PBS would Sasame Street fall? I mean couldn't the show make it on it's own. I mean the merchandising alone has had to have brought in a ot of cash. Remember when the "Tickle Me Elmo" doll was causing riots in the toy stores? Are there really no business' that would buy advertising time during Sasame Street? I would think that all of the corporations would be linning up. I'm almost certain that the show could hold it's own. So why all of the bitching?

I'm not sure why it's a good idea for the government to be funding broadcasting anyway. I mean once in a while you may see something interesting on PBS, but let's face it, how much of it does anybody really watch. I am of course not counting all of the lame ass college professors that seem to live for the network, they ain't worth much any way.
Hell, they don't even show Monty Python anymore and that was really the best reason to ever watch it.
Maybe if they started showing more stuff that I would be interested in, maybe I'd feel differently but as of the moment I couldn't care less if PBS folds. (Which it won't.) And I like Sasame Street. Really.

MICHAEL JERKS-ON

Is anyone all that surprised that this suckwad Jackson is not behind bars? What I want to know is, who's gonna be the first one on there block to send their young sons to the big "I beat the rap" sleepover at Neverland Ranch?
I bet the Jesus Juice is flowing at the ol' ranch.

Top 5 spins of last week:
1.The Seeds-The Seeds/Web of Sound
2.Antiseen-Here to Ruin Your Groove
3.Black Sabbath-Master of Reality
4.Jungle Excotica-Volume #2
5.Thee Mighty Ceasers-Surely They Were the Sons of God