internet hate michael cera

so apparently jeffrey tambor is gonna kick michael cera's ass into doing the arrested developement movie:

'Arrested Development' movie is on!
Michael Cera will do the highly debated “Arrested Development” movie, according to his on-screen granddad, Jeffrey Tambor.
“If I have to call him up and say, ‘Get on set right now, young man,’ he’ll be there,” the comic said at a recent Upright Citizens Brigade L.A. performance of “Word Girl.” “The movie is going to happen this year, and Michael Cera is on board. Trust me.”

lucille is pretty fucking excited

speaking of michael cera, what a brat. he doesn't wanna be typecast? well let's face it he's been playing the same character since AD anyway. i was almost looking forward to all the in-jokes they'd have to make if george michael was either absent or recast. "where's george michael, with HER?" or "hey george michael you look really different" etc etc.

and i tried watching juno again today. I KNOW. i hate diablo cody so much. the story was cute and whatev but i really cannot take the way they talk. i've watched all three eps of united states of tara so far, but i think if i continue i'm gonna have to watch it on mute.


this sinus infection still has me on my ass so no ny this weekend. i'll probably be spending the weekend in south philly. as for now i'm gonna chug some more of this and head to bed. peace out. oh yea and new souls song this weekend wooooo

comatose

no problem sleeping today/tonight. i've only been awake a few hours on and off since my last blog. i'm currently right smack in the middle of one of the worst sinus infections of my life, and i've had some lovely ones. don't worry kids, not contagious (i had a minor one on tour and they were all convinced i'd infected them and half of canada). thanks to all these meds i'm pretty much out of my mind so back to bed it is. 

phew

apparently joaquin phoenix's rap 'career' is a hoax...

"Two people close to Joaquin Phoenix tell EW that the actor's recent attempt to reinvent himself as a rapper is not what it appears to be. Ever since the actor announced he was ditching his career in movies to try to make it as a rap artist, speculation has flown wildly about what, exactly, the two-time Oscar nominee might be thinking. Either Phoenix is perpetrating an elaborate Andy Kaufman-style hoax (with an assist from his friend and brother-in-law Casey Affleck, who's ostensibly shooting a documentary about his career transition), or he's truly lost his marbles. The truth, it seems, is closer to the former. "He said, 'It's a put-on. I'm going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey is going to film it,'" says one source who recently worked with Phoenix.

Though Phoenix's interest in music is sincere (he earned Oscar and Grammy nominations for his turn as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line and has directed several music videos), with this supposed career reboot he is evidently trying to both lampoon pompous actors and punk the media that covers them. Whatever his motivation or ultimate endgame, don't expect him to break character anytime soon. "It's an art project for him," says a source. "He's going full out. He probably has told his reps that he's quit acting. Joaquin is very smart. This is very conscious. He has a huge degree of control."

thank god...

really tho, that's pretty awesome. if i was famous i'd pull shit like that all the time. 

also i suddenly have an urge to turn on kyw and listen for school 369 to be closed tomorrow... 

don't take a sominex at 4am

suffering from insomnia hangover.... excellent. 

re: last nights blog, i have it on good authority that the hold steady is worth a second chance. maybe i'll get to that tonight. i already have stay positive (impulse digital sale purchase last summer specifically for "constructive summer").. so we'll see how that goes. stay tuned. 

i'm thinking about going back to ny this weekend. ass kissing/networking/"meeting for drinks" has become a full time job. if i don't find a tour/job soon, i'm gonna have to go back to temping or a starbucks type of job. the thing is i dunno if i wanna stay in philly to do that or go back to ny. the catch 22 never ends. 

if i just come up with a really creative/lucrative blog, i could make a career out of that. if anyone has any ideas, i promise to give you a cut. 

second chances

anyway

did you ever hear a band, hate it, only to come back to it later and love it?? hello gaslight anthem. everyone was pissing themselves over them a while back and i just thought... eh. i think maybe because they were getting lumped into the "springsteen" sound, which made me think of the hold steady, who i also never really got into. 

(sidenote on the hold steady...i remember when they opened for the souls thanksgiving 05 at the troc and i really hated them. i just didn't really get it. i listened to their last album a bit after yrock started playing the song with a joe strummer reference, but i still never really got into it..)

ANYWAY i somehow started listening to '59 sound yesterday and ended up listening to it 4 times.  this album is awesome. i totally get it now. if i wasn't too lazy to put together a top 10 for 08, this would have def been in there... had i given it a second listen before jan 1 anyway. i think this band could really stick around for a while. aren't they doing a headlining tour soon? sign me up.

well well

i always say i'm gonna start a real blog. and i guess i usually have the most to say when insomnia hits. or at least that's when i feel like i have relevant things to say. deep insomnia is kinda like being drunk, with a "sounded like a good thing to say at the time" attitude. 

so what is this? part journal maybe? lots of opinions because you know i've got a lot of that... if you know me. if not, how did you get here anyway? 

it took me like 20 minutes just to come up with a name. i guess i almost started a blog a few times because apparently i had 2 blog titles already attached to this email. both included my name tho and i guess i didn't want my name in the title. not that it's really a secret right? if you're here, you probably know me... we've been over this. anyway, i was listening to new found (surprise) and tried like 3 song titles, all taken. i guess other aging pop punk kids like to blog.

i feel like this is terribly boring. i'll get better... promise.