American Splendor
Sideways
American Splendor is about a guy like me, a semi-successful semi-loser writer from Cleveland After identifying way too much with Sideways I sent a note to my friend Grant that went something like this. “I’ve spent my whole life trying to be Elvis Presley and who do I turn out to be? Paul Giamotti. It’s just not fair.” God knows I would have settled for Patrick Swayze.
Your mom probably told you that life is unfair. Here’s all the proof you’ll ever need. Walter Payton dead at 45. OJ Simpson, 60 years old and still ticking. Lou Gehrig may come close, but for me this is the most unfair somewhat natural death of all time.
River Song – Dennis Wilson
Forever – Dennis Wilson
For the rebel in all of us there is Dennis Wilson. You can’t really argue that Brian Wilson wasn’t 99% of the Beach Boys, but for the ornery among us who never like to agree with everybody else there is the Dennis Wilson theory. You know for the guy out there still telling people that he’s always thought Stuart Sutcliffe was the coolest and most talented Beatle.
One of the most amazing lost performances of all time, Steven Banks: Home Entertainment Center was a one man show filmed as a 1989 Showtime special. Introduced and lauded by Penn and Teller, the fact that this gem is mysteriously unavailable on DVD is one of the bigger crimes of the entertainment world’s current landscape.
I highly recommend that you stop reading this immediately and watch it on You Tube while there is still time.
