Chatter Of The Squirrel

Idea Murdering Retard

First, you can check out this youTube, of Kevin Smith relating his experience working with Jon Peters.

Jon Peters was a hair stylist for Barbara Streisand once.

Now he lives in Wayne Manor!

“…Because in Hollywood, you just fail upwards.”

He has a shocking list of movie to his credit. There’s Rain Man, Caddy Shack and even the first Batman movie.

But at the same time, there’s also Wild Wild West.

He is single-handedly responsible for creating the POS that’s Superman Returns. He insisted on a Superman that doesn’t wear his costume, doesn’t fly, and fights a giant spider at the end. Tim Burton and Nick Cage eventually got wise and dropped out after a few years of planning.

And if rumour has it right, also the reason why there won’t be a movie version of The Sandman.

The disastrous thing is that, Warner Bros. has the DC franchise. Until this guy DIES, this hair stylist will continue to piss on good talents.

MP3 Player

Never been much of a music-on-the-go person.

I’m a greater fan of the ebook-on-the-go.

But mp3 players are getting so dirt cheap. Not counting the mega-Gb iPods, of course.

Just got this tiny 512MB player for RM131, with next day delivery.

Just perfect for the the 3eb collection, and guess what, SPAMALOT!

Music: Third Eye Blind

3eb just released another album 2 days ago. But there’s nothing new, it’s just “A Collection” of the music they’ve done since their career took off.

This is only their 4th album since their success in 1997, with a song about crystal meth. They have no desperate need to cash in on their success while they’re famous, and took their time writing their music. Their last album, Out of the Vein, was 3 years ago, and a true 4th album isn’t due until next year maybe.

For some unfathomable reason, I’ve had a liking for their melody though I don’t pay much attention to the lyrics. It’s my ‘thinking music’. This stuff works better than Mozart for me.

You can sample a few songs at their mySpace.

Movie: Derailed

Take a few actors who have not been type-casted by Hollywood yet. Toss them all into a movie with a reasonable plot. Don’t read the synopsis for the movie.

Just watch, and enjoy the twists.

Actually not too disgusted by this cautionary tale against adultery. It’s not Fatal Attraction, but it’s still chilling.

Cultural References

This is a recent strip of Turn Signals on a Land Raider. A pretty cute web-comic.

Am just wondering how many amongst my peers are able to catch the punchlines and references. I have long been accused of being strange or weird. By people who know me well, and people who know me not so well.

Anyhoo…

The bananas and pointed stick references a Monty Python skit. You should recognise a young-ish looking John Cleese in the photo.

This is the Self Defence Against Fresh Fruit skit. One of the classics.

And in the next photo, the arab with Bugs Bunny? That’s Hassan Chop. You can buy this beautiful hand-drawn animation cel here, for US$2950.