Prison Bound

One of my favorite bands, Social Distortion, just put out a new album, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.  I picked up my record at Hot Topic and got a fress sweet switchblade comb.

While I'm off playing the album and slicking back my hair, enjoy a favorite tune of mine.

Edgar Award Nominees

The complete listing is up, and can be found here.

Some highlights include:

-Duane Swierczynski's fantastic novel Expiration Date is up for Best Paperback Original.  I have not read any of the others, but I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for Duane.  He's a real talent and a hell of a nice guy.

-Tara French is up for another award for her newest, Faithful Place.  I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but if it's half as good as her others, it will be deserving of the win.  She's up against some heavyweights though.

-The Wire: Truth Be Told by Rafael Alvarez is nominated for Best Critical Biography.  I mentioned back in December that it's rare for tie-in books to be worth your time.  This proves to be the exception.  Anything concerning The Wire will get a read from me.

-The TV Episode catagory is dominated by two shows, with two nominations each going to Luther and Breaking Bad.  (Damages got the lone remaining nod.)  Breaking Bad is always good, and hopefully the newest season will be on DVD soon.  As for Luther, it's one of the few television seasons I've bought blindly, and I did so because of it's star, Idris Elba.  The man is a tour-de-force talent, and the show wisely showcases it.  Fantastic show that, sadly, most people on this side of the pond don't know about it. 

The Edgars will be awarded on April 28th.  Place your bets now, as I'd love to hear some opinions and guesses.

In the Dark

Last year the Seattle International Film Festival screened a mystery short film written and directed by Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Gotham Central, Captain America) and starring Wil Wheaton called In The Dark. Here are two trailers, neither of which gives away any information about the film.  Doesn't matter.  I want to see it.


In the Dark--trailer from Basement Gang, Inc. on Vimeo.



In the Dark--trailer 2 from Basement Gang, Inc. on Vimeo.

White Collar is Back!

One of my favorite new series of the past year(s) is back, airing tonight on the USA network at 10pm.

And this is why Bull Moose deserves your money

Take a look at the bounty I picked up in the $0.50 bins.

Autographed copy of Tess Gerritson's Bloodstream.  Not a big fan of medical thrillers, but I enjoy her work.

Story by Robert McKee.  I already own a copy, but I know a friend or two who would enjoy this.

And the grand prize, Three Screenplays by Richard Price.  I didn't even know he wrote Sea of Love.  I can't wait to dig into this.

Cover of the Week

Yeah, I want to see this.

Deadwood or Shakespeare

At Christmastime, I picked up the Complete Deadwood.  I'm a bit embarrassed to say I hadn't watched it, other than a stray episode here and there, until this point.  But since the New Year, I've been watching it as often as possible, and today finished up with the second season.  At first, it was just a great western show, but three or four episodes into Season Two it all became clear to me.

Deadwood is modern day Shakespeare.

The language became more poetic (even with the amazing amount of swearing), the monologues more frequent, and the plans of the wicked and just more labyrinth-like.  With each passing episode, I yearn more and more to see Ian McShane run wild with his speeches.

Of course, I'm not the only one who has come to the Milch/Shakespeare comparison.  The internet is loaded with essays concerning the topic, many of which I plan to read.  But I'm addicted to quizzes, so I couldn't pass this up.

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-david-milch-or-shakespeare-test

Don't bother filling out any of the dating BS if you don't want to, just click for your results.  I'm pretty happy with my 83% especially considering I haven't watched Season 3 yet.  I'd love to hear how others scored.