Entertainment

Stacey came upon free tickets to see Chicago on Broadway, but on the day of the show, yesterday, she found out she couldn’t go. I happened to be online at the time and she offered one to me. How could I say no to a great, free orchestra seat?

So after cake at Cindi‘s first birthday party, I headed to the train station and jumped on a train to New York, where I met up with a few strangers — Stacey’s friend’s friends — and enjoyed the show.

The show was very good and not what I expected having only seen the movie. Afterwards, I convinced everyone (just the four of us, not everyone in the theater) to get some food at Ellen’s Stardust Diner, one of my favorite after-show spots. We got to know each other a little better, and I think the group of us hit it off well. All in all, the night was well worth it and I owe Stacey undying gratitude.

Howard Zinn‘s weird appearance on The Daily Show, under discussion at Eh is available for download here. Keep the torrent open once downloaded! By the way, you can also get Jon’s commentary on Crossfire’s cancellation there.

Here’s the scoop on the AMC Hamilton Christmas Riot 2004. According to the Tre’n Times, the fight broke out during Fat Albert between the “quiet group” and “loud group.” Apparently the “quiet group” wanted the “loud group” to cease being loud and the “loud group” wanted the “quiet group” to fuck off.

Also, the article says that none of the other theaters were cleared out, so I guess we could have seen the movie anyway. That is, we could have if we didn’t mind trying to buy tickets while a whole bunch of people were running out of the theater.

I finally got around to uploading the tracks to the latest Mix I’ve posted on the Mix CD Exchange, Night Driving to Unfunkytown. Go forth, download and listen.

M-D succinctly described last night’s events, so I won’t repeat what he’s already written, other than to just say that for the second time in four years, our Christmas tradition of seeing a movie was thwarted by the rough cinema patrons in Hamilton, New Jersey. What is it about Christmas that makes people so violent? My guess is excessive alcoholism and depression.

It’s the start of a new season, so I’ve rolled over to a new featured mix theme on the Mix CD Exchange. I’ve also named a prize for the mix voted the best in the featured theme as of March 31, 2005. Take a look…

I’d really like to attend the South by Southwest Festival in March. I’m interested in all three parts of the festival: interactive, music and film. It’s just a little out of my price range. I’ll give it some thought…

Presenting a new Mix CD: Night Driving to Unfunkytown. Take a look at this CD and others at the CD Mix Exchange.

I’m watching Geoffrey Rush as Peter Sellers in HBO Films‘ The Life & Death of Peter Sellers. Bloody brilliant. What a weird “character.”

Like I posted earlier, I didn’t get to see the movie Ray yet, either in California or at home. I did catch Jamie Foxx on Inside the Actors Studio, and he really is amazingly talented. I never would have known from his stint on In Living Color.