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DC MUNCHIES. Urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

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BLOGOLANTERNS. That's Just The Way It Is

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VAMPIRADISH.NET Hssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

RATTLED RIDER! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

BLOGOLANTERNS. utknoxville by wes

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CHAMBERS OF AURAL PLEASURE. Perhaps, dear reader, you are already aware of my affection for the Gotham Chamber Opera. If such is the case, then you will understand why, as I type this missive, I am also turning cartwheels in my excitement over the recent availability of tickets to the company's next production: Rossini's Il Signor Bruschino. Perhaps we shall encounter each other there, at the landmark Harry de Jur Playhouse, come midwinter.

What's that, you say? This chamber opera news could not possibly explain the somersaults upon which I embarked after completing the preceding paragraph? Right you are! I'm also excited about two other chamber music treats that await the adventuresome aural connoisseur.

On the afternoon of November 12, 2006, what could be more satisfying to the ear than a visit to the great Bronx home of Andrew and Beth Meyers for a program of chamber music by Foote, Mozart, Prokofiev, and Oliver Caplan as part of the new season of the Bronx Arts Ensemble? Beats me! Contact the presenters to indicate your interest in attending.

Just days later--on the evening of November 15, 2006--The Grand Tour Orchestra plays early music at The Theater of The Academy for Advanced Italian Studies at Columbia University. On the program: two works by Bachs (Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel) as well as a symphony by Johann Gottlieb Graun and the presumably long-overdue US premiere of Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht's Concerto Concertante for 2 flutes, 2 violins, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, obbligato cello with strings, 2 horns and continuo. It's well worth a try: The hall is beautiful, the horns are super-freaky, and the ensemble has demonstrated great energy and great promise. A pre-concert talk is also scheduled.

CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE!

I can think of at least three interesting things about the winner of Caption Contest #69 (woman in suit leaving caveman in cave):

"It's not just that he walks upright and uses complex tools. He also makes me laugh."

First, it's by Andy Sapora--Nikita in The Flying Karamazov Brothers. Second, it's the first Caption Contest winner to closely echo--parody, perhaps--a previous contest winner:

"Well, if you must know, he makes me laugh."
Jacqueline Tager (Hollywood, CA)
Contest #10 (woman breaking up with despondent balloon-wielding clown)

And, finally, it marks the first time that a state (New Jersey) has won twice in a row! The Garden State is now tied with Pennsylvania for third place at six victories apiece.

Phew! Could this contest be any more exciting? (No, it couldn't.)


New Jersey is absent among the nominees in Caption Contest #70 (doctor examining sliced man):

"This is the most advanced case of Surrealism I've seen."
Eric Sagalyn (Worcester, MA)

"The good news is all the pieces fit."
William Huggett (Poquoson, VA)

"Let's just keep an eye on it for a while."
Steven Lubliner (Petaluma, CA)

My loser:

"I'm afraid you're suffering from Damien Hirst."

Not bad, eh?


Over at Anti-Caption Contest #72 (guy inside skyscraper talking to windblown guy on tightrope), you can now vote for one of the following:

"You've made your point, Mr. Otis. Our building will buy your 'elevator.'"
Kevin G

"Be careful, Lewis--if you fall, your son will have to grow up without a father!"
John Tabin

"You know, in hindsight we probably shouldn't have gone with a Zogby pole. They're really unreliable." Oh, wait. Sorry. I meant to send that in to Mickey Kaus's anti-caption contest. It's... really not funny to anyone but him.
TKC

My losers:

"Your tie--it's over your shoulder!"

"This reminds me--I really ought to back up my hard drive."

"Big fucking deal. You still can't balance your goddam checkbook."

Caption Contest #73 is here. Anti-Caption Contest #73 is here.


THE STANDINGS
Here is the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest breakdown by state. You can find it all mapped out here.

12 California

9 New York (8 from the Big Apple)

6 New Jersey
6 Pennsylvania

5 Massachusetts

3 North Carolina

2 District of Columbia
2 Georgia
2 Illinois
2 Minnesota
2 New Hampshire
2 Texas
2 Utah

1 Arizona
1 Connecticut
1 Iowa
1 Maryland
1 Mississippi
1 Missouri
1 New Mexico
1 Ohio
1 Oklahoma
1 Oregon
1 Rhode Island
1 Vermont
1 Virginia
1 Washington

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone

CUTE VS. UGLY!

Cute Overload

Ugly Overload

BONUS Welsh Corgi (also at Cute Overload)

PHILOSOPHERS: THE TOP TEN! Here's a multimedia list of The Greatest Philosophers of All Time!

I'm glad to see that my man Ludwig Wittgenstein made the final cut, but disappointed that Laozi is nowhere to be found. It's as if the list were created by the Bruces.



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PUZZLE TIME! Activate the puzzle by running your cursor over it. It's fairly easy to solve.

Previous Sunday puzzle

Photo: David Marc Fischer

WWW. It is said that, in October 1947, a certain D. W. wrote a treatise proposing that television sets should be used as timepieces. The correct time would be established and maintained by a reliable electronic broadcasting authority, thereby alleviating the anxiety experienced by certain individuals over the responsibility of constant timekeeping. Such television timepieces, he imagined, might eventually replace much if not all clockwork--in bars, homes, town squares, rail stations, etc. After a time, he thought, they might even replace pocket watches and wristwatches.

Photo: David Marc Fischer

ENCORE: THE CRAMPS. Here's Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon.



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WHERE THE HELL WAS I? My location has been ascertained to my satisfaction! Gary swooped in to maintain his hot pursuit of Debbie. In other news, I totally missed an allusion by Dolph and I'm still kicking myself over that.

The current standings:

14 Debbie
13 Gary (includes bonus puzzle contest)
11 David (includes 2 bonus points)
7 Scott
6 Dolph
1 Myron
1 Trapezia

GUITARCHIKS: THE CRAMPS. Presenting The Cramps! That's right: The Cramps!! With guitarists Poison Ivy (to Lux Interior's left) and Fur (in the bunny outfit)!!! (The Cramps have had so many guitarists and I'm so stoopid that there's a chance I've made a mistake here--confirm or correct as you see fit.)

Anyway...this clip gets better and better, especially for the guitar fans out there.



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Last week on Guitarchiks: Eva Cassidy

WHERE THE HELL WAS I? Clue Number Two is here.

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ON THIS DAY!


MSN Encarta! (note who's listed first)

BBC!

IMDb!

Wikipedia!

Disney?


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COSMIC LOOKS. The latest Astronomy Pictures of the Day are out of this world! Even this dull-looking grey one comes with an interesting story. Check 'em out!
























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FRIDAY FASHION

"Style is determined by what one chooses to ignore."--Robin Givhan on leggings, of all things

The Sartorialist (The Pocket Square Quiz)

Face Hunter (More from Iceland!)

Go Fug Yourself (It's a Fug World After All...)

What To Wear This Very Second (Beautiful colors. Halloween costumes I can live with.)

Photo: David Marc Fischer

49 UP. A pioneering television series started 42 years ago when the British television show World in Action filmed and interviewed a bunch of seven-year-old kiddies for a segment called Seven Up! Over the following decades, audiences have been able to follow the maturation of many of those kids in subsequent episodes--every seven years. It's a fascinating, addictive ride.

So now 49 Up has reached the Big Apple, where it's playing downtown at the IFC Film Center through November 7, at the very least. I'm not going to give anything away--I respect the unspoken code of the show's fans! But if you haven't yet seen any part of this series, you could go in cold or watch the previous releases on DVD (which are on sale at the IFC Center). Both strategies have their merits.























Before signing off on this post, I want to note a technical aspect of the Up Series. It doesn't just follow the maturation of the children--it follows the maturation of the medium, too. From the grainy black-and-white footage of the original to the digital video of the latest installment, you can trace the development of television technology in seven-year increments, both in isolation and, perhaps to a lesser degree, in its relationship to society.

DESIGN TO THE RIDICULOUS

design*sponge (ugliest*pillow*contest*winner)

print & pattern

Love Made Visible (The Audrey Hepburn Treasures)

Oh Joy! (Oh Jacob Magraw-Mickelson!)

Worth1000 Picture of the Day (Madonnas, Crunchy Dills, bog monster)

Gallery of the Absurd

POSTSECRET. Pssst! Here's the latest!

MOVIES FOR CHEAPSKATES: FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. The New York Observer is offering run-of-engagement passes to Flags of Our Fathers.

Following the stories of the men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers is directed by Clint Eastwood, a former mayor of Carmel, California.

For a chance at the passes, follow the directions (and answer the trivia question) here.



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WAITING WEEKLY. First you are greeted by 9 Millimeter Hostess. Then you are treated to Bread and Circuses. Sweet!

As usual, we encourage you to avail yourself of complimentary shots--including this lunchtime treat--from your waitress.

INSPIRATIONETTE. Here's a great Carolita "newyorkette" Johnson cartoon from earlier this year--with some background on its genesis.

And here's the missing link.

BLOGORHYTHMS. Didja know about the blog for the next Rocky movie? Didja know there's going to be a next Rocky movie? (It's called Rocky Balboa.)

I remember the trailer for Rocky IV driving an audience into a frenzy at the Loews Metropolitan in downtown Brooklyn.



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TRUDEAU TALKS! Sunday's Washington Post included a substantial feature on Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau that was followed by a Q&A that opens with a great anecdote from Post staff writer Gene Weingarten. I think the article exaggerates Trudeau's media shyness (the cartoonist is almost a Norman Mailer compared with Thomas Pynchon), but otherwise it strikes me as a good introduction to Trudeau and his circle. And I'm glad to see Trudeau getting more recognition for his recent storyline about soldiers wounded in Iraq.

You can read Doonesbury online here.

Thanks to Matt Mendelsohn for the tip-off(s). Back at Mattlin, we used to quote Doonesbury fourth panels at each other. I also remember Matt poring over Alfred Eisenstadt photos in the school library. Now he's preparing a photo exhibition of his own!

THE SPIRIT OF 716! As incredible as it may seem, 716 is over for the rest of the year...but (as the title of this piece subtly suggests) its spirit lives on....

CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE!

Yes, you read correctly: The Anti-Caption Contest is back--and "better than evah," says its computer-ravaged czar, Dan Radosh!


As far as The New Yorker is concerned, Caption Contest #68 (assembly line topping cars with creme) turned out to be a good one for New Jersey. The winning caption is

"It was a big seller until we had to recall the cherries."
Lou Storey (Long Branch, NJ)

Congrats to Lou on tying Massachusetts for fourth place with five wins each!


Recent contests have actually been very good to the East Coast--and Contest #70 (woman talking to hairy guy watching TV) will be no exception. Here are the contenders:

"They do say results will vary."
Elizabeth Seeley (New Haven, CT)

"That actor looks exactly like you!"
David Green (Fairfield, CT)

"I thought it sounded reputable. He's also a member, for crying out loud!"
Gabriel Fischer (Albany, NY) [no relation]

My loser, inspired on perceiving the hair as being shrub-like:

"Why don't you write the President and see if you're related?"

Caption Contest #72 is here. Anti-Caption Contest #72 is here.


THE STANDINGS
Here is the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest breakdown by state. You can find it all mapped out here.

12 California

9 New York (8 from the Big Apple)

6 Pennsylvania

5 Massachusetts
5 New Jersey

3 North Carolina

2 District of Columbia
2 Georgia
2 Illinois
2 Minnesota
2 New Hampshire
2 Texas
2 Utah

1 Arizona
1 Connecticut
1 Iowa
1 Maryland
1 Mississippi
1 Missouri
1 New Mexico
1 Ohio
1 Oklahoma
1 Oregon
1 Rhode Island
1 Vermont
1 Virginia
1 Washington

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone

WHERE WAS I? My location has been ascertained to my satisfaction! With gallery expert Eric's help, Debbie edges away from the pack with her 14th point!! Kudos to all players for zeroing in on the location so quickly!!! Amazing!!!!

The current standings:

14 Debbie
12 Gary (includes bonus puzzle contest)
11 David (includes 2 bonus points)
7 Scott
6 Dolph
1 Myron
1 Trapezia

And now a reminder: Debbie, Gary, and David still retain the option of posing one WWI? challenge each.

WHERE WAS I? There's a fourth visual clue here.

CUTE VS. UGLY!

Cute Overload (Halloween nuttiness)

Ugly Overload (where every day is Halloween)

PUZZLE TIME! Activate the puzzle by running your cursor over it. It's fairly easy to solve.

Previous Sunday puzzle

Photo: David Marc Fischer

WHERE WAS I? The guessing is progressing here.

TONIGHT ON DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. Mycella is very veiny. Myzithra is torn up in shreds. Orla isn't as supple as she was when she was younger. Out for some air, Brie runs and runs and runs....

Tonight on "Desperate Housewives" is a weekly series that premiered on Blog About Town on October 23, 2005. Last week's installment is here.

Photo: David Marc Fischer

THERAPEUTIC ATTENTION. I just wanted to see if the mail was coming.

As I craned out the door, a gray-haired, unshaven man in a T-shirt veered towards me.

"Say, I wonder if you can help me out," he opened in the kind of scratchy deep voice I associate with sizable quantities of smoke and booze. I prepared to be hit up for money, but it turned out the man had a different agenda.

"Listen...where can a guy from California get some therapeutic attention...like from a woman for about $400...."

I always try to be helpful to tourists, but I didn't know to respond to this one. Times were when I could've just pointed him toward a streetwalker or a building two doors down. But times have changed. That bulding is now an Econo Lodge.

"I'm sorry," I answered. "I don't do that kind of thing."

"Oh come on, man," he pleaded. "There's got to be some place to look this kind of thing up."

"Well, I hear people use Craigslist."

"Craigslist!"

"Yeah, you look it up under--"

"Where do I find Craigslist?"

"It's on the computer--."

"Computer? Where am I going to find a computer?"

"Well, there's the public library," I ventured just before picturing this horndog browsing through escort ads at the Science, Industry, and Business Library at the grand old B. Altman building.

"A computer's no good," the man said desperately. "Isn't there some paper where you look up ads in the back and--"

"Oh yeah, sure. There's The Village Voice and--"

"The Village Voice? Where can I buy The Village Voice?"

"Oh, it's free. You just have to find a box on the sidewalk...."

By this point the man was already about 15 yards away from me.

"You're welcome!" I shouted as he raced off in search of $400 therapy.

I didn't even get a chance to mention New York Press.


Photo: David Marc Fischer

WHERE WAS I? Find Clue 2 here.

GUITARCHIKS: EVA CASSIDY. Here's Eva Cassidy singing and strumming Autumn Leaves. The talented Cassidy died from melanoma nearly ten years ago, on November 2, 1996--within a year of this January 1996 performance. Over the ensuing years Cassidy's music has gained a substantial following, partly due to its exposure on Vin Scelsa's radio show.



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FRIDAY FASHION

"Sebelia was a splendid reality show star, and it may be that he survived several eliminations because of the sick pleasure the audience took in his appalling behavior."--Robin Givhan on Project Runway

The Sartorialist

Face Hunter (From England to Iceland--cool!)

Go Fug Yourself (I'm not sure this is really a reaction shot, but it made me laugh anyway.)

What To Wear This Very Second (Tips for the fiftysomething mom!)

BONUS Sartorialist does Saks

NUDGE Have you checked out last week's Hussein Chalayan videos?

Photo: David Marc Fischer

COSMIC LOOKS. Stuff in space can look so darn purty...and peaceful. But President Bush (who lives on the little speck above the rings to the left) seems to have a problem with heavenly peace.
























Here are the latest Astronomy Pictures of the Day.

CARDS BEAT METS 3-1. The Mets had an outstanding regular season and a strong postseason but, weakened by losses among the pitching staff, the team finally gave way to the St. Louis Cardinals in the ninth inning of the seventh game of the playoffs.

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Here's Mike's Mets.


Photo: David Marc Fischer

DESIGN TO THE RIDICULOUS

design*sponge (ugliest*pillow*contest)

print & pattern

Love Made Visible

Oh Joy! (Oh Portraits and Hairpin!)

Worth1000 Picture of the Day (Amish NASCAR)

Gallery of the Absurd (Donald Trump's Hot Air)

POSTSECRET. Pssst! Here's the latest!

Also: PostSecret's Frank Warren is scheduled to appear at the Borders on 32nd and 2nd on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 7 pm.

METS BEAT CARDS 4-2! Despite a nail-biting bottom of the ninth, the Mets held a lead over the Cards to carry the playoffs into Game 7.

Congrats to Chevy Player of the Game John Maine, formerly of the Bethesda Big Train, who kept the Cards scoreless for 5-1/3 innings, giving up only 2 hits.

Here's Mike's Mets.

Photo: David Marc Fischer

[Link to Bethesda Big Train fixed October 27]

MOVIES FOR CHEAPSKATES: CATCH A FIRE. The New York Observer teams with Focus Features for a screening of Catch a Fire.

Set in apartheid-era South Africa, Catch a Fire stars Tim Robbins and Derek Luke.

The New York City screening will take place Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 8 pm, somewhere midtown. For more information, click here.



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FIRST GIST, NOW TITS. Cybele has gone missing from SoHo, where the vacuum is already being filled by plays on words. (So how could I resist milking the situation too?)

WAITING WEEKLY. So you want to visit the kitchen? Save Your Breath. You'd be better off finding someone to help you through this Cold Autumn.

As usual, we encourage you to avail yourself of complimentary shots from your waitress. Recommended: lady of the stairs.

BONUS Addled Writer prefers waitstaff who write.

CARDS BEAT METS 4-2. As the playoffs return to NYC for a Wednesday night Game 6, the Cards need just one more win while the Mets need two.

BLOGORHYTHMS BONUS Want more commentary? Check out Mike's Mets.

CALIFORNIA SPLIT. You can enjoy Robert Altman's 1974 movie California Split in a new 35mm print (with Dolby digital stereo) during its Film Forum revival, which runs through Thursday. This Seventies buddy movie casts George Segal and Elliott Gould (in an outstanding performance) as gamblers on a roller-coaster spree. The movie itself is uneven--some scenes age better than others--but it was fascinating to watch and hear...and it's growing on me as I think about it. It reminds me of On the Road, actually, with backstories that are almost entirely omitted. Part of the pleasure of the movie comes from imagining what's left out.

A curious aspect of California Split is that a number of cast members were from Synanon. Apparently, THX-1138 also drew extras from the cultish group, originally established as a drug rehabilitation center.

This theatrical release of California Split is superior to the current DVD in that it includes three minutes or so that were deleted due to rights issues. Plus, the composition tends to come across better on a movie screen.

BLOGORHYTHMS BONUS Here's a kind of gambling addiction: Marcia Schroeder of Sheboygan, Wisconsin played McDonald's Monopoly for years before winning her million. She's got a blog called The Monopoly at McDonald's Millionaire.

BLOGORHYTHMS. Which conservative US Senator will be outed today?

Did Jeffrey Sebelia cheat on Project Runway?

Does Martin Scorsese deserve an Oscar?

Is Dennis Hastert gay?

Missouri's The Cup of Joe considers all of these questions--and more.

So help me Joe!

Oh yeah: Blogger Joe P. is also a Cardinals fan. Well...nobody's perfect!

716 FIX! Here's Episode 54: "And They All Lived Happily Ever After (ha ha ha)"...and Epilogue: Epilogue.

Yeah...that's right--it's cold turkey time!

Photo: Christine Butler

WHERE WAS I? My location has been ascertained to my satisfaction! Congrats, Gary, on your continued ascendance!! Debbie, once again: Look out!!!

The current standings:

13 Debbie
12 Gary (includes bonus puzzle contest)
11 David (includes 2 bonus points)
7 Scott
6 Dolph
1 Myron
1 Trapezia

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST CONTINUES!

The Anti-Caption Contest remains on hiatus, but its spirit lives on in Caption Contest #69 (woman in suit leaving caveman), where one of the nominees is

"It's not just that he walks upright and uses complex tools. He also makes me laugh."
Andy Sapora (Union City, NJ)

You see, that caption kinda revisits the winner of Caption Contest #10 (woman breaking up with sad clown)--

"Well, if you must know, he makes me laugh."
Jacqueline Tager (Hollywood, CA)

--in the fashion of the many anti-caption entries that have referenced the winner of Caption Contest #27 (business meeting attended by men with parrots on their shoulders):

"Shut up, Bob, everyone knows your parrot's a clip-on."
Adam Szymkowicz (Shoreham, VT)

On top of all that, it appears that Sapora [is] a celebrity contestant--a member of The Flying Karamazov Brothers!

So those up against Sapora had better beware of airborne axes. The competitors:

"The fire went out."
Donald Barr (Charlotte, NC)

"I want to meet different kinds of Man."
Burton Hanson (Edina, MN)

And my loser:

"I'll tell Mom and Dad you say 'Ugh.'"

As for Caption Contest #67 (dog adding to pile of papers in office), Virginia finally joins its neighbors North Carolina, Maryland, and the District of Columbia on the winners' list with

"Don't laugh. He's made partner."

by Jim Dickerson of Richmond. Way to go, Jim!


Caption Contest #71 is here.


THE STANDINGS
Here is the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest breakdown by state. You can find it all mapped out here.

12 California

9 New York (8 from the Big Apple)

6 Pennsylvania

5 Massachusetts

4 New Jersey

3 North Carolina

2 District of Columbia
2 Georgia
2 Illinois
2 Minnesota
2 New Hampshire
2 Texas
2 Utah

1 Arizona
1 Connecticut
1 Iowa
1 Maryland
1 Mississippi
1 Missouri
1 New Mexico
1 Ohio
1 Oklahoma
1 Oregon
1 Rhode Island
1 Vermont
1 Virginia
1 Washington

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone

CUTE VS. UGLY!

Cute Overload

Ugly Overload

METS BEAT CARDS, 12-5. Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

What a rebound--the series is now tied 2-2!

WHERE WAS I? The third visual clue is now here.

PUZZLE TIME! Activate the puzzle by running your cursor over it. It's fairly easy to solve.

Previous Sunday puzzle

Photo: David Marc Fischer

MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS. First, a CBGB note. A couple of days ago, I saw NY1's advance coverage of the closing of CBGB. It was a little weird, as it featured footage of this week's Loser's Lounge performance at the club, with David Terhune smiling broadly. Always nice to see...but not exactly emblematic of CBGB.

In my little write-up of the Loser's Lounge tribute to Talking Heads at Joe's Pub, I only included some of the highlights. I neglected to mention J. Keen's fronting of "American is Waiting," a rare live performance of a track from the David Byrne-Brian Eno collaboration My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. It was great to hear, even though the mixing that evening gave short shrift to lead vocals.

I bought the album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts soon after it came out in 1981, but it took a while for its then avant-garde mix of samples to grow on me. Now there's a remixed 25th anniversary CD of the recording...and a web page where you can get creative with the samples and hear what others have done with them. Give it a listen!

Here's the "official" remix video of the track "Help Me Somebody".



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TONIGHT ON DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. Teri has trouble finding her favorite program. Eva hears worrisome rumors about fall schedule reshuffling. Marcia has trouble recruiting people for her letter-writing campaign. Felicity resents being pressured to participate in the letter-writing campaign when she has a lot of other responsibilities (like that big steak dinner for her husband's birthday) and she suspects that the executives have already made up their minds anyway.

Tonight on "Desperate Housewives" is a weekly series that premiered on Blog About Town on October 23, 2005. Last week's installment is here.

Photo: David Marc Fischer

IN PRAISE OF SHORT MEN. If you're a regular reader of this blog, you might recall that I've twice shared perspectives of women who've expressed contempt for male shortness. I must say I was shocked by their intensity, even though their writing reflects the findings of this ABC News report, which at least cushions the blow by suggesting that shorter men may make better husbands.

But now it's time to celebrate the shorty! So here's some beefcake: Short Men of the Internet, which includes galleries of Men Between 5'7" and 5'5", Men Between 5'4" and 5'2", and Men Under 5'2". Men between 5'5" and 5'4"? You might need a website of your own....

And here's a Savage Love column in which John Cameron Mitchell joins with Dan Savage in responding to a woman who fantasizes about men "the size of a Ken doll."

Photo: David Marc Fischer

METS LOSE TO CARDS, 5-0. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh! The Cards now lead the Mets 2-1.

Kudos to the Tigers for clinching the pennant with four straight wins against Oakland.

WHERE WAS I? Clue 2 is here.

GUITARCHIKS. Presenting...Sharon Isbin.



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OVERHEARD IN A SHEA MEN'S ROOM: "Hey, it smells like Billy Wagner in here."

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Game 2 of the National League playoffs was a study in reversed expectations. Cardinals pitching ace Chris Carpenter was supposed to dominate rookie John Maine, but Carpenter didn't have his stuff and Maine managed to give up only two hits in four innings (though he also walked five) before manager Willie Randolph replaced him--perhaps prematurely. St. Louis played catch-up ball for much of the game, but in the late innings, when the Mets relievers were supposed to secure the win in their home stadium, the Cards managed to tie and then surge ahead due to clutch hitting--not from the vaunted Albert Pujols but from So Taguchi, who has now racked up two home runs in two postseason at bats. It was a blow from which the unlucky Mets did not recover.

"What can I say," a sheepish Taguchi said, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "I am surprised."

And now it's off to Missouri.

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Photos: David Marc Fischer

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FRIDAY FASHION

"Full frontal nudity appeared on the runway Wednesday under the guise of fashion."--Oo-la-la! Robin Givhan covers an over-the-top Paris show for Hussein Chalayan--see the video below!

"More than 30 years ago, American designer Stephen Burrows had a moment of triumph at Versailles. And now he has returned to France to present his spring collection in hopes of reclaiming some of that success. His Sunday afternoon show served as a tutorial in the ways the industry has changed."--Robin Givhan covering Stephen Burrows in Paris

The Sartorialist (Featured at Saks October 16-23, with reception/presentation on October 17 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm)

Face Hunter (France-Korea)

Go Fug Yourself (The other Paris...and Nicole)

What To Wear This Very Second

BONUS Video of the Hussein Chalayan Show!

Short Voiceover Version (2:04)




"Long Take" Version (6:05)

ZOMBIES ARE IN. Yup--here's the recommended (adult) double-bill for Halloween this year:

Night of the Living Dead

Masters of Horror: Homecoming

If you can find I Walked with a Zombie, use that as the lead movie.

























And...lest my mind escape me: Did you happen to check out the recent zombie parade? I hear the turnout was staggering....

Here are some zombies from another parade....



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NEW METS SCHEDULE. Game 2 tickets are still good for tonight's game, which is now Game 1. Game 1 tickets are now good for Friday's game (at 8:05 pm), which is now Game 2.

The whole schedule is here.

DESIGN TO THE RIDICULOUS

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Love Made Visible (Visible From Astoria)

Oh Joy! (Oh Hawaii! Oh Wedding Dress! Oh Favors!)

Worth1000 Picture of the Day (Cat Coat, Frog, Stonehenge Explained, Saint Kermit)

Gallery of the Absurd (Cheetos Britney, Retouching Madonna, New York Times coverage (for real), Britney Spears perfume)

THE SURREALIST CHARM OF LUIS BUNUEL. I couldn't let the week pass without noting screenings of two outstanding Luis Bunuel movies. The Walter Reade Theater plays host to Viridiana as part of its great Janus Festival this afternoon (at 2) and Friday evening (at 6:15). This great film is remarkable both for its fascinating story (about a convent-educated woman thrust into worldy affairs) and its genesis--Bunuel "returned" from exile to direct the movie in Franco's Spain and managed to sneak it past censors in time for its triumphant Cannes debut, after which it was banned in Spain and blacklisted by the Vatican.

And then there's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Bunuel's artful portrayal of paranoia among the powerful. Repeat viewings can be very rewarding--and today's the last day to catch it at The Film Forum.

For those interested in other Bunuel films that touch on similar themes and images, try The Exterminating Angel and The Phantom of Liberty as well as the following (which include shocking visuals).

Un chien andalou (15:52)




L'Age d'Or (1:03:04)




BONUS In other Bunuel-related news, director Manoela de Oliveira has made Belle toujours, a kind of follow-up to Bunuel's Belle de jour.



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HAPPY NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY!



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METS-CARDS GAME POSTPONED. The game scheduled for tonight has been rescheduled for Friday, at a time to be determined.

AIRCRAFT CRASHES INTO UPPER EAST SIDE BUILDING. Reports are coming in of a building on the Upper East Side (72nd and York) having been hit by an aircraft. It's being covered widely on local television.

Here's CNN.com.

Here's Gothamist (recommended as the news breaks).

UPDATE 4:30 NBC-4 seems to have good on-air reporting on this story.

UPDATE 4:40 NBC-4 is reporting that pitcher Cory Lidle has been linked to the aircraft. The Wikipedia entry on Lidle already includes this sentence: "The plane that crashed in New York City's Upper West Side [sic] today was registered to Lidle, and it is believed that he was on board at the time of the crash."

Reports are coming in of nine injured people at New York Hospital.

WAITING WEEKLY. Ever hear of mental cinema? Today your waiter screens This House is Ours! before demonstrating his superhero staring prowess in Fellatio? and Hellion.

As usual, we encourage you to avail yourself of complimentary shots from your waitress.

CUTE VS. UGLY!

Cute Overload

Ugly Overload

BONUS BrooklynParrots.com: A Web Site About the Wild Parrots of Brooklyn

MORE ON THE MENDELSOHNS. The Richard Cohen column "Punctuated by Life and Death" in The Washington Post stands out amidst the press coverage related to Daniel Mendelsohn's new book The Lost.

Here are two noteworthy reviews: one by Robert Rosenbaum, another by Elie Weisel.

THIS AIN'T NO MUDD CLUB! I hear that the next Loser's Lounge tribute will be a salute to Elton John, but in the meantime there's this: On Thursday at 9 pm, the Losers return to CBGB (just days before the storied club goes down its own wretched toilet) for another Talking Heads show featuring Rene Risque, Michael Cerveris, Joe Hurley, Bjorn TuRoque, David Driver, Wilder Selzer, Katia, Jana Peri, Jenni Muldaur, Jedediah Parish, Anney Fresh, David Mosey, Natalie Weiss & Jason McMahon, Sean Altman, Victoria Liedtke, Joanna Choy, Wendy Ip, Nick Danger, and Royce Peterson.

Three of my favorite performances on Saturday were Wilder Selzer's spastic Drugs, Natalie Weiss & Jason McMahon's neo-Beat Creatures of Love, and Joanna Choy's Naive Melody (backed by Connie Petruk and Tricia Scotti). Here's a picture of that.





















Photo: David Marc Fischer



And here's a better quality shot (by Eric Elias) of Michael Cerveris singing Crosseyed and Painless through his right eye--a remarkable feat!

























Photo: Eric Elias