Beltmann

Thanks!!

Here in Wisconsin, I like our chances of re-electing our Democratic governor, Jim Doyle. We will also have this question on the ballot: I'm less optimistic about that one.

I've never been interested in KoL, but I've been interested in FoW for 10 years now.

I think we really ought to take the "trick" part of trick-or-treating far more seriously. These empty threats will undermine the entire holiday.

The Milwaukee International Film Festival ran October 19-29. Over those 11 days I managed to see 25 features and 6 short films; in previous years I have emphasized documentaries, shorts, and regional films, but this year I made a point to shift focus onto world fiction features. In preferential order: Cream of the crop Requiem / Hans-Christian Schmid / Germany / 2006 The Queen / Stephen Frears / UK / 2006 Mary / Abel Ferrera / USA / 2005 Very Good Five Minutes, Mr. Welles / Vincent D

I think I might have that on bootleg DVD (from a VHS source, though).

Can anybody help me out with an mp3 of "Lullaby for Rafters and Beams"?

Nearly every candidate I've ever supported has lost. Apparently, I am campaign poison.

So far I'd say Studio 60 is a pretty solid show, but I'll be surprised if it's given enough time to finally find its groove. I think Tina Fey is funny, and I think Alec Baldwin is funny, but I think 30 Rock is terribly unfunny. I'm done with it.

I think there are quite a few UT and/or Jay fans here... I pre-ordered the Gob Iron project from Amazon, and am looking forward to it.

"Blasting Fonda" and "Radio King" and "Laminated Cat."

I'll be there, with a pal.

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I'm seeing MMJ that night. Hope they are not participating in this.

I heard "Theologians" once. And "Kamera" once. That's it. I also heard "Just a Kid" once in a movie theater, as part of the pre-show entertainment.

By all reports, Beyonce can sing falsetto through her vagina.

I enjoyed it--but almost exclusively for its set pieces. The story and characters are forgettable.

I think you meant to write, "Thanks, VC, for your hospitality." But I'm sure it was an honest mistake.

Haxan - nice!

I agree... but forced to choose, I'd go with "This Is New."

Did the fact that those songs were previously available mean they were somehow no longer worthy of praise? I'd argue that critics were merely responding to the work at hand--the full-length CD--and that the vagaries of the band's distribution strategy are mostly irrelevant to that mission. A song's release history is finally unrelated to its innate merits or failings. You could make a case that an album of recycled material--like a Greatest Hits collection--deserves suspicion... but in a case like Wolf Parade's, it's hard to fault a collection of songs that previously had relatively little

I don't think I could love someone who didn't find farts funny.

I'd like to offer a new update about the lesson horse that my parents purchased in honor of my brother, a purchase that many VC'ers contributed towards. Yesterday Hillside Farm, the stable that houses the horse, held "The First Annual Anthony Plavec Memorial Fundraiser," a schooling show designed to raise money for the Mount Mary College Equestrian Club. (Subsequent shows will choose different recipients.) This event was front-page news in our local paper, and was also covered by Milwaukee's Fox-TV affiliate. Here's a link to the broadcast segment (a brief ad will play first): Anthony's

Yesterday I was at the Milwaukee International Film Festival, and between screenings I was hanging out in the lobby of the Oriental Theater with another festival hopper. Suddenly she said, "Hey, it's the Maestro!" Sure enough, Mark Metcalf, who played the Maestro on Seinfeld, was ambling through the lobby. I turned to my acquaintance and said, "And he's with Harold Ramis." Ramis was in town to introduce a screening of Groundhog Day, part of this festival's tribute to his career. As he neared, I said hello, and as luck would have it, his festival guide asked him to wait right there while

Can't you just enjoy a movie without overanalyzing everything?