Lord of The Curry

I'm gonna write up a review/explanation for why I think Antics by Interpol is an early candidate for AOTY along with a few other notables in a while, until then....... What's yer picks?

T.O needs Cito Gaston back up in this piece.

You bring up a really good point Loss. I'm slowly in the process of attempting to convert my best friend into a wrestling fan. For the most part, the matches I've shown him have centered around two wrestlers: Chris Benoit and Rey Mysterio. I picked Rey to show him how fun wrestling can be to watch. Cruiserweights have the most cross-over appeal to non-fans in terms of how quickly they can get over. All it takes is a good hurricanrana or 450 splash to get a non-fan into the match sometimes and that's what happened with my friend. He's more into Benoit, though, I think because what Benoit does in the ring always comes across as legit, hard and athletic. When watching other matches my friend will sometimes point out how fake a strike looks or how contrived a spot is. That doesn't happen when we're watching Benoit matches.

It's 10:30 a.m, I'm supposed to be working but I can't do it. I'm at work, surrounded by tons of movies I love and Spongebob is playing on tv. And it doesn't matter. Because they're not Collateral. The Jazz Club scene is growing as a favorite of mine, partly based on Daniels story about Miles Davis. It fit in so well with Cruise and Fox's relationship ("You're good, but not good enough yet").

Oh. Oh yeah. That's good movie. (Spoilers within) Best film I've seen since Return of The King. Top 20 of All Time easily. Cruise's performance? A Top 10 without a doubt. You didn't just watch this movie, you felt this movie. Mann's filmaking is such that he has a way of forcing the audience to adjust to his perspective on things ie. close ups where the subject is halfway in the shot and such. Tom Cruise's eyes are the best example of that in this movie. They take up the entire room. They don't miss a beat and they know what exactly is happening. The scene in the club was just complete 100% domination and skill. Beautifully executed scene. Cruise just fucked that movie's shit up. He owned it with his eyes and his hands and his body movement. He owned it with the way he does double-tap shots that are 5 mm apart. He owned it in the way he charmed the fuck out of Ida. The club performance is one that will go down in history as one of the best (and most stylish) shoot-up scenes. Fucking deadly. The music fit beautifully. I dug the coyote Audioslave vibe. Mann gets props for using The Roots and lots of dramatic operatic-style music to enhance the scenes and give the background a life. 2004 could very well be known as the year that Jaime Foxx solidified himself as a leading dramatic actor. I'll be there on opening night for Ray thanks to his ass-whopping turn in this. When he told Felix's henchman to put his gun away was a choice moment in a movie full of them. Felix himself, as Rudo said "Can cut a good promo". The story was wicked awesome. Good supporting work by Ruffalo and JPS. I really liked the way Jada looked in the cab ride with Jaime at the beggining and I don't usually dig her. Ruffalo had a really quiet intensity to his character and I'm kinda wishing we saw a Vincent/Ruffalo showdown but it upped Vincent's badass quotient X50 when he capped him. And to think this baby comes out on DVD in December. Merry Christmas, TSM.

Fuck Mr. Kent and Co. for ruining all the fun. Any kinda hype I had for X3 is now dead.

Golden cups are the ideal place to find delicious brunswick stew.

I'm happy knowing that Rick is fucking up many-a-couch in heaven right now.

This topic kinda got me thinkin': What will end off the show? HHH/Eugene- Possibility. Does the company have enough faith in Eugene to not only give him the ME spot but to put him over in it? JBL/Taker- Nope. Should be chock full of overbooking and a possible run-in by John Heindreich. Not gonna happen. Eddy/Angle- LOL. Benoit/Orton- Another possbility, but Orton going over Benoit probably won't still well with the crowd and the WWE tends to end off the big shows with a face victory. Well, except for last years SummerSlam where HHH killed Goldbergs heat (not to mention the crowds).

I don't know how that qualifies as a spoiler. Wait. You mean people are expecting Benoit to retain? Yipes.

That was quick. Better luck next time.

In terms of variety of promotions and styles it's the best DVD they've put out. Flair's DVD runs second in terms of promotion scope.

Perhaps I wasn't clear enough or you aren't smart enough. Either/or. What I meant was that we are the only city in recent memory whose reaction for one wrestler caused them to be immediatly pushed to the top and get the title. I find it funny that 1) It's HHH and 2) HHH never got that job back from Hogan IIRC.

Breakdown is SO 1998. How's about Breakup? We'd probably see the final blowoff to the Kane/Lita/Hardy love triangle of death and destruction bah gawd.

How did Toronto end a HHH title reign? And I vote for a Benoit vs Regal best of 7 series. Man alive, that'd be fun. It was our rampant apeshit chants for Hogan that made Vince do the title switch at Backlash. If he'd been boo'd or given a lessar reaction things might've been different.

Trim but not full shave. I learned my lesson in a more bloody version of Inc's attempt.

Taboo-erns.

T.O will hopefully shit all over this. I do believe we're the only city that can say that we ended a HHH title reign.

Check out "Climbing up the walls" from OK Computer if you're into a more dark sound. Thom has said that it's the darkest song he's ever done and the song itself is one of the more oft-discussed amongst Radiohead fans because of the story it contains.

I've done this before but because the list itself updates constantly, I figure I'd give this one a shot......... Last time you punched somebody: My friend, in the shoulder, for being annoying the other night. I warned him. Last time you ate meat: November of 2000. Last time you got arrested: Never have. Last person you sent an e-mail to: No fuckin' clue. I don't really use e-mail for much. Last regret: Not asking for a girls phone number on Saturday when she was clearly flirting with me. Last time you wore a suit: Training course I had to take for work about four months ago. Last country you visited: US of A, Florida to be more specific. Last injury you suffered: Paper cut. Stung like a bitch, too. Last family outing: If we're talking about my whole family, probably our trip to Florida. Last item you put on your credit card: My mom's birthday gift Last beer you drank: Alexander Keiths India Pale Ale Last movie you watched in full: Hellboy. Last time you lied: At work, last night, when I told customers that I didn't know anything about cell phones and couldn't help them. Last meal you ate: Toasted english muffin w/ peanut butter and o.j. Last time you laughed: Playing "Peasents Quest" on Homestar Runner Last video game you played: Full Spectrum Warrior for X-Box Last album you listened to: "Meat is Murder" by The Smiths Last time you said 'I'm sorry': Last night, at work to a customer who's movie was defective. I didn't mean it, so I'm not sure if this counts or not. Last sport you watched: Wrestling on TSN last night if you consider it a sport. If not, boxing. Last time you said 'This is the last time': Don't know if I ever have. I never think that far ahead.

Why would they do a storyline involving 4 guys who can't even wrestle anymore?

I didn't mind Chip and Kim in this ep, before I found them a bit annoying but it was nice of them to help out The Twinz. But my pick for the champs and THE TEAM is Colin and Christie. Colin has unfuckwithable drive and Christie is better then most of the guys on the show. Provided they don't let Colin's temper fuck things up they should be good to go for the Final Four at least. I worry about Charla and Mirna because of one simple thing: no matter how much I hate them and they fuck up, they still manage to bounce back and pull ahead. I can't deny it and I really don't feel like seeing them win so go Colin and Christie.

For you, my sweet....... Happy 6000th.

It's going to be a fun game deciphering which one of your responses was a lie.

Habitual Line Stepper: The Rick James Story