Hollywoodland

All posts in this category were part of the original blog, which ended back in February of 2007.

What 200 Calories Look Like

January 3, 2007 – 9:17 pm

This is 200 calories? I still have a hard time visualizing it. but thanks to this handy chart, I’m better off than I used to be. Just in time for my New Year’s Resolution, too.

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SFX: Electric President

December 29, 2006 – 1:00 am

Occasionally I’m scrolling through the music folder on my hard drive and I come across something that I just don’t recognize. It happens this morning as I’m loading up the ol’ Rio Carbon for the drive north to Santa Barbara. “Electric President?” WTF? Who the heck are they? I run a quick check on allmusic.com. [...]

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Condom Torn

December 27, 2006 – 7:03 pm

I get back from New Mexico on Saturday. Everyone is talking about the windy Friday. Evidence is all around; leaves in piles in the gutter, downed palm fronds everywhere…and the once proud column of white at Sunset & Vine hangs in tatters.
Thank goodness the banners (kinda) survived.

Again, I just have to know what the heck [...]

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Fire on Martel

December 24, 2006 – 10:19 am

“Hey, I dont know if you like fire, but there’s a big one across the street.”
My neighbor has just knocked on my door. I just got home from a long day at work. I had awakened at four AM in Mew Mexico, hopped on a plane to LAX and driven straight to Amoeba where I [...]

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Amoeba in Repose

December 20, 2006 – 8:00 am

This is how Amoeba looks on December 18, 2006 at 7:50 PM. By the time you read this I’ll be in the air on my way to New Mexico for a couple days. I’ll fly back in on Saturday early, pick up my car at LAX and then drive straight here, where I’ll work what [...]

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McSweeney’s: Jokes For Robots

December 19, 2006 – 8:00 am

This is another thing that would have made milk come out my nose had I been drinking it. McSweeney’s lists are always worth a few chuckles. This one is excellent. Jokes Made By Robots For Robots.
And as long as we’re at McSweeney’s again, here are a couple more lists for your pleasure:
Errors in Communication Between [...]

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Joy! Noel! Ding! Dong!

December 17, 2006 – 8:00 am

Christmas is here. It’s hard to tell, here in Hollywood, except the sparkly illuminated stars stretch down Santa Monica Boulevard from La Brea to Doheny. I love those. They always seem to magically appear one night, like presents under a tree. One day, it’s just plain ol’ Santa Monica Boulevard, the next it’s the Avenue [...]

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Cat and Girl

December 16, 2006 – 8:00 am

Just clicked on a random installment of the web comic Cat and Girl by Dorothy Gambrell (took me forever to find her name.) This episode made me laugh out loud. I dunno why.

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Dead Letter

December 14, 2006 – 10:08 am

I send cd’s to my friends in San Francisco sometimes. I haven’t as much lately, but occasionally a bit of music comes along that they just need to hear, or I’ll throw together one mix or another for fun and drop it in the nearest mailbox. Only once have the cd’s not made it to [...]

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The Hollywood Code

December 8, 2006 – 8:00 am

Matthew Inman over at drivl.com gives voice to what lurks in every movie-goer, especially those of us with computers, as a common gripe. Why can’t Hollywood get the cinema of code right?
Here’s the link.
I always notice when FX designers take special liberties in designing computers in the movies. Sandra Bullock, for example, uses a terminal [...]

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