A new Pixar movie means? Rejoicing! Although I haven’t seen WALL-E yet. Because I am a bad fan. Soon. Every Pixar movie, though, I see the trailer and I’m like, how are they gonna pull this off? An animated family movie with a 70-something crotchety protagonist? Then again, their short Geri’s Game was about an aging gentleman chess player, and that was fantastic. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s to trust Pixar.
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It wasn’t the movie of our dreams. It wasn’t that total film we carried inside ourselves. The film we would have liked to make or, more secretly, no doubt, the film we wanted to live.
Blog Finds
I’ve been fairly lax lately about keeping up with the mp3 blogs. But I just listened through a few, and found a couple of tracks I enjoyed. BTW, if anyone has favorite music blogs, let me know…I’m pretty much gravitating toward fluxblog and you ain’t no picasso and I wouldn’t mind a [...]
In honor of the American Idol finale this week, I’m ceding this week’s Music Monday to American Idol fever. My favorite winners, finalists, and a few of this year’s best tracks. (Sound clips from the show taken from Rickey.org)
Previous Idols
Kelly Clarkson
I wrote Kelly Clarkson off for years because she came from Idol. [...]