Notes
from Austin Volume 3 #11 - Lodger's
Last Notes of 2001
Notes from Austin Kinda a short one this time. Let's face
it, my day job is a nightmare during the holidays, so I haven't
really had time to do much. I'm gonna have a good time with
my friends at Wimberly on New Year's though.
In January, I was hoping to go to Park City for Sundance/Slamdance
but Sundance shit on us and claimed they didn't get our app
for press passes and I've let the whole trip lapse on the back
burner. Now I'm thinking of just blowing it off, which is pretty
typical for me.
In January, I will be traveling to Houston to see my parents
and celebrate my 39th (fucking Christ) birthday with friends
and family. Melissa is going to go with me I think. She's like
my girlfriend now. Weird scenes. I'm so Gregg
Araki.
On my Nightstand:
The 10th Anniversary Issue of "The Texas Triangle"
"Dictionary of the Future" by Faith Popcorn
In my CD Player:
The Call - Reconciled
Joan Armatrading - The Shouting Stage
Gary Numan - Telekon
Rent
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Shpongle
10 Movies that are out now, which I haven't seen yet that
I want to see, in order of my desire to see them (most at top):
The Royal Tanenbaums
In the Bedroom
Amalie
The Majestic
Ali
Jimmy Neutron
A Matter of Taste
Shipping News
Dinner Rush
Lord of the Rings
Upcoming shows of interest in Austin in January:
1/12 - Jello Biafra (spoken word) - Lazona Rosa 1/14
- Bruce Willis - Antones 1/17 - English Beat - Antones 1/19
- Diane Schuur - One World 1/20 - David Benoit - One World
1/30 - Breeders - Emos
Wow. I'm really racking my brain to think of anything interesting
I may have done lately. Can't think of a thing. I'm spending
way too much time in front of webcams and not getting out and
doing stuff… Oh yeah…
Recent Austin celebrity sightings:
Alex Jones - at Tinseltown seeing "Lord of the Rings"
Harry and Jay Knowles - dining out at Hut's Hamburgers last
weekend
Harry was on crutches. Did he get a spokesman gig at
MediacalSurplus.com? Or was it just a promotion in preparation
for "Lord of the Rings 2: Flight of the Infirmed?"
Something strange and funny happened after he left. The
guy in the booth next to me started telling his dining companions
about Harry, saying he did his reviews from his bed in a trailer
here in Austin and that he wrote them on a computer using
a keyboard which was missing keys or something. This he supposedly
gleaned from an appearance Harry did on "Entertainment Tonight."
My most anticipated films for 2002:
waydowntown - a comedy about office workers
Todd Solondz's "Storytelling"
Hal Hartley's "No Such Thing"
M. Night Shyamalan's "Signs"
"Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" from the book by Chuck
Barris
Dreamworks animated "Spirit, Stallion of the Cimmaron"
Soderberg's "Full Frontal" - a sequel to "Sex, Lies and
Videotape"
"The New Guy" - to see if John Christensen's featured
extra work made it into the final cut
"Raw Deal: A Question of Consent" - a documentary about
a rape at a frat party caught on videotape
Spielberg's "Minority Report" with Tom Cruise
"City of Ghosts," Matt Dillon's film featuring Shawn
Andrews of "Dazed and Confused" and my fave AFF2001 film,
"After the Flood."
Robert Rodriguez's "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" and "Spy
Kids 2"
Danny Boyle's "28 Days"
Tom Tykwer's "Heaven"
Well - Happy New Years to ya - 2002 is a palindrome year
- whatever it's worth…
Lodger - at the end of 2001 ("Oh my God - It's full of
stars")
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