You know what $2.6 billion buy you these days? It'll send a little robot (the size of an SUV) to Mars and take pictures (that we could already do with powerful telescopes). It landed flawlessly on the Mars surface and is put work right away; day one the rover is tasked with putting up a high-gain antenna so its transmissions with Earth will be a lot quicker, then it will start to collect weather information. The rover will then cruise a couple miles over to Mount Sharp, which rises 3.4 miles above the base ("sea level") of the landing site, checking out soil samples and the composition of rocks. The aim of the mission is "to assess whether Mars ever had an environment able to support small life forms," NASA said. No life whatsoever, not even plant has been found in any past rovers, have been found on the martian surface even though that's where most people think the Bush-Cheney administration came from.
--
Upcoming marriage? Looking to save money on your catering bill? Now you can! Denny's restaurant has leased a 6,400 square foot space in downtown Las Vegas' new Neonopolis centre that will house a wedding chapel at the centre of it. If the line up is too long at the Star Wars chapel or you can't find enough Elvis impersonators for guests at the Graceland themed one, you can have a wedding cake made out of pancakes! …"It's going to be an icon within Vegas. People are going to travel to see this Denny's. The wedding scene is such a part of Vegas, and who doesn't want a wedding cake me out of pancakes?" says Denny's chief marketing officer Frances Allen. Um, I was joking about the pancake wedding cake. They aren't. If you want your bride to say no, and possibly start seeing a psychiatrist, then for the love of God don't get married there.
--
I saw a headline that said Roseanne reunion. I clicked it, read the story. There is no Roseanne reunion. And that's too bad, because did we get screwed on the last episode of that show. Such an amazing show, even the last season where the Connor's won the lottery and got rich (not like it mattered anyways as it turned out!), and then out of nowhere, it's over. That last episode was one of the most unexpected, shocking endings to a series ever. Or at least for a sitcom about a blue collar family(I'll just post the last episode below - it's one YouTube). Anyways, the Roseanne reunion reported was for the upcoming Comedy Central Roast of Rosie, where she was joined by Michael Fishman (DJ), and the two Becky's, Sarah Chalke and Alicia Goranson. The Roast airs on August 12 and includes roasters Sharon Stone, Carrie Fisher, Katey Segal, Jeffrey Ross, roastmaster Jane Lynch and an appearance by Roseanne's ex Tom Arnold.
--
We all know Daniel Day Lewis can act. If you have seen any one of his movies you know the English star is good (my favourite Lewis character is Bill the Butcher in "Gangs Of New York"). Well, anyone who is a fan should look forward to his upcoming starring turn in Lincoln, slated for release this November. The historical drama has taken years to get off the ground, with producer Steven Spielberg buying the rights to historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's book "Team Of Rivals," before the book was finished. Apparently, the final screenplay doesn't resemble the 2005 best seller anyhow. The film focusses on the last four months of the presidents life and will hit theatres November 9th.
--
At the Drive In have been playing reunion shows here and there since their show at Coachella and will hopefully be making their way Toronto again one of these days. Here's a new interview with the band for Rolling Stone (CLICK HERE). And a concert stub from last time they were in town… October 24, 2000 at the Reverb (which is now a Crate & Barrel store) for $11! There was a copy of NOW magazine out that week to coincide with their show that had the band on the cover with the headline "THE NEW NIRVANA?" Don't remember what was said, just that they were none too happy about it. At the Drive In/International Noise Conspiracy/Murder City Devils. Great gig!
--
No comments:
Post a Comment