Central Market now has Stone IPA in 6 packs as well as the 22oz bottles. With this new development, I’m optimistic that we’ll one day get Stone Pale Ale. Is it sad that this really excites me? Probably.
Feb 012007
Feb 012007
Sean posted his top films of 2006, following on a post from Kevin Smith. This is interesting for me because it highlights how few films I now get a chance to see in a year. I won’t reprint the whole list of films released since both of them did that. Here’s what I saw:
CURIOUS GEORGE
CARS
CLERKS II
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE DESCENT
HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS
AMERICAN HARDCORE
JACKASS NUMBER 2
PAN’S LABYRINTH
Only 9 films from last year. Three of them were kid films that I probably wouldn’t have watched if I didn’t have kids. CARS was by far the lamest Pixar film to date. CURIOUS GEORGE was inoffensive and the only reason we watched HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS was because it was filmed at my son’s school (It was also my first On Demand purchase from Time Warner. I’ll be doing a lot more of that in the future.). LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE was the only other one that I didn’t see in the theater. It’s great. I highly recommend it. CLERKS II was fun, a very respectable sequel, especially if you liked the first one. THE DESCENT was a good horror film, but make sure you see it with the original ending. The one that the used in the US release ruins the whole movie. AMERICAN HARDCORE was a pretty good documentary. I would’ve liked to see at least one of the Big Boys in there, but oh well. JACKASS NUMBER 2 was hilarious, just like the first one. I watched that one at Alamo Drafthouse, the only place to watch Jackass movies. And, lastly, PAN’S LABYRINTH was very good (I posted on the metblog after seeing it). Check out DEVIL’S BACKBONE on video.
I’d like to see:
THE HILLS HAVE EYES
V FOR VENDETTA
BRICK
UNITED 83
DISTRICT B13
NACHO LIBRE
STRANGERS WITH CANDY
A SCANNER DARKLY
LADY IN THE WATER
THE NIGHT LISTENER
TALLADEGA NIGHTS
WORLD TRADE CENTER
BEERFEST
IDIOCRACY
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
THE DEPARTED
LITTLE CHILDREN
BORAT
FAST FOOD NATION
CHILDREN OF MEN
[tags]seanbonner, kevinsmith, movies, 2006[/tags]
Feb 012007
A guerrilla marketing campaign for Adult Swim and Aqua Teen Hunger Force has gone awry in Boston, touching off the same overreaction that the birds caused us earlier this month.
I’ve linked the first post on the Boston Metblog, but there have been several since that one. I’m not sure if they’re still up, but there were a few billboards here in town similar to the LED ads in Boston (fashioned along the same lines as those geekerrific LED throwies). Our own Austin Swim has a lot more. You’ll recall that they got in trouble for some banners advertising Adult Swim on local overpasses.
Fuzzy has more in Chicago, where they seem to be able to distinguish between suspicious and just plain strange.
Update (Friday, 02.02.07 08:39 CST): The Statesman is reporting that 20 of the LED signs were placed around town yesterday here as well, but they were quickly collected by those who placed them once all hell broke loose in Boston. Anybody see one before it got collected or know who was placing them locally? I’d love to get my hands on one.
Update 2 (Friday, 02.02.07 09:21 CST): Security demigod Bruce Schneier has an awesome post on this.
Photo from cjabest on Flickr