Category: Nonsense

Now, I’m as big a fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as the next guy (well… okay, the last couple of seasons left something to be desired.)  But Faith rocks my world in a major way.  I love what Eliza Dushku does with that character!  So when Dollhouse was announced, created by Joss Whedon and starring Eliza Dushku, I was excited!  Then the launch of the series was plagued with problems, and that worried me a bit.  But when Ducky posted a clip from the TV show, I rushed over to see it.

Let me just say that after watching that clip, I thought I’d stumbled on some sort of parody by The Onion.  I think it’s perfectly dreadful!  Needless to say, I’m a little worried about the show.

Then a recent of issue of Entertainment Weekly reviewed the Dollhouse trailer, giving it an A.  Well, I was a little shocked, thinking that the wooden, poorly written scene above was what they were reviewing.  Thankfully, that was not the case.  The new trailer, edit in the style of a movie trailer, was a lot more fun and a lot more intriguing that that clip above.  Even though it uses the “Was I asleep?” tag not once but twice.  (That blonde guy couldn’t be more annoying if he was shooting me with spitballs.)  At any rate, the trailer at least looks like fun, and maybe I’ll be able to enjoy Eliza Dushku kicking some ass in her inimitable style.  Check out the trailer and skip the clip above if you want to remain hopeful.

Catch this super-awesome video clip of Emm Gryner performing The Waitresses “Christmas Wrapping” at the Andy Kim Christmas show in Toronto!  “Christmas Wrapping” is arguably my favorite modern Christmas song, and Emm is definitely my favorite artist of the new millennium.  What a joy to her her perform it.  The Waitresses were a new wave band from the early 80’s, whose wry, sardonic songs were perfectly delivered by their lead singer Patty Donahue.  Patty tragically died at the oh-so young age of 40 from lung cancer, but hearing Emm perform a song Patty so effortlessly made magical is a beautiful tribute, and brings a tear to my eye and a big smile to my face.  You go, Emm!

Two things I love were discovered last night!

First on Fabulon, I saw a video of the Japanese pop duo from the 60’s, The Peanuts.

I’ve never seen them except for their even more fabulous appearances in the Mothra movies, where they played a pair of singing fairies!

Pretty groovy.

Then while watching last week’s episode of “Pushing Daisies” one of my current favorite shows to watch which is sadly being cancelled, I was thrilled to see Beth Grant (who I have loved in many small roles over the years, most notably as Kitty Farmer in Donnie Darko) featured as a rival baker who specialized in muffins.  It wasn’t until she referred to herself as the Muffin Buffalo that I realized that she’d played this character before… but not on “Pushing Daisies,” but on the late, great “Wonderfalls!” What a terrific bit of crossover magic!

Bryan Fuller, originator of both series, has already featured Diana Scarwid in both shows, and I have now learned that he is hoping that “Wonderfalls” lead, Jaye (played by Caroline Dhavernas) might drop by “Pushing Daisies!”  Here is a clip of Beth Grant playing Muffin Buffalo’s Mary Ann Marie Beetle from “Wonderfalls”:

And finally, just because, a brief clip of Kristin Chenoweth and Ellen Greene performing an impromptu duet of They Might be Giants’ “Birdhouse in Your Soul” from “Pushing Daisies.”

I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago and never got around to it.  The Boston Public Library, where we work, has been voted one of MSN City Guides’ Top 10 Coolest Public Libraries.   Of course, they’re really only talking about the McKim Building, which faces Copley Square and is pretty amazing from an art and architecture point-of-view.  What I’ll really be jazzed about is the day the BPL is chosen for the top 10 coolest public libraries because of the services it provides.  Still, the very fact that there is a Top 10 Coolest Public Libraries list is pretty cool.