Speed Of Light, Jonathan Demme’s Made In Texas
Jonathan Demme’s Made In Texas is a collection of six short films he made while in Austin, Texas in 1980.
First the first time in decades the collection is being toured around to various film festivals.
Sarah reviewed Made In Texas for Consequence Of Sound.
Filed under Films, Shameless Promotion
Matthew McConaughey
In Sarah’s ongoing analysis of various Hollywood stars’ fight pedigree her most recent target was True Detective Matthew McConaughey.
It turns out Mr. Alright Alright Alright knows a wee bit about boxing and as apparently tried his hand at mma.
The full details of which are in an article Sarah wrote for Fightland.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion, Television
Diamond Tongues
Back when I was working on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight they used the live set for a scene in Diamond Tongues featuring July Talk’s Leah Fay.
The higher ups didn’t really tell most of the staff they were doing this so when she appeared on set there was very much a “Who the fuck is this chick and why is she being so annoying?”
It turns out there was a very… enthusiastic… reason why Fay’s appearance with Strombo played out the way it did.
Sarah wrote a review about Diamond Tongues for Consequence Of Sound.
Filed under Films, Music, Shameless Promotion
Polaris Music Prize Long List announcement
The 2015 Polaris Music Prize Long List was revealed recently in Halifax.
I did a bit of reporting and surface-level analysis on the 40 albums that made the Long List for the official Polaris site.
By the way, only two the five acts I voted for on my Polaris ballot made the Long List — Alvvays and Frazey Ford.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Southpaw
Jake Gyllenhaal is going to be in a new movie called Southpaw.
Rumour has it Gyllenhaal trained like mad for the role to look legit.
There appears to be one problem, however.
In all the advance promo material Gyllenhaal is shown in the orthodox, right-handed fighting stance, not the southpaw left-handed stance.
Sarah wrote about this inconsistency for Fightland.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 