June 2012
the dysfunctionarian.: Fine. →
dysfunctionarian:
I can admit that “bigot” is strong. However, I feel strongly about the fact that Simmons brought race into a topic when it was totally irrelevant. I’m an emotional person who even has empathy from time to time.
I feel that the Media are in a unique position to influence people. In a time where we…
Let me throw a little gasoline on the fire here: Simmons probably...
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It could always be worse
On days when my job seems particularly difficult I flash back to last fall when we were filming in Pittsburgh. The scene involved our star kicking an actor playing a villain in the nuts. Hard. We did almost 100 takes. Even though he was padded and protected, eventually that takes its toll. Especially when your star does everything to the extreme.
So if you are having a bad day just...
sarahsprague replied to your post: You really...
No, I was strictly critiquing her as a director. However, I will counter those two screenplays with “Cookie” and “My Blue Heaven”. As far as I’m concerned that’s a wash.
You really thought I had nothing to say about Nora...
Look, I don’t make it my business to trash the recently dead. I suppose it’s just my snap reaction to someone being lionized that I cannot resist the urge to make the counter-argument. And I’m sure Nora Ephron was a wonderful human being greatly beloved by friends and family alike. Lord knows she lived an interesting life. An intern in the Kennedy White House? That’s pretty solid. Even...
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Louis Armstrong Everybody’s Talking
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Sorkin, repeat thyself! →
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Sulmona's Meat Market
One of the joys of working on location is exploring a new city and finding the best local purveyors. I had located bakeries (Flour for sweets, Iggy’s for breads), and got a cheesemonger and fishmonger dialed in quickly here. Produce comes from a patchwork of local greenmarkets, however they don’t seem to open on weekends so that is a work in progress. Fresh pasta comes from DePasquale’s on...
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Kill yourself. No really, I mean it.
I’m temporarily living in a high rise in Chinatown and there are spectacular dining options. Two doors down Q serves killer hot pot. Penang and Montien both serve excellent Thai food. The dim sum at China Pearl equals any I have had. There are half a dozen Pho shops I’ve yet to explore.
Today I rode the elevator with a delivery guy carrying a bag from PF Changs. Whoever ordered...
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Today at work
I toured the ship the “Sea Hunter” and it’s submarine, they recently discovered 5 billion dollars worth of platinum in a wreck
Watched a Chinese junk sail through Boston Harbor
Checked out the City of Boston’s emergency operations center
Was offered a blunt by a gang banger in a roxbury tenement
Was hit on by the manager of a Denny’s restaurant
Ate what was...
http://bobbybigwheel.tumblr.com/post/25570877561/ne... →
bobbybigwheel:
Let the backlash to the backlash to complaining about the weather begin. As you know, New York is going through a miserable heat wave and its residents, as they are wont to do, are complaining about it on Twitter. In response, many of you have complained about the complaining residents. Well, I’ve…
New Yorkers live an extremely environmentally friendly lifestyle. We...
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Insert picture here
Decided to sneak off and grab pictures of the Boston skyline at sunset. Grabbed my camera bag, tripod, and a cooler full of beer and headed out. After navigating traffic and making my way to the secret spot I had scouted out I grabbed my gear and hiked to the end of a long pier. Mind you, it was near 100 degrees here today so it took some real effort. Leveled the tripod and grabbed my camera...
cwj asked: Were you by any chance part of the filming that was going on at Benny's in Mansfield today?
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Oh God, am I "that" guy?
The wife and I were sitting outside American Apparel yesterday, sharing the bench with a cute young Spanish girl. She looked to be about 17-18 or so. A guy wearing a sandwich board advertising suits on sale spent an uncomfortably long time hitting on her, leaning in a little too close and being a little skeevy. After he wandered a few steps away my wife asked the girl if he was bothering her but...
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Oh joy!
I have the two annoying yentas sitting behind me, and they clearly have no intention of shutting the fuck up for the entire four hour train ride. Please, ladies, be even more banal. It’s thrilling to listen to. At least I have the distraction of the ridiculously large woman who wedged herself into the seat directly across from me and has interrupted her steady hacking cough just long...
Fuck you, Cambridge
Strolling down the street today I came upon a rally of some sort. As I was approaching it from behind I could not see the placards at first, but could hear the amplified voice of the speaker.
“He is the only real hero to come out of our recent wars, and as long as we are killing people abroad we need to keep his memory alive and fight until his unjust imprisonment is ended” and so...
cwj replied to your post: aaaaaaand that's more...
Thank you kind sir, that is right around the corner. I shall report back.
I don’t want to overstate this, but moving from a suburban business hotel to the current situation has lifted my spirits immeasurably. This is how it works for me. I need to live in a city, not near one.
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aaaaaaand that's more like it
Finally moved out of the hotel and into a swank high rise in Chinatown. Nice unit, decent views, all mod cons. Even a washer and dryer in the unit (hey, I’m from NYC, this is a big deal). When you walk out the door the sidewalks are congested and noisy. You bump up against people of all types. In other words, perfect! Better yet, within a five minute walk you have:
Boston Common...
This is the worst thing ever
I was just told a story that may or may not have actually happened. Either way, it is horrible to imagine. Apparently a guy crossed the wrong people and subsequently disappeared. His body was found in about fifteen feet of water in Boston Harbor. There were weights chained to his legs to keep him down and his hands were tied behind his back.
None of that is the bad part.
He had a small...
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Ace Frehley New York Groove
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“Then Friday night was the fucking dyke parade with all sorts of titties flopping...”
– The Mayor’s top aide, describing the Pride parade.
Paula Froelich: Anyone want To buy Amy Sohn's... →
paulafroelich:
Amy Sohn is getting a dog - and hopefully not writing about it for the New York Times - and is moving… $737K for a 2 bedroom isn’t bad - but it IS in Park Slope
Hi All, We are selling our lovely, spacious, light Park Slope 2 BR co-op so we can get a dog. (Our building has a no-pet…
Sigh. White people in NYC. Selling their three quarters of a million dollar apartment...
They get me. They really, really get me.
Me: This Bully Boy Vodka is delicious. Do you give a case discount?
Liquor Store Owner: Yes, but I only have four bottles in stock. I’ll knock 10% off those for you, though.
Me: Great, and you should probably order a case.
LSO: They come in cases of six, so I assume you want two?
Me: That’d be correct.
LSO: Won’t get ‘em in til Saturday, that ok?
Me: I think the...
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Working on location
Yesterday, I:
Was questioned by an ATF agent and one from Homeland Security
Knocked on the doors of random strangers in a South Boston housing project
Went to the beach
Leased two floors of Class A office space in a building downtown
Signed a deal with the Boston Police Commissioner, who is lending me a precinct
Explored the cavernous basement of the old Boston Herald printing plant...
Anthony Bourdain and Nigella Lawson to host a... →
wentdog:
I…..don’t know about this. I’m a fan of both of them, but reality shows can go fuck themselves.
Forget it. Bourdain is selling out even harder than Henry Rollins did.
