John Meyer
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Dallas, TX
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Jan. 25th
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- Bryan Adams
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- UT Austin
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4 days, 4 hours agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Movie review and talent interviews: Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
A salient point, Johnny, thanks.
As you'll discover in the current film, he "dies" sometime in the interim between the two movies -- Special Agent Bloom talks about having attending his funeral.
However ... that might not be all there is to the story. And I'll say no more.
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4 days, 9 hours agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
The Leonid meteor shower peaks overnight -- wee hours Tuesday provide best chance for catching the spectacle.
NWS says "partly cloudy" overnight in Dallas area. But cold as a witch's -- um -- broomhandle.
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5 days, 12 hours agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Movie review and filmmaker interview: Tenure
Um ... thanks? Anyway, welcome to the site, Sergioo.
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1 week agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Movie review: 2012
As I suspected. (Thanks for putting it into words, Lena.)
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1 week, 4 days agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Lewisville resident breaks Guinness World Record for longest drum roll
Wow, amazing stuff, ROCKN. Can you shoot us a link to the video?
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2 weeks, 2 days agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Dallas Videofest 2009 - Gogol Bordello - Non Stop
Gogol Bordello Non-Stop is a documentary about the band Gogol Bordello made by filmmaker Margarita Jimeno. Jimeno traces the origins of the New York City-based gypsy punk rockers, centering on frontman Eugene Hutz (who immigrated from the Ukraine with his parents when he was a teenager, and went on to star in a movie made by Madonna.)
We also get to know the rest of the members of Gogol Bordello, including Oren Kaplan (guitarist), who came on, he says, when "their other guitar player became schizophrenic and disappeared."
The film -- like the Bordello music -- is a grand Dionysian bacchanal of outrageous imagery and sound. We go live onstage with the band as they whip their delighted fans into a frenzy; we learn that Bela Bartok is a key influence of Hutz's music; we hear an early reviewer describe the band's heavily theatrical performance thusly:
"The sight was obscene, but it had some unknown aesthetic to it."
Say no more, but see this film. You'll go apesh*t for Gogol Bordello.
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2 weeks, 2 days agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Dallas Videofest 2009 - The Toe Tactic
Emily Hubley's The Toe Tactic made its world premiere at Austin's SXSW Film Festival in the Spring of 2008. I was there, but -- like dozens of other films I would like to have seen during those ten hectic days -- it escaped me. Thus, I was pleased to see it would be appearing in the lineup for the VideoFest.
Lily Rabe stars as Mona Peek, a young woman who finds herself immersed in a world of whimsical and often mischevious fantasy following the death of her beloved father. Through a bizarre progression of seemingly insignificant events, Mona meets and interacts with a panoply of unconventional characters, including a young boy named Wilson (Sean J. Moran) who finds her wallet after it's been purloined by the embodiment of a cartoon character. (Yeah, I know, pretty weird.)
The boy's mother Lacticia (Sakina Jaffrey) finds herself strangely attracted to a piano teacher (Kevin Corrigan) who lives in an apartment nearby. Wilson takes piano lessons to bring them together.
Meanwhile, Mona goes to work for an eccentric rich lady named Victoria (Novella Nelson) who collects what appear to be snippets of prose on scraps of paper. The elevator operator in Victoria's building is a purportedly good looking fellow named -- well, we only know him as Elevator Man (Daniel London). Elevator Man writes songs, using for lyrics the things that people who ride in his elevator say to him. This can make for some very short songs, as we soon discover.
The film brims with animated magic and symbolic power items, such as the piece of bone Mona cherishes from the incomplete cremation of her father's remains. (Again, pretty weird.) It includes an original score by Yo La Tengo.
Definitely not your standard narrative feature fare. Check it out, perhaps while in an altered state.
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2 weeks, 4 days agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Halloween Eve costume contest at Pegasus News World HQ
Revealed here, for the first time, is the source of my power:
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2 weeks, 4 days agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Halloween Eve costume contest at Pegasus News World HQ
Thanks, Elliott (I think). Strange that I didn't even conceive of the Obi-Wan angle until people started pointing it out to me.
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2 weeks, 4 days agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Frisco's Floating Phantoms Halloween Store caters to those with a flair for the macabre
Note from owner James Sale: he's having a 60% off -- um -- sale both today and tomorrow to clear out his inventory.
Store hours 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. both Monday and Tuesday. Stock up now for next year!
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2 weeks, 6 days agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
PegStaff's Halloween horror movie favorites, part deux -- and film guy's new gourmet picks
There's some agreement between our list and Martin Scorsese's (no big surprise), but his list also contains some hidden gems not mentioned here. (Also no surprise.)
I guess it's just not a day for surprises. BOO!
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2 weeks, 6 days agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Halloween Eve costume contest at Pegasus News World HQ
When it comes to a costume, it's all about how you wear it, m'boy.
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4 weeks agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Lone Star Film Society presents "How To Fest" next Wednesday
The festival runs five days, Nov. 11-15. We'll be previewing some of the film offerings for you, our loyal readers.
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1 month agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Video interview with director and actress from Gravestoned
A canny reader points out that Christina was voted one of the 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas by D Mag.
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1 month agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
"Fernie's Deep Fried Peaches & Cream" and "Deep Fried Butter" win 2009 State Fair of Texas awards
CNN's Reynolds Wolf eats everything:
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1 month agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Dallas Latino leaders upset with illegal alien Halloween costume sold at Target
CNN quotes Target folks as stating the costume was "inadvertently uploaded" to its website because of a "data entry error."
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1 month, 1 week agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
bullydot, this was actually last weekend's (Fri. & Sat., Oct. 9 & 10) midnight show at the Inwood. No future scheduling for it, to my knowledge.
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1 month, 1 week agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Lewisville resident breaks Guinness World Record for longest drum roll
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1 month, 1 week agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Video interview and performance: North Texas thereminist Robert Froehner
I may regret saying this, jtmbls, but I like the way you think.
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1 month, 1 week agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Video interview: Guys from Pyrotecnico talk about their Texas fireworks trade
Not knowing exactly where you live, Trav, I can nevertheless assert with some confidence that it would be quite a commute.
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1 month, 1 week agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Video interview: Guys from Pyrotecnico talk about their Texas fireworks trade
Well, just call me "stupid," tetsujin28.
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1 month, 1 week agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Video interview and performance: North Texas thereminist Robert Froehner
That's just cruel.
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1 month, 2 weeks agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Video interview and performance: North Texas thereminist Robert Froehner
captainearl, actually the instrument used in "Good Vibrations" was an entirely different beast (as explained to me by Robert) dubbed the "electro-theremin." This device actually used mechanical control surfaces; it was developed to mimic the theremin sound, while being easier to master from a pitch/attack standpoint.
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1 month, 2 weeks agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Lewisville resident breaks Guinness World Record for longest drum roll
carissaj., speaking for myself, I went home and had a cigar. I saw a post from Collin a few hours later stating that his wrists were still aching. (No big surprise!)
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1 month, 2 weeks agoJohn Meyer's comment on:
Movie review: Capitalism: A Love Story
jtmbls, thanks. I try to just offer my opinion in a balanced sort of way, and damn the torpedoes.
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