Posted by Dirk on March 23, 2010
One of the joys of the 2010 SXSW Film Festival for me was sitting down with Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü and Sugar fame for an interview. Bob was in town promoting Bear Nation, Malcolm Ingram’s latest documentary, which is great, by the way. Check out the links below for my interview with Bob and the review of Bear Nation. More to come!
Bob Mould Interview/Smells Like Screen Spirit
Bear Nation Review/Smells Like Screen Spirit
Posted by Dirk on March 16, 2010
Oh indeed, the fun continues with one of my personal favorites this week, Man on a Mission, featuring Richard Garriott. This is a gem for any one that digs space travel. Not sure what kind of distribution this film will get, but I hope you have a chance to see it. Stay tuned for more at the SXSW Film Festival! See link below for review.
Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission
Posted by Dirk on March 14, 2010
Hey Gang,
The SXSW Film Festival is in full swing, and I’ve got many wonderful reviews coming your way. This year I have a major hankerin’ for documentaries, but our post today is a review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. This is a fantastic Swedish film adapted from Stieg Larsson’s gripping novel of the same name. See below for the link and enjoy!
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo review from SXSW Film.
Posted by Dirk on February 5, 2010
Kudos to my son for a great treasure map, and for stating the obvious, just in case someone finds this thing in a time capsule 50 years from now.
Posted by Dirk on November 8, 2009
Gang of Mopeds cruising Barton Springs.
Posted by Dirk on April 6, 2009
My five-year-old son put forth some pretty interesting ideas the other night. Maybe it’s the tap water or too many gummy vitamins, but he has definitely hit some heightened awareness few rarely reach. The conversation is as follows.
“Do you have holes in your stomach?”
“Huh? I think so. Yeah, one where the food goes in, and one where it goes out, I think.”
“Is it east and west holes?”
“Uh, maybe?”
“It would be funny if you could take your head and put it inside your stomach, and then, and then, and then, you could use your eyeballs to see through the holes in your stomach, right?”
“That would be really weird.”
“And then there wouldn’t be any cars on the street, and if you walked around on the street, you can’t see that there aren’t cars on the street because your eyeballs would be in your stomach.”
“Aren’t you tired yet?”
“East and west holes. Not north and south. That would be backwards.”
“Aren’t you tired yet?”
Posted by Dirk on February 7, 2009
My boys and I took a trip to the Texas State Capitol today. Good times!
There she is (waaay up top), Lady Liberty perched atop loads o’ limestone. My son claims this is probably the most important building in the world!
AHHHH! It’s him. In the immortal words of Naked Eyes, “There is always something there to remind me.”
Some guy……literally. Apparently the folks at the capitol have no clue as to the identity of this fellow, as evidenced by the plaque under his painting—
a clear indicator that this guy was a serious underachiever. “Render a decision, are you shitting me? I didn’t get where I am to save the world. I came for the interns!”
The unfortunate aftermath of Jabba the Hut’s brief stint as governor of Texas. My son stands crying tears of joy on the site where one fortunate child was rescued by Lando Calrissian and transported back to Cloud City to be released from her carbonite prison. Unfortunately, it is rumored she recently fell through the trash shoot while reenacting Luke’s heroic escape and is now working at a Krispy Kreme in the Degoba System.
