Comments on: Adventure Rocket Ship

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:22:09 +0000

Hey Frank – what was up with the little gung-ho soccer kid doing the seal-fin claps in front?! His air-drumming was phenomenal. My husband also nearly came to blows with the tall dancing guy who danced his way in front of everyone. Anyway, all that aside it was great to see Mr. Hitchcock again, he looks much better than in recent years (laying off the sauce has done him well).

And I agree with Karl – delve into his back catalog. Fegmania, Eye or Globe of Frogs would be my picks. Or Invisible Hitchcock if you’re feeling sinister (and not in a B&S kind of way).

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:53:37 +0000

Plus, here's that sideways bootleg video of the M3 covering "Eight Miles High":

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

By: Karl

Karl — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:49:39 +0000

You really need to delve into the solo Hitchcock. Obviously, the "popular" album is Fegmania (and it's sad that w/o keyboards, he won't do "My Wife and My Dead Wife"), but in Chicago the Venus 3 did "If You Were A Priest" and "Somewhere Apart" from Element of Light, which is one of my faves. I would also highly recommend I Often Dream of Trains, Queen Elvis and Eye, for starters. I haven't seen him 40 times (I don't think), but I've probably seen most every tour since Gotta let This Hen Out and RH is just remarkably consistent, even when he's solo acoustic, warbling "When You're In Love With A beautiful Woman" from the audience.

Plus, I would add that I've always had good interactions with Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck (who once ripped a page out of his copy of Tom Sawyer to give me an autograph, many moons ago).

Glad to give you good Studio 60 news, too; I'm all about making folks happy. And the least I can do, considering how much I get here.

By: steve

steve — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:37:53 +0000

frank.
how's that klosterman book treating you? I'm finally cracking Fargo Rock City.

and if the malls are doing it, so can I.
oh holy night is up on my myspace.

http://www.myspace.com/step...

and it's a little different than the norm.

By: caroline

caroline — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:27:17 +0000

Oh – I made the Mark Pickeral/Chris Isaac connection too. I think it was the hair, the suit and the blue lighting.

By: caroline

caroline — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:18:59 +0000

really great photos of robyn, thanks. i passed the link along to fegmania, his mailing list.
at the show i met someone who has seen RH 40 times in the past 20 years. incredible.

By: sam

sam — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:03:30 +0000

Studio 60 is BY FAR my favorite show of the season. and not because other shows have sucked (they haven’t; we got a great batch of new shows this year), but because it has Aaron Sorkin’s consistently unique intelligence. and if there is one complaint i’d have to make i’d go with the sketches. but, i can live with those, and they seemed to have gone away from it in the past few episodes. other than that – this is an outstandingly dazzling show. period.

i can’t wait to watch last night’s Nevada Part 2! i forgot it was the two-parter.

By: Garnet

Garnet — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:52:35 +0000

Frank, the problem with Studio 60 is not that the characters take the show seriously but that the disputes are always political in nature, and the politics usually unfolds in very predictable ways. Moreover, I agree with the broader criticism of the show — the earnestness of how the material is presented suggests we really should care whether this nonexistent show is good or bad. The Nevada two-parter at least got them out of the studio, though.