Archive for January, 2008

It’s good to be King: Mel the Great

Mel Brooks appeared last night at the Aero Theater to introduce a double feature of “The Producers” and “The Twelve Chairs.”
    Appearing before a sold-out room, Mel took the microphone and explained that we were getting a real treat because he used to get $100 a week to perform in the Catskills. He regaled [...]

It’s good to be King: Mel the Great

Mel Brooks appeared last night at the Aero Theater to introduce a double feature of “The Producers” and “The Twelve Chairs.”
    Appearing before a sold-out room, Mel took the microphone and explained that we were getting a real treat because he used to get $100 a week to perform in the Catskills. He regaled [...]

Jill Sobule’s next album

Chantootsie incomparable Jill Sobule is trying an experiment: She is turning to the internet to raise the funds for her next album. On her website jillsnextalbumcom she posts this:

MESSAGE FROM JILL on her website

I have always had trouble asking for help, so I have asked… my mother to do it:

Hi, I’m Elaine, Jill’s mother. [...]

Jill Sobule’s next album

Chantootsie incomparable Jill Sobule is trying an experiment: She is turning to the internet to raise the funds for her next album. On her website jillsnextalbumcom she posts this:

MESSAGE FROM JILL on her website

I have always had trouble asking for help, so I have asked… my mother to do it:

Hi, I’m Elaine, Jill’s mother. [...]

Jill Sobule’s next album

Chantootsie incomparable Jill Sobule is trying an experiment: She is turning to the internet to raise the funds for her next album. On her website jillsnextalbumcom she posts this:

MESSAGE FROM JILL on her website

I have always had trouble asking for help, so I have asked… my mother to do it:

Hi, I’m Elaine, Jill’s mother. [...]

Jill Sobule’s next album

Chantootsie incomparable Jill Sobule is trying an experiment: She is turning to the internet to raise the funds for her next album. On her website jillsnextalbumcom she posts this:

MESSAGE FROM JILL on her website

I have always had trouble asking for help, so I have asked… my mother to do it:

Hi, I’m Elaine, Jill’s mother. [...]

COMEDY TONIGHT: MEL BROOKS AT THE AERO

Mel Brooks will be appearing at the Aero Theater in Santa Monica tonight — and I am intending to go.   Last year Turner Classic Movies (TCM) aired “The Dick Cavett Show with Mel Brooks” (a re-staged revived for this episode edition of the Dick Cavett Show directed by Robert Trachtenberg). I was lucky enough to [...]

Jeff Zucker cuts costs at NBC by killing pilots; LA Times seeks to cut editorial costs

Jeff Zucker announced that NBC will no longer follow standard pilot development practice. (See NY Times). At the same time the LA Times lost yet another editor over the question of editorial budgets (LA Times).
    I do not dispute that the current TV development season is an inefficient process and that newspapers have grave financial [...]

The New York Times-Google

Here’s a provocative idea: What if Google offered to buy the New York Times?Here’s the story as it appeared on Poynter yesterday (from RealClearMarkets):
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008

Will Google eventually own the New York Times?

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The company that has the most to gain from buying the New York Times is Google, says John Ellis.
“If it proffered a [...]

Oichi!

Oichi mean delicious in Japanese and that’s my review of Robata Bar, 1401 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, 310- 458-4771) the new Japanese tapas bar next to Sushi Roku in Santa Monica (the entrance is actually on Santa Monica Blvd).  The decor is Dodd Mitchell cool, with a dark wood bar and the feel of a [...]