By Troy Brownfield
10.01.03
Stuff
I'm back
with lots of ground to cover! We'll be starting the Indianapolis
News Personality Beauty Pageant again VERY soon, and next
week I'll kick off my annual salute to Halloween and horror.
Eric Barker will be kicking in some special insight in the
film section, and maybe I'll get Shawn to put up his ten scariest
albums. *shudder* Till then...
Lorinda
Has Landed:
Shawn and I worked for ISU during the summer back in the day,
painting dorm rooms. Our co-workers included a large number
of fellas from Bangladesh, a guy from China named Joe, and
an Indian national by the name of Bhat. Our supervisor was
a rather entertainingly loud woman named Loretta. Bhat's inscrutable
pronunciation rendered her name as "Lorinda". Therefore,
that pronunciation can't help but surface in my mind when
I consider the brightest spot on Indianpolis's music scene...
So,
Loretta:
The lads of Loretta are set to unleash their debut CD, "The
Translation", nationwide on October 14th. Details here.
Forged in the anvil of Terre Haute and drawing inspiration
from the likes of U2 and the ubiquitous Radiohead, Loretta
has built a strong sound and an equally strong following.
To support the disc, the fellas will be hitting the road on
the East coast and in the South this fall. You would do well
to catch them at any live dates on this go-round before they
inevitably become huge and pricey. Loretta are genuinely that
diamond that every local scene wants, but can't always produce.
While we have many fine bands in Indy, I can think of none
that's more packed with deserving musicians (and nice guys).
Do them and yourselves a favor and check out the disc.
The
NOC List is in the open!: A
CIA agent's cover is blown, and the White House is awash in
recriminations and denial. No, it's not the season opener
of Alias, although that did kick A Mighty Ass. I'm
talking about the national news. I'm sure you know the story,
even though the navel-gazing media isn't really picking up
on a few interesting story trails. For example, an ambassador's
wife would be a perfect agent, moving about the world and
being free to do all kinds of damage. Sure they say she's
a secretary now, but you never know. Good job to Novack for
bravely ratting out a servant to our country, incidentally.
All of this makes me think something else: people who bitched
that the original Mission: Impossible film was too complicated
really are dumb.
Cubs
Win!:
Like I wasn't gonna touch on this. Yes, kids; Chicago's got
Wood. While I'm not counting my chickens yet, the small bears
have a chance to throw off the curse that has plagued the
city of the winds for many a decade. My only long-term worry:
Stephen King is a Red Sox fan. That guy that ran him over
just dropped dead one day; who knows what the Master of Horror
would do to get his Scarlet Stockings a set of rings? The
mind boggles.
And by the way: fuck the Braves. Anybody outside of the Olympic
Team who refers to themselves as "America's Team"
needs to be rogered with a sequoia.
I
don't recall voting for an "America's Team", and
if I did, it certainly wouldn't have been for the friggin'
Braves. Or the Cowboys, who are also guilty of that shit.
Ouch:
Speaking of football and being rogered, why is it taking so
long for that investigation into the Phillie/New York football
camp follies? I don't care what the intricacies of state law
are, the older players who buggared the younger players with
objects should be remanded into custody, where they in turn
can be buggared by older inmates. See? Sometimes the justice
system works!
Alias:
And since I mentioned it, Alias made good on the Season
Two closer by kicking off S3 with confirmation that they didn't
pussy out on the "Syd's lost two years" story. It
was a brilliant way to inject a new tension into the Syd/Vaughn
relationship while resetting the entire board. JJ knows shake-ups,
and he didn't have to resort to the stupid time-travel of
Felicity to do it.
Underworld
Outlaws?:
White Wolf Games, home of Vampire: The Masquerade,
Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and Our Fans: The After-School
Beating, are suing the makers of Underworld because
there are 116 points of similarity between the film and their
gaming world. No shit? There's that few?! I called
that lawsuit the first time I even heard about the flick.
I'm sure that the next suits will be by the makers of The
Matrix, the entire Hong Kong film community, and the producers
of Nemesis 2 (they did the shooting-a-circle-in-the-floor-to-fall-through
gimmick years ago).
Return
of the Toys:
Toy Biz is once again doing a swell job with their Lord of
the Rings figures, although I have one bone to pick. SPOILER
ALERT: Shouldn't Eowyn in Armor have been packaged as Dernhelm?
That would have preserved the surprise that springs about
half-way through the movie; not that she's in the armor, but
why it's important. Nonetheless, great figure (both the toy
and Miranda Otto). SPOILER ALERT OVER.
The
Fall Season In General:
Next time, I'll probably lay some lashings on some of the
new shows. I haven't been this DISinterested in a new crop
of shows in some time. Obviously, I'm still in for Alias
and the late-starting 24, as well as the revamped Angel
and Carnivale. Beyond that, I am unsure. Still, that
means I'll probably get to write lots of negative stuff and
that warms my heart.
Be good,
kids. Next time, we're talkin' zombies!!
Troy Brownfield is the Editor-in-Chief of Shotgun Reviews.
Email Troy at psikotyk@aol.com
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