SBC seeks a starring role in movies

Great announcement from the BBC, but I don't see distribution of "Kumars at No. 42" on its list. Just a bunch of borning drawing-room dramas and documentaries. Wise up.

Movielink and BBC Worldwide Americas Expand Content Offering to Include Additional Documentaries and Literary Adaptations; Movielink to Unveil New BBC Branded Section on Service

I have mentioned before that my wife is a big fan of Ronn Owens on KGO (810 AM, San Francisco) . Today, one of his guests is an expert on teenaged behavior (yes, an oxymoron). She cannot listen live on her PC, so I am capturing it (don’t ask how) and will save it as an MP3 for her to listen to later.

Note to all radio stations: PLEASE OFFER PODCASTS. If Mike and I can do it, you can too! Your advertisers will like the extended shelf life of their ads.

I actually watched the Grammy ® Awards from darned near cover to cover. I liked a lot of the live performances and could even tolerate Queen Latifah (nee Dana Owens).  I have no problem with the Queen, but her hop scotching from street cred to parlor room acceptance is something to see. She can go from “Yo, yo yo with da homies” to round tabling at The Café Carlyle piano bar ala Bobby Short in one split second. That’s great marketing. Or at least a great attempt at same.

I liked the U2 performance (I was a lucky person who scored concert tickets) and even marveled at Marc Anthony’s voice as he duet-ed with J-Lo. Difficult to believe he played a thug in one of my favorite action films, “The Substitute.” My two big moments were Kanye West doing “Jesus Walks” and Stevie Wonder belting out three notes from “Isn’t She Lovely.” Damn, Little Stevie still has it.

By and large, the country stuff bored me, except the Southern Rock tribute that brought my wife to her feet, hopping and bopping in the kitchen. She lived in GA in the ‘70s and was lucky to be at the epicenter of the Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, etc… BTW, where was Charlie and his fiddle made of gold? It was good to see Loretta Lynn, but in my mind’s eye, I imagine Sissy Spacek, the coal miner’s daughter, as Ms. Lynn. (From the movie of the same name).

The TV commercials weren’t very good, and I mostly left the room to see how many people STILL are coming to this site to see Nikki Capelli news. No, you will not find any nude pictures of her here. Just sarcasm.