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Are any of the Juno songs written for the film though? I thought it was a compilation of tracks used in it. EDIT:

In my head. You're not a very good mind reader.

Nope. Ellis was right.

The DGA and AMPTP have made their deal:

There isn't a more up its own ass "legit award show" than the Globes. This is just one of many well formed criticisms of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association written over the years: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-...inion-rightrail

Yeah I wouldn't say the attitude is the same at all. The only correlation between the characters really is Ellen Page's awesome offbeat delivery. I just can't wrap my head around the fact that this girl came from "Trailer Park Boys". Great show yes, but great acting not so much. Gotta love the total douche move to drop the writing categories from the broadcast. We definitely needed to see that miniseries acting award presented. Wonder how much NBC Universal would be making off of "American Gangster" without a screenplay.

Let's also not forget that the Toronto Sun is always wrong, and when they're right it's by accident.

Since when has the problem with MLSE been that they don't spend enough? The problem is overspending on the free agent market and trading away prospects and picks in the pursuit of 8th place. Scottie Bowman isn't an expensive solution, he's just an uncomfortable one. And running right up around the salary cap only to miss the playoffs and lose a minimum of two post-season home games doesn't sound financially efficient to me. Even at their own bottom line end-game, they're failing. Since when does a more of the same solution sound like a good idea?

To your questions: Yes. Yes. I couldn't find the question there. Of course the OTPP bares responsibility, but you can't fire an owner. We have to live with them until they sell out. You can beat them over the head in the media until they make change, but that's it. JFJ is obviously a lame-duck GM, and Peddie is obviously waiting for another candidate to present themselves. But the problem is that they had a great candidate and let him slip away because they preferred someone on a shorter leash. If the organization's outlook is controlled in the boardrooms and not on the ice, the team's success (or lack thereof) won't change.

Boring. Troll somewhere else. It isn't Ballard bad, then everyone else good. And for the record, Ballard never missed the playoffs three years in a row, which this team is about to unless they have a miraculous turnaround. The only difference this time around is that the team is so bad the fans actually WANT the team stars to get traded, just so their favorites can have the honour of playing on a more deserving team.

At least with Glaus and Clark gone we're down to one Mitchell Report alumnus.

"The Marine" was legitimately a success, as was "See No Evil". That's because they kept the costs low and counted on the DVD market to make up for everything. I don't understand why they wouldn't do this one as straight to DVD and save the huge print costs of a theatrical release. But hey, it ain't the WWE's fault FOX Atomic is into burning money.

Even in the midst of a writers strike that makes OTH one of the few shows on television with plenty of new episodes banked, it's still pretty much awful. This used to be one of my favorite guilty pleasures; now it's just guilty. But the kid is awesome though, I'll give it that. I'll keep watching for the kid, but let's not fool ourselves if there weren't a strike I'd have dropped it.

Gotta love how Big Media sticks together. That sounded like a AMPTP press release. What they didn't mention is that medium sized studios like The Weinstein Company, Lions Gate and and Lucas Film are pursuing similar agreements. Let's see how united the big six are when Harvey Weinstein gets the drop on that hot screenplay they'd all been looking to nab. Or when corporate loyalties change as all the big name talent sees these independent studios as the ones who kept them employed while the AMPTP was sitting at home with their ball. Or how about stock holders seeing their companies doing nothing while everyone else carves out deals to get their productions back? But hey, I'm sure those mere possibilities pale in comparison to the great house parties Peter Chernin throws while he rolls over his reality-weak TV competition.

The Worldwide Pants deal is a grey area for the specific reason you mentioned, and there has been a great deal of discussion of whether a separate deal that ultimately results in the Big Six getting any of their programs back. And they've come down on the other side of that argument too; a request for a waiver from Dick Clark Productions (which produces the Golden Globes) that would have amounted to basically the same deal as the one WWP got was turned down by the Guild, the reason being the amount of ad revenue NBC would have made off of it. I suppose the argument is based in the fact that Letterman's audience is only 3 or 4 million. They probably figure that having a writer friendly Letterman back and staffed as well as the PR boost from having a production company accept the Guild proposals is worth more than a few ad dollars, especially since the ratings didn't really drop that dramatically when they were rerunning. The Globes are dead. Instead, NBC will air a 3 hour block including an interview special, the press conference where the winners will be announced and an Access Hollywood-like special covering all the Globes parties. Something tells me another American Gladiators episode would probably be a stronger draw. The UA deal was confirmed today. Deals with The Weinstein Comany, Lion's Gate and Lucas Film are rumoured. The reason these begin to work is that they give the independents the opportunity to get the drop on big six companies with regards to script sales and eventually (if a total shutdown happens) film development. If these deals keep adding up, it could prove too tempting to pass for one of the Big Six, and when that happens the strike will essentially be over. Lastly, the DGA began talks with the AMPTP over the weekend. While some are suggesting that progress is quickly being made, it's also worth nothing that the AMPTP are reported to be surprised by some of the DGA's points so far. Apparently the Directors realise that they have to make a deal for the entire community and are taking this responsibility to heart. If they're smart, they'll realise they have all the power since they're supposed to be the "moderate" ones and if the moguls don't make a deal with them, good luck negotiating with anyone else. All these points essentially available at Deadline Hollywood Daily, any mogul's worst nightmare.

Isn't the fact that it's too different than the first three one of the reasons it's had more mixed reactions than before? There are maybe two songs on the record that sound patently like New Pornographers tracks. And I can't think of a single song in their entire catalogue that sounds remotely like "Go Places", "Unguided" or "Failsafe". The softer moments like the title track and "Adventures In Solitude" are absolutely lovely, there are about 4 tracks that bring the powerpop goodness ("My Rights Vs Yours", "All The Old Showstoppers", "All the Things that Go to Make Heaven And Earth", "Mutiny I Promise You"). On top of all those, you have 3 tracks of Dan Bejar crazy. I can't think of a more fun, eclectic record I heard in 2007.

New Pornographers are actually my favorite Canadian band. Every song more unique than the last, plus Dan Bejar's drunken genius and Neko Case. Holy fuck, Neko Case. I think that's the best way to describe her vocal contributions to the band.

Urban Canadian would be a Canadian who lives in an urban area. Which is not what I said. To the embodiment of many classic elements of Canadiana, The Hip are fantastic. I hardly ever suggested that the Hip were some sort of universally beloved Canadian band, just like I'd question whether most New Englanders even know of the Dropkicks, much less like them. What I said was that outside of the smug cosmopolitan image many of us in Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal have of ourselves, the Hip are representatives of a more traditional (although not stereotypical) view of Canadiana. I also said I like them. The first point is perhaps debatable, but I'm pretty confident I'm right about the latter.

I was just listening to Fireworks like half an hour ago Still, "Lonely End of the Rink" wins for being universal

I can't imagine trying to listen to them in full length, but I don't mind a song or two here and there. They're more sentimental than cerebral but hey, there's a place for that too. After all, I have some odd affinity for the movie "Loser" every now and then.

The Hip are kind of like our Dropkick Murphys, only whereas the Dropkicks make music after the hearts of New Englanders, Gord Downie and Co. make music for all of un-urban Canada. It's even oddly universal too how they're able to appeal to the rural folk as well as the cottage loving urbanites because the stories are just so appealing and uniquely Canadian. Love The Hip and all the tracks Clawson mentioned, but I'm all about "Poets". Maybe just from the memory of how awesomely it was used in "Men In Brooms", but a wicked song nonetheless. The new album is all gravy too, and I honestly believe that "The Lonely End of the Rink" is a better hockey anthem than "The Hockey Song".