Death Cab For Cutie

Ok so this post is a little late, but better now than never! My sister Ying and I went to see Death Cab For Cutie at the Nokia Theater Live LA last week. And lemme just say, they were EXCITING! I mean, they don't rock like Brett Michaels, nor are they looking for love on VH1. However, Death Cab's lead singer, Ben Gibbard, with his soft, approachable, guy next door voice, somehow reaches an ethereal realm that no neighbor could without having made a pact with the devil.

Sure their sounds are sometimes better being heard through my headphones while lying in my oh-so-comfortable bed and bamboo sheets (yes and they are soft!), the performance was quite enjoyable. And since the acoustics of Nokia Theater Live in LA have been said to be the best in teh city, i couldn't imagine a better venue to have Death Cab calmly quiet my bloodthurst to kill crazy LA drivers. this concert was obviously a service to the city of Los Angeles. And they probably didn't even know they were doing this, Death Cab probably just thought they were playing a show. Oh those modest boys!

More stuff to come when it's not 2:30 am.

much love and have a great 4th!

Guillermo Del Toro

Yes, today I worked the HELLBOY 2 premiere and that is Guillermo, the nicest, most talented director I have met in a long time. I have to say I was pretty impressed. I'm not saying I'd like to run around alone in his imagination or anything, ahem Pans lab and Hellboy creatures, but wow, he is soooo awesome! Usually I wouldn't think my life is much, but today, you all can be jealous!!!! Yeah! :)

Doggie Dental Day

It is saturday and this is our doggie dental technician. Yes she is a holistic and gentle so the dogs don't freak out. And that is Stella all wrapped up in a blanket to keep her comfortable. It is things like this that make me realizw, 'damn, I am really LA.'

Fox studios visit

Yesterday i headed to the Fox lot to see a short film a friend of mine had wrote, produced and directed. It was called Jarred and he was able to have a screening at the 'Little Theater' on the lot. Obviously this dude is a big wig over there at Fox. The silliest thing is that I live a good 45 minutes (about 14 miles) from the Fox lot. and the movie was 11 minutes long. Ummm.....I was so gonna not go, but when you have made a short film, you want support however you can get it. After the 11 minutes, i should have gone with my gut and not shown up.

anyhow, my wonderfully sweet neighbor and friend decided to throw caution to the wind and go with me. So after the 11 minutes, I had no other choice but to buy him dinner. the movie cost me money. Now the movie wasn't horrible, and for a directorial debut, it is amazing that it was shot on FILM, oh the glory days of filmmaking. But I have a film degree and made many a short in my day, so it is tough to watch things with my unflinching eye. i think my friend Izzy put it best when he said, 'even at 11 minutes, it seemed long.'

Fast forward to him and i trying to make our getaway and find our route out of the studio. Driving out, i screamed, STOP!!!!! i saw a donut and a Homer hand. I needed to take a picture and blog about it. And in front? a little Bart topiary. Behind all these Simpsons statues is the house Springfield built. It looks like that little house and the large two story apartment across the way are where all the Simpsons magic happens. I am not impressed by much, but this made me giddy.

WANTED

So I am currently at the Four Seasons spending Father's Day talking to the director and stars od the new movie, WANTED. This is a picture of Timur Bekmambetov, who also directed DAY WATCH and NIGHT WATCH. Timur (promounced Tee-More) is an amazing director who is so focused, intelligent, inventive and creative. But the funniest thing is trying to talk to the director about the movie and not give anything away. We were both laughing about trying to dance around the themes so we wouldn't do that.



Seriously folk, WANTED is one of the best movies I have seen all summer. The special effects, stunts, story and acting are all sooo impressive. I absolutely loved the gore, blood, beauties, and the themes of a nobody that gets transformed into an assasin of justice in 6 weeks flat. I may pay to see this movie when it comes out, it was that good. And the only other movie I have wanted to see again this summer is IRON MAN, so you know what company WANTED is in!!!!