tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58392042012-02-01T00:32:33.697-08:00A collection of random (sometimes bitter) musings about U2, Star Wars, comic books, technology and Apple Computer (because not enough people talk about those things...)Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.comBlogger6721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-12175267619807548542008-09-19T12:17:00.000-07:002008-09-19T14:20:08.047-07:00

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-49293478319704125512008-09-18T07:43:00.000-07:002008-09-18T08:55:08.258-07:00

The funnest episode yet of The Lame Show, in which Noah and I look back at the summer movie season with the person who saw them all—Ray.Episode 36: Summer Movie Season Recap Ray from 2PStart.com returns to recap the summer movie season with Noah and Eddie. If you don’t like the topic, don’t worry, we get off topic at least three times.Lame List nominations are handed out for the death of Don

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-23706767716918872802008-08-25T19:54:00.000-07:002008-08-25T20:05:59.549-07:00

Noah and I finally got around to making a new (and legitimate) web site and feed for our podcast, The Lame Show. And by Noah and I, I mean Noah.The web site is still at the same location, but the feed is now located at feeds.feedburner.com/TheLameShow. If you've subscribed through iTunes you shouldn't have to change anything. But in the off-chance, here's a link to the latest two episodes, which

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-61501670433737047652008-08-15T07:34:00.000-07:002008-08-15T10:36:28.616-07:00

First it was 200K, then 250K, then 300k…now the NY Times reports that 900,000 more copies of WATCHMEN have been printed since the trailer debuted. Thus there will be about one million copies of WATCHMEN in print this year.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-67518544994029976982008-07-31T07:51:00.001-07:002008-07-31T09:13:37.157-07:00

It's been a week now since that "TR2N" teaser trailer ran at Comic-Con. And Disneyana & sci-fi fans are desperate for additional information about this Summer 2010 release.Guess who's the real power-behind-the-throne (The Master Control Program, if you will) on this particular Walt Disney Pictures production? Would you believe John Lasseter?

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-54247061493813197472008-07-30T17:59:00.000-07:002008-07-30T17:59:01.697-07:00

Adolescent wizard-in-training Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for another year of schooling and learns more about the dark past of the boy who grew up to become Lord Voldemort. I'm glad to see (in the photos, not the trailer) that Luna Lovegood is returning.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-30925671864426262022008-07-24T17:35:00.000-07:002008-07-24T17:35:01.548-07:00

I was surprised how depressed I felt all day on July 21, when Richard and I announced we were leaving the "Ebert and Roeper" program. To be sure, our departures were voluntary. We hadn't been fired. And because of my health troubles, I hadn't appeared on the show for two years. But I advised on co-hosts, suggested movies, stayed in close communication with Don DuPree, our beloved

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-18977077518725574512008-07-23T07:38:00.000-07:002008-07-23T08:43:49.433-07:00

Noah and I recorded this episode on July 12 and I only now got it online, but I don't think it's stale. In fact, there's definitely some fun stuff going on once we get into it.Copyright and wrong The folks behind Adium lead this week's Lame List nominations, followed by Wikipedia, for reasons obvious and not-so-obvious.Picks for this episode are music albums: one a non-commercial release from

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-92064667044320847472008-07-23T07:30:00.000-07:002008-07-23T08:37:29.325-07:00

Josh Pigford joined Noah and I on this episode of The Lame Show, recorded after Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference concluded. It's actually a much funnier episode than you would think from that description. What Would Developers Do? Guest Josh Pigford from The Apple Blog drops by to discuss Apple's announcements at WWDC: the new iPhone, Snow Leopard, Steve Jobs' weight-loss program...But

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com211tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-1669231467776971622008-07-23T00:47:00.000-07:002008-07-23T00:49:17.900-07:00

During negotiations to extend Richard Roeper's contract for "At the Movies," Disney ABC Domestic Television abruptly ended the talks. Thus Roeper, followed by the show's co-founder, Roger Ebert, left the show. On Tuesday, Disney ABC announced that E! Entertainment critic Ben Lyons and Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz are take over hosting duties on a revamped At the Movies aimed at a

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-88971435500159654162008-07-15T07:04:00.000-07:002008-07-15T09:06:58.872-07:00

In the latest CulturePulp comic, the comics version of Hellboy and the movie version of Hellboy team up to explain the history of Mike Mignola's graphic-novel series (and how it differs from the films).

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-84123438117467198032008-07-07T17:46:00.000-07:002008-07-07T17:46:00.799-07:00

Michael Turner, a leading comic-book artist who was known for the highly stylized covers he created for major titles and for drawing shapely female characters with curves as commanding as their superpowers, has died. He was 37. The saying 'you can't judge a book by its cover' was never more true than when Michael Turner provided the cover art. Rarely was the interior of a comic book as

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-16628567277797552682008-07-03T08:12:00.000-07:002008-07-03T09:13:39.016-07:00

The Web is the future. And yet, because online advertising accounts for only about 10 percent of total ad revenue, newspapers are hemorrhaging money. In its present form, and even in best-case projections, the Web format will never generate enough money to keep viable reporting staffs afloat at some of the nation’s biggest papers.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-76253519017875953292008-06-27T12:18:00.000-07:002008-06-27T14:26:36.429-07:00

The haunting and visionary Dark Knight soars on the wings of untamed imagination. It's full of surprises you don't see coming. And just try to get it out of your dreams. Following Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk (and with Hellboy II coming up), it seems 2008 could be the best year ever for superhero movies.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-19588700972739732382008-06-13T17:37:00.000-07:002008-06-13T17:19:52.801-07:00

I don't necessarily agree with this analysis/conjecture, but I did get a couple of good laughs, like from this:That's the key to what Steve Jobs does all day: he sits around and asks questions like, "If Porsche made a media player, what would it be like?" That's it -- you are now qualified to replace Steve Jobs at Apple on days when he's away making trouble for Disney.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-7852865045717453432008-06-13T12:53:00.000-07:002008-06-13T13:05:35.623-07:00

Modern Guilt, according to a press release, explores Beck and Danger Mouse's shared interest in psych-rock, folk, electronic minimalism and orchestration.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-8524474108703739122008-06-11T11:46:00.000-07:002008-06-11T11:52:37.203-07:00

"Down to Earth," one of two new songs by Peter Gabriel in this summer's Pixar film, Wall•E, is now available in the iTunes Store.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-38754487751054583982008-06-09T23:07:00.000-07:002008-06-09T23:08:39.646-07:00

Manufacturers are increasingly embedding accelerometers and other sensors into the machines, which allow them to respond to movement without waiting for their humans to push a button. Game designers and other programmers are jumping to remake user interfaces so that users can direct gadgets with a nudge, a tilt or a shake.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-56561469344539083052008-06-08T11:50:00.000-07:002008-06-08T12:11:26.454-07:00

Really, what's so difficult about adding a spoiler warning to a review? Ken Tucker, "critic at large" for Entertainment Weekly, is just indignant about the whole idea

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-19932268443431599442008-06-03T21:11:00.000-07:002008-06-03T21:13:06.738-07:00

Few believe that newspapers in their current printed form will survive. Newspaper companies are losing advertisers, readers, market value, and, in some cases, their sense of mission at a pace that would have been barely imaginable just four years ago.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-80920681958077667922008-06-02T19:10:00.000-07:002008-06-02T19:16:17.527-07:00

Recorded on Saturday, edited & posted on Sunday and blogged about Monday. Now that's more like it. Here's the fun Episode 31, wherein Ray, Noah and I debate summer movies.Summer Wonders & Blunders Ray from 2Pstart.com returns to debate the 2008 summer movie season with Eddie & Noah. You'll be SHOCKED to hear what they aren't looking forward to.But first is the Lame List, featuring a summer movie

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-38930185621977174282008-06-02T17:31:00.000-07:002008-06-02T17:31:01.389-07:00

I read this post from Ebert's journal prior to seeing the movie and read his review after seeing the movie. I recommend reading them in that order and agree wholeheartedly with both.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-81017921829800848082008-06-02T17:24:00.000-07:002008-06-02T17:24:00.403-07:00

I forgot to post a blog item about this when it happened, but Noah and I recorded another podcast episode back on May 17 (published May 24). We got some positive feedback about reversing the order of the show, so now it's permanently reversed for your listening pleasure.The New Forward Backward is now the new forward, so things kick off with The Lame List. NBC is the target of ire this episode,

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-90439109510472190092008-05-15T12:33:00.000-07:002008-05-15T14:06:20.497-07:00

LOS ANGELES (Fortune) -- In Pixar Films' upcoming animation epic, "Wall-E," the title character is a cute but clunky robot whose centuries of solitude on an abandoned Earth is broken by the arrival of a svelte, futuristic robot named Eve - who is so white, gleaming, and well, pod-like, that she looks like she was born in Apple's design room. It turns out that she was - sort of ...

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-64130388042419257582008-05-14T07:37:00.000-07:002008-05-14T08:45:29.120-07:00

I had the opportunity to appear on the latest episode of the 2P START! podcast. I had a good time recording it and, judging by the comments, it was a welcome addition for the listeners. Enjoy 30 minutes and 16 seconds of fun!m4a: Listen or Subscribemp3: Listen or SubscribeSubscribe in iTunes

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-55659382148746899392008-05-13T12:15:00.000-07:002008-05-13T12:15:00.588-07:00

I'm catching up on a few news items I missed over the past few months and even though this one's a little old, it's probably never going to be too old, considering how long this album has been 'in the works.'Free Dr Pepper For "Chinese Democracy" Dr Pepper is offering everyone in the country a free soda if Axl Rose releases the album he has been recording for 17 years, "Chinese Democracy,"

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-37827321711589236362008-05-12T17:39:00.000-07:002008-05-12T17:39:01.085-07:00

I don't typically link to company blogs, but I thought this post for Fandango was interesting: Disappearing Movie Critics The Interent has made film criticism the ultimate democracy, and overall, that's great. With sites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, and our own fan ratings and user reviews, consumers can quickly and easily find out the critical consensus, the word on the street, and how

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-36668216380914902892008-05-12T17:37:00.000-07:002008-05-12T17:37:00.241-07:00

Real-life skull worship inspires new 'Indy' film PALENQUE, Chiapas (AP) — There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth — a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie. I'm already liking the new movie's MacGuffin more than Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom's Sankara Stones, which

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-9718998853276025732008-05-12T07:59:00.000-07:002008-05-12T16:25:54.995-07:00

Child-Man in the Promised Land We can argue endlessly about whether “masculinity” is natural or constructed—whether men are innately promiscuous, restless, and slobby, or socialized to be that way—but there’s no denying the lesson of today’s media marketplace: give young men a choice between serious drama on the one hand, and Victoria’s Secret models, battling cyborgs, exploding toilets, and the

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-34763251623397875432008-05-06T10:31:00.000-07:002008-05-06T10:39:07.928-07:00

The review is now online and it's a good one, indeed. But if you don't want a funny plot surprise ruined prior to seeing the show, don't read it yet!Farcical 'Forum' tickles the ribs San Joaquin Delta College's drama program is offering a colorful, cartoon-styled farce that's a tickle-your-ribs kind of funny. It's a production of Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart's 1962 musical comedy "A Funny

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-33938819217332694772008-05-06T08:59:00.000-07:002008-05-06T09:08:47.473-07:00

It took me five days to find this article on The Record's web site. Hopefully I can find the review (which was published today) quicker than that. Victor took a great photo and it's too bad it's not in color on the site.Cast faces comic challenges in Delta College's staging of 'Forum' Last fall, Chris Hayhurst tackled the title role in San Joaquin Delta College's wildly zany production of

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-37128738586087381762008-05-01T12:44:00.000-07:002008-12-11T05:03:56.461-08:00

Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores. Click below for more information.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-81666308495566393382008-04-24T11:59:00.000-07:002008-04-24T11:25:54.188-07:00

Noah and I reversed the order of the podcast this episode, in the hopes that those of you who haven't been able to make it to the end of the previous episodes will see what you're missing. Perhaps it'll become the new format for good! Let us know what you think by e-mailing thelameshow@gmail.comBackwards Everything is backwards in this episode! Instead of being near the end, the Lame List is

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-74753235886630799562008-04-24T11:49:00.000-07:002008-04-24T11:44:16.008-07:00

Based on the classic 1980 episode of The Muppet Show and a later serial in Muppet Magazine (which I'm pretty sure I had), Star Wars Muppet figures are due out this summer exclusively at Disney theme parks. Star Wars Muppets Coming Soon

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-90739326480672903242008-04-07T23:56:00.000-07:002008-04-08T00:01:52.686-07:00

On sale July 2, 2008, is Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #16, featuring the first meeting of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Fray the Future Slayer. You can catch an exclusive first look at myspace.com/comicbooks

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-72076046095899822082008-03-30T21:53:00.000-07:002008-04-24T11:48:20.737-07:00

Noah and I are back for another episode of our podcast and I'd describe this latest one as 'back to basics.' No guests or listener questions (not that I dislike either of those), just the two of us sharing our frustrations with the wonders of modern technology.Late to Leopard Noah has returned from New York City, where he purchased Leopard from the city's famed Apple Store. Now that both he and

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-20372366831084905842008-03-23T18:03:00.000-07:002008-03-23T18:24:52.742-07:00

I didn't get a great seat for this year's Masquerade, so the videos I took were not as good as last year's. But looking at last year's videos, I confirmed that this year's entries simply weren't as good. There were approximately 30 entries and only a handful were entertaining. I've only posted three (I think they all won awards). I'm not too familiar with who all these people are, but anyone

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-75926662496524682712008-03-23T17:49:00.000-07:002008-03-23T18:02:48.443-07:00

The Disney hour began with a look at the upcoming The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The trailer was not yet finished at that time, so some centaurs were just people with long green stockings. It was mildly entertaining (certainly more than the Shutter segment) but I was more interested in the latter half of the hour, focusing on Pixar's upcoming film, Wall•E. Director Andrew Stanton (

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-5779656903537131872008-03-23T11:34:00.000-07:002008-03-23T11:46:50.245-07:00

One of the most well-attended sessions of Saturday, Feb. 23, was for the 20th Century Fox horror thriller Shutter. Why? Because you had to sit through that in order to see The X-Files stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, creator-director-writer-producer Chris Carter and writer-producer Frank Spotnitz. They had been shooting the second motion picture the previous night and flew in to make an

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-59160519154892418692008-03-23T10:59:00.000-07:002008-03-23T11:32:21.507-07:00

A month's gone by since WonderCon 2008 took place in San Francisco and I've finally had the chance to upload some of the video I took to my YouTube Channel.The first session I attended (did not record) was the 10,000 B.C. Q&A with director Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) and stars Steven Strait and Camilla Belle. Emmerich has a strong (German? Austrian?) accent, so he

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-35622093544289808852008-03-04T08:01:00.000-08:002008-12-11T05:03:56.655-08:00

Things are a little different for this episode because I upgraded to a new version of iWeb and it decided to change the layout of the site and files, probably breaking links, etc. Invaded by a PC 'mindset' PC guy Chris Gauthier visits The Lame Show to discuss with Noah and Eddie the supposed 'Mac Mindset' of superiority, iPhones being hacked around the world and the superiority of the Amazon MP3

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-62517561665169083352008-02-22T16:37:00.000-08:002008-02-22T16:38:38.855-08:00

The Black Crowes attack Maxim mag review The Black Crowes are lashing out at Maxim magazine for reviewing the band's new album — apparently without actually hearing it first.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-31537308805245453902008-02-22T11:29:00.000-08:002008-02-22T11:31:37.058-08:00

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-26689087642662713982008-02-15T08:12:00.000-08:002008-02-15T09:16:33.569-08:00

New Guitar Hero gives sweet emotion to Aerosmith fans Activision Inc on Friday unveiled a new "Guitar Hero" video game focusing on the rock band Aerosmith, taking the billion-dollar franchise in a new direction. I'd prefer it be focused on U2, but I'll settle for near-perfection.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-78818719406765945872008-02-11T19:16:00.000-08:002008-02-11T19:16:42.183-08:00

The Story of "Deep Note" The famous THX crescendo, Deep Note, is like no other audio mark in the world. But where did it come from? Too bad they left out the Simpsons version.(Via Coudal)

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-26527129943884224432008-02-11T07:36:00.000-08:002008-02-11T11:22:04.544-08:00

Games & Phones, Hold the Apple Tim from 2P START! visits to discuss the Nintendo Wii, XBox 360, LG Voyager and Microsoft's $44B offer to purchase Yahoo! Lame List nominations include certain aspects of the aforementioned Voyager, the new American Gladiators and the Dept. of Homeland Security. Picks of the Week include a music podcast, a movie on DVD and a movie in 3D. Episode 26.m4a (59:29)The

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-23243903251005492102008-02-06T12:05:00.000-08:002008-02-06T12:05:36.993-08:00

Ever wonder what Sawyer would call you if you were stranded on the island with him? Visit Sawyer's Nickname Generator and be mildly unimpressed. Unfortunately, the generator doesn't seem to be as up to the task as Sawyer (or, more accurately, his writers). For instance, my nickname was "Huckleberry Pinhead." I guess the pinhead part is because I'm kinda smart and the huckleberry because I'm a

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-20373106462531125032008-02-05T11:00:00.000-08:002008-12-11T05:03:56.868-08:00

I appeared on Good Day Sacramento yesterday to promote the opening of the museum's current special exhibition Port of Stockton: Diamond of the Delta. I don't have my own recording of it, because it was supposed to air during the 7 a.m. block, not the 8 a.m. block, and TiVo thought maybe I'd want to see the 8 a.m. airing of Charmed. Thankfully, CBS13 has a video library online where you can watch

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-29440007825349238902008-02-01T13:51:00.000-08:002008-02-01T14:03:35.232-08:00

A computer shop's sales pitch: 'We remove Vista' "Of all the signs we put up there the last two years, at least, we probably got the most response out of that one. A lot of people coming in." (Via The Raw Feed)

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-32382698955321610492008-01-31T16:12:00.000-08:002008-01-31T16:16:55.089-08:00

If you take the 'explain purpose, list pros & cons, give final verdict' format of electronics reviews and apply it to naturally existing creations, you end up with this funny piece:Trees Reviewed Trees. It seems like you see them everywhere these days. But are trees viable in the long-term, or just another flash-in-the-pan fad for the under-30 crowd?

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-65810171206096476502008-01-31T16:04:00.000-08:002008-01-31T16:10:34.111-08:00

The Browser That Started it All Dies a Quiet Death It birthed the web as we know it. But tomorrow, February 1, marks the demise of Netscape Navigator, the first commercial web browser. In my opinion, Netscape Navigator died when it became the bloated monstrosity known as Netscape Communicator and users actually tried to downgrade from version 4 back to 3. But that image above does make me shed

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-86753050628301215482008-01-31T09:12:00.000-08:002008-01-31T09:16:03.208-08:00

House Of Cards: The Mortgage Mess In the last six months, Americans have seen their investments shrink, their property values plummet, and the country edge closer towards a recession. At the heart of the problem is something called the subprime mortgage crisis, which began last summer and continues to ricochet through the economy. And as correspondent Steve Kroft reports, it started in places

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-15028152991974598442008-01-30T11:01:00.000-08:002008-01-30T11:01:18.115-08:00

Check out the trailer and movie stills for the upcoming motion picture Hellboy II: The Golden Army, directed by Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) and starring Ron Perlman. The film is set for release on July 11, 2008. Although I'm unfamiliar with the story, it looks like the character of Johann Kraus (my favorite) will be in the movie.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-8556008835623327362008-01-29T23:59:00.000-08:002008-01-30T00:10:32.395-08:00

Being involved in community theatre is generally a lot of work with little reward. But there are some perks. Juliet Heller, who performed a stellar Marian in The Music Man, invited her fellow castmates to see her in a preview performance of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Willows Theatre in Concord. And provided we brought a program from a show we performed in, we received free admission. That's a

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-78723233465999253432008-01-27T22:19:00.000-08:002008-01-27T22:24:01.729-08:00

Predictions Wrong, Right, Left Noah and Eddie see how successful and unsuccessful their Macworld Expo predictions turned out. And make their feelings known regarding the new products announced. Did one of them make the Lame List? Picks of the Week include an avocado CD and a super DVD. The burning questions are asked: Could a woman pick up a guy using a MacBook Air? Are optical discs really

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-73898317021273516252008-01-25T16:13:00.000-08:002008-01-25T16:19:52.813-08:00

If you can successfully unscramble the words below, you'll win a prize:tmshyueir - dsneoc aym

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-13882046307642167872008-01-24T13:29:00.000-08:002008-01-24T13:38:38.733-08:00

The Unavoidable Update In February 2009, most TV stations will quit broadcasting analog TV signals over the air, and older sets will go blank. Remarkably, half of the country does not realize a changeover is coming. I also get the feeling that many people do not understand what's going to happen or why, in regards to over-the-air TV. If you're one of those people, read this article and feel

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-27542847629469317982008-01-17T09:56:00.000-08:002008-01-17T10:04:09.399-08:00

I've posted a summary of my Macworld 2008 trip at The Apple Blog. Hopefully it'll be the first of many more articles to come.Reflections on another Tuesday at Macworld This is the fifth year I’ve attended Macworld Expo on the day of the keynote, and it definitely wasn’t as exciting as 2007. But after last year’s introduction of the long-rumored iPhone, how could it be?Of course, another big

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-63571703041995424512008-01-13T21:07:00.001-08:002008-01-13T21:07:54.092-08:00

This episode is the longest the show's been in a while, but that's because it's chock full of stuff. Macworld Predictions & Mail One of the most (seemingly) useless kitchen items ever is featured in the SkyMall Selection. Then a listener's submitted audio question about photo albums is discussed. With Steve Jobs' Macworld Expo keynote just around the corner, Eddie and Noah round up the rumors to

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-91212878130388081182008-01-08T22:50:00.000-08:002008-01-08T22:59:46.568-08:00

The word 'literally' is supposed to mean 'in a literal, not exaggerated sense,' but in recent years has been used for effect specifically in a non-literal context. For example: Instead of saying 'it was so hot outside you could fry an egg on the sidewalk,' someone will say 'it was so hot outside you could literally fry an egg on the sidewalk' to that someone I might say 'I am literally going to

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-75491973666117785892008-01-08T00:16:00.000-08:002008-12-11T05:03:57.580-08:00

Zoo Station (The Complete U2 Experience!) commemorated the 20th Anniversary of The Joshua Tree Saturday night by performing the entire album live (in order) Saturday night to a sell-out crowd at Slim's. It was actually more fun than I expected, and that was just the first half of their show. During the second half they ran through a set of hits including "Elevation," "Out of Control/Blitzkrieg

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-56154628271866907592008-01-03T12:01:00.000-08:002008-01-03T11:55:33.882-08:00

City of debt shows US housing woe The city of Stockton in California is at the centre of the mortgage crisis now sweeping America.Because, with house prices tumbling, more people in Stockton face the repossession of their homes than anywhere else in the US.But Stockton is also a place where you can really get a feel for the staggering amounts of money banks loaned during the boom - with few or

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-7995784861780793802008-01-03T11:59:00.000-08:002008-01-03T11:35:07.458-08:00

Keys to the Kingdom Between them, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have made 13 of the 100 top-grossing movies of all time. Yet they struggled for more than a decade with the upcoming fourth installment of their billion-dollar Indiana Jones franchise, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Annie Leibovitz gets exclusive access to the set, while Lucas, Spielberg, and their star,

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-21968570731933553182008-01-03T07:49:00.000-08:002008-01-13T21:14:49.281-08:00

This was recorded post-Christmas, pre-New Year's, but I wasn't able to edit it together until now. Christmas Cheers & Jeers While Noah takes an episode off for Christmas/New Year's vacation, Ray from 2PStart.com steps in to help Eddie share some Holiday Cheers and Jeers.But before they share their most and least favorite Christmas gifts, there is some news to discuss: the rumored arrival of

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-57439191223783974152007-12-27T23:27:00.000-08:002007-12-27T23:34:00.690-08:00

THE DARK KNIGHT: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE -- JULY 18, 2008 THE DARK KNIGHT: THE IMAX EXPERIENCE, from Warner Bros. Pictures, will feature four sequences filmed with IMAX® cameras. This marks the first time ever that a major feature film has been even partially shot using IMAX cameras, marking a revolutionary integration of the two film formats.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-58389853495376765192007-12-22T10:30:00.000-08:002007-12-22T10:39:38.577-08:00

30 Years of Star Wars Holiday Cards from Lucasfilm starwars.com is taking a look back at the last 30 years of Lucasfilm's holiday company cards and pulling out those examples which include a Star Wars theme. It seems like a great pair of ornaments could be made based on the image above.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-22857292287470169202007-12-16T00:20:00.000-08:002007-12-16T00:22:35.101-08:00

This is probably the last podcast with Noah and I for this year...Year in Review If you haven't finished your Christmas shopping, be sure to listen to the SkyMall Selection at the beginning. Then it's on to the Year in Review: iPhone, Vista, Nintendo Wii, unprotected music... What's the verdict at the end of 2007? The Lamest of the Year are revealed and neither will surprise you if you listened

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-57119611160749657732007-12-13T19:45:00.000-08:002007-12-13T19:51:58.848-08:00

Parallels Between Star Wars and Harry Potter To the casual viewer, Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter hail from vastly different realities. Whereas Harry's is a hidden Earth community in which the Renaissance never ended and magical creatures abound, Luke's story is set in a galaxy far, far away, filled with spaceships, aliens and other trappings traditional to science fiction.A keen eye, however

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-44107364038783276122007-12-06T14:12:00.000-08:002007-12-06T14:20:43.313-08:00

10 Unlikely Unleashed Figures The extremely-detailed Star Wars Unleashed collection from Hasbro shows compelling characters of the saga at their most electrifying moments. But what about the unsung heroes of the saga -- the bartenders, the clumsy power droids, the fruit stand vendors and librarians -- where are their Unleashed tributes? This is hilarious stuff if you recognize any of these

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-57923820121281810462007-12-04T14:29:00.000-08:002007-12-04T14:35:35.413-08:00

John C. Reilly to tour as Dewey Cox character from film Actor John C. Reilly will blur the lines between reality and Hollywood fantasy when he takes his alter-ego, mythical rock icon Dewey Cox, out on the road this month.In a star turn worthy of fake British heavy metal superstars Spinal Tap, Reilly will perform live in seven cities over the next few weeks as his movie character Cox, as

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-67464253867829065792007-12-04T01:23:00.000-08:002007-12-04T01:30:47.793-08:00

This episode is a bit later than planned, but I think it was worth the wait. We are continuing to make small improvements based on feedback and our own expectations.Duty Free After an extended break, Eddie takes over the Mexico Moment and presides over the return of the SkyMall Selection. Then it's off to the big topics: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Amazon's new electronic book device, Kindle.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-64233789112600968342007-12-01T16:19:00.000-08:002008-12-11T05:03:57.858-08:00

SimpleDrive Deluxe With the introduction of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and its spiffy new automated backup feature, Time Machine, external hard drives are even more important than ever. And SimpleTech has an attractive line in the SimpleDrive, ranging in capacity from 250GB to 1000GB (1 terabyte!).

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-34289975076149985462007-11-29T11:41:00.000-08:002007-11-29T11:52:16.115-08:00

Goofy Hooks Up with National Treasure Sequel Instead of opening with Enchanted on Nov. 21, the new 2D Goofy short from Walt Disney Animation Studios, How to Hook Up your Home Theater, will make its theatrical debut with National Treasure: Book of Secrets on Dec. 21. It's disappointing this didn't screen with Enchanted for a number of reasons. First, it seems a much better fit. I imagine the

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-82838980776101265322007-11-23T18:43:00.000-08:002007-11-23T18:48:16.695-08:00

A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious, and laced with profanity. John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music, and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary.Finally, John was

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-9443719368533831722007-11-22T13:18:00.000-08:002007-11-22T13:26:45.534-08:00

Postmortem: Freeverse's Marathon 2: Durandal In the golden days of the mid-90’s, there was only one word worth speaking about games on the Macintosh, and it was "Marathon". Practically everyone who worked extensively with Macs or in an environment with a good number of them on a network knew and loved the game -- a category which includes most Freeverse personnel. When we landed it, we were

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-41053486804366855752007-11-18T20:17:00.000-08:002007-11-18T22:21:45.479-08:00

Three long years after their performance at the Fillmore in San Francisco, Japanese duo Puffy AmiYumi were scheduled to return to the Fillmore during a brief U.S. tour promoting their new album Honeycreeper. And by brief, I mean their tour consisted of five total venues (Puffy AmiYumi creeps around the West). Strangely enough, the venue changed after tickets went on sale and the group instead

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-9579617641826428142007-11-15T13:14:00.000-08:002007-11-15T13:26:46.022-08:00

A Guy Named Joel Joel Hodgson has spent the past decade behind-the-scenes developing a variety of entertainment projects, but he will soon be returning to the silhouetted spotlight when he and the original cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000 debut an all-new video project, Cinematic Titanic. In preparation for this new venture, Hodgson visited the offices of Lucasfilm, and StarWars.com was

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-60441036349697969762007-11-08T21:38:00.000-08:002007-11-08T21:46:55.270-08:00

Although I uploaded the photos the day after I got back, I just now had the chance to write captions for most of them. Unfortunately, there were quite a few things I didn't get pictures of, such as kayaking, the Día de los Muertos political/musical performance, Santo Coyote restaurant, the boutique hotel and the podcast room. It was a great four days. Gracias, Noah & Megan!Mexico

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-90041468822984842912007-10-30T21:11:00.000-07:002007-10-30T21:20:27.876-07:00

After living down here for nearly five years, I've felt my first California earthquake. 5.6 Earthquake Hits Northern California A magnitude-5.6 earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay area Tuesday night.The moderate temblor struck shortly after 8 p.m., about 9 miles northeast of San Jose, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Residents reported feeling the quake, which lasted about a minute, as

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-47155666854129754562007-10-29T09:23:00.000-07:002007-10-29T09:38:20.683-07:00

http://joshuatree.u2.com/ Twenty years after its original release, The Joshua Tree has been remastered for release in a series of special formats. As well as a fourteen track bonus-CD of b-sides and rarities, the 2007 release features a live concert DVD from Paris in 1987, liner notes from band and producers and previously unseen photos in a limited edition booklet. I'm too new of a U2 fan to

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-19105817133504405242007-10-22T16:22:00.000-07:002007-10-22T16:28:55.618-07:00

A new Wallace and Gromit short film is now in the works (think "The Wrong Trousers and "A Close Shave"). Visit www.wallaceandgromit.com to watch a video interview of Nick Park talking about the new film. Plus, you can enter a contest to win 2 tickets to the premiere.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-64895050256284102622007-10-22T15:58:00.000-07:002007-10-22T16:06:19.318-07:00

You probably missed this interesting comment because it was posted on Oct. 10 to an entry dated July 7 (thus long gone from the main page)I am one of 200 volunteers who appeared in the winning Springfield Vermont video. After we helped our local Chamber of Commerce win the contest, they turned their backs on us. We should have been the first in town to be invited to view the world premiere of

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-71244379825346537052007-10-18T09:18:00.000-07:002007-10-18T09:42:14.515-07:00

Create and send a personalized message from Optimus Prime by visitingoptimus.transformersmovie.comAnd by 'from Optimus Prime,' that means it is spoken by Peter Cullen, the voice of Optimus Prime. Yes, it's all to promote sales of the Transformers DVD (and HD-DVD) but it's pretty darn fun. Here, listen...

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-44269000439863147682007-10-11T23:07:00.000-07:002007-10-12T00:01:49.785-07:00

We had a very enjoyable evening last night on San Francisco's Nob Hill. Yeah, it was expensive, what with the $40 for parking, but it was worth it to not park 10 blocks away and walk uphill there and back. And though our seats were only a few rows from the back, we were probably only 50 feet away from the front of the stage. So it was a very intimate, classy venue. She opened the show with "No

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-86350328429569766582007-10-08T20:28:00.000-07:002007-10-08T20:32:29.920-07:00

And now for news on another solo artist from a popular '80s band who only releases new albums once in a long while...Gabriel juggling new album with array of projects Peter Gabriel has resumed work on his next studio album while juggling an array of other projects."There are some (new) things," he told Billboard last Friday in New York. "I've been very good at distraction with some charitable

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-31639670929475491812007-10-08T00:01:00.000-07:002008-12-11T05:03:58.350-08:00

Megan and I saw The Shins Friday at UC Berkeley's cool (figuratively and literally) Greek Theatre. It was a good concert, but they somehow managed to not play the one song from their latest album that is my favorite ("Red Rabbits").The opening act was the band Shaky Hands, also from Portland. I've been surprised at how good the opening acts have been at most of the concerts we've seen in the past

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-34983840891165770022007-10-07T23:54:00.000-07:002007-10-08T09:56:58.725-07:00

It's probably the best-sounding episode of the podcast we've ever done, thanks to Noah's new headset microphone.Sounds Good Music takes center stage in this episode, as Eddie & Noah (with his spiffy, new mic) discuss Microsoft's new Zune models, Amazon's new MP3 downloads, and the first person to take the record companies all the way to trial over illegal music downloading. Plus, UC Berkeley

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-49514616666833140452007-10-04T20:12:00.000-07:002007-10-04T20:15:49.998-07:00

Kidz Bop their way into live arena The Kidz Bop World Tour will feature six kids and two young adult lead singers performing with a four-piece rock band in theaters and small arenas. The concerts will also spotlight local talent in each town and offer contests, song-voting and other interactive events, according to a press release. Surely this is the second sign of the apocalypse. I noticed

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-14865511908620553332007-10-02T21:30:00.000-07:002007-10-02T21:35:00.796-07:00

Radiohead fans can pick their price for new album Radiohead will release a new studio album Oct. 10, and allow fans to pick their own price when ordering the digital-download version of the album, which will be titled "In Rainbows." But will the digital download be MP3 or some proprietary format like Windows Media?

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-46523948756455281072007-09-30T21:15:00.000-07:002007-09-30T21:26:55.003-07:00

After a big movie summer, there aren't a lot of good movies released in September. To be more blunt, it's been a real suckfest of a month at the theater. So in our desperation to see a movie, Megan and I saw Transformers again, but the IMAX version. Although I mostly enjoyed the movie originally, and I'm a big fan of the IMAX format, I was wary about spending $30+ on this combination. So imagine

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-79464918327900725732007-09-30T21:05:00.000-07:002008-12-11T05:03:58.572-08:00

Stockton is either the No. 1 or No. 2 foreclosure leader of the nation. But a picture is worth a thousand words and I think this picture of the foreclosure listings in our newspaper is just that (literally?)

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-54778242733970972202007-09-25T21:35:00.000-07:002007-09-25T21:42:07.295-07:00

Although Fighting Port: Stockton in WWII was a very well-made documentary and featured The Haggin Museum prominently, it was missing one thing: my voiceover! Although most people don't recognize their own voice when they hear it played back, I can assure you that it was someone else reading the letters I read. I got positive feedback from the producers, so I will choose to believe that my

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-16419987644287952882007-09-25T21:26:00.000-07:002007-09-25T21:34:54.821-07:00

If you'd like your questions answered on an upcoming episode of The Lame Show, post a comment to this blog or send an e-mail. Hey, it's worked for the latest episode...Ring Us Up Eddie defends his opinion from more reader mail. Noah takes issue with David Maynor and ringtones. In other news, SpiralFrog has launched and Palm is struggling. On the Lame List this week is Apple's new ringtone policy

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-22418335891471275422007-09-18T09:01:00.000-07:002008-12-11T05:03:58.854-08:00

A while ago, I performed some voicover work for the following documentary, which was produced as a complement to Ken Burns' much-anticipated "The War." Both myself and museum coworker Lisa Cooperman read personal WWII letters. Other museum staff members contributing on-camera work are Director Tod Ruhstaller and Curator of Archival Collections Kimberly Bowden. The completed documentary will air

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-45842041767100721312007-09-15T11:22:00.001-07:002007-09-15T11:34:40.027-07:00

I learned this week that Julie Taymor's long-delayed film "Across the Universe," a love story set in the sixties and inspired by Beatles' songs, features Bono as the character Dr. Robert. He performs "I Am The Walrus" with The Secret Machines. You can catch a short clip here at the official web site. The Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack also includes a version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-75876755360252001942007-09-14T09:14:00.000-07:002007-09-14T09:32:42.649-07:00

Annie Lennox brings 'Songs of Mass Destruction' to US Veteran musician Annie Lennox has mapped a North American tour that will support her forthcoming album, "Songs of Mass Destruction," ... her follow-up to 2003's "Bare." The singer recorded the set in London, Los Angeles and Miami with super-producer Glen Ballard.On the off-chance you don't know, I'm excited about this. She will be coming to

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-21627918322763586512007-09-11T07:50:00.000-07:002007-09-11T09:08:04.202-07:00

During the (dreadful) MTV Video Music Awards, Shia LaBeouf revealed the name of the new film as being "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." So ignore anything that talks about 'the City of the Gods' and get the official info from IndianaJones.com.

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-36234924914920097052007-09-09T13:39:00.000-07:002007-09-09T13:45:13.323-07:00

If you'd like your questions answered on an upcoming episode of The Lame Show, post a comment to this blog or send an e-mail.We've Got Mail! Noah and Eddie respond to reader mail regarding Windows vs. Mac OS X and whether or not Apple's iTunes Store is consumer friendly. Then, of course, it's time to rate and debate the new iPod models. NBC/Universal tops the Lame List, followed by the HP

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-91458074273156696562007-09-09T10:00:00.000-07:002007-09-09T13:55:23.844-07:00

Follow the linked image below to see some photos of our day trip to San Francisco (yes, we're nearly a month late uploading them). The Giants lost in less than two hours and Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking home run days earlier, so the game wasn't too great. You'll also notice that someone else took a worse photo than I did. San Francisco 8/12/07

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5839204.post-67465829095464017042007-08-29T21:36:00.000-07:002007-08-29T21:40:12.097-07:00

'300' director inks for Bradbury tattoo tales "300" director Zack Snyder is sharpening his pencil for "The Illustrated Man," a project based on the Ray Bradbury collection of short stories. Nice to see Bradbury's work will come back to the big screen, especially since Mel Gibson's long-gestating version of "Fahrenheit 451" never came to fruition. And if Snyder delivers with the adaptation of "

Eddie Hargreaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16361891226508012698noreply@blogger.com0