I have been meaning to watch The Master and, between PSH in Mr. Ripley and my friend Bill telling me how awesome both he (PSH, not Bill) and Wakanda Fenix were in it, I did that very thing!
Just the other night!
And the next afternoon!!!*
The very first thing that kept coming back to me: Jamiroquai's character sounds a lot like Buffalo Bill throughout the whole movie...which both lent something and took something away from it.
Phil Sey Hoff was, as always, perfect. This guy's reel has GOT to be pretty impressive by now. I mean, I don't imagine that he still has to audition for things, but, if he does, wow, you know, I think he's gonna be all right.
Pump, pump, pump.
Plus, Amy Adams! Way to not do the typical Amy Adams thing!
You know what?
I'm done talking about it.
Really good stuff.
Picked IASIP back up (last episode I'd seen was The Nightman Cometh) and I am just staggered by a.) how awful all of these people are and b.) why I keep watching, knowing that they are just going to continue doing awful things/being awful/never succeeding at any of the awful things they attempt to accomplish.
It's like a car crash with Danny DiVito.
DeVito?
The Penguin.
That waitress is pretty cute though.
And the episode with Mary Lynn Rajskub? Holy fucking shit.
Her phlegm choice was just utterly perfect.
Unrelated to the above statement: I have officially been booked for another round of VO for the Target Everyday Collection campaign. Three more national radio spot recording next week.
What what.
Plus, I have finished the recording of my second audio book...which...I think is a surprise?
I don't know.
Either way, it's not going to be released (at first) as a typical audio book that no one will listen to, but, rather, in a different format to which no one will listen!
WOO WOO WOOOO!
BIIIIG MUUUUNNY!!!
There is also a Le Pain Quotidien that's JUST opened up near where I work.
I look forward to eating there.
Ugh.
This was boring.
Sorry.
* The movie was long and I was SLEEPY!!!!
Showing posts with label Target's Everyday Collection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Target's Everyday Collection. Show all posts
5.02.2013
And Then I Was Santa
Santa.
Not Satan.
Something awful happened on Tuesday and has been sitting on my mind since then.
I'll skip the details because I honestly can't think of a way to make what happened not sound like it's about me and I don't want to do that.
Anyway, I was having a really dark week and then I remembered that I was booked to record a session for Speakaboos today.
I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to deliver, that I wasn't in a "Speakaboos place", if you know what I mean.
I arrived and was told that, today, along with a narrator and a dad, that I would also be playing Santa Claus.
The script was just dripping in heartfelt Christmas cheer, the kind of stuff that would just sound wrong if it weren't delivered with real feeling, and, in the end, I walked out of there feeling like a new person.
I also learned that the big Speakaboos unveiling should be happening in a few weeks if everything goes as planned; along with some future projects they're hoping to undertake...all of which were very, very exciting and, hopefully, will include me in some fashion.
I have never had more fun doing voice over than with Speakaboos and I'd love to see this crazy train keep on rolling.
On top of all that, Target wants me back in in a week or so to do some more Everyday Collection radio spots.
Hopefully, I will get to talk sexy about bacon again.
Not Satan.
Something awful happened on Tuesday and has been sitting on my mind since then.
I'll skip the details because I honestly can't think of a way to make what happened not sound like it's about me and I don't want to do that.
Anyway, I was having a really dark week and then I remembered that I was booked to record a session for Speakaboos today.
I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to deliver, that I wasn't in a "Speakaboos place", if you know what I mean.
I arrived and was told that, today, along with a narrator and a dad, that I would also be playing Santa Claus.
The script was just dripping in heartfelt Christmas cheer, the kind of stuff that would just sound wrong if it weren't delivered with real feeling, and, in the end, I walked out of there feeling like a new person.
I also learned that the big Speakaboos unveiling should be happening in a few weeks if everything goes as planned; along with some future projects they're hoping to undertake...all of which were very, very exciting and, hopefully, will include me in some fashion.
I have never had more fun doing voice over than with Speakaboos and I'd love to see this crazy train keep on rolling.
On top of all that, Target wants me back in in a week or so to do some more Everyday Collection radio spots.
Hopefully, I will get to talk sexy about bacon again.
3.18.2013
Some Pun Involving The Word 'Target'
I had my third session with Target this morning recording the intro to their award submission and their case study for the Everyday Collection campaign.
Good times.
I also met Grace, the sexy whisperer in the TV and radio ads.
British.
Who knew?
Tomorrow, I have a tasty three hour chunk with Speakaboos and then three days of screaming, bloody panic as the wedding looms.
But enough about that.
MEDIA
I recently finished watching Full Metal Alchemist.
At times the lack of progress in that show was obnoxious, but, in the end, I suppose they wrapped things up nicely...I suppose. I love the Japaneseishness of it; the weird little freak outs and strange behavior. Armstrong, for instance, what the fuck was going on there? And why do all of the best Japanese heroes eat so much food? I'm thinking of Ed Elric, but also of Mugan and Jin in Samurai Champloo (which still might be my favorite anime, thank you Phil).
Such an odd culture...
I also just finished the second season of American Horror Story. Not as amazing as the first. Less obliteratingly sexy maids than I would have liked, although Satanic whore nuns that rape Voldemort's brother? An acceptable substitute. Acceptable.
It was very fun to see (most of) the cast from season one playing different characters. Can someone please give Jessica Lange an award?
Oh, and, if anyone had a problem with the insane amount of misogyny in season two, I'm sure that'll be addressed and toned down for season three...which takes place in Salem...most likely during the witch trials (is that capitalized?), but I wouldn't put it past the show to not bring up witches at all during the season and focus more on Yetis (is that capitalized?).
Other than that I have just finished the most recent Dresden Files book and I think I might just have to stop reading until all twenty six or whatever are out. While each book is its own thing, the ante just keeps getting upped...Butcher has talked about his "big, apocalypse trilogy" and I cannot wait for that to happen. One thing all this forced patience has taught me is to have pity on those poor bastards waiting for Dickface to finish the Fire and Ice books. Man, what a dong. I've said it before and I'll say it again, King was dragging his ass on those last three Dark Tower books until someone hit him with a fucking van.
So.
I'm not encouraging this behavior.
But.
You know.
Squeaky wheel, grease, etc.
I also had the surprising delight to watch Dredd recently.
Wow.
Okay, first off, I decided to watch this movie for one reason and one reason only: I had heard that Matt Berry's "Theme for Snuff Box" was used in it, not once, but twice. Now, if you've heard this song, then you know just how odd of a choice that sounds like and how intriguing the possibilities are.
So, yeah.
Guys...this is a really solid action movie. It's not even a dumb action movie, they did a great job.
First off, the plot completely justifies the use of 3D.
To be fair, I wasn't in on any of the meetings (AGAIN) and maybe this whole movie was build around 3D, BUT, even if that's the case...way to go Hollywood.
See, there's this drug called "slo-mo" that, when smoked, slows down time to 1% of its normal speed for the user.
Gratuitous slow motion and 3D justified in ONE SENTENCE.
I've only read a few Judge Dredd comics and pretty much everyone has been ridiculous and I'd seen the Stallone movie...which I'm going to stop thinking about*, so, my expectations were gub.
But, this wasn't a story about Judge Dredd; it was a Judge Dredd story.
More specifically a Judge Dredd story co-starring a smoking little redhead telepath who also knows kung fu.
The sets and tech and costumes are all amazing, perfect.
And, back to the 3D, when it's used, it's used sparingly and effectively...which I think might be a first in Hollywood movies.
The villain was pretty solid as well: she had pathos and ethos.
PATHOS AND ETHOS.
She didn't go over the top or have a monologue or anything like that, she was just cold and hard and scary...mainly because she bit this dude's dick off.
...pathos...
There was also one of the better uses of the "hacker" stock character as well. Yes, he was in a crazy looking server room with a huge bank of monitors set up in front of him, but his mannerisms and character depth were just great, nothing like our typical "computer nerd" or whatever.
Plus, he was listening to that Matt Berry song I mentioned.
Occasionally, there were some silly moments...like Urban's constant Stallone Snarl for no real reason, his accent bleeds through a bit at times...and a whole lot at other times (the first word spoken is "America" and it sounds nothing but British in his mouth), plus, the hot psychic actually says the line, "Wearing a helmet interferes with my psychic abilities"...which kind of sums up the whole movie right there.
I don't know, I could keep going, but it's been a while and all I remember is how solid the whole thing was...and then how sad I was when I found out that they are probably not going to do a sequel.
*sigh*
And, finally, last night I watched Argo, which was also pretty solid. Very glad to have avoided that "Argo fuck yourself" meme/quote/reference thing as it could have gotten old fast. Did anyone else notice that Ben Affleck didn't smile once in the film? Must have been the director's decision...
And Bryan Cranston? Cursing? Pure money gold.
Here's hoping we'll get some more cool CIA operations declassified so we can watch more cool movies.
All right.
I've done enough thinking.
Time to read some comic books.
* Except for the cameo by the amazing Ian Dury which is the only reason to ever watch that movie.
Good times.
I also met Grace, the sexy whisperer in the TV and radio ads.
British.
Who knew?
Tomorrow, I have a tasty three hour chunk with Speakaboos and then three days of screaming, bloody panic as the wedding looms.
But enough about that.
MEDIA
I recently finished watching Full Metal Alchemist.
At times the lack of progress in that show was obnoxious, but, in the end, I suppose they wrapped things up nicely...I suppose. I love the Japaneseishness of it; the weird little freak outs and strange behavior. Armstrong, for instance, what the fuck was going on there? And why do all of the best Japanese heroes eat so much food? I'm thinking of Ed Elric, but also of Mugan and Jin in Samurai Champloo (which still might be my favorite anime, thank you Phil).
Such an odd culture...
I also just finished the second season of American Horror Story. Not as amazing as the first. Less obliteratingly sexy maids than I would have liked, although Satanic whore nuns that rape Voldemort's brother? An acceptable substitute. Acceptable.
It was very fun to see (most of) the cast from season one playing different characters. Can someone please give Jessica Lange an award?
Oh, and, if anyone had a problem with the insane amount of misogyny in season two, I'm sure that'll be addressed and toned down for season three...which takes place in Salem...most likely during the witch trials (is that capitalized?), but I wouldn't put it past the show to not bring up witches at all during the season and focus more on Yetis (is that capitalized?).
Other than that I have just finished the most recent Dresden Files book and I think I might just have to stop reading until all twenty six or whatever are out. While each book is its own thing, the ante just keeps getting upped...Butcher has talked about his "big, apocalypse trilogy" and I cannot wait for that to happen. One thing all this forced patience has taught me is to have pity on those poor bastards waiting for Dickface to finish the Fire and Ice books. Man, what a dong. I've said it before and I'll say it again, King was dragging his ass on those last three Dark Tower books until someone hit him with a fucking van.
So.
I'm not encouraging this behavior.
But.
You know.
Squeaky wheel, grease, etc.
I also had the surprising delight to watch Dredd recently.
Wow.
Okay, first off, I decided to watch this movie for one reason and one reason only: I had heard that Matt Berry's "Theme for Snuff Box" was used in it, not once, but twice. Now, if you've heard this song, then you know just how odd of a choice that sounds like and how intriguing the possibilities are.
So, yeah.
Guys...this is a really solid action movie. It's not even a dumb action movie, they did a great job.
First off, the plot completely justifies the use of 3D.
To be fair, I wasn't in on any of the meetings (AGAIN) and maybe this whole movie was build around 3D, BUT, even if that's the case...way to go Hollywood.
See, there's this drug called "slo-mo" that, when smoked, slows down time to 1% of its normal speed for the user.
Gratuitous slow motion and 3D justified in ONE SENTENCE.
I've only read a few Judge Dredd comics and pretty much everyone has been ridiculous and I'd seen the Stallone movie...which I'm going to stop thinking about*, so, my expectations were gub.
But, this wasn't a story about Judge Dredd; it was a Judge Dredd story.
More specifically a Judge Dredd story co-starring a smoking little redhead telepath who also knows kung fu.
The sets and tech and costumes are all amazing, perfect.
And, back to the 3D, when it's used, it's used sparingly and effectively...which I think might be a first in Hollywood movies.
The villain was pretty solid as well: she had pathos and ethos.
PATHOS AND ETHOS.
She didn't go over the top or have a monologue or anything like that, she was just cold and hard and scary...mainly because she bit this dude's dick off.
...pathos...
There was also one of the better uses of the "hacker" stock character as well. Yes, he was in a crazy looking server room with a huge bank of monitors set up in front of him, but his mannerisms and character depth were just great, nothing like our typical "computer nerd" or whatever.
Plus, he was listening to that Matt Berry song I mentioned.
Occasionally, there were some silly moments...like Urban's constant Stallone Snarl for no real reason, his accent bleeds through a bit at times...and a whole lot at other times (the first word spoken is "America" and it sounds nothing but British in his mouth), plus, the hot psychic actually says the line, "Wearing a helmet interferes with my psychic abilities"...which kind of sums up the whole movie right there.
I don't know, I could keep going, but it's been a while and all I remember is how solid the whole thing was...and then how sad I was when I found out that they are probably not going to do a sequel.
*sigh*
And, finally, last night I watched Argo, which was also pretty solid. Very glad to have avoided that "Argo fuck yourself" meme/quote/reference thing as it could have gotten old fast. Did anyone else notice that Ben Affleck didn't smile once in the film? Must have been the director's decision...
And Bryan Cranston? Cursing? Pure money gold.
Here's hoping we'll get some more cool CIA operations declassified so we can watch more cool movies.
All right.
I've done enough thinking.
Time to read some comic books.
* Except for the cameo by the amazing Ian Dury which is the only reason to ever watch that movie.
1.24.2013
TARGET ACQUIRED. AGAIN. ME. THEY ACQUIRED ME. AGAIN.
Specifically for the first ever Tweet-To-Runway Show which took place earlier today.
It's a part of their Everyday Collection ad campaign (for which I do their radio spots; you may have heard them if you use Pandora...I sex it up regarding tomatoes, bacon and Any'Tizers...whatever the hell those are...).
My job was to read the tweets of people tweeting about everyday things and to then comment on said tweet then invite them to participate in said show.
You can check out all my sexy voice mouthing here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL49VV18KYYONnSB-If_Tj0KDe4-5TTU8y
Also, I discovered yesterday that one of the last remaining members of Coil, Danny Hyde, has finished some music that was started years ago and intended to close the Moon's Milk releases.
Long story short, when I ordered this new music, I received a thank you e-mail from Hyde, so, obviously, I took the opportunity to tell him how great his stuff is, about the Coil Review Project AND about the fact that I just interviewed Chris Vrenna (who he had worked with during his time remixing for NIN) and that we had discussed Coil at length.
He wrote back saying that he was thankful and that he'd be interested to hear what Vrenna told me about working with Coil.
Bottom line: I'm going to try to get Danny Hyde...of Coil...on my fucking podcast.
I have...so many questions.
And, speaking of my podcast (digressive_obscenity, subscribe and I'll give you a candy!), after some bloodcreaming battles with iTunes and servers and feeds and fucking SATAN HIMSELF, everything looks to be in order for the release of the first episode on Monday, and the subsequent release of each episode after that, on each subsequent Monday.
Worst case scenario, you'll be able to listen and/or download it from the tumblr site but not iTunes at first.
I'm very proud of what I've done here and I look forward to sharing this with you and recording more.
Thanks to the handful of folks who participated in the first wave of episodes.
And...that's it.
Tomorrow is my 32nd birthday and then, Saturday, the party to celebrate my birthday.
It's going to be laid back and pizza and pajamas.
Just like me.
It's a part of their Everyday Collection ad campaign (for which I do their radio spots; you may have heard them if you use Pandora...I sex it up regarding tomatoes, bacon and Any'Tizers...whatever the hell those are...).
My job was to read the tweets of people tweeting about everyday things and to then comment on said tweet then invite them to participate in said show.
You can check out all my sexy voice mouthing here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL49VV18KYYONnSB-If_Tj0KDe4-5TTU8y
Also, I discovered yesterday that one of the last remaining members of Coil, Danny Hyde, has finished some music that was started years ago and intended to close the Moon's Milk releases.
Long story short, when I ordered this new music, I received a thank you e-mail from Hyde, so, obviously, I took the opportunity to tell him how great his stuff is, about the Coil Review Project AND about the fact that I just interviewed Chris Vrenna (who he had worked with during his time remixing for NIN) and that we had discussed Coil at length.
He wrote back saying that he was thankful and that he'd be interested to hear what Vrenna told me about working with Coil.
Bottom line: I'm going to try to get Danny Hyde...of Coil...on my fucking podcast.
I have...so many questions.
And, speaking of my podcast (digressive_obscenity, subscribe and I'll give you a candy!), after some bloodcreaming battles with iTunes and servers and feeds and fucking SATAN HIMSELF, everything looks to be in order for the release of the first episode on Monday, and the subsequent release of each episode after that, on each subsequent Monday.
Worst case scenario, you'll be able to listen and/or download it from the tumblr site but not iTunes at first.
I'm very proud of what I've done here and I look forward to sharing this with you and recording more.
Thanks to the handful of folks who participated in the first wave of episodes.
And...that's it.
Tomorrow is my 32nd birthday and then, Saturday, the party to celebrate my birthday.
It's going to be laid back and pizza and pajamas.
Just like me.
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