I, on the other hand, loveloveloved it, the original, not so much the spinspinspin off.  It has its moments when it vaguely resembles a half way decent show.  The episode that was on this week was one of those moments...even without any of the original characters.

I was a bit concerned this week because this was the first week without Kelly or Brenda but it was ok.  And the very best line from my very favorite movie (which hubby monster happens to loathe as well) was in this episode...it is at the end of the clip but the clip is worth watchin because the grandma is a freak!

Man, I miss the eighties...

Now, I have a question...were you a Dylan-girl or a Brandon girl?

Melissa is a gorgeous lady, so it was no suprise that she looked so stunning in her gown.

Mark also looked pretty dapper in his suit!

After the ceremony, the bridal party all went to a local railroad museum and park for photos.

Mark and Melissa surprised everyone with their first dance - a recreation of the last scene from the movie "Dirty Dancing".

And, oh yes, they even did the lift!

It was such a pleasure to work with you guys and your families, I can't wait to finish the rest of the photos!

I like some of the more popular 80's movies too, like

• Dirty Dancing
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Sixteen Candles
• The Breakfast Club
• Revenge of the Nerds
• Beetlejuice
• Heathers
• A Christmas Story
• Back to the Future

When I say "cheesy" 80's movies I mean gems such as

• Beverly Hills Troopers
• Can't Buy Me Love
• Once Bitten
• Mannequin (this particular one has become a lot harder to watch)
• Flight of the Navigator
• Secret to my Success
• Children of the Corn

You know, the movies that really highlighted 80's hair or greed, or looked corny, or were just plain bad movies with a totally thin plot.

Making up this list has set me on a quest to eBay/Amazon. Damnit...

JESSICA SAYS:
Here is what I knew about this movie going into it: It's based on a novel by Chuck Palahniuk. That's it. Sometimes that's a really nice way to go into a movie (or book for that matter) because it prevents the sentiment that my mother utters after every single movie when you ask her what she thought--"Well, it wasn't what I expected." I have read Fight Club, which is also by Palahniuk, but haven't read Choke. So, I expected it to be dark and twisty, with a little social commentary added in for good measure. To borrow from Mom, "It wasn't (totally) what I expected." It was dark and twisty, but I missed the social commentary. Side note: anytime I quote my mother, be sure to read it with a pretty strong Midwestern accent (specifically Saint Louis).

A quick plot summary--Sam Rockwell plays a recovering sex addict, Victor Mancini, who works at a colonial reenactment site. His mother, played by Angelica Houston, is a patient in a mental hospital who no longer recognizes her son. Victor begins to fall for his mother's doctor, played by Kelly MacDonald, as he sets out to find out who his father is.

Kudos to the casting director of this film. I don't think there is another actor out there that plays sleazy, but likeable as well as Sam Rockwell. I'm kind of in love with Anjelica Huston now. As I left the movie, it dawned on me that I don't think I've ever seen any of her movies before. I am in the process of adding her films to my Blockbuster queue right now. This film was filled with scenes that turned on long, silent close-ups of her face as she processed emotion and information. I was in awe. Plus, I got kind of mesmerized by her looks--she's attractive, but not in a traditional sense and I could never quite put my finger on what made her striking. It's like the individual parts are kind of odd, but the sum of the parts works. Last but not least, I was so pleased to see Joel Grey, star of Broadway and father of Baby Houseman (a.k.a. Jennifer Grey--"Dirty Dancing"). He's such an odd little man and he worked that beautifully as one of the recovering sex addicts in therapy with Victor.

Have you ever seen a movie and thought, I bet this is a really good book? That's how I felt with "Choke." That's not to say I didn't think the movie was good; I did. I just felt like the book probably said things the movie didn't even attempt to (the missing social commentary I referenced at the beginning of this). I laughed out loud several times, which is how I judge how funny something is. Even better, it was pretty moving, too.

Just a warning: I was unprepared for how much sex there was in this movie. After reading this, you will already be aware it's about a sex addict. I was not. All the sex scenes felt appropriate and were relevant to the plot, just...you know...this isn't one for the kids.

This is worth seeing for the full Friday night price. Just don't see it with anyone whom you might be uncomfortable watching people do the 'around the world.'

ALISON SAYS:

Who knew broken, depressed sex addicts could be so funny? I sure didn't until I saw this movie. I have never read any of Chuck Palahniuk's books, though after reading some of his info on Wikipedia, I've just added some of his work to my library account (yes, I have a library card and actually use it). Here's a few choice pieces:

When Palahniuk "attempted to publish his next novel, Invisible Monsters, publishers rejected it for being too disturbing. This led him to work on his most famous novel, Fight Club, which he wrote as an attempt to disturb the publisher even more for rejecting him."

"Palahniuk would also become a member of the rebellious Cacophony Society* in his adulthood. He is a regular participant in their events, including the annual Santa Rampage (a public Christmas party involving pranks and drunkenness) in Portland. His participation in the Society inspired some of the events in his writings, both fictional and non-fictional. Most notably, he used the Cacophony Society as the basis for Project Mayhem in Fight Club."

"Choke" is the latest film adaptation of Palahniuk's work, and it's definitely worth seeing. It has a stellar cast, all talented and all funny. There's a depressing realism to the misery that is their lives, but you still love being along for the ride and keep hoping they'll find some semblance of happiness. Sam Rockwell dazzles as a guy you sort of want to hate, but can't help being charmed by. I can't believe I just wrote "dazzles." Brad William Henke masterfully portrays the sweetest, most cuddly chronic masturbator you'll ever meet. Clark Gregg should be proud of himself for his directorial debut with this film, not to mention his hilarious performance as Lord High Charlie and the fact that he wrote the screenplay.

LA Viewers: Worth paying full price at The Grove or Sunset 5.

Translation for non-LA natives: It is worth paying money to see this movie in the theaters. It will make you laugh and you get to see boobs (if you’re into that).

Sidenote: This is not the movie to bring your small children or your mom to. Or to bring anyone who might be weirded out by somewhat explicit sex scenes.
*Jessica has no idea what the Cacophony Society actually does, but you had her at "pranks and drunkenness."

This movie is so amazing. It seems like a bit of fluff, but if you stop to think about it, Dirty Dancing tackles issues such as class and gender issues, generational changes, AND has a kickass soundtrack. I actually stopped knitting a bunch of times to sigh, smile, squee, and then get up and dance my butt off. SO GOOD. Here's what I've been working on today:

DIRTY DANCING - THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE

By Eleanor Bergstein

PRE-BROADWAY EAST COAST PREMIERE IN BOSTON

Performances at the Boston Opera House February 7 - March 15, 2009

Tickets go on sale Sunday, October 5^th at 10AM!

Boston, MA - The international stage hit Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage will make its Pre-Broadway East Coast premiere at the Boston Opera House for a limited engagement February 7 through March 15, 2009.  Tickets go on sale to the public Sunday, October 5^th at 10AM. For full ticketing information please go to the end of this release. Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage is part of the Lexus Boston Area Dealers Broadway Across America - Boston Series.

Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage is produced by Jacobsen Entertainment, in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions, and written by Eleanor Bergstein, writer and co-producer of the phenomenally successful movie. 

Proclaimed "The biggest live theatre sensation of all time" by The Observer newspaper in London, Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage also received four stars from The Times, The Independent, Financial Times, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Times and Time Out London. 

The movie Dirty Dancing is a legendary entertainment phenomenon.  The soundtrack continues to sell millions of copies.  And now live audiences can experience it as never before.  Re-imagined for the stage by the original screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein, Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, breathtaking emotion and sensationally sexy dancing. Step inside the classic story of Baby and Johnny, two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds, who come together in what will be the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives - told by a tremendous cast of 39 and featuring 35 hit songs, including "Hungry Eyes," "Hey Baby," "Do You Love Me?" and the heart-stopping Academy Award®-winning "(I've Had) The Time of My Life."

The cast is lead by Amanda Leigh Cobb playing Frances ‘Baby' Houseman and Josef Brown re-creating the role of Johnny Castle Baby's headstrong love interest. Mr. Brown previously played Johnny in the London and Australian productions of Dirty Dancing.  Britta Lazenga - member of the Joffrey Ballet - plays the role of Penny Johnson. Ben Mingay reprises his role as Billy.  Previously he has played the role in Australia, London and Toronto. They are joined by John Bolger as Baby's father Dr. Jake Houseman, Kaitlin Hopkins as her mother Marjorie, and Katlyn Carlson as Baby's sister Lisa.

Rounding out the cast of 39 are Molly C. Callinan as Vivian, Joseph Costa as Mr. Schumacher, Jonathan Epstein as Max Kellerman, namesake of the resort at which the iconic story is set, Ryan Farrell as Robbie, Michael W. Howell as Tito Suarez, Lauren Klein as Mrs. Schumacher, Michael Lluberes as Stan, Gary Lynch as Moe Pressman, and Adam Overett as Neil Kellerman.  The ensemble includes John Antony, Jamie  Bayard, Timothy Bish, Thea Brooks, Karen Burthwright, Theresa Coombe, E. Clayton Cornelius, Ashley Fitzgerald, Hayley Henderson-Smith, Darina Jeleva, Travis Kelley, Charlie Logan, Lauralyn McClelland, Erich McMillan-McCall, Samuel Pergande, Andrew Pirozzi, Sarah Skogland, Easton Smith, Billy Harrigan Tighe, Aspen Vincent, Tony Vincent, Emily J. Williams, and Candice Marie Woods.

The acclaimed creative team responsible for the record-breaking London and Toronto productions of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage brings the show to the United States.  Directed by James Powell, with choreography by Kate Champion, the team also includes:  Stephen Brimson Lewis (set design), Conrad Helfrich (music supervisor), Tim Mitchell (lighting design), Bobby Aitken (sound design), Jon Driscoll (video and projection design), Jennifer Irwin (costume design) and Craig Wilson (Latin and Ballroom dance choreographer). For more information on Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage, go to www.DirtyDancingAmerica.com

Broadway Across America-Boston will be hosting an Open Captioned performance of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage for the hearing impaired on Sunday, March 8 at the 2:00pm matinee performance.  Tickets may be purchased through Voice-(617) 880-2419, TTY-(617) 426-3444 or in person at The Colonial Theatre Box Office, 106 Boylston Street, Boston during normal box office hours Monday through Saturday from 10:00am - 6:00pm.

Open Captioning is an alternate form of accessibility for the deaf and hard of hearing population in the United States. The c2net.org website describes Open Captioning as "text displayed simultaneous to live speech, dialogue or performance". This technology is now utilized by theaters nationwide. It provides hearing impaired patrons with the complete script and song text for live performances on small screens directly adjacent to audience seating.  For more comprehensive information on Open Captioning visit www.c2net.org.  

PERFORMANCES:              Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7:30pm      

                                          (Please note: Wed 2/11 at 7:00pm)

                                          Friday evenings at 8:00pm ; Saturdays at 2:00pm and 8:00pm

                                          (Please note: there is no 2:00pm performance on Sat 2/7)

                                          Sundays at 2:00pm and 7:30pm

                                          (Please note: Open Captioned performance Sun 3/8 at 2pm)

TICKETS:                                 $30.00 - $91.00

                                          $132.50 for premium seating

ON-SALE:                           Sunday, October 5, 2008

TICKET INFORMATION: 

Tickets for Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage go on sale to the public Sunday, October 5^th and will be available through an authorized ticket seller found only at Ticketmaster 617-931-2787, at all Ticketmaster outlets, by visiting BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com and directly at the Boston Opera House during special hours only available on Sunday, October 5th from 10:00am-6:00pm.  PLEASE NOTE:  Following Sunday's on-sale, tickets will continue to be available at The Colonial Theatre Box Office, 106 Boylston Street, Boston during normal box office hours Monday through Saturday 10:00am - 6:00pm.  Season Series Patrons interested in additional tickets should call Broadway Across America - Boston directly at 1-866-523-7469 and for Member tickets please call 1-866-551-7469.  Groups of 20 or more please call Broadway Across America - Boston Group Sales 1-866-633-0194. 

ABOUT BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA

Broadway Across America:  Owned and operated by British theatre producer John Gore (CEO) and led by Thomas B. McGrath (Chairman), Broadway Across America presents first-class touring Broadway musicals and plays, family productions and other live events throughout a network of 43 North American cities.  Broadway Across America is also dedicated to the development and production of new and diverse live theatre for productions on Broadway, across America and throughout the world.  Current productions include Tony Award-winners BOEING BOEING and SPAMALOT, 13 A NEW MUSICAL, as well as THE BACKYARDIGANS.  Upcoming productions include WEST SIDE STORY, DORA THE EXPLORER and the Broadway premiere of Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS opening this 2008 holiday season.  For more information or to purchase tickets through an authorized agent go to BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.

Kutsher's Resort. (Kate Glicksberg)

"It's the kind of place homeless Jews come to get bar mitzvahed," joked the comedian Joe Derosa, referring to Kutsher's, the run-down Catskill Mountain resort in Monticello, N.Y., that has clearly seen better days. Still, its storied history never included anything quite like All Tomorrow's Parties, a large, experimental U.K. music festival held here last weekend and bringing roughly 3,000 of the indiest of indie rock kids to the borscht belt complex.

Helen Kutsher. (Kate Glicksberg)

"It makes me very happy having all these young people here," said Helen Kutsher, the hotel’s matriarch. Kutsher’s, once a regular stop for borscht belt royalty like Jackie Mason, Joan Rivers, Alan King and Shecky Green as well as contemporary (sorta) comedians like Billy Crystal and Jerry Seinfeld and … er … Yakov Smirnov, has been in business since 1907 and is the last remaining family-run resort in the Catskills.

Between the 1930s and the 1970s, the hotel and its neighboring resorts provided New Yorkers, most often Jewish immigrants and their upwardly mobile offspring, an affordable respite -- much like the setting of 1987's kitsch classic "Dirty Dancing," for which Kutsher's was supposedly an inspiration (prompting festival goers to repeat ad infinitum Patrick Swayze's classic line, "Nobody puts baby in a corner!"). In less than two hours by car, urbanites could have a cheap all-inclusive vacation to the "Jewish Alps," complete with top-shelf entertainment.

All Tomorrow's Parties continues in the same tradition -- if the entertainers had been avant-garde-leaning cacophonous rock musicians. Amplified noise in all its permutations was the order of the day with Irish shoe gazers My Bloody Valentine headlining the wondrous Stardust Ballroom with a sonically assaultive set. Other highlights of the three-day festival included the warm and trippy Spectrum (with Pete "Sonic Boom" Kember of Spacemen 3), the fierce riot-inducing duo Lightning Bolt and the sonorous techno-inflected sounds of Germany's Harmonia (featuring members Neu! and Cluster). Thankfully an old-school hip-hop set by E.P.M.D. offered both nostalgia — of a different sort than a set by Shecky Green — and a welcome relief from the aural maelstrom.

While Mrs. Kutsher enjoyed the festivities, she was a bit taken aback by the casual dress code of the attendants -- distressed T-shirts, flip-flops, shorts. "It used to be people would dress up here," she explained. "It would be 150 degrees outside and you would see women in fur coats and the men wearing hats -- none of this short pants."

But perhaps it is this informal younger generation who can best help restore the dilapidated borscht belt to its former grandeur. These once-glorious resorts likely weren’t on the list of must-see places for any of the young attendees, yet the culture collision felt oddly right (though basic amenities like edible food, for example, would have been nice). To wit, All Tomorrow's Parties has already booked Kutsher's for 2009.

Read previous Andrew Gensler columns.

MASTERWORKS BROADWAY RELEASES

ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING OF INTERNATIONAL HIT

DIRTY DANCING - THE CLASSIC STORY ON STAGE

By Eleanor Bergstein

RELEASED TODAY - TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30^th, 2008

The movie Dirty Dancing is a legendary entertainment phenomenon.  And now American audiences can enjoy the European record-breaking live experience Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage and the Masterworks Broadway original cast recording, which will be released on Tuesday, September 30, 2008.

Re-imagined for stage by the original screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein, Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage has audiences around the world experiencing this timeless work as never before in a production combining all the intensity and excitement of live theater with new scenes and thrilling new dances.  Executive produced by Jimmy Lenner and produced by Conrad Helfrich, the original cast recording features the Academy Award^® winning song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," "Do You Love Me?" and new music from the smash stage production.

Original movie and stage album executive producer Jimmy Ienner said: "I am very proud to continue the Dirty Dancing legacy in its newest form, and to bring the original cast recording to the U.S. public following their demand and enthusiasm for this album."

The track listing for the original cast recording of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage includes:

1. This Magic Moment

2. Merengue

3. Johnny's Mambo

4. Do You Love Me?

5. This Land Is Your Land / We Shall Overcome

6. De Todo Un Poco

7. Dawn Interlude

8. Besame Mucho

9. If You Were The Only Girl In The World

10. Lisa's Hula

11. Yes!

12. In The Still Of The Night

13. Someone Like You

14. She's Like The Wind (Instrumental)

15. Kellerman's Anthem

16. (I've Had) The Time Of My Life

The national tour of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage will host its pre-Broadway U.S. premiere in Chicago at the Cadillac Palace Theatre for a limited run from September 28 through December 7, 2008. Boston and Los Angeles engagements will follow.

Proclaimed "The biggest live theatre sensation of all time" by The Observer newspaper in London, Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage also received four stars from The Times, The Independent, Financial Times, Evening Standard, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Times and Time Out London.

The acclaimed creative team responsible for the record-breaking London and Toronto productions of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage will bring the show to the United States.  Directed by James Powell, with choreography by Kate Champion, the team also includes:  Stephen Brimson Lewis (set design), Conrad Helfrich (music supervisor), Tim Mitchell (lighting design), Bobby Aitken (sound design), Jon Driscoll (video and projection design), Jennifer Irwin (costume design) and Craig Wilson (Latin and Ballroom dance choreographer).  

For more information on Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage:

 www.dirtydancingamerica.com or www.BroadwayInChicago.com

ABOUT MASTERWORKS BROADWAY

RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, deutsche harmonia mundi, Masterworks Broadway and Masterworks Jazz are labels of Sony BMG Masterworks.  For email updates and information regarding RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, deutsche harmonia mundi, Masterworks Broadway and Masterworks Jazz artists, promotions, tours and repertoire, please visit www.sonybmgmasterworks.com

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1. I hate going to the grocery store but I did it for the week so it is done.
2. Mountain Lake is empty and it looks ugly!  This was the lake at Kellerman's in Dirty Dancing (love it or hate it, not the point here).
3. I am already sick of all of the political perfectness being shoved down our throats and it isn't any where near being over.
4. I like a good conspiracy theory as much as the next girl but honestly some people should just not open their mouths!

That ought to be enough for now...Tune in next Tuesday.

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Tá, pode ser um conceito estranho para muitos (ou até para todos), mas nunca uma coisa foi tão clara para nós. Sabia que esse final de semana só de garotas ia fazer um bem enorme para nós duas. Depois do inferno que foi essa última semana era tudo o que a gente queria: filmes dançantes com homens pra lá de galantes (ui, rimou!). E, sinceramente, quem consegue resistir a Patrick Swayze e aquela pegada animal que ele tem? Chegamos a conclusão que Dirty Dancing é o melhor filme já feito na história da humanidade e que NADA, mas NADA nesse mundo, supera aquela pegada (se bem que Diego Luna chega bem perto em Dirty Dancing noites em Havana - sim, foi total uma maratona dança de salão). Mas voltando ao assunto principal, o que descobrimos neste final de semana foi que tudo o que queremos na vida é sexo sem sexo. Calma, a gente explica.

Bom, uma imagem vale mais do que mil palavras, não é? Pelo menos é o que dizem. Então vamos fazer assim. Assite o vídeo que a gente vai deixar, mas assiste com atenção, e depois volta aqui e termina de ler. Se não vai ser impossível entender alguma coisa! 

Link vídeo:  http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=RxUpTYyHlcw

Muito bem, assistiram? Então vamos lá. Acho que o mais óbvio nisso tudo é...o sentimento. É simplemente incrível o jeito que eles se entregam um para o outro. Baby poderia morrer ali que iria feliz. E o mesmo acontece com o Johnny. É tão sincero, tão intenso, tão hot que é complicado explicar. Mesmo como mero espectador você consegue sentir cada sensação que eles sentem, o frio na barriga, a respiração ofegante, o desejo, o amor. Eles nem precisavam realmente consumar o ato (apesar de que todos sabemos o que vem depois). Aquela atração, o movimentar junto dos corpos, cada toque, cada olhar, cada momento, é muito mais intenso do que o sexo em si. A dança deles é tão cheia de paixão e de sentimento que palavra nenhuma é necessária para que eles saibam os próximos movimentos, quem dita as regras ali é o coração.

Onde entra a parte do 'sexo sem sexo'? Bem aí, nesse momento em que os corpos se encontram e se tornam uma unidade. Nesse momento em que nada no mundo é mais importante do que aquela dança. Nesse momento em que tudo o que corre por suas veias é amor. Nesse momento que não é o sexo em si mas, com a melhor definição já dita por nós duas, sim 'sexo sem sexo'.

Porque também, se pensarmos bem.. sexo virou uma coisa tão banal, tão comum que perdeu toda aquela 'magia' que originalmente tinha. Antes era tão bonito, era um ato tão revelador e íntimo que era tratado com um tabu absurdo. Claro que a queda do tabu foi um avanço incrível. Poder discutir abertamente sobre o assunto, tirar dúvidas e experimentar 'novidades' é sempre bom, mas essa abertura foi tão grande, que a vulgaridade sobrepôs a simbologia. Um casal de namorados eventualmente terá que transar porque é o curso natural das coisas. Virou um total clichê e poucos são aqueles momentos em que a verdade do sentimento transparece. Sexo não é mais sinônimo de 'ele me quer' e sim de 'era necessário'. Logo, os momentos de sexo sem sexo preenchem a lacuna, são tão profundos que, na nossa opinião, passam a ser mais fortes que o sexo em si.

Acreditamos que, bem lá no fundo, todas as pessoas amam momentos como esse, e só não defendem com unhas e dentes como nós por que ainda não perceberam a diferença que isso pode fazer em sua vida. Não achamos que seja exagero afirmar isso, é a mais pura verdade. Ter essa percepção do mundo pode te ajudar a ver tudo de um outro ângulo, um ângulo melhor e mais imaginativo. Isso sempre mantendo um pé no chão, para depois não sofrer uma queda daquelas, é claro.

Acreditamos tanto nisso que chega a doer. De verdade. Como se alguma coisa faltasse e tivéssimos um buraco no coração. Um buraco que aumenta cada vez que sentimos falta de um momento como esse, que percebemos que a vida não será a mesma sem ele. Não que eles sejam inexistentes em nossa vida. Não são. Só são poucos, como na vida de quase todos hoje em dia. É por isso que buscamos, cada vez mais, deixar cada aspecto de nossas vidas mais doces e mais alegres, para que cada momento (seja fazendo roteiro de rádio ou vendo vídeos antigos) seja único, feliz e inesquecível. 

Agora, resta uma dúvida: por que esse post está escrito todo na primeira pessoa do plural? Será que a Marcela pirou de vez? Nãooo!!! Acontece que eu e a Marcela (a a outra, hahahahaha) escrevemos esse texto juntas, pelo google docs. Por isso o plural. Portanto, qualquer esperança de trancar qualquer uma de nós duas em um manicômio está fora de questão! Ainda não piramos de vez, pelo menos achamos que não... Apesar que...toda essa coisa de escrever texto no Google Docs sem precisar arrumar nada, todas as frases faladas em uníssono e as crescentes semelhanças começam a assustar nós mesmas. Quem sabe a gente não se interna sozinha no futuro?! Desde que Johnny Castle possa vir conosco, nem ligamos...

Nossas gavetas estão cheias de pensamentos ocasionais como esses. Cada vez mais ocasionais, precisam de uma gaveta própria, etiquetada: Estilo de Vida.

It's still been a little quiet on the musical theatre news front, but there's just about enough to sustain a post, so here I am... For those of you who are slightly more observant, you might notice me slip in a couple of things that didn't strictly happen in the last week. Enjoy...

• A Little Night Music has been confirmed as the Christmas musical this year at the Menier Chocolate Factory. The show is directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, and casting will follow in due course. In the meantime, tickets are already on sale via the Menier's website, where you can also find full details and publicity image for the show.
• Lee Mead is already been tipped for a follow-up role in another Andrew Lloyd Webber musical after he hangs up his multi-coloured coat. According to WOS, he is going to heading up the cast or a new production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Rather improbably, the production will apparently be directed by Marianne Elliott, a well-known director but with no previous musical theatre experience
• Dirty Dancing is getting a new cast member, and rather unusually, he comes from the Royal Ballet. According to The Stage, Martin Harvey will be taking on the leading role, and will be joined by Leanne Rowe as 'Baby'
• Imagine This started its press campaign, inviting journalists to meet the cast and creative team, and hear a few of the show's songs. What's On Stage reports events here, and the Official London Theatre site focuses on Director Timothy Sheader's nerves about the project. I doubt he's the only person to be worried, as it's certainly an ambitious show - check out The Stage newsblog for another point of view
• Gethin Jones in rumoured to have been lined up to replace Lee Mead when his time in Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat comes to an end early next year. According to WOS, the former Blue Peter presenter and star of Strictly Come Dancing will make his theatre debut in the show.
• Come Dancing, a new musical written by former Kinks frontman Ray Davies, opened this week at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. Thankfully it's actually an original musical, rather than another jukebox show, as noted by the show's reviews
• Never Forget's producers have managed to get themselves into a pay row with the cast of the show... The Stage reports that they have asked the cast to take significant pay cuts when the show moves from the Savoy Theatre to the smaller Lyric Theatre later in the year. Unsurprisingly, not everyone is particularly happy with their attempts. You can also see a response on The Stage's newsblog here
• Charles Strouse has told The Stage that producers are in talks to bring a new production of his most famous show, Annie, to the West End. It's currently playing at the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre, but he hopes it won't end there
• Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the latest film-cum-musical, has announced its leading cast members. What's On Stage announces that the show will mark a return to the West End stage for Jason Donovan, and this is confirmed by the show's official website
• Eurobeat The Musical opened at the Novello Theatre to mixed reviews... Nicholas de Jongh of the Evening Standard hated it, but Charles Spencer of the Daily Telegraph loved it. You can make up your own minds by booking tickets via the show's official website

Have a good weekend.

Sonia sat frozen in her seat, not registering what had just happened. She felt as though she was in a dream, everything around her very surreal. She looked at the two tickets on her dashboard, knowing she wasn’t going to make it to the airport. Sonia got out of the car.

“Hello!  Are you okay? I’m sorry. I didn’t see you. Your lights…are you okay?” She went over to the driver’s side and knocked on the window. There was no response. She looked around. The unlit road spread like a black desert patiently awaiting its victims. Sonia kicked off her shoes, cursing the fact that they weren’t a comfortable pair of flats.

Oh God! How could this be happening to me?

She tried opening the car door, but it wouldn’t budge.

Well, I guess these will be good for something other than backache.

She bashed at the window with her stilettos, and by the fifth attempt, it shattered. Sonia opened the door and while she couldn’t see much of the driver’s face, he must have had a better view than she did.

“Sonia.”

She stood still, hot with panic.

Who can it be?

“Do I know you?”

“I hope so.”

“How do you know me? My name?”

“ I’d know you anywhere my Sonia Baby.”

Sonia stood still, shocked. She knew that voice. It was the voice she heard when she was making love , when she was fucking, even though it was never her fiancee’s voice. The way he touched her, kissed her, made her ache, and burn, made her come. Something she could never forget. He became her dream- lover. Even though he once was her only lover.

.

 Michael .It couldn’t be.

“But, but you’re missing.”

“Well, only certain parts of me if the ambulance doesn’t get here. I’m kidding. It’s just a few bruises.”

“How do you know? You can’t just self-diagnose like that. You must go to the hospital.” She stopped, annoyed, confused and shocked all at once.

“Well, are you going to stand in the cold or climb in?”

She realized how silly she might look standing with her hands on her hips, barefooted and reprimanding the person she just smashed into. Reluctantly she got into the passenger seat.

“So aren’t you going to tell me what happened?” Sonia glared at him, still not believing her eyes.

‘Well actually, you just smashed into me…Okay, okay. But we shouldn’t be having this conversation here-”

“Excuse me! I guess this might not be the perfect set-up for you to tell me why you screwed up my life!”

“Sonia, are you still hung up on that? I explained it to you.”

“Hung up? You ran out on me a week before we were going to swear our undying love at the altar!”  

“But I don’t get why you’re still angry. In my e-mails …”

“E-mails? Oh no! You’re not going to get away with telling me you’ve been e-mailing me for three years! Sounds like a damn soap opera. ”  

“I did. I’m guessing you never got any. Just like you never got the messages I left for you when I could somehow never reach you.”

“Whom did you leave these supposed messages with? Oh you’re going to tell me it was…what did you call him, my control freak dad that intercepted it?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

“You’re right, it doesn’t’. You could have tried harder.”

“Perhaps you’re right. But it’s not easy breaking into jail.”

Michael looked down.

“Wow! That rock on your finger really sparkles.”

Sonia tried hiding her hand in the dark, as though she was wearing an embarrassing secret instead of a diamond ring.  

“I’m sorry, love I didn’t mean to…It’s really pretty.”

“Quit stalling. Spit it out! What was her name, or their names? I mean it has been three years, I’m sure you’ve done the rounds.”

“Yeah. Okay, okay. I didn’t want to mess up your life. I had nothing to give you. And sure, maybe it wasn’t important in the beginning but, well, you know your family, Sonia Baby-”

“Stop calling me that! And so what? So my family’s rich. It didn’t matter! God! It really is like a soap opera!”

“I know. I just…it’s that stupid male pride thing. And your dad spoke some sense into me. Said I should give it a couple of years if I really wanted you. ‘If you think you deserve my Sonia’. Maybe he was right. ”

“What? He did what?” Sonia could feel the red heat ballooning inside her.  

Dad? Does everybody have a say in my life except me? I wish he’d just leave me alone and let me live my life! Always, always telling me what to do.

“It doesn’t matter now. I wanted you to be proud of me.”

“I was.”

“I know. I know that now. Realization always comes to late, baby. I know you were broken up. But when I was getting on my feet ready to support you, I came back for you, now.”  He took her hand, and she yanked it away from him.  It was still there, as always, in the simplest touch. Just by touching her Michael could make her feel what no man since or before could.

Still the same, stupid girl, you might as well be fucking each other right now.

 “What is this? Wuthering Heights? I don’t want to hear anymore.”

Sonia stormed out of the car, still barefoot, forgetting about the glass on the road.
”Ouch! Damn It!”

 Michael jumped out of his car and ran over to her, trying to help her lean against him. Sonia struggled with him, trying to fight off the tears, to no avail.

“You always were clumsy. Does it hurt a lot?” He said softly, helping her to her car.

“Of course it hurts. ” She didn’t want to look at him, fearing they both knew she wasn’t talking about her injured foot.   

“Do you love him?” It was the inevitable question she prayed he wouldn’t ask.

“Does that matter? It never made a difference before.”

“It made a difference to us.”

“Oh? Was that why you left? Cos you loved me?” She said sarcastically.

“As hard as it is to believe, yes Sonia. It was because I love you and want the best for you. The best I can be. I know I went about it all wrong, and insensitively, but if you knew the truth…”

“What truth? ”

“I don’t want you to hate your Dad.”

“Michael, tell me now. I think you owe me that much.”

Michael took a deep breath, and Sonia knew whatever he was about to say would change her in some way.

“Your Dad kept trying to get me to break up with you, and when it didn’t work, he came to me all smiles that week before our wedding, and…”

“What did he do Michael?”

Michael sighed resignedly.

“He said he would cut you out of his will and make sure I don’t ever get work in industry again. I’m sorry Sonia.”

My god,Dad!

She willed herself to calm down. “He said Steven would be good for me. Of course he did, Steven works for him. My fiancee belongs to him, just as this car does.”

“Nice car.” Michael laughed half-heartedly. “You don’t love him, not like you love…”

“First my Dad, now you! You know what, this isn’t a damn movie. Things matter. What you did mattered.” Sonia looked at Michael sternly. “Where are the damn cops anyway?”

“Well, I don’t think you can have them arrest me for being an idiot.”  

Sonia was about to protest but she knew he was smiling, and she couldn’t help but laugh.

“If nothing else, I can still make you laugh.”

Sonia tried her best not to throttle him.

“Yes Michael, you could do a lot of things, you could just never stay.”
”That’s fair. Can I ask you something? Are you cross with me cos I left or cos I came back? You know you’re making the biggest mistake…I won’t hurt you and I will never leave you again. No matter what…I want you Sonia. I’ve always wanted only you.”

“This is ridiculous!”

“This wasn’t an accident. I know you wouldn’t want to see me if I just pitched up, so I-”

“So you smashed into me? Oh my God, Michael!”

“Actually as I recall it you were the one who smashed into me.”  

Sonia slapped him across the face.

“It would have helped if you had your damn lights switched on so I could see you!”

“This is just absurd. I feel like I’m stuck in one of those bad romance novels.”

They stared at each other for moment, Sonia’s eyes brimming with tears. Michael reached over to her and pulled her close.

“Michael, how can you do this?”

“Well, I didn’t know you liked your car that much.”

 Despite herself, Sonia laughed through her tears. The dark road ahead looked a little smudged. Michael was the only person who ever left her feeling confused. And now all the feelings she thought she’d buried six foot under were rushing up to flood her.

Frustrated and angry, she lifted her handbag and proceeded to hit him several times on the head, until she slumped in her seat, spent.

 “Happy now?” Michael looked at her. “ You know we’re right.”

 And just as in the ridiculous books she used to read, and like she’d secretly dreamed all these years, Michael took her in his arms and covered her lips with his. She felt his hot breath against her neck, not listenting to what he was whispering, just losing herself in the memory of what it felt like being with him.

God, he feels so good, so right.  

Sonia tugged at his jeans zipper, feeling the growing bulge in his pants. Michael ripped open her blouse, feverishly kissing her breasts and pushed up her silky skirt, pulling off her g-string. She felt her pussy getting wet as his hand rubbed against her, fingers moving in and out of her. He pushed her hand aside, and got rid of his jeans, and with one hand, lifted her on top of him, her pussy sliding over his thick hard cock.

“Oh fuck Michael, your cock feels so….”

“Yeah, Baby, I also forgot just how good it feels being inside you. Fucking you. Making love.”

Their embrace was interrupted by muffled sounds of Sonia’s cell. She broke from Michael and reached to bottom of her back.

“Some things never change.”

Sonia didn’t hear him. She was staring at the caller ID.

“It’s him isn’t it?”

“Hi Steven. Oh, it’s okay. I’ll…I gotta go. Bad signal.”

She ended the call and got dressed. 

 “Why didn’t you tell him about the accident?”

“He’s on his way here. We’re going to travel for a few weeks, with all the stress of wedding talk, well-”

Michael picked up the tickets.

“New York? His choice?”

“There’s nothing wrong with New York.”

“No, but the Sonia I remember had a passion for places with history and soul. We were going to see Peru, Macchu Picchu together.”

“Things change.”

“Do they? “ Michael played with a strand of hair glued to Sonia's face. “I know it’s unfair, but I couldn’t do this sooner.” 

 They stared at each other, Sonia feeling as though Michael had never left.

They heard the distant sound of a car approaching.

“Steven.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I’m going to New York.”

                                                                   *************************

Sonia looked around as she waited in the check in queue at JFK Airport, glad to be cushioned from the New York smog.

 We’re going to be late!

“Passport and Tickets please, ma’am.”

“Er, I’m just waiting-“

“Honey, sorry, traffic was a bitch!” He kissed her on the cheek, and handed her his passport.

 Sonia only relaxed when they boarded the plane, waiting for take-off.

“Good morning ladies and gentleman, welcome to American Airlines Flight AA613 to Lima, Peru. We hope you…”

“I suddenly feel the need to use the loo. Didn’t you say you also want to? I forget how to lock those things.”

Sonia smiled wickedly at Michael seated next to her, got up and walked down the aisle to the toilet. Michael waited until she closed the door behind her, before he got up and followed her.

“You’re in for one helluva flight Mr!” Sonia said as Michael locked the door behind him.

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Images of Porn star Sonia Baby

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Be My Baby by The Ronettes - Dirty Dancing soundtrack

Twój Weekend – 20/2008

Dlaczego lubią to robić jesienią? Chęć na seks
Motoryzacja: Salica nieokiełznana siła
Prof. Lew-Starowicz wyjaśnia: Jak zdradzać bezpiecznie
Obyczaje seksualne: Wirujący seks
Erotyczna mapa jej ciała
Gadżet: LG Secret: Kamera czy telefon?

Ricordate il lago che tutti abbiamo visto nel film Dirty Dancing? Sì sì bravi, il Mountain Lake, proprio quello in cui Baby imparava a fare il salto tra le braccia di Patrick Swayze, salito all'olimpo dei sex simbols proprio grazie a questo film.
Ebbene questo lago ormai si è prosciugato quasi totalmente ed ha fatto riaffiorare quello che viene definito un giallo che sta facendo impazzire gli investigatori del luogo.
Il ritrovamento di resti uno scheletro e di alcuni oggetti personali, fatto casualmente da Timmy Dalton, un escursionista della zona, a caccia di antichi reperti da collezionare.
"Siamo venuti qui una volta alla settimana per due mesi - ha detto Dalton -. Noi collezioniamo vecchie bottiglie di soda. Non avremmo mai pensato di fare una scoperta del genere. Domenica, però, abbiamo visto quelle scarpe. Lì accanto delle ossa. Abbiamo scavato e trovato la fibbia della cintura. All'inizio non ci siamo nemmeno resi conto di quello che stavamo trovando... ma poi abbiamo capito e chiamato immediatamente lo sceriffo".
Gli investigatori hanno circoscritto una zona di 30 metri, ma non si vede spiraglio di luce nelle indagini. Emergono però alcuni particolari: una cintura con una fibbia d'argento e un particolare portasigarette inciso con la sigla "SCF". Scarpe e portafoglio di vecchia foggia. Una moneta del 1910 E un anello d'oro che porta le iniziali MC da un lato e CA dall'altro. C'è anche uno "04" che fa pensare ad una data, forse il 1904.
Non si sa al momento se si tratti di un uomo o di una donna e quale possa essere stata la causa della morte (accidentale o omicidio?), si presume però che alloggiasse nell'hotel sulle sponde di questo lago.
I medici legali avrebbero azzardato che il fatto possa risalire a circa 30-40 anni fa, quindi si sta procedendo all'analisi di vecchi giornali perchè non esistono denunce di scomparsa in quel periodo.
Insomma un affascinante enigma degno della indagini della 'Signora in Giallo'!

News da Montagna.tv

Do you remember Dirty Dancing??? How you couldn't! ;-)
The Mountain like, that you have probably seen in the movie, it's today the location of a thriller.  Timmy Dalton, an excursionist, searching soda's bottles to collect, has found human rests, a pair of shoes and some old personal objects like a belt, a portfolio, a coin dated 1910 and a gold ring with the initials MC and CA probably dated 1904.
It's a true enigma for the detectives. They just know one thing: this man or woman probably died thirty or fourty years ago. They haven't found any report about missing people in that period so they are searching signs in old newspapers.
It's really like a movie!

News from Montagna.tv

Mountain Lake may be the only known lake in the world to periodically disappear, sometimes for decades. This phenomenon has been recorded since the 18th century and may be related to earthquakes.

The first reference to what is now called Mountain Lake dates to 1751, when British surveyor Christopher Gist explored Giles County and West Virginia for the Ohio Company. In his journals, Gist describes climbing a mountain and finding a clear-water lake, a gravel shore and "fine meadow." By 1768, however, settlers said such a lake was nowhere to be found in what is now Giles County. Instead, they used the site as a salt lick for cattle, hence the name Salt Pond Mountain.

Photographer Richard Cobb shows the dramatic change in photographs.

Mountain Lake Before and After

With the drop in water previously lost items are being found, including a body. It is believed to be a man from the 1930's. The Roanoke Times describes the personal effects found with the bones.

He wore a belt with a silver buckle and carried a fancy silver cigarette box, both engraved with elaborate cursive initials that appear to be "SCF."

His old McCreery wingtip shoes had Sullivan's Safety Cushion heels held in place with six nails.

His gold class ring carried the initials "MC" on one side and "CA" on the other, above images of trees carved into the metal. It bore a date on top that appears to signify that it is from the Class of '04 -- most likely 1904, Giles County sheriff's investigators say.

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Hopefully someone will recognize the class ring, cigarette box. Maybe someone will remember something from half a century ago when the stone hotel was new. Perhaps this mystery will help bring tourists to the wonderful Mountain Lake Hotel that is now by a lovely grassy meadow.

• watched back-to-back movies with my housemates (Everything is Illuminated & Punch Drunk Love). I enjoyed them both.
• played Ultimate in the rain. I have found that the solution to my hatred of being in the rain is to wear a hat with a brim. This keeps my face dry, and so long as I am having fun, I can endure without whining.
• read The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland. It takes place at Staples in North Van. I've driven by there but never gone in. I liked this book, although my roommate and I had slightly different interpretations on what I'd consider a pivotal moment in Glove Pond, the book within the book...
• watched Dirty Dancing. For the tenth time or so. It is a bit dirty. But the dancing! Oh, the dancing...Patrick Swayze, can't you stay young forever?
• went to a bonfire. Turns out UBC campus is even bigger than I knew, and it has a farm. Wowsers.
• went to church. No surprises here, but it was good. No babies in the nursery, and my brother got lost on his way in.
• lunch at Benny's Bagels on Broadway (say that ten times fast). I'm going to become a regular here, I think. I really like it. Delicious food, yummy smoothies, free wireless...just about perfect.
• slept through an episode of McGyver with Jonathan. That show is just too ridiculous.
• watched Zoolander. Haven't seen it in a year or so. Still know far too many lines for my own good. Still giggle at most of them. Still skip the two sketchy scenes.
• ate cereal & yogourt & peach for supper. I love breakfast at supper.
• blogged.

Soundtrack : I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) — The Electric Prunes

Em todo caso, pra facilitar o entendimento geral, esse tal 'cabron' em questão é o Mexicano. Sim, a outra parte do Roots Rock Revolution (além de seu fiel-comparsa-opositor, Fabio Smeili). Entretanto, sinceramente, o México nem precisa ser apresentado. Ele se faz apresentar.

Ticano, faz um tempo que vi no teu Blip.fm o seguinte: 'A cena do filme Quase Famosos com essa música é foda'; a música em questão era Tiny Dancer, do Elton John. Sensacional! Porque, de certa maneira, as pessoas podem te ver como um 'Dj que só ouve remixes e músicas rebolativas'; o que é enganação total. Então, me diga: o que tu costuma ouvir?

– Acho que a questão de o que ouvir tem muito a ver com o momento e tals. Tô falando contigo e ouvindo Coldplay, tudo a ver com um tempo fechado que nem esse de São Paulo hoje. Mas tô numa fase de ir atrás de influências, tô procurando conhecer a fundo o funk (James Brown, The Meters, Sly And The Family Stone) e a música negra, hip hop, r&b, africa funk e etc. Também procuro sempre escutar o que anda saindo de novo, afinal precisamos estar atualizados.

Eu tava ouvindo Marvin Gaye ontem!
– É demais (...) E Barry White então?

Ben E. King
– Muita coisa boa. Ai tipo, você pega de onde vem muita coisa de agora.

Tudo a ver. Hoje em dia, meio que rola uma antropofagia.
– Tem sim. É muito difícil fazer algo novo depois de tudo que se tem referência. De certa forma, os novos produtores acabam influenciados, porque é uma velha escola muito rica sabe (...) Gosto muito do Kanye West, do Pharrel, do Will.i.am, do Timbaland - esses, em se falando de mainstream.

Mudando da água p/ vinho literalmente, sabemos da tua reconhecida habilidade etílica. Vá lá, sem mais delongas, qual o drink, bebida, shot, ideal para se degustar ao som de:

'Forever Young', Alphaville
– Cerveja. Não se assuste se ela vier em todas as respostas.

'I've Had TheTime Of My Life', Dirty Dancing
– Pra essa, rola alguns shots de tequila; tipo ela começa bonitinha e vai esquentando.

'Dig', Incubus
– Nossa, o que vier! Essa é a trilha sonora perfeita para qualquer drink (...) Mas um belo vinho seria uma boa pedida.

'I Don't Feel Like Dance', Scissor Sisters
– Nessa eu tomava água com açúcar, porque decididamente não gosto dessa banda.

(O México não parou de rir com essa sugestão de música)

E se o Mexicano fosse uma bebida, qual ele seria - cerveja?
– Eu seria uma cerveja gelada. Não que eu seja gelado, mas é que ninguém merece uma cerveja quente né?

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Juro, solenemente, que as quatro músicas elencadas acima foram escolhidas completamente ao acaso. O critério de seleção foi inexistente; a parte Incubus, uma vez que era conhecido o apreço do entrevistado pelo grupo.

E, fato, em breve teremos uma parte II da entrevista. Combinamos alguma coisa temática, tipo 'Um dia na vida do Mexicano'; ou conforme sugestão do entrevistado:

– Vamos fazer 'Uma noite com o México'. Podíamos passar por todos os afters de Sampa numa noite só.

Medo.

Anyway...back to dancing...in my next life I want to be a good dancer.  I was tortured at high school dances...trying my hardest to bounce around to the music--hoping that the person next to me grabbed more attention than I did.  I think the higher being in this world owes it to me to grace me with balance and rhythm the next time around...

The police minister in Australia's most populous state was forced to quit over reports he "dirty danced" in underwear over the chest of a female colleague in a drunken late-night office party. Matt Brown resigned just three days after being sworn in as police minister of New South Wales state, which includes Sydney.

"I'm a human being and I made a mistake and I am going to cop the consequences," Brown told reporters. "I am not wanting to duck or weave this issue. As you can imagine this is a pretty tough day for me."

Witnesses said Brown stripped down to his underpants and danced to loud techno music on a green leather Chesterfield lounge before he "mounted the chest" of a female politician and simulated a sex act.

"Embarrassed doesn't begin to describe it. He conceded he'd been in his underwear and that gave me no option but to demand his resignation," State Premier Nathan Rees said.

I think it's pretty funny and probably would vote for the dude. But, let's face it - dirty dancing at an office party ain't a sign of understanding your role in public office.

Hungry eyes can be treated with prescription drops applied twice daily on an empty stomach.

Examine, if you will, this headline from CNN.com: “‘Hungry Eyes’ Singer Charged with DUI.” That would be Eric Carmen. The song was featured in Dirty Dancing, and topped out at #4 on the Hot 100 in 19hundredand88.

Evil’s not going to bother with a link to the video feed because, frankly, such an event doesn’t rate reading about beyond the headline. (Please don’t let it rate—please don’t let there be a dead hooker in the trunk. Evil can’t handle another celebrity murder trial.)

If it doesn’t rate a link, you ask, why even mention it? Because it caused the Evil to take a break from his Ph.D. thesis—analyzing Dirty Dancing’s impact on society along Hegelian lines—and ponder an aspect of celebrity we don’t often consider: that the end is never quite the end, even when it should be.

Sure, Eric Carmen has to enjoy the four or five moments a year when someone recognizes him and freaks out. OK, that probably doesn’t happen . . . but at least maybe asks for an autograph, or tells him her first dance at her wedding was to “Hungry Eyes” . . . or looks into his shopping cart and says, “If you like Funyuns that much, you should really try the new Sour Cream N’ Funyun flavor!” . . . whatever. Has to make him feel good. And that’s probably as far as his residual celebrity gets him these days, but hey, Evil’s not knocking anyone’s random self-esteem booster shots.

On the other hand, even the slightest screw-up—from even the most minor, forgotten celebrity—apparently rates a CNN headline. Think about it: Mr. Carmen probably had a few too many, decided he could make it home . . . and when he saw the flashing lights in the mirror, he hung his head and thought, “Well, at least Mother won’t hear about it. Thank God this didn’t happen 20 years ago . . .”

Wrong!

And that’s the tradeoff, it seems: years after your celebrity has been leeched of its ability to benefit you (we doubt Mr. Carmen’s strutting into any exclusive restaurant and getting a table, sans reservation) it can still reach up from the grave and drag you into the mud. Britney Spears is a national disgrace, but Evil doubts she flies coach in the cramped airplane of life. But for the others, the Eric Carmens . . . put it this way: he’s famous enough to have a Wikipedia page, but not for the page’s author to have looked up and posted a picture of him . . .

Is it worth it?

Whatever you decide, here’s hoping this DUI and the embarrassing resurrection of his name will help Mr. Carmen resurrect his musical career. It’s about time for that Dirty Dancing remake, right?

Enjoy the weekend. If possible, put Baby in a corner.

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A). Labyrinth (1986) - Directed by Jim Henson - The plot revolves around Sarah's quest to rescue her little brother from the Goblin King while trapped in a world that is an enormous otherworldly maze. Most of the other significant roles are played by puppets or by a combination of puppetry and human performance. Wikipedia

Ok now seriously, who doesn't love this movie? The music was incredible, everyone wanted The Goblin King and Sarah to hook up, and um... did you happen to see it has puppets?? ~lol~ I wanted to be Sarah, I wanted to be in a labyrinth and have friends like Ludo.  I'm pretty sure I've even threatened to send people to the bog of eternal stench in the past 5 years or so... ( yes I'm a nerd ) Fantastic movie, a must see. Show it to your kids, keep it alive! ~lol~ Still own this and will watch it again.

B) The Goonies (1985) - Directed by Richard Donner - A band of kids from the "Goon Docks" neighborhood of Astoria, Oregon, hoping to save their homes from demolition, go on an adventure to find the buried treasure of One-Eyed Willy, a legendary 17th century pirate. Wikipedia

This movie had many characters involved and managed to get you sucked into every single one of them. I really cared about the Goonies. I wanted to be a Goonie! I loved the traps, I sincerely hated the bad guys, and who didn't love the heart warming relationship between Chunk and Sloth? Every time I see this on TV I think I watch it, no matter what part it's at. Definitely a classic.

C) Revenge Of The Nerds (1984) - Directed by Jeff Kanew - It chronicles the story of a group of nerds trying to stop harassment by the persecuting jock fraternity, the Alpha Betas. Wikipedia

Some might consider this a little bit too adult of a movie for a kid to watch given the sex scenes, tits, various implications to sex, and so forth. However, this is a great movie and I loved the hell out of it growing up. It was hilarious, the music was awesome, and it did have a cool message if you really wanted to dig beneath the fun. It's ok to be a nerd!

D) The Legend Of Billie Jean ( 1985) - Directed by Matthew Robbins. It is a retelling of The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas, with Kohlhaas' wounded horses replaced by a damaged motorcycle. Wikipedia

Kind of a lame description, doesn't say much. If you've seen this movie you know what it's about. The youth trying to stick up for themselves! What's Fair is Fair! ~lol~ Great music, loved the messages I got from this movie. I mean, there was a water slide on the house and the kids were on the run wild and free. Billie Jean was like a hero ... ahhh memories.

E) Grease/Grease 2 (1978/1982) - Grease 1 was directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs' and Warren Casey's musical, Grease. The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John. Wikipedia

Grease 2 was sequel to the 1978 smash hit Grease. The movie was strongly criticized by many as derivative of the original, and the film did poorly at the box office. In recent years, it has attained a cult following. Wikipedia

I could go on and on about these movies forever. They are definitely a part of my world and I am just as in love with them now as I was as a kid. Music, again was awesome in both. I know all the words to them all and I know all the scenes off by heart. If I see anything or hear anything to do with either film I automatically start to smile. I know many who hate these movies and think they are lame, but they are fun and hilarious and silly and that's what makes them great!

F) Santa Claus (1985) - Santa Claus: The Movie is a straightforward, nondenominational attempt to explore the mysteries of Santa Claus with the key objective being to answer some of the basic questions many children have about the Santa Claus mythos, such as how Santa's reindeer fly, how he and his wife made it to the North Pole and how Santa ascends chimneys, among other things. Wikipedia

Every Christmas I watch this movie, and it is still just as wonderful each and every time. Dudley Moore was fantastic in this film, and it really made you love Santa. The way it is filmed makes me feel cozy and I loved the story going on with the little boy.

G) The Last Unicorn (1982) - A fantasy film, based on the novel written by Peter S. Beagle, and adapted by him for the screenplay. The film is an animated movie produced by Rankin/Bass for ITC Entertainment and animated by Topcraft. The film is noted as "one of the most emotionally frank, sophisticated and mature G-rated cartoons ever made. Wikipedia

Unicorns, the Magician, the Red Bull and how beautiful the music was makes this film a forever favorite. It is a sad yet poetic, bitter yet sweet story and I think this a great movie for kids and adults. Unicorns are such mystical creatures and I remember watching them coming out of the ocean at the end was like WOW! Awesome movie.

H) Dirty Dancing (1987) - A romance film credited as being one of the most watched films of all time. The story details the moment of time that a teenaged girl crosses over into womanhood both physically and emotionally, through a relationship with a dance instructor during a family summer vacation. Wikipedia

Fantastic love story, great tunes, a hot patrick swayze... ahh... what a great movie. It's a beautiful story about how different people can be and how relationships affect us in different ways. I wanted to