From an article in Spin about Jack Black:
“At the end of October, Epic will release a lavish Tenacious D DVD set that he promises will be ‘nut draining’ (sorry ladies), compiling all six episodes from the group’s eponymous 1999 HBO series. In April 2004, he’ll costar with Ben Stiller in the big screen comedy Envy, which looks like the King Kong vs. Godzilla of diminutive, seething comedians. And sometime in 2005, he and Tenacious D partner Kyle Gass will drop the band’s first movie, Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny.”

The article also mentions that MTV hasn’t and won’t air the Foo Fighters video he’s in. Boo to MTV!

Also, there’s gonna be a DVD release of the rock videos of Spike Jonze that looks like fun.

Really old pictures of travel to space. Neat!

Also, when in the future do “earthmen” get so femmey?

In addition to Bull the Dog, the City of Pullman and the Palouse historical pictures archives has great pictures of floods. Select “Floods” from the predefined search list to see some amazing flooding, including one picture that notes that you can judge the depth by the water level coming up to the knees of a man on horseback!

More sad and not entirely surprising information about our government: government publications are being removed or “updated” to reflect administration goals rather than reality. Similar reasoning is behind the battle over what questions will and won’t be asked on the census forms.

In 1911, the city of Pullman, WA, wanted more residents. So the Chamber of Commerce, the Railroads, and Sunset Magazine put together a nifty little pamphlet to encourage people to move. Of especial note, the question and answer section:
“What is the moral tone of Pullman?
Exceptionally pure. There are no saloons and little vice and crime.”
Keep in mind that this was a campus town even then…

If you’re under 18: MTV will be showing a movie about passion and jealousy.
If you’re over 30: MTV will be showing a movie of Wuthering Heights featuring a score by Jim Steinman!

Here’s a few highlights from Entertainment Weekly’s Fall Movie Preview, stuff that I wouldn’t mind going to see (hint hint):
Lost in Translation: Bill Murray stars, Sofia Coppola directs
Party Monster: Seth Green (yay) and Macaulay Culkin (huh) play club kids in a based-on-a-true story murder tale
Prey for Rock and Roll: Gina Gershon and Lori Petty play punk rockers. Hooray for cute punk girls!
Shaolin Soccer: will this ever actually be released? Is it quicker to toddle down to your local pan-ethnic video store?
Underworld: vampire action film that may suck or may turn into a wolf
Wonderland: Val Kilmer as John Holmes- it’s at least a rental!
Dummy: Adrien Brody as “a ventriloquist browbeaten by his own puppet.” It’s vent figure, dammit! Also starring Illeana Douglas (yay) and Milla Jovovich (boo)
Bubba Ho-Tep: Elvis defends his retirement home from an evil mummy. Bruce Campbell stars.
Luther: Joseph Fiennes stars as Martin Luther (just kidding) (about wanting to see it, it is actually a real movie)
Intolerable Cruelty: Coen. Clooney. Nuff said.
The School of Rock: Jack Black. Joan Cusack. Sarah Silverman. Richard Linklater. See above.
Elf: Will Ferrell, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, directed by Jon Favreau. It seems to be about an elf.
Love Actually: Directed by Richard Curtis, for whom I will forgive it starring Hugh Grant.
Big Fish: ’cause part of it was filmed near a friend’s house. Also Ewan McGregor.
Duplex: Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Swoosie Kurtz. Unfortunately does not look that good otherwise.
Bad Santa: Terry Zwigoff movie about a bad santa with B. B. Thornton, John Ritter, and Bernie Mac. Hummm. Maybe another rental.
The Cooler: William H. Macy can make any film good.
Return of the King: w00t!
Calendar Girls: yes, Helen Mirren’s breasts are, in fact, afraid of the dark.
Two Men Went to War: British Army dentists invade France in WWII.

In a rare outright commercial endorsement, FP officially endorses the Home Owner’s Club. If you need something done to your house or yard, they will find a competent person to do that for you. And the contractor doesn’t get paid until you’re happy. I love it.

From the August 31st edition of Le Show, it is pointed out that while Arnold Schwarzenegger does not oppose domestic partnerships, he feels that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman. I, however, feel that anyone should be able to participate in a gay marriage, even gay persons.

I’ve been watching some import DVDs, and on each one the for home use only warning screen mentions in five different languages where you can’t watch this DVD. One of those places is an oil rig. But there are people who are happy for oil rig bound fans.