the rabbits of the night

this is going to be a tough summer......the kids are up way too late these days. i'll flat out admit that i live my life like i'm 40, but fuck, i'm so tired after work, it's all i can do to make it through dinner without nodding out. someday, when kristin becomes my sugar-mama, i'm gonna get me that dream job at a bookstore....then i'll have energy to spare. but anyhow, the 80's band is in full swing, and now, after just a couple of shows, i answer to caffeine. in a big way. but it's fun playing, and i'm seeing a side of the cape i wouldn't, or perhaps shouldn't, ordinarily see. it's weird to put yourself in a position where, if people don't dance, you've failed. in my time at places like t.t.'s and the middle east, a couple of well placed head nods and 5-10 people in front of the stage qualified as a "great show". but people seem to be having fun, drinking a lot, and i guess that's pretty much the point of summer on cape cod.

so tonight is the first of what should be a weekly show for the 80's band (we are sadly no longer called general chicken's chicken....we're currently operating under the moniker 'money for nothing'... apt)at the blue anchor, on main street hyannis... unfortunately, and i'm strictly repeating what i've heard, someone was stabbed there on monday.....and to that i say... what the fuck?!! it's cape cod....people wear fucking pink shorts..in public...like on the streets!!! just take a deep breath, relax, and basically don't fucking stab people. i've never been stabbed myself, but i'll wager it's a might painful. anyway, if anyone in the world reads this and has the means, motivation and money ($2 cover....this shit ain't free, bub!!)please come on down. and don't bring knives. they're really, really bad. ok?......ok.

it's summer....that means movies. here's a brief list of what i'm hoping will, and in some cases downright expecting to bring the goods....

1. "serenity"... ok, it doesn't come out until the fall, but i've been going back over the "firefly" episodes, and no matter how fanboy it sounds, fox really dropped the fucking ball on that show. i do think it's amazing what's happened recently with some of the shows scorned by the fox network...."family guy" is back in a big way, and all i can do is hope "serenity" hits a big nerve at the box office. because if the only people who see it are "firefly" fans, joss whedon will have some explaining to do.

2. "war of the worlds"....i'm getting a little sick of tom and katie...ok, she's way hot, really tall, and super cool.... can we get back to the aliens, and shit blowing up? this looks great though... every still i've seen, every trailer, it's just fucking huge looking.....

3. "batman begins"... the last two "batman" movies hurt people deeply. i never got around to seeing them until years after their release... i rented both while battling a nasty, fluish, fevery thing. they didn't help. i'm really counting on christian bale to pull the trigger on this thing. because if this doesn't work, with a director like chris nolan, you have to wonder if we'll ever see another great "batman" movie.

4. "dark water".... ok, i'll agree we've been a little inundated with remakes of japanese horror films, but this looks quality. it's jennifer connelly....how can you resist?

5. "land of the dead"....my first time seeing a romero movie in the theatre...i'm counting on that being a good time.

some other movies i'm looking forward to: "high tension", "charlie and the chocolate factory", "the island" (i know it's a michael bay movie, but when it comes to scarlett johannsen, well, i've got a problem), "the bad news bears", "the one with jessica alba swimming the whole time", and "mr & mrs. smith"

movies that look like absolute, total and complete poo: "stealth", "the fantastic four", and "the honeymooners".

and whatever happened to "the ringer"?

why is it that no matter how much i try to dislike russell crowe, i keep going back for more? i can't explain it away, so i'll just have to keep giving him my $8.50, because the guy's quality. i wanted to come here and shout "best boxing movie ever", but hell, i haven't seen 'em all, so that's not fair. i read somewhere today that this is this summer's "seabiscuit", with russell crowe filling the biscuit's horseshoes. true enough. this isn't a plot that keeps you guessing, and this isn't a character study either...it's just a basic underdog story, but damn, the guy in front of me wasn't the only one throwing his hands up in the air. plus, if you're in it for the fighting, this is scary real. you know how you're going to feel when you leave a ron howard movie (except "the grinch", which had me struggling to hold up the very foundation of my childhood), but sometimes that's not such a bad thing. maybe i'm getting overly sentimental in my old age, but this thing had me. people were laughing, cringing, and crying.....and by people i mean me.