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Apparently everyone's favorite weirdo is seriously considering filing a motion to give Congress the ability to SUE PRESIDENT BUSH over his signing of orders allowing himself to bypass laws. Kind of rad.
Read the story here.
Um, how to put this delicately?....
The teaser for the next Spiderman movie looks FUCKING COOL AS HELL.
check it out here.
Want to watch the unbelievably old first man on the moon Buzz Aldrin punch some dude in the face?
Question, dear readers: Would you want a T-shirt that says this?:
So could someone please burn us a copy of the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album? We've heard it's good but want proof - inquiring minds need to know. Also, the Gnarls Barkley album is pretty good, though it's your call whether or not you wanna go for that sort of Gorillaz-meets-Hnadsome Boy Modeling School-kinda thing. We've heard the new Keane is good, too, although only one song from it has been officially confirmed as "rad".
Man, we have been on quite the Daft Punk kick lately, too....
OH WAIT WE ARE ALWAYS ON A DAFT PUNK KICK
What is the haps my friends?!?!?! We took five days off from blogging due to visitors to Planetarium headquarters who were completely unexpected, and a total surprise to boot! Planetarium staffer Sunnydale was in town meeting the peeps and walking the streets. X-Men: The Last Stand? Yet another surprise - it was good! Who woulda thought? Certainly not Planetarium!
As you might be able to tell from our jaunty demeanor and sexy use of slang, it's a good day here at Planetarium headquarters. We're busily watching Season 1 of Lost, which is surprisingly living up to the hype. Anyone who's curious should most definitely check it out. Elements of Twin Peaks, but weirdly mixed with Survivor or something. Hmmm, our television criticism does not seem up to par with our film analyses.
You know what else is great? Gilmore Girls.
We totally blew it on that link below. Sorry folks.
People are telling Planetarium that we need to hear the new Sonic Youth album, Rather Ripped. It is being touted as their pop album. Which is promising. Not only that, but folks with some authority on the subject have even gone so far as to compare it to the Byrds. The BYRDS, people!!! Which means we will have to listen to it. This will be a big step, considering a Sonic Youth album hasn't been purchased by Planetarium since 1995's Washing Machine. At the time, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. Remember that awful "Little Trouble Girl" song Kim Gordon sang? Yeah, so do we. Nevertheless, we have amortized our feelings and are ready to tackle the ennui that comes with a new SY album. Bring it on, nerds!
There's a nifty little essay in the Sunday Times about Catherine Deneuve, and why we can't stop staring at her. She's in a new film by Remy Techine (her fifth with him - if you haven't caught any of them yet, get thee to a video store) and they take the opportunity to do a mini-analysis of her career. Nothing groundbreaking here, but a nice, insightful little read. It's Sunday; be lazy.
Feel like having a really bad time? Miss those days when it felt like the world was a pretty hopeless place? Find that jokes get in the way of sadness? Then allow us to point you in the direction of The Break-Up, the latest Vaughniston-starring that is honestly begging the question, Why the hell was this movie made? Really, the whole film seems to be intent on showing that when two people who have been together for a long time and really love each other break up, it's well, fucking unpleasant as well. If they really wanted to translate that feeling to the movie-watching experience, well, kudos: mission acomplished.
For the rest of us, we're left wondering who the hell would want to see that? It wasn't fun when it happened to us, it wasn't fun when it happened to our friends, and the idea that we would want to go through the whole process again, sans humor, in a tightly compressed two hours is mind-boggling. Perhaps next we can all re-live the experience of a loved one's funeral. That should be gangbusters at the box office.
On the other hand, thank God for Dead Like Me. Mandy Patinkin really brings his A game to this series. Pick it up on DVD at participating stores near you.
we know a lot of the previous entries are missing from the site right now, hence creating the false impression that there were no updates between may 12 and today. They'll be reinstalled soon, have no fear.
Hey hey hey, people! WHAT IS THE HAPS, FRIENDS??? The new server is up and running, it's a beautiful monday morning, and Planetarium has relocated to the twin cities for the summer. Our main office in Minneapolis is treating us well, and most important, the comment section should be fully up and running again, thus returning to you, dear reader, your rightful ability to make snide comments on anything and everything we say.
And can we just say: Shiloh? Really? A little boring when your sibling is named Zahara. Also, when you go to celebrity playschool with Apple, Kal-El and Pilot Inspektor, you're gonna feel like the odd man out.