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If nothing else this has proven that Rick James > Micheal Jackson.

I actually think that their list is pretty much perfect. The only swap I'd make would be to switch REM's spot with Nirvana.

Bill Hader is utterly brilliant. His skits hearken back to some classic SNL. Between Dateline and Vinnie Verdecci he has put himself head and shoulders above Samburg for me-- and I really like Samburg. Also, I think that Will Forte and Kristen Wig have both really come into their own as of late.

The show as a whole is definitely on one of its upswings again.

NUMFAR! DO THE DANCE OF MOURNING.

My brother-in-law bought Fall Guy season one the other day. I haven't watched that show in years. After watching that and seeing A-Team in re-runs it made me realize how there is no shows like them on TV anymore. I dont watch a lot of TV except for a few shows and the reason is it seems a lot of the shows are the same. A lot of them are about either lawyers or cops or its reality TV. I would love to see more action shows like Fall Guy and A-Team.

What about Burn Notice?

Tango and Cash. 7/10

As far as buddy cop movies go, this is a home run and Kurt Russell as a wild man > Mel Gibson any day of the week.

Crank 2 I'm MAJORLY in two minds about it. Basically for me the first one has so quickly passed into folklore that it should have been untouchable. However, I love Crank and watching the trailer for the second one means I KNOW I'll watch it cos it's Statham at his best and he's looking for people who have his HEART. Brilliant

Crank 2 can't go wrong for me if only because the tag line on the newest poster is: He was dead... but he got better.

Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce.

Really? I thought it was great.

I saw him live -- I think it was last summer -- with Elvis Costello and while I am a big fan of both the latter was great, and the former was shit.

While we are on the subject of the Statham Man Crush here is something Patton Oswald wrote on the subject...

GAY-THAM FOR STATHAM

Jason Statham has never been in a great movie.

He's also never been in a boring one.

Statham's imdb.com profile, collectively, is a promise to you, the weary filmgoer. It's a promise that says, "I promise that you will not FOR ONE SECOND be bored during one of my movies. You won't learn shit about the human condition, or feel a collective connection with the brotherhood of man. But if you give me $10, I will fuck an explosion while a Slayer song plays".

I just watched CRANK on Showtime, and I can't understand how I missed this when it was in theaters.

I'm buying THE BANK JOB and DEATHRACE on iTunes today. After CRANK, Mr. Statham can count on my $10 every time he makes a movie. If someone figures out how to make a movie for $8, and it stars Jason Statham, then they're guaranteed a $2 profit.

I look forward to any new film by Ang Lee, David Gordon Green, Paul Thomas Anderson, The Coen Brothers, Paul Greengrass or Ross McElwee.

And now, Jason Statham. I don't know how much say he has in the films he makes. But I get the impression that he reads the scripts. And if the script doesn't make him want to drive a bulldozer through a cake store, I'll bet he punches the script through a wall.

In fact, my entire stack of Academy screeners would have been vastly improved by the addition of Jason Statham. Here we go:

CHANGELING: Jason Statham plays the kidnapped boy, who immediately beats his kidnappers to death, then fights female assassins on top of a blimp.

CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON: Jason Statham injects the backward-aging man-freak with a Sino/Chilean rage compound, and they fight in lava pit.

DEFIANCE: Jason Statham throws Hitler into a woodchipper, eats the entrails as they fly out the other end, and then shits out Winston Churchill.

DOUBT: Jason Statham drop-kicks the Pope through the core of the Earth, and the Pope's head goes up Meryl Streep's ass and then Motorhead's "The Ace of Spades" plays.

FROST/NIXON: Jason Statham pulls off David Frost's skin, drops him into a tank of sea salt, and then Statham and Nixon rent a limo and drive across country, shotgunning hippies.

GRAN TORINO: Jason Statham glowers at Clint Eastwood, who glowers back, creating a Glower Vortex which destroys the planet.

THE READER: Statham kills the teenage kid with a lawnmower, then fucks Kate Winslet literate.

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD: Jason Statham drives an 18-wheeler full of nitro into the title suburb, blows everything to shit, and then spends 90 minutes hunting down absolutely everyone involved with the making of this film, beating them to death with TV trays.

THE WRESTLER: Jason Statham, Richard Nixon, the 'roided-out Benjamin Button murder-freak, the Churchill feces-baby and Mickey Rourke drive cross country in a limo, with Leo DiCaprio's severed head on the hood, where they crash the Spirit Awards and kill everyone.

There you go. Statham! Full disclosure: I saw Jason Statham eating a salad at Joan's on 3rd, here in L.A. Really, I did. I wanted to say hello, but he seemed like he could chuck an arugula leaf through my skull.

Do yourselves a favor, Academy voters. CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE comes out April 19th. On April 20th, rescind all the voting categories. There should be one statue given out next year -- a 45-foot, sentient Oscar kill-bot, which Jason Statham will fight to the death at the next ceremony.

STATHAM! YELL IT WHEN YOU ARE FUCKING!

Gave them a six because I enjoy their music when I heard it and I really dig "Date with the Night" and "Y Control" but at the same I have no overwhelming desire to actually seek out their albums at any point whatsoever. They're solid, but not my thing.

This.

I will listen to them without protest if a friend plays a song by them or if they pop up on the radio, but I've never sought out there music. They are a decent band but ultimately I just can't get behind them all that fervently.

HOW EVER DID YOU GET THAT ONE, FOOTJOB?

Dolores Erickson. I never knew her name before today, but I learned a lot of what I know about being a man from that album cover.

1. Chewing out a rhythm on my bubble gum, the sun is out and I want some.

2. See me in me heels and ting, dem check say we hip and ting.

3. I'm a flea bit peanut monkey, all my friends are junkies--thats not really true!

4. Life is a blast when you know what you're doin, best to know what you're doin 'fore your life get ruined.

5. She lives on love street. Love Street by the Doors.

6. This song is dedicated to the United States Navy... 1234.

7. Anxious nights give way to daylight, she don't cry and she don't complain.

8. Come away with me my little delta boy, I wanna be your delta mama for awhile.

9. Oh please don't you think baby that I am wrong to cry, yeah.

10. All right, all right! I hope you son of bitches see the light!

Chino of the Deftones and...

Mr. Willis.

In terms of Springsteen covers, there is a great album called Light of Day. It is a two disc collection and I think it was for some sort of Jersey based charity, but it is a real gem. It has some heavy hitters like Elvis Costello covering Brilliant Disguise, Pete Yorn doing an amazing cover of New York City Serenade, and covers by Billy Bragg, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, Steve Wynn, The Clarks, and a few other folks of note.

Nils Lofgren (long time E-street/Crazyhorse guitar man) does a nice cover of man on the top, and there is a great cut of Downbound Train by Kirk Kelly.

The real stand out, however, is an ethereal cover of Something in the Night by Matthew Ryan. Definitely check this last one out.

I just finished Foot Fist Way. It wasn't anything spectacular but it had me cracking up in a lot of parts. Ultimately, I think Danny McBride is a lot better in the bit parts that we've seen him picking up since his debut indy flick. His shtick can only go so far. 3/5

If I Needed You by Townes Van Zandt, one of the most honest and beautifully written love songs ever written.

This week I watched Heroes from season 1 up to where they are now in season three. Ah, the wonders of no longer working 18 hour campaign days.

Similarly, over Thanksgiving break when the Election wrapped up I watched Arrested Development in its entirety despite never watching it whilst on air.

The last Rambo movie was the most pleasing movie theater experience I've had in years. I went into the film expecting some gory fun and that is what Sly delivered. The movie never crossed too far into the cheese territory, and it never took itself SUPER CEREAL either. The minute I walked in someone blew up, and I knew that the movie would be well worth the price of admission.

That being said, I am not sure how I feel about revisiting the story. I felt like seeing the disillusioned Rambo return home to give America/humanity one more chance, walking towards the same home he was trying to get to when he was thrown off path in the first film was a nice ending for the character.

I am excited for The Expendables, and I am all for Sly using his NuAction film formula to entertain me for as long as he can find HGH, but I am just not sure if another Rambo is the way to go.