November 2011
4 posts
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Created and act in web series about relationships and creating art
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I blog about local musicians, filmmakers, artists for the Milford Patch
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I am creator, writer of “Larry & Ryan” web series
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DP THoT: The Complete Interview
DP THoT (Dennis Pollina) is a Milford, Connecticut-based hip-hop artist that I recently had the pleasure of chatting with about his new tracks, which push his music into an even more sonically diverse, infectious realm. Check out his Facebook page, as well. Below is our complete interview:
Ryan Sartor: How did you come up with the idea for “Cash & Burn?”
DP THoT: The track, ‘Cash &...
October 2011
1 post
"Get Your Peanut Butter -- Before Prices Soar":...
It’s really hard to sum up Occupy Wall Street or even what happened at Washington Square Park tonight. This work should definitely be left to the pros, namely Josh Harkinson (http://twitter.com/#!/JoshHarkinson), but I felt a need to post here because so many of my friends and family members know little or nothing about what’s happening at Zuccotti Park (I told my mom I was ...
April 2009
3 posts
THE OFFICE is Good Again.
I’ve gotten really excited by the past five episodes of THE OFFICE. I think the 2nd season is great, but didn’t care for the 3rd, 4th, or most of the 5th. However, developments in recent weeks have shaken up the whole foundation of the show and infused it with new life. If you’ve given up on the American OFFICE, give it one last chance:
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“I did give up directing the Bond film. And it wasn’t quite $8 million but...”
– http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585011/bio
Albert Brooks
“If you’re the hospital tomorrow and the doctor says you have a year to live, please don’t say, ‘I’ll make a movie!’”
March 2009
9 posts
NEW YORK Magazine Goes Too Far Ripping on HIMYM's...
In the current New York magazine’s “Approval Matrix” they put How I Met Your Mother’s “dopey, charmless” Ted in the Lowbrow/Despicable category.
Given the choice between Ted and any comparable sitcom nice guy (Chandler Bing…people like Chandler Bing), Ted is a step up: extremely relatable and a great guide through the show.
Surely you can find more...
Where The Wild Things Are Teaser...from 2000?
Does anyone remember this? Apparently a teaser trailer for the movie (the same one Spike Jonze directed, coming out this October) was attached to THE GRINCH back in November or 2000. Any ideas?
http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-story-behind-where-the-wild-things-are/page:3
I'm done with LOST
The show was about getting off the island.
Then they got off the Iisland.
Then the show became about getting back on the island.
Now they’re back on it.
So what’s the show about now?
I Can't Take A Movie Seriously
when it’s title is “The Milk of Sorrow.” I’m sorry.
http://www.ifc.com/blogs/thedaily/2009/03/ndnf-the-milk-of-sorrow.php
Paul Walker and Vin Diesel
make up the funniest rivalry in B-list actor beefs. Here are a few excerpts from a NY Times article about the new “Fast & Furious” movie:
Offered a co-starring role in “2 Fast 2 Furious,” Mr. Diesel turned the project down. “I guess I’m of the old mind-set that sequels should be more a continuation of a story than a rehash of a story,” he said.
Mr. Walker had a different...
Nothing Is Funny
once you become an intellectual.
All Time Favorite Comedy Album?
50 Cent’s “Get Rich Or Die Trying”
Nobody Likes Eddie Vedder's Voice
There are just levels of tolerance.
I Comb My Hair Every Month
That’s all people have to do.
November 2008
4 posts
WatchHere’s the lyrics: Bonnie hunt show is the best show it’s hilarious If you think that daytime TV’s not for you, please don’t be scared of us Bonnie Hunt will make you laugh with a rehearsed bit or a gaffe Call her Noprah but give her Hoprah, B. Hunt is mad pleasant yeah The show’s like a warm apple strudel with a side of fun noodles topped off with the condiment of Happiness. If you haven’t...
I Like the Bonnie Hunt Show
I’ve always been aware of Bonnie Hunt. I heard the whole, “She started out as a nurse” business. But a recent article by Roger Ebert brought Bonnie to my attention for her new talk show. So I TiVo’d an episode and it’s great. You can watch clips on bonniehunt.com. It’s a great show because she tells all these stories from her life and they’re all...
Alaska: 0% Reporting. ...Really?
Is Alaska serious? 0% reporting? I know they’ve got some crazy time schedule out there, but let’s wake up a little early, close polls before lunch, whatever you’ve got to do. It looks ridiculous and embarrassing. EVERY SINGLE OTHER STATE is doing some reporting. My friend James Kelly said it best, “What’s the point?” What IS the point, Alaska? Why don’t...
Why I Burned the American Flag by Stanton Gould
I didn’t write this entry. Stanton Gould did and he asked me to post it on my blog, which I gladly have done.
Why I Burned the American Flag
by Stanton Gould
I just lit a cigarette on a burning American flag. Don’t worry, it’s cool. I had to do it. I needed a light. The cigarette was already in my mouth and I was searching my pockets for my lighter. It was gone. Luckily I...
October 2008
1 post
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The Familial Beard
My family and I often do not hold the same interests. I care about world issues, non-fiction books and cereal containing freeze dried berries. I imagine each of these topics would be compelling to my kin if they were the sideburn crisis in Malaysia, Mustache: A Tom Selleck Autobiography, or Kellogg’s Frosted Stubble. I came to this conclusion at my sister’s wedding this weekend, during which the...
September 2008
3 posts
Street Cred: A Story
Part 1 Muggy and hot, Michael had taken up smoking on a whim. Marlboro, lighter, $8, thank you. This was the time to do such things. He had never fucked, but always spoke of it in crude terms, figuring it was teenager-appropriate and would seem foolish language for a bald man. Michael was in quick suspicion of all bald matters. He would find strands of hair in his hand during a shower, and...
Beer Problems
My favorite type of complaint or frustration is any one involving beer or alcohol. For example, at any given party where a keg is present, there are great specifications about how the keg is tapped. There are few crimes greater than incorrectly tapping a keg. There are terms like “head” and “foam” which are used and which I do not understand.
There are other complaints...
'Gossip Girl': Great Show, But Out of Touch
Having just completed viewing the First Season of ‘Gossip Girl’ on DVD, I must say I really got into it, the soap opera stuff, who’s sleeping with whom, etc. BUT, the one thing that really bothers me about the show is it’s visual style. Location is everything for a teen soap. ‘Dawson’s Creek’ showed us a really nice little North Carolina town (I know it...