Shrink Rap - [Etcetera]

Join the Merry Monk of the Grand Funk, the Optimistic Spastic Mystic, and the Comedy Ninja as we put our shrunken heads together and jump into the Internet Stream of Collective Consciousness to bring you a rockin' good time.

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Thanks to everyone who called in. You made our week.

Happy 1st Blog-iversary! - [Matthew]

An IM conversation from August 30, 2005...

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AIM IM with Erik Guzman 8/30/05, 9:36 AM

i'm trying to set up an etcetera blog
what should the etcetera blog address be

I thought we were waiting on something. We talked about putting up essays and other random crap way back.

we just haven't gotten around to it


11:15 AM
etceterablogosphere
?

alloneword

i want etcetera in it

The shrine to ourselves that we've always dreamed of.

i was just reading fancy geoffs blog
there's a comment to one of his posts ending with...
"we love you, Fancy Geoff."
from somebody named adrianne
i freaking love the ping
it's all ping

Gotta love the ping. Ping is the new goolay. without a doubt
Well, let's just set one up then and worry about consolidating everything later. I could crap out an entry or two a week. I'm sure you have brilliance backed up in your intellectual lower digestive tract.

absolutley grass roots

oh, glory! Let the adulation commence.

etcetera is taken as a user name
what would be fitting for all of us
etceteracrew


11:45 AM
etcradio, etceteraradio, etcpod... ghettopodblaster pod complex ooooh, I like that one.

Ping
just ping
what do you think

The Ping. ?

somehting with etcetera and ping
just brainstorming
here
not shooting down any ideas

Etc: Bring the Ping

i like that
Etcetera: Bring the Ping
Pingtacular

Ping
simple

simple, clean. I dig it.

go for it
?
Ping
can you go for "Ping"
just ping

We should definitely include this IM session as a behind-the-scenes blog.

then we can put in some kind of subtitle
Ping?
what say you

My vote would be a phrase that you can say like 'Bring the Ping.' Doesn't have to be that phrase. If you really like just 'ping' we can do that. But just one single-syllable word rolls off the tongue kind of flat. My 2 cents (why isn't there a keyboard 'cent' symbol?)


11:55 AM
My Pingaling
Culture Ping

Other ideas... Etcetera's Ping, Etcetera Presents (The) Ping, and so on. Steal This Blog.

Etcetera...Ping
?
huh
huh
like here we are
ping atcha

Etcetera Presents Culture Ping. Wait, that sounds like a band.


12:00 PM
The Weekly Ping.

Pingcast

Bling, ping... now THAT'S dated.

true

Ping before swine I got it.

ping

ping

lowercase

okay, standby...

[ping]

in brackets

[yup]

why

it would make it more like a sound or action.

okay

plus it looks kinda cool

[ping]
done
?

Make it so.

right arm

etcping
pingetcetera

I like that one.

like telling them to do it
ping us

yeah.

go with it
?

Word.

i hope it's available
pingetcetera

jeepers, who could have thought of that already?
[ping] that's just fun to say /type. almost like a cartoon caption.

12:15 PM
it worked
!

huzzah!

Etcetera...pinging since 2004

"Embrace the culture, ask the questions, bring the ping." PLUS, hot cheerleader pics.


12:25 PM
we're gonna have fun with this

you betcha

get a little nuts

Good content, and ever-changing FRESH content... that will be the draw


12:35 PM
we gotta touch base with Sharon, see if she wants to throw anything on before tomorrow.

cool


3:10 PM
i really like the blog so far
it's gonna be fun to watch it develop

[laughing] a new section: Haiku Review. We review everything and anything with a haiku


6:00 PM
great
fun stuff today
cool site

indeed. have fun bustin' heads.

sho nuff
later

peace out homey
Erik Guzman has gone offline.


[end ping]

Little Miss Sunshine - [Sharon]

Just wanted to recommend a movie Brand Trilam and I saw yesterday. Maybe you've heard of it. I know I had, but was surprised at how much better it was than even I had anticipated.

I may not be the premier in-house movie reviewer like Mr. Porter, but I can tell you this: it was a movie full of likeable characters - each with their own pain, but moved forward by their shared love for the innocent among them- little Olive.

If you want to see a movie you will laugh a great deal in, but one that will also make you cry at least once, this is it.

So there you go.

Starring: Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, and Abigail Breslin
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Fox Searchlight Films

Etcetera @ The Movies: Invincible - [Matthew]

Invincible tells the based-on-a-true-story story of Vince Papale, a Philadelphia bartender who, after losing his teaching job and wife, wins a spot on the Philadelphia Eagles team in an open tryout.

Now, a few things must be said: it’s a PG underdog film. From Disney. I wasn’t surprised that I liked it so much as I was that there weren’t any talking dogs or animated manifestations of a character’s conscience.

Mark Wahlberg (Three Kings, Four Brothers) shines in the role of Papale. And say what you will about his acting, Wahlberg can (and usually does) play the roughneck blue-collar outsider really well. I could be picky and say his performance is too stoic, but this is a movie about football and sons and dads and times when it’s the things unsaid that matter, so the play will stand as called.

The Eagles’ new coach Dick Vermeil (played by Greg Kinnear) takes the helm of a losing franchise and as such has quite a bit on the line himself. Kinnear is solid here and, as is the Kinnear way, occasionally veers into smarmy-land, which is fine. It’s part of his appeal.

The story is set against the bleak and desperate backdrop of mid-70s Philadelphia and director Ericson Core manages to keep a fair amount of believable grittiness on screen in what, according to my research, appears to be his feature directorial debut.

The football action is hard and fast and doesn’t pull punches on the hits. In a particularly memorable scene, Wahlberg catches a pass, then gets tackled as his whole body twists in the wrong direction. Gnarly.

In all, Invincible is an enjoyable, feel-good story (screenplay by Brad Gann) that, despite my closest scrutiny, doesn’t ping on the sappy-o-meter. It’s also a film you can recommend without any caveats. And if that’s not enough for you, there’s an actor in the film named Stink Fisher.

Seriously.

Four out of five stars

Opens nationwide this Friday, August 25th

Rated PG for sports action and some mild language

Running time: 1 hour, 44 minutes



[end ping]

Etcetera PM - [Etcetera]

Etcetera is on at night. We now live stream the show on Tuesdays from 9 - 10 PM ET.

Click here to listen. We were joined in the studio by the hottest guy in Second Life and F'ing Andrew. Here are his Viral Video Corner selections...click here and here.

And don't miss the Quartermexican's pick for the corner, The Vader Sessions.

Here's the podcast link for the time shifters among us.

Friend To Me - [Matthew]

From the 'I-think-this-is-ready-for-human-consumption' file...

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Friend to beggars
Friend to haters
Friend to lepers
Friend to traitors

Friend to strangers
Friend to poor
Friend to pilgrims
Friend to whores

Friend to liars
Friend to losers
Friend to failures
Friend to users

Friend to outcasts
Friend to thieves
Friend to sinners
Friend to me


[end ping]

Crazy But Not Alone - [Etcetera]

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Second Life Etcetera Party, Bisque!

It's that time again! This Saturday, August 12th, at 9:00 PM Eastern Time, get your virtual chaps on and come party with us 'till the virtual cows come home.

Just click on http://slurl.com/secondlife/specter/108/239/274/ , and it'll automatically launch your Second Life application for you, and send you directly to the pub, unless you haven't created your account yet. And if you haven't, THEN SET ONE UP!! : )

Your other option is to log into Second Life, click on your Map button, search for "Specter" then enter in the coordinates 108-239-274 and teleport there.

Remember to get your Linden Dollars ready to donate to Stella's House, and try to look away when Brother Laffer struts his g-stringed stuff. It's too late for me, but save yourselves...

If you're lucky, you too can pass out in the hot tub whilst gnawing on Captain Jack Sparrow's neck...

Oh Erik... "tsk-tsk"

There it Goes Again - [Etcetera]

Click here to listen to this week's Etcetera. Click here to subscribe to the podcast.

Check back soon for info on this weekend's Second Life partay. We'll be wrapping up the fundraiser for Stella's House. One night only. Saturday, August 12 at 9ET in SL. Coordinates and details are on the way.

Etceteracam - [Erik]

Some of us get together at my house on the first Saturday of every month. I remembered to bring home the Etceteracam this time.

If you want to join us (I might even shake it for you) add "etceteracam" to your buddy list on iChat or AIM. You may need a camera to view and then again you may not. I don't remember.

Just invite us to chat and I'll fire the bisque up.

Hanging with Chad - [Etcetera]

We jumped back into the internet stream of collective consciousness this week. Chad (Mr. Preacher) joined us in the studio for a very special edition of Etcetera. We were all over the map, and to be honest, most of it was just wrong. But we did have a good time. Click here to listen.

Subscribe to the podcast here to hang with us regular-like.

And by the way, Mr. Preacher is dead. Click here to visit the new and improved wonderful world of Chad. It's Chaddio, bisque!