Showing posts with label Estevezes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Estevezes. Show all posts

1.17.2008

Exhibit 6.9

Weekend Face Off

Thursday
Kansas w/ The Lincoln Symphony Orchestra
Pershing Center
8pm

vs.

Man's Last Great Invention, Thunder Power!, & I, Colossus
Box Awesome
9pm

Verdict: Kansas's promotional photo is tempting and according to my calculations they feature ∞% more eye patch than the Box Awesome bands. In addition, there are untold number of eye patches in the orchestra. Plus, who knows how great "Point of Know Return" would sound with an orchestra. According to my calculations it would be ∞% greater.

Ultimately, the Box Awesome show wins. What it lacks in eye patches, it more than makes up for with heart and grit.


Friday
Cloverfield
a theater near you
9pm or so

vs.

Eagle*Seagull, Coyote Bones, Baby Walrus, & Fourth of July
Box Awesome
9pm

Verdict: I have no idea what Cloverfield is about despite having seen approximately 100 promos for it while streaming episodes of 30 Rock last night. Apparently there's a monster? His name is possibly Cloverfield? A little bit of Internet research leads me to believe this monster is bigger than most other movie monsters. Also, someone in the trailer keeps saying People are going to want to know what happened. Um, kid, I think when the rest of the country goes to visit Manhattan and we see a lot of giant monster prints and torsos we'll probably figure most of it out.

You know what else is bigger than most other monsters? Eagle*Seagull. Box Awesome wins again.

Saturday
Claire Becker, Lily Brown, & Steve Langan at the Clean Part Reading Series
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
7pm

vs.

Lifetime Movie Network
7pm

Verdict: St. Elmo's Fire does have a lot going for itself: beautiful actors and actresses, some really talented people, and Emilio Estevez.

But look at how the The Clean Part dominates. Fantastic poetry? Check. Pie giveaways? Check. Ally Sheedy? No. Commercial-free? Check.

Three out of four isn't bad. The winner is...attending The Clean Part while renting St. Elmo's Fire on the way home if you've loaned out your DVD copy.