Chose "Jane Eyre" for the fast-read piece, suppose Charlotte Brontë is sorta like Jane Austin.....when the host said, "cheap date" when she says she gets drunk on cranberry juice....had to chuckle....

From the Wikipedia entry on the Reading Festival in Britain:

The 'tradition' of unpopular bands being bottled off (being forced off stage by a barrage of audience-thrown plastic bottles, sometimes filled with urine) has continued; famously, Daphne and Celeste suffered this ignominy in 2000. Good Charlotte experienced it in 2003, but remained on-stage and encouraged the crowd to throw more. In 2004, The Rasmus were bottled off at Reading, as was 50 Cent (with urine, fireworks, mud, pieces of furniture and generally anything people could throw--even a children's paddling pool) in Reading only. Some question the wisdom of organisers placing 50 Cent, a rap/urban act, in between Placebo and Green Day, both rock acts....

In addition to his work with Tim Burton, Elfman has written scores for dozens of other films including:

* Forbidden Zone (Richard Elfman, 1980)
* Back to School, (Alan Metter, 1986)
* Wisdom (Emilio Estevez, Robert Wise, 1986)
* Big Top Pee-wee (Randal Kleiser, 1988)
* Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988)
* Scrooged (Richard Donner, 1988)
* Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990)
* Dick Tracy (Warren Beatty, 1990)
* Nightbreed (Clive Barker, 1990)
* Army of Darkness (Sam Raimi, 1993) (theme)
* Sommersby (Jon Amiel, 1993)
* Black Beauty (Caroline Thompson, 1994)
* Dolores Claiborne (Taylor Hackford, 1995)
* Dead Presidents (Hughes Brothers, 1995)
* To Die For (Gus Van Sant, 1995)
* The Frighteners (Peter Jackson, 1996)
* Freeway (Matthew Bright, 1996)
* Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma, 1996)
* Good Will Hunting (Gus Van Sant, 1997)
* Men in Black (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1997)
* A Simple Plan (Sam Raimi, 1998)
* Proof of Life (Taylor Hackford, 1999)
* Chicago (Rob Marshall, 2002) (The instrumental pieces "After Midnight" and "Roxie's Suite")
* Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002)
* Red Dragon (Brett Ratner, 2002)
* Hulk (Ang Lee, 2003)
* Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004)
* Deep Sea 3D (Howard Hall, 2006)
* Nacho Libre (Jared Hess, 2006) (Ramses Suite)
* Charlotte's Web (Gary Winick, 2006)
* Meet the Robinsons (Steve Anderson, 2007)
* Spider-Man 3 (Sam Raimi, 2007)

He has also written the theme music for several television series, including:

* Pee-wee's Playhouse (some episodes) (1986)
* Sledge Hammer! (1986)
* The Simpsons (1989)
* Beetlejuice (1989)
* Tales from the Crypt (1989)
* The Flash (1990)
* Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
* Dilbert (1999)
* Desperate Housewives (2004)
* Point Pleasant (2005)

Here is Elfman's filmography:

[2006] Charlotte's Web
Deep Sea 3D [IMAX Movie]
Nacho Libre
Serenada Schizophrana [Concert Work]
[2005] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
[2004] Spider-Man 2
[2003] Big Fish
Hulk
[2002] Chicago
Home Video: The Making of Mad Matt
Men in Black II
Red Dragon
Spider-Man
[2001] Heartbreakers
Mazer World
Novocaine
Planet of the Apes
Spy Kids
[2000] The Family Man
Proof of Life
The World of Stainboy
[1999] Anywhere But Here
"Dilbert" [TV Series]
Instinct
My Favorite Martian
Sleepy Hollow
[1998] A Civil Action
Modern Vampyres
A Simple Plan
[1997] Flubber
Good Will Hunting
Men In Black
Scream 2
[1996] Extreme Measures
Freeway
The Frighteners
Mars Attacks!
Mission: Impossible
[1995] Dead Presidents
Dolores Claiborne
Little Demons [Demo]
To Die For
[1994] Black Beauty
Shrunken Heads
[1993] Army Of Darkness
Sommersby
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
[1992] Article 99
Batman Returns
[1991] Pure Luck
[1990] Darkman
Dick Tracy
Edward Scissorhands
"The Flash" [TV Series]
Nightbreed
[1989] Batman
"Beetlejuice: The Animated Series" [TV Series]
"The Simpsons" [TV Series]
"Tales from the Crypt" [TV Series]
Three Fugitives
[1988] Beetlejuice
Big Top Pee Wee
Hot To Trot
Midnight Run
Scrooged
[1987] Summer School
[1986] Back To School
"Fast Times" [TV Series]
"Pee-Wee's Playhouse" [TV Series]
"Sledge Hammer!" [TV Series] (theme)
Wisdom
[1985] "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" [TV Series]
"Amazing Stories" [TV Series]
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
[1980] Forbidden Zone

Here is Elfman's filmography:

[2006] Charlotte's Web
Deep Sea 3D [IMAX Movie]
Nacho Libre
Serenada Schizophrana [Concert Work]
[2005] Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
[2004] Spider-Man 2
[2003] Big Fish
Hulk
[2002] Chicago
Home Video: The Making of Mad Matt
Men in Black II
Red Dragon
Spider-Man
[2001] Heartbreakers
Mazer World
Novocaine
Planet of the Apes
Spy Kids
[2000] The Family Man
Proof of Life
The World of Stainboy
[1999] Anywhere But Here
"Dilbert" [TV Series]
Instinct
My Favorite Martian
Sleepy Hollow
[1998] A Civil Action
Modern Vampyres
A Simple Plan
[1997] Flubber
Good Will Hunting
Men In Black
Scream 2
[1996] Extreme Measures
Freeway
The Frighteners
Mars Attacks!
Mission: Impossible
[1995] Dead Presidents
Dolores Claiborne
Little Demons [Demo]
To Die For
[1994] Black Beauty
Shrunken Heads
[1993] Army Of Darkness
Sommersby
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
[1992] Article 99
Batman Returns
[1991] Pure Luck
[1990] Darkman
Dick Tracy
Edward Scissorhands
"The Flash" [TV Series]
Nightbreed
[1989] Batman
"Beetlejuice: The Animated Series" [TV Series]
"The Simpsons" [TV Series]
"Tales from the Crypt" [TV Series]
Three Fugitives
[1988] Beetlejuice
Big Top Pee Wee
Hot To Trot
Midnight Run
Scrooged
[1987] Summer School
[1986] Back To School
"Fast Times" [TV Series]
"Pee-Wee's Playhouse" [TV Series]
"Sledge Hammer!" [TV Series] (theme)
Wisdom
[1985] "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" [TV Series]
"Amazing Stories" [TV Series]
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
[1980] Forbidden Zone

As seen in Charlotte's Rehab

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. Considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time, he became the most effectively marketed athlete of his generation and was instrumental in spreading the appeal of the National Basketball Association around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. He is currently a part-owner of the Charlotte Bobcats.

A remarkable force at both ends of the floor, "M.J." ended his 15 NBA seasons with a regular-season scoring average of 30.12 points per game, the highest in NBA history (marginally ahead of Wilt Chamberlain's 30.06). He won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls (during which he won all six NBA Finals MVP awards), won 10 scoring titles, and was league MVP five times. He was named to the All-NBA First Team 10 times, All-Defensive First Team nine times, and led the league in steals three times.

Since 1983, he has appeared on the front cover of Sports Illustrated a record 49 times, and was named the magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" in 1991. He has appeared on the cover of SLAM Magazine a record nine times, including the magazine's 50th and 100th issues. In 1999, he was named "the greatest athlete of the 20th century" by ESPN, and was second only to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press list of top athletes of the century. His leaping ability, vividly illustrated by dunking from the foul line and other feats, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness."

"Charlotte's dead" lol

Tour Schedule - we hope to see them @Club Passim in Cambridge - thanks for the review; I knew it'd be a good show but this makes me want to get tix NOW.



10.6.06 Friday Austin, TX Waterloo Ice House 9pm 512.472.5400

benefitting the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians

10.7.06 Saturday Houston, TX McGonigel's Mucky Duck 7:30 & 10pm 713.528.5999

10.13.06 Friday Oklahoma City, OK VZD's 9pm 405.524.4200

10.14.06 Saturday Dallas, TX Allgood Music Cafe 9pm 214.742.5362

10.20.06 Friday Austin, TX The Saxon Pub 8pm 512.448.2552

10.21.06 Saturday San Marcos, TX Cheatham Street Warehouse 8:30pm 512.353.3777

11.3.06 Friday Denton, TX Dan's Silverleaf 9pm 940.320.2000

11.8.06 Wednesday Asheville, NC Grey Eagle 8pm 828.232.5800

11.9.06 Thursday Raleigh, NC Pour House Music Hall 10pm 919.821.1120

11.10.06 Friday Floyd, VA The Sun Music Hall 9pm 540.745.7880

11.11.06 Saturday Charlottesville, VA Gravity Lounge 9pm 434.977.5590

11.12.06 Sunday Bethlehem, PA Godfrey Daniels 7pm 610.867.2390

11.15.06 Wednesday New York, NY Joe's Pub 8pm 212.539.8778

11.16.06 Thursday Cambridge, MA Passim Cultural Center 8pm 617.492.5300

11.17.06 Friday Fall River, Ma The Narrows Center for the Arts 8pm 508.324.1926

11.18.06 Saturday Franklin, NH Mojolaki Golf Club 9pm

11.19.06 Sunday Rochester, NY Milestone's 8pm 585.325.6490

11.20.06 Monday Columbus, OH Little Brother's 8pm 614.421.2025

11.22.06 Wednesday Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center 8pm 612.338.2674

11.24.06 Friday Chicago, IL The Old Town School of Folk Music 9pm 773.728.6000

11.25.06 Saturday Dayton, OH Canal Street Tavern 9pm 937.461.9343

12.8.06 Friday Lake Worth, FL The Bamboo Room 9pm 561.585.BLUE

12.9.06 Saturday Lake Worth, FL The Bamboo Room 9pm 561.585.BLUE

12.10.06 Sunday Jacksonville Beach, FL Freebird Cafe 8pm 904.246.BIRD

12.12.06 Tuesday Savannah, GA American Legion Post # 125 8pm

12.13.06 Wednesday Charlotte, NC Neighborhood Theatre 8pm 704.358.9298

12.14.06 Thursday Charleston, SC Home Team BBQ 8pm 843.243.2147

12.15.06 Friday Atlanta, GA Smith's Olde Bar 9pm 404.875.1522

12.16.06 Saturday Greenville, SC The Handlebar 10pm 864.233.6173

This boy needs to grow the hell up.

You know I'm about to move into one of those little quaint slices of nowhere pretty soon cause my hubby's job. Hamlet/Rockingham, NC. The first house finding trip I took was grim. Nothing. Hardly any of the business I've come to rely upon to get the things I need for my family. I have two children you see.

How far out of the area was I going to have to drive in order to shop for the things we need? 1 hour? to Raleigh? 1 1/2 to Charlotte?

You could imagine my relief to see a Walmart Superstore there later that day. For 24 hours a day, I can get anything a family basically needs.

To those folks living in those small towns where they roll the sidewalks up a 8:00 p.m., I'd like this little wide eyed spoiled college boy all filled up with unrealistic childhood idealism tell me where I'm going to find children's advil, tylenol cold, puffs plus, favorite juice, popsicles, soup, and electric blanket at 3 a.m. when my little boy wakes up in pain from his fever and cold..?

Sam Walton is a genius, because unlike this pipplely welp that only has to worry about whether to finish his term paper that weekend or go skiing, there was an entepreneur that understands the needs of average family. He has the basic needs of the family met...and at decent prices... 24 hours a day. God bless him, damnit!

I want to see this kid married one day w/ a baby. I bet you he'll be charging in Walmart one night wearing jeans, no socks w/ sneakers, pajama top under coat to get diapers, humidifier, ear drops or ointments and some kotex. He'll remember his cute little student film bitching about this symbol of encroaching capitalism...this evil empire. He might even pick up a coke and tabloid paper on his way out.

She has a nice tone...but what did it was precisely the way she was dressed. They were expecting a "nobody" because she was dressed like a "nobody." The shock was what surprised them. If she had come out with attitude, they wouldn't have been so impressed.

I agree...she does a nice mimic. But she'd better watch out or she'll get vocal nodes...her chords aren't developed enough yet. Remember Charlotte Church? A beautiful voice destroyed by over-exposure.

But I gotta give it to her for the drama. She played the part right.