Been A While…
Sorry to have left you, the loyal FOW Nation, in the lurch for the last couple of weeks. It’s not that your Uncle Grambo doesn’t care for you or, worse yet, that I fell out of love with The Blogosphere™. Quite the opposite, in fact — it’s just that the last two weeks of inactivity here on whatevs (dot org) are the direct result of my new project at Video Hits One taking flight. While I can’t go into too many details at this point (other than the fact that we’ve been writing our new site for the last two weeks), the good news is this: we should be launching one of our hyper-programmed verticals sometime before month’s end. When that time comes, you’ll be the first to know it. Not only will you be able to read your Uncle Grambo rant all day, every day, I’ll also be popping by here at a schedule still-to-be-determined (likely 3-5x per week). So yeah, um, I guess I got that going for me.
So yeah, I’m sure by now you’ve all seen Spidey 3 (aiight), Pirates 3 (durst!) and Knocked Up (pretty tigs). But unless you’re crazed magills like moi, you’ve almost certainly NOT seen Bug. Which is a shame, really, because I haven’t seen anything this crazed since the last time I saw El Topo. In the grand tradition of darkly depressing druggie movies like Permanent Midnight and Requiem For A Dream, Bug revolves around characters who have already been dealt a bad hand by life, characters that the audience immediately recognizes are teetering on the precipice between maintaining status quo or sliding sharply into deep, deep trouble (Bart Simpson steez). Not only should leads Ashley Judd (playing WAY against character as a washed-out, part-time lesbian cokehead) and Michael Shannon (pictured above) get some SERIOUS consideration when the 2008 Awards Season rolls around (not kidding), director Billy Friedkin makes like its the 1970s all over again by turning in his first bravura film since The Exorcist. Really. Not only does he work in more close-ups than you’ve seen since manning the microscope in earth science class, he manages to fill every square inch of the dingy motel room that Judd and Shannon hole themselves up in with a tension not really felt on the big screen since Linklater shot Tape. And if you’ve seen Tape, you know that’s really saying something.
If you’re anything like your Uncle Grambo and you’ve been jonesing all year for something original, something vibrant, something BEST from the movies, this is the film that you’re looking for. Swear to Jer.
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40 Comments so far
1. Dashiell wrote on June 5th, 2007 at 8:19 am
Hmmm… I saw the poster and just assumed it was another serial killer procedural co-starring Morgan Freeman. Or a “Species” prequel. Worst tag line evs?
2. natakamus wrote on June 5th, 2007 at 9:26 am
My wife saw Bug as a play when it premiered at the Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago. Michael Shannon was in it, and blew everybody away. I know people that still say this was the best play they’ve ever seen (and it happened way back in 2000).
The tag lines have been HORRIBLE. What is an amazing movie about paranoia does turn into a Species remake.
3. Jordan wrote on June 5th, 2007 at 9:42 am
If “pretty tigs” means “meh,” ok.
4. guy wrote on June 5th, 2007 at 10:03 am
thanks for the recommendation on Bug. also, good to see a new post.
anyone else notice a pattern here? long hiatus, then a good post filled with mea culpas and a new posting frequency schedule that is sure to be completely disregarded almost immediately. you don’t owe us shit, UG, but quit with the false promises, ‘kay? it is NOT tigs, or totes besties, or bovs. makes you look like a flake.
at least perez updates multiple times daily.
hahahaha…
guy
5. sleepyB wrote on June 5th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
so ‘bug’ is not a j. mascis penned musical starring dakota fanning as lou barlow?
6. ethan wrote on June 5th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
when i turned the internet on today, i didn’t expect to see a glowing review of KNOCKED UP on thighswideshut and now the same from grambo on BUG. interesting.
7. Brian wrote on June 5th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Just saw Bug today (in a double-feature with Knocked Up). I loved, I’d say, the first hour and 15 minutes. Then I think it sort of fell apart. But that first hour-15… damn!
Still say that 28 Weeks Later is the summer movie to beat, at least so far.
8. Grizz wrote on June 6th, 2007 at 9:01 am
“Bug” is no “Normal Life.” Luke Perry + Ashley Judd forevs!
9. Damore wrote on June 11th, 2007 at 11:27 am
UG, can’t you have a VH1 summer intern post on whatevs while you’re busy on other things?
10. Yale Bloor wrote on June 12th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
No posts about Paris, no posts about the Soprano’s whatev’s!
life must have been much simpler in the Big D. and Grambo’ please define “hyper-programmed verticals” for us learning impaired did you mean hyper venelating after a hit of some kind bud or is it a new linux program?
11. Steve wrote on June 14th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
I hate you, Yale Bloor. You’re a tard.
12. Dmitri Jr wrote on June 14th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
Uncle G,
What’s up with McCain banners?
13. Damore wrote on June 18th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Can you re-post the “Fix Kong” blog entry from ‘05 please?
14. JPMcKrengels wrote on June 18th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Dude, that Fix Kong post was the best. I came back here to make sure it was still up at least 4 times a day for like months. I could just read it over and over and over again.
It’s seems like just last year when that was up.
Ahhh… How time flies when you’re reading old content!
15. Mark Swiderski wrote on June 18th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
That’s where the Curse of Grambo began.
16. Frank Vitchard wrote on June 19th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
This is getting to be ri-god-damned-diculous.
17. Audif Jackson Winters III wrote on June 21st, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Fix Kong, nigga…
18. Danny Hoover wrote on June 26th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
This is definitely not gonna move the chains.
How about some commentary on Verve reforming again?
PS Fix Kong
19. Johnny Loftus wrote on June 26th, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Fools. “Been A While…” is the new Fix Kong.
JTL
20. thigh master wrote on June 27th, 2007 at 10:38 am
knock, knock
who’s there?
not uncle grambo
21. JPMcKrengels wrote on June 27th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
He’s been hold up in a motel room for the past 24 days with Michael Bacon trying to be convinced that The Bacon Brothers are a good band and qualified musicians. And after 24 days Grambo is now actually in The Bacon Brothers’ band - he’s playing the lute.
Fag.
22. Johnny Loftus wrote on June 27th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Grambo also finds himself in talks with Bacon not only to co-star in ‘Tremors 3: Shake it Up,’ but be the smiling Michael Jordan to Kev’s Hanes grimace.
JTL
23. thigh master wrote on June 28th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
well, if he’s a bacon brother, then i can’t wait to !!
24. thigh master wrote on June 28th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
stoopid a href!!!
that should be cant wait to
RECEIVE BACON!!!
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/gallery/d/10081-2/pushbacon.gif
25. Grizz wrote on July 3rd, 2007 at 4:22 pm
I thought at the very least those Stuff magazine photos of Kat McPhee would have brought you out of semi-retirement…
26. JPMcGargles wrote on July 6th, 2007 at 8:54 am
If Bynes sucking on a lollipop won’t do it, nothing will…
27. SpaceMonkey wrote on July 6th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Semi-retardedment
28. Yale Bloor wrote on July 8th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Grambo…kidnapped by the Bacon Bro’s! say it aint’so! (Free Grambo) Kevin Bacon likes lollipops too…….
29. Guess what? wrote on July 9th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I’m laying stoned on my couch, watching Flight of the Concords and posting this comment with an iPhone and this “Been a While” post still sucks!
30. Dmitri Jr. wrote on July 12th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Anybody check Yale Bloor’s basement? I just have this bad feeling…
31. Yale Bloor wrote on July 12th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
No basement, but I’ve got a big freezer;)
32. Grizz wrote on July 18th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
You know this post is getting old when making comments about how this post is getting old is getting old.
33. Alex wrote on July 18th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
Seems like Grambo should have jumped on blog quitting bandwagon when it came through a few years ago. I don’t think his heart is in it anymore compared to the old days. Might as well call it like it is.
34. JD wrote on July 19th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Funniest part - if you read the post (from June 4th)
“we should be launching one of our hyper-programmed verticals sometime before month’s end.”
Obvs finding more hyphenated buzzwords has cause massive delays…
35. JD wrote on July 19th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Funniest part - if you read the post (from June 4th)
“we should be launching one of our hyper-programmed verticals sometime before month’s end.”
Obvs the search for more hyphenated buzzwords has cause massive delays…
36. Uncle Grambo wrote on July 19th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Hey JD — So funny, you wrote it twice! But, just so you know, we did launch one of them…
http://www.worldofpop.com
I’ll be back before week’s end…
37. trent wrote on July 22nd, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Liar!!!
38. JD wrote on July 25th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Just try and be back before the end of the month !
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