My brother tipped me off to this. The Coen brothers next project, after they finish their next project A Serious Man, will be to bring Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policeman's Union to a theater near you. If you haven't read the book, it's a high recommend from this end.

I don't know about you, but I totally geek out on the Coens. I find it really interesting that I leave everyone of their movies with a completely different impression of how I felt about the film, but once I watch them for a second time, I invariably love them. Walking out of Intolerable Cruelty, I wanted to strangle the both of them with my bare hands. About a year later, I watched it on cable and I loved it. I'm not sure what changed, except that something clicked. And I feel like every movie they make is that way. You need to see them more than once to truly get what they're trying to do.

Labels: books, Coen brothers, geekgasm, movies

It's no big secret around here that I'm a sports fan, nor is it a secret that I think Rob Neyer is one of the best baseball columnists around.

And given my Yankee fandom, it should come as no surprise that I had a full-on, five-alarm nerdgasm when I read his blog entry today rebutting Dan Shaughnessy's column on Jim Rice's candidacy for the Hall of Fame. I don't support Rice's case for the Hall of Fame. Neither does Neyer, and he brilliantly illustrates (again) why Rice's case just doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

You can read the entry here.

Labels: baseball, geekgasm, Rob Neyer

5-alarm nerdgasm alert!

Paramount has finally released the comprehensive Twin Peaks collection that fans have been waiting for.

Am I fan? When i was 15, I had my mom drive me and a friend into the city to see Mark Frost, Kimmie Robertson, Dana Ashbrook, Catherine Coulson and a couple of other smaller players in the series to sit and talk about the series. I remember sittingin the auditorium and saying to myself, "Wow, all of these people are just like me! They love the show." A couple of minutes later, someone raised their hand and said something about how in one scene, Agent Cooper's suit was buttoned and then it cut back to him and his suit was open and how could they let that kind of continuity issue in the show and that he was so disspointed.

And then I thought, "OK, not exactly like me."

Anyway, if you're a fan of the show, you're going to love the new set. It's got tons of extras, including tons of interviews. If you've never watched, seriously, pick this up.

[Editor's note: Interview with David Lynch in Entertainment Weekly this week.]

Labels: geekgasm, TV, Twin Peaks

NBC orders 6 episodes of American Gladiators

I just had a complete geekgasm.

Labels: American Gladiators, geekgasm