Technology for the Unborn

Don't you miss the good old days when not only youngsters but unborn babies weren't exposed to tons of unhealthy media? So do I. And it just got worse. The lullabelly is a gadget that straps around mom's belly and serenades her unborn baby. This is a little sickening to think about because, well, couldn't mom just sing to her baby? Not to mention the radiation that thing must be giving off!

Paranormal Box Office Activity

The new, extremely low budget horror film, Paranormal Activity has busted through the roof with box office sales, crushing Saw VI in its wake. It has been in theaters now for over a month and box office sale increase every week. Due to this success, Paramount Pictures is exploring the possibility of a sequal.

Disney Revolution

Word is circulation that Disney is about to revolutionize the home entertainment system with a new software called key-chest. This will make viewing easier in many respects. Viewers will publish the rights to a published work and then it will play openly on all of their devices (mobile phone, cable TV, and computer). sounds cool, huh?

Spektography

Lately, as I delve further into song writing, I've started researching other singer song writers. One of my favorites is Regina Spektor. As a child, she just kind of made up songs in the shower and played piano, and later began seriously writing songs. Now she's a nig recording artist.

She has several, zany albums out that consist mostly of her playing piano, doing crazy vocal gymnastics, and being totally awesome.

How to figure out what's popular.

According to Blair Herter, the best way to figure out which TV shows are the most popular is to check out which ones have the most illegal downloads on the Pirate Bay. Top illegally downloaded shows include Flash Forward, The Cleavland Show, Glee, and The Vampire Diaries.

Despite the massive popularity of all these shows, TV officials are insisting that viewers are actually stealing TV property.

"Aw, go cry into your piles of money TV exects!"
-- Blair Herter

The Swell Season

Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, who starred in and created music for the brilliant film Once, were on KCRW yesterday morning with their band "The Swell Season." They won the oscar in 2006 for thei brilliant song (used in the film) Falling Slowly. They played live in the Morning Becomes Eclectic studio yesterday morning with songs from their next album "Strick Joy" which comes out a week from tomorrow. They're playing November live 18-19. Don't bother getting tickets though, it's sold out.

In the studio, they spoke about how they took their relationship from the movie further and accidentally went public with it. Glen thought it was sort of stupid that everyone cared so much, like the balloon story. I see why they cared though. They are SO cute together! And Marketa had a cold, but she still sang beautifully. She always does. =D

Death Cab meets New Moon

As you must know, The second installment of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga, is coming to the big screen November 20th. Among many other artists, Death Cab For Cutie will be playing on the soundtrack. This has a couple pros and cons in my mind. The first being, I really like Death Cab. I like their poetry, I like Ben Gibbard's voice, and Twilight. . . I mean I get that it's a huge craze and all, but in my opinion, it's total crap. So I'm kind of mad that one of my favorite bands is playing on the soundtrack. But then, on the other hand, hopefully, it will make the movie a little more enjoyable to watch.

Caution Sidekick Users!

Okay, so not to be pessimistic, or anything, but basically, if you own a sidekick phone, you're screwed. A T-Mobile server know as Danger ironically enough, recently lost ALL of it's data due to a massive service error. So if you turn off your phone, or worse, let your battery run out, you will most definitely loose all of your personal info, data, and contacts. Just to be nice, T -Mobile has offered these users a free month of service, but if i'd lost all my data, i'd want at least 3.

Oscar Watch!

Finally, the yearly movie buzz has started up with the academy awards drawing nearer as we speak!

This year, the surge of eligible animated films has increased considerably, so the category may hold 5 nominees this year instead of the usual 3. A few of the many contestants are Up, Ponyo, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Monsters vs. Aliens and 9.

The question is this: Are animated films so much tougher to make that they should get a greater seat at the Oscars? Or should they just nominate the usual three movies.

I think five, but then again, I'm no expert.

Mobile Rockband!

Rockband is coming to the iphone sometime soon!

I'm becoming more and more interested in film making and movies, so periodically, i'll be blogging about that, so get ready to hear some reviews!

Disney and the PG E-Reader

Disney has come out with a new e-reader, only this time its PG. Disney Digital Books is an online application that gives you Disney classics pronto on the web. You get over 500 books for a yeahly subscription of only $79. All your old favorites turn interactive so you can read it like a real book, but also play game, answer trivia, and click on the big words to get a definition. It also comes complete with voices, music and sound effects, so you don't have to do them yourself as you read to your child. But i don't know, if your dad's an actor like mine, him doing all the voices while he read you bedtime stories was probably a really fun part of your childhood.