lamb, scott

I’ve been catching up on my internet, and one of my favorite new things is the Synecdoche, New York trailer. “Just A Little Person,” the song that starts at about 1:28 really grabbed me — I’ve been rewinding the YouTube over and over to listen to the first verse. According to the usually not so reliable Yahoo Answers, it’s from Jon Brion, which makes sense as he also did the soundtracks to Magnolia and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, among others. He nails the mixture of pathos, absurdity and good humor that seems like a common thread in the films he’s involved in, and the music is well-matched to go with visuals. Or, possibly, it was written by Charlie Kaufman and sung by Deanna Storey. Either way, the song in Synecdoche isn’t online yet, as far as I can tell (it’ll be out with the soundtrack, presumably sometime in October), but the instrumental theme from ETOTSM has some of the same feel, as does the song Here We Go on his MySpace page.

Art collectors don’t care about the credit crisis:

Damien Hirst breaks auction records

How did Manimal not make this list?

nickmcglynn:

Perfect Strangers
Blossom
The Hogan Family
Ducktails
Love American Style
Joan Of Arc
Little House on the Prairie
The Jetsons
Danger Mouse
Inspector Gadget
DARIA
Magnum, P.I.
Pinwheel
Lancelot Link
Noozles
Garfield and Friends
The Flintstones
The Wonder Years
Fraggle Rock
Good Times
Eight is Enough
Biker Mice from Mars.
Full House
Street Sharks
Mummies Alive
Charles in Charge!
Growing Pains
Perfect  Strangers
Gullah Gullah!
The Facts of Life
The A-Team
Doug
21 Jump Street
Three is Company
Mary Tyler Moore
The Muppet Show
All That
Hawaii Five 0
MacGyver
Transformers
Littlest Hobo
Centurions
Gummy Bears
The Partridge Family
Hey Dude
Webster
Knight Rider
Mr Belvedere
Greatest American Hero
Soap!
Alice in Wonderland
Head of the Class
Family Ties