It's back for Season Three.
It's darker and less comic these days. The plotline with the younger character; "Jesse" is really captivating right now. A brilliant story, heartbreakingly well-acted by Aaron Paul.
From an interview with Bryan Cranston:
The term "breaking bad" is a southern colloquialism and it means when someone who has taken a turn off the path of the straight and narrow, when they've gone wrong. And that could be for that day or for a lifetime. And Walt is that kind of guy. He's never even gotten a parking ticket, he's always done things the right way. It's not until these dire circumstances are presented that a decision needs to be made. He has the weight of regret on his shoulders and it's suffocating him. But the last thing he wants to do is put his family through this hardship of taking care of a dying man, he still dies anyways and he leaves them penniless. That's the personal legacy he leaves for them and he couldn't allow that to happen. And it's from that point that he makes this decision and goes on that journey. It's an impulsive decision. It's an emotional one. He's backed into a corner. It's not a pragmatic or practical decision. He is putting the blinders on, and knowing that if he really thought about it he could talk himself out of it, and justifiably so. He decides to make this bold, desperate move out of the set of circumstances he's given. The way I look at it, that's the only way he could make that decision.
Showing posts with label Sketchy characters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sketchy characters. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Panama City Beach Road Trip-The Postmortem
Upon final reflection and evaluation, I'd have to say the trip was an unqualified success.
I got to show off my dancing skills
and David is still as youthful as ever. I think the coastal lifestyle suits him well.
I got to show off my dancing skills
and David is still as youthful as ever. I think the coastal lifestyle suits him well.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sunday, December 6, 2009
SweaterVest at KellanFest!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Happy 40th Birthday!
I made this little "demotivator" with an online motivational poster generator, a stock photo, and a dash of malice.
Happy birthday- It's all about you! (you know who you are)
Monday, November 16, 2009
Jimmy and Granddaughter
My friend Jimmy, the intrepid woodsman, birder, and photographer. Mary's first Canoe trip.
I love this photo.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
It's All Happening!
Our friend is having her 40th Birthday this month and has rented out the DanielDay "DremMecca" gallery for the event.
The "e-vites" have been sent, and rumor has it "Our Man In Charleston", Scott Freeman will be there.
I'll believe it when I see it.
The "e-vites" have been sent, and rumor has it "Our Man In Charleston", Scott Freeman will be there.
I'll believe it when I see it.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Don't disappoint!
My friend Dewey captured this image outside Farmington, NM and immediately thought of me.
I don't know if i"m flattered or ashamed.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Todd Snider: National Treasure
Todd Daniel Snider is a singer-songwriter born October 11, 1966 in Portland, Oregon.
Best known for his wry humor, Snider has been a fixture on the Americana, alt-country, and folk scene since his debut on MCA, entitled Songs for the Daily Planet, named for the bar where Snider used to play regularly in Memphis. On that album were the minor hits "Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues", a play on Dylan's Talkin' New York. Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues is a folk song about the early '90's grunge scene, featuring a band that "refused to play", and "Alright Guy", which later became the title cut of Gary Allan's 2001 album.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
T Shirt of the Week: The Dewey Paul Band
Here's a cool new addition to Jay's ridiculous wardrobe.
Representing Colorado-based fellow traveller, friend and all-around good guy Dewey Moffitt.
Bad girls need love too
You know what's conspicuously absent from this picture? That happy glow Brides get just before their Wedding Day.
Sometimes the Highway Patrol just needs to lighten the hell up and let one slide.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Don Quixote of North Alabama's scenic and historic "Chicken Processing/Crystal Meth belt".
I'm resisting the urge to list this as a "Brush With Greatness", but here is my old friend Paul.
He's passionate about these things and I've always admired his tenacity in all matters.
Keep at it, Paul.
Update- We lost Paul this spring.. I'll miss him forever. Jay
He's passionate about these things and I've always admired his tenacity in all matters.
Keep at it, Paul.
Update- We lost Paul this spring.. I'll miss him forever. Jay
Where are you, brother??
Has anyone seen this guy?
Donald Joseph Russell Miller, AKA "Donnie Joe"
he has been described as "kinda looking like Malibu Ken"
Last known location: Marin County CA.
Call a Brother.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Brush With Greatness: Phil Kaufman
I didn't actually meet Phil Kaufman, but we exchanged a couple of emails trying to arrange a meeting while on my way to Nashville. I'd heard a rumor that he occaisonally tends bar there, and thought it would be a good opportunity to pick up a copy of his book, get it inscribed and have my photo taken with him.
It's not every day you get to meet someone who served time in Terminal Island with Charles Manson in the early sixties, stole the corpse of a Rock icon, and Rolled with the Stones.
I didn't get to meet him as he had to accompany Nanci Griffith to a show in Texas the weekend I was there. Maybe next time.
Phil "Mangler" Kaufman, the man who and stole and cremated the body of country-rock icon Gram Parsons, and who has been described as the entertainment industry's"executive nanny" by Mick Jagger, tells it all. The Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Emmylou Harris, Elizabeth Ashley, Rosanne Cash, the Byrds, the Everly Brothers.
(Before his death Parsons had said that he wanted to be cremated at Joshua Tree and have his ashes spread over Cap Rock, a prominent natural feature there. But after his death his stepfather arranged to have the body shipped home for a private funeral, to which none of his low-life music buddies were invited. Said buddies would have none of it. Fortified by beer and vodka, they decided to steal Parsons's body and conduct their own last rites.
Having ferreted out the shipping arrangements, Phil Kaufman (Parsons's road manager) and another man drove out to the airport in a borrowed hearse, fed the poor schmuck in charge of the body a load of baloney about a last-minute change of plans, signed the release "Jeremy Nobody," and made off with Parsons's remains. They bought five gallons of gas, drove 150 miles to Joshua Tree, and dragged the coffin as close to Cap Rock as they could by moonlight. Kaufman pried open the lid to reveal Parsons's naked cadaver, poured in the gas, and tossed in a match. A massive fireball erupted. The authorities gave chase but, as one account puts it, "were encumbered by sobriety," and the desperadoes escaped.
The men were tracked down a few days later, but there was no law against stealing a body, so they were charged with stealing the coffin or, as one cop put it, "Gram Theft Parsons." (Cops are such a riot.) Convicted, they were ordered to pay $750, the cost of the coffin. What was left of Parsons was buried in New Orleans.)
The movie "Grand Theft Parsons" is a fictionalized version of the Gram Parsons body-burning episode described in "Road Mangler Deluxe." Here is what the two principal actors have to say about the book:
"Phil Kaufman is an amazing character. I mean, just the basic [Gram Parsons] story is amazing. . . . I read Phil Kaufman's book called "Road Mangler Deluxe" and he's lived five lifetimes--his whole life should be a movie made out of it, much less these two days."
Johnny Knoxville
(plays Phil Kaufman in "Grand Theft Parsons")
"His book is pretty phenomenal. . . It's so great. It's like a fly on the wall of his thoughts and all of the escapades he got himself into."
Christina Applegate
(plays the fictitious Barbara Mansfield in"Grand Theft Parsons")
It's not every day you get to meet someone who served time in Terminal Island with Charles Manson in the early sixties, stole the corpse of a Rock icon, and Rolled with the Stones.
I didn't get to meet him as he had to accompany Nanci Griffith to a show in Texas the weekend I was there. Maybe next time.
Phil "Mangler" Kaufman, the man who and stole and cremated the body of country-rock icon Gram Parsons, and who has been described as the entertainment industry's"executive nanny" by Mick Jagger, tells it all. The Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Emmylou Harris, Elizabeth Ashley, Rosanne Cash, the Byrds, the Everly Brothers.
(Before his death Parsons had said that he wanted to be cremated at Joshua Tree and have his ashes spread over Cap Rock, a prominent natural feature there. But after his death his stepfather arranged to have the body shipped home for a private funeral, to which none of his low-life music buddies were invited. Said buddies would have none of it. Fortified by beer and vodka, they decided to steal Parsons's body and conduct their own last rites.
Having ferreted out the shipping arrangements, Phil Kaufman (Parsons's road manager) and another man drove out to the airport in a borrowed hearse, fed the poor schmuck in charge of the body a load of baloney about a last-minute change of plans, signed the release "Jeremy Nobody," and made off with Parsons's remains. They bought five gallons of gas, drove 150 miles to Joshua Tree, and dragged the coffin as close to Cap Rock as they could by moonlight. Kaufman pried open the lid to reveal Parsons's naked cadaver, poured in the gas, and tossed in a match. A massive fireball erupted. The authorities gave chase but, as one account puts it, "were encumbered by sobriety," and the desperadoes escaped.
The men were tracked down a few days later, but there was no law against stealing a body, so they were charged with stealing the coffin or, as one cop put it, "Gram Theft Parsons." (Cops are such a riot.) Convicted, they were ordered to pay $750, the cost of the coffin. What was left of Parsons was buried in New Orleans.)
The movie "Grand Theft Parsons" is a fictionalized version of the Gram Parsons body-burning episode described in "Road Mangler Deluxe." Here is what the two principal actors have to say about the book:
"Phil Kaufman is an amazing character. I mean, just the basic [Gram Parsons] story is amazing. . . . I read Phil Kaufman's book called "Road Mangler Deluxe" and he's lived five lifetimes--his whole life should be a movie made out of it, much less these two days."
Johnny Knoxville
(plays Phil Kaufman in "Grand Theft Parsons")
"His book is pretty phenomenal. . . It's so great. It's like a fly on the wall of his thoughts and all of the escapades he got himself into."
Christina Applegate
(plays the fictitious Barbara Mansfield in"Grand Theft Parsons")
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Obamicon of the day: BIKE
Another creation from the obamicon.me website. You can make even the sketchiest characters look iconic. (see image)
Monday, July 6, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Meet The Readers: Part 8
"Jimmy" is a longtime friend and dirty hippie.He Enjoys:
Testing the limits of the human body's capacity to absorb and process caffeine, demonstrating his encyclopaedic knowledge of almost everything, photograpically documenting every bird on earth, his grandaughter, sleeping with Rocket Scientists, road trippin', knowing everyone in his home county, procreating, and building and maintaining contact with virtually every hippie on earth via a Viet Cong-like communication network.
He Dislikes:
Very few identified. He has a good life and enjoys it fully.
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