BIRDHOUSE IN YOUR SOUL

Not to put too-fine a point on it, say I'm the only bee in your bonnet!

I've been catching up on the final episodes of one of my favorite (and now-canceled) programs, Pushing Daisies ... and I got so swept away with the beauty, romance and general wonder of the show that I went and downloaded the Season One Soundtrack.

Its made up mostly of instrumental music - music that won an Emmy, by the way - but there are a few vocal tracks that make it all worth while. One such track is Ellen Greene (formerly of Little Shop of Horrors, to name one) and Kristin Chenoweth (of Wicked, to name another) covering They Might Be Giants' "Birdhouse In Your Soul."

I love the original version well enough, but this new version absolutely swept me off my feet. Here's the video:



And here are some screencaptures I took of the DVD, using an amazing new application called Snap'n'Drag:

The second season comes out on DVD next month, and I can't wait!

Make a little birdhouse in your soul!

BACK IN THE "WEEDS"

One of my favorite shows, Weeds returns this month, kicking off a fifth season on Showtime. If you're like me - you love Mary-Louise Parker, but only have the cheap-o, basic cable package... there are other options. Cheap ones, if you know where to look. And not all of them are illegal.

For example, if you go to the iTunes Store, specifically to the Podcast section, you'll see they're giving away a free copy of the first episode of the season. Granted they're only doing this to hook you on the expensive premium cable package, and the podcast version is "edited" and "toned down" ... but it really is worth checking out.

And hey... it's free.


The Official Showtime Weeds Site here.
The Weeds Wikipedia page here.

HAPPY PRIDE WEEKEND, MARY!

Or as my gal-pal Marissa Jaret Winokur (Facebook here) used to say, "Happy Gay Day!"

ACCORDING TO FACEBOOK...

I took another one of those quiz-things over on the Facebook. It was the "Which Dead Celebrity Are You?" Quiz. Once again, I managed to overlook the horrible grammar and spelling employed by the person who put this quiz together, and just tried to answer the questions as honestly as I could.

And according to Facebook, the dead celebrity I'm most like is: Marilyn Monroe.

WHAT-EV-ERRRR

A while back (and we're talking a long time ago), I wrote a short diatribe about the way political winds were blowing (here). It wasn't a rant, really... I was just expressing my frustration with Neo-Cons and their evil talking-head pundits.

This was almost three (count 'em, three) years ago. I've since learned to just ignore blowhards like Glen Beck and Ann Coulter and go about my business.

But someone had to come along and comment on that old post:


OK, so first of all, I enabled anonymous comments on this blog to allow people who don't have G-mail (or other access granting accounts) the option to give some feedback... not so right-wing, KKK nut-jobs could have a go at me. And to top it all off... I totally don't understand what it is they are trying to say!

To the grade-A moron who just had to comment, but didn't have the balls to sign their name: I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK ANYWAY. You obviously don't have the courage (or brains) to back up your convictions, so you can just rot in hell with President Bush, VP Cheney and all the other Republicunts!

I MISS YOU ALREADY