So that time a few weeks ago when I was sitting with recluse author Clive Javanski at Quenchers Saloon, he asked me a question in between our pints. “Liffey, whatever happened to V?” Clive was talking about that tv series from about a year ago, about the alien invasion of earth. Or alien visit. Whatever. I was a little taken aback because Clive doesn’t watch much television, as far as I know. And he’s more of a Wire kind of guy, or so I thought. But Clive is the type who might tune into an episode of MTV’s Real World just because it might give him some kind of inspiration for one of his weird but brilliant essays. Anyway, I told him from what…
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New newness on the way. Stuff coming soon. Including a short weekend getaway to NYC. So expect a little something something Sunday night. Etc. Finally watching The Wire. Holy shite. And I’m in love with the black, lesbian detective. Sonja Sohn is Det. Kima Greggs.
HBO has a lot of channels. HBO “1” for example, will show a first-run episode of a series or film. Then HBO “2” will repeat it. Then HBO “3” will repeat that. Not to mention HBO “1” will also repeat it, at some time. It can get rather confusing. I’m not sure how it would work financially and all, but how awesome would it be if they could designate one of those channels as HBO Independent, or HBOI. HBO needs to have an independent film channel. What’s on HBO Go doesn’t count. Currently included in the seven or eight films there are 28 Days Later, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, and Anything Else. Huh? HBOI would show films like Walking and Talking, The…
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