Eastbound & Down, et al.

Apologies for the lack of posting, but here are a couple of things: 1. I hate the Lakers. 2. Lauren is officially done with the Hills: check out the last shot of her driving away from Speidi's wedding: reminded me of a scene from Breakfast at Tiffany's if Hepburn had been a blonde. All praises due to Hisham Abed, the director of photography and his incredible work; I probably won't watch it as much if it just a vehicle for Speidi and Audrina now, but hopefully MTV will bring him back to work on the City with Whitney. 3. I know I'm a little behind on the times, but in my early summer cathing-up on movies and (good) tv, I have to say Eastbound & Down is probably my second favorite current HBO show next to Curb. Danny McBride plays a former star baseball player, Kenny Powers, who comes back to his hometown in rural North Carolina after losing his talent and money. He gets a job teaching phys ed to middle schoolers, where he works alongside his old high-school flame. While much of the humor is tied to the Frat Pack/Apatow style (raunch, tossed-off one liners, unnecessarily prideful down-on-their-luck losers. etc.), it's still funny as hell for any taste. Will Ferrell and collaborator Adam McKay produce it with McBride, and ferrell makes an obligatory guest appearance as a car salesman who has a tempestuous relationship with the hubris-wallowing Powers. Some of the best moments include a cathartic jet-ski ride with a half-naked woman being tossed into the water, an ecstasy-fueled dance immediately followed by vomiting, a heartfelt expression of love to a woman's voluminous bosom, and a classically awkward premature ejaculation. Funny shit, and all the episodes are available online somewhere for your free perusal. 4.Oh, and cop the El Michels Affair's Enter the 37th Chamber; ill versions of Wu-Tang songs by one of the dopest funk groups around.