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Along with Star Wars and the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Cohen Brothers masterpiece, The Big Lebowski, has emerged as the next great cult film. The proof? Lewbowskifest, now in its third year, is a communial celebration of the film with gatherings in a handful of cities across America. Drunk rooommate stumbled down to this year’s New York party, held at the Knitting Factory on Friday.

The first band of the evening, Hair Supply, played an electric and mesmorizing set to a packed main space room. A look around the venue, (all three rooms were opened for one admission), revealed dedicated fans of the film dressed in full regal. Bling Kong, Brooklyn’s favorite cheerleader-based rock band turned the Knit into a romper room, and I found myself wanting to bone each and every one of them.

As the crowd waited for Corn Mo to take the stage, (the evening’s last performer), the fun-loving crowd was starting to get hammered on white russians. I slipped through the mass and upstairs to the backstage area where the Dude himself was drunkenly trying to molest the Bling Kong cheerleaders. A reporter asked him if he was surprised by all the attention he’s received for being the basis for Jeff Bridges’ character in the movie. He responded by telling a photogrpher in the room she was hot, (she was).

my stupid fucking rooommate won’t let me watch baseball. i fuckin hate her!!!

Corn Mo rocked, as he always does. After his set, a giant screen descended from the ceiling of the main space, and a screening of the movie started. A guy dressed as the old guy with the cowboy hat mimed along with the intro to the chagrin of the crowd. Then he got hit with a bottle. A fight in the front bar turned into a drive-by shooting. As the night wound down, it seemed like patrons of Lewbowskifest ‘05 had revealed their true motivation: it was an excuse, (or an opportunity), for people to get together and get drunk. And drunk rooommate was one of them.

Today is the first day of Joss Whedon’s new movie, Serenity.

You remember Whedon, he brought us Buffy and Angel. Then he brought us an awesome tv show on FOX called Firefly, about space cowboys (none named Maurice, though) that got cancelled way too fast due to its crappy time slot. Well somebody wised up and let him make Firefly into a movie. . .thus Serenity. Go see it. Now.

By the way, the role of Simon is played by Sean Maher, who I think might just be Carlos D. (of Interpol) and Crispin Glover’s long lost brother:

I have to admit I did not want to see this movie. Just what Autumn needs, I thought. More shamelessly pretentious Oscar-bait. It had all the hallmarks: French director? Check. Baffling storyline? Check. Matthew Modine? Double check.

Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised. Director Louis Letterier (along with screenwriters Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen) manage to take what could have been a stuffy little tale of an ex-special forces limousine driver combatting a devious plot by international drug cartels involving a bioengineered super-virus and turn it into something fun. I mean, the dude beats people up with a hose. A freakin’ hose!!!! How cool is that??

It took two people to write this movie.

So if you can get past your fear of art-house cinema and the French, I highly recommend this thought-provoking masterpiece. I mean c’mon…a freakin’ HOSE!!! Until next time, the mezzanine is closed!

I don’t know about you guys, but I am really excited about the season premiere of Gilmore Girls tonight. For those of you who have never seen it before, but are ready to catch up, here’s a recap of what you need to know:

Lorelai and Rory Gilmore are mother and daughter. Lorelai had Rory when she was sixteen and ran away from her super rich lifestyle to make it on her own. She moved to quirky town called Stars Hollow and started working as a maid for an inn, worked her way up to manager and eventually ended up opening her own inn, The Dragonfly. When Rory was 15 she got into a ritzy private school and Lorelai was forced to borrow money from her estranged parents to pay for the education, under the condition that the girls both come to dinner on Friday nights for the rest of their lives. Rory dated a local named Dean, who was Mr. Sweet All-American boy, but they broke up when Rory met Jess, the typical bad boy. Meanwhile Lorelai went through her fair share of suitors but always had a flirtation with Luke the owner of the local diner (and Jess’ uncle). Jess skipped town one day without saying goodbye and Rory was heartbroken. Rory went to Yale, where she roomed with her high school rival, Paris, and worked for the school paper but was very lonely. She got back together with Dean, who was married, and caused him and his wife to get a divorce. Lorelai started to date Luke (the diner owner), despite the objections of her (super rich) parents, who kept trying to break them up. Rory decided that Dean was boring when she met (super rich) Logan, who was the perfect combination of Mr. All-American and bad boy. Logan’s dad gave Rory and internship at his newspaper and then told her that she sucked, so she got upset and convinced Logan to steal a yacht. They got arrested and Lorelai had to bail them out of jail. Rory told Lorelai she didn’t want to go back to college and Lorelai told her she had to, and asked the (super rich) grandparents to back her up. They stabbed Lorelai in the back and told Rory she could move in with them while she took some time off school. A frustrated Lorelai went to her boyfriend Luke to complain, and he went off on a tirade about getting the original good-girl Rory back and away from all these bad influences, which caused Lorelai to propose to him.

There you have it, 5 years of Gilmore Girls in a nutshell. You’re all ready for tonight. Enjoy!

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