Enter the Tainment

In the world's first ticket presale that actually worked, I now have tickets to the White Stripes show this coming August at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. As you probably know, the White Stripes rock pretty darn hard (for evidence see the panel on your right). They definitely rocked the house when I saw them play with the Flaming Lips.

Speaking for the Flaming Lips, head procrastinator Wayne Coyne says, "At some point, you need a deadline. That's how the Hoover Dam got built!" Which means, that "Christmas on Mars" will be coming out this Christmas and the new album "At War with the Mystics" will be coming in January or February of next year. In case your a dork like me and just really can't wait that long, they recorded a cover of "Bohemian Rhapsody" for an upcoming Queen covers album. And if you can't even wait that long, "Mr. Ambulance Driver" off their new album will be on the soundtrack to "The Wedding Crashers."

In this piece of summer cinema, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, hot off their success in "Butch Cassady and the Dirt Bike Kid," will be lighting up the screen in comic fashion. But personally, my money is on "3001." This Mike Judge joint stars Owen's Bro' (in the biblical sense), Luke Wilson, as a man who is frozen for 1000 years and awakens to find himself the smartest man on the planet. All in all, the future of entertainment looks very bright indeed.

In other news, Jake Livermore solved the mystery of the last poll. The real answer was that it was a trick question. (Interested parties should consult the Steely Dan Lyrics Archive for more information). The latest poll was spurred by a discussion, nay a "heated" discussion, on what is the proper way to make chili. The question is simply how much of the chili should be meat and how much beans? Note that all answers will not be legalling binding, as the question is due to be settled the only way possible, a cookoff!