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Monday, February 11, 2008

Happy Vday (Strike Is Over)

Happy Valentine's
The writer's strike is over
Here's John Lennon's song.

Translated: (1) Happy (early) Valentine's Day, (2) the Writer's Guild strike is (essentially) over, and (3) moving on to the realm unresolved global/human issues, here's John Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)":

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Late Night Talk Show Host Exchange Program

The beleaguered late night talk show hosts (without writers) have evidently joined forces...because they're running out of regular ideas. Truthfully, this sort of out of the box thinking is going well, for the time being.

Last Wednesday...or Thursday...night, Jimmy Kimmel was the first guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Jay Leno was the first guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The staggered time slots of both shows made it possible for people in most major TV markets to watch both interviews.

From about midnight to 12:10 AM, Jimmy was on Jay (the pun is appropriate!):

From about 12:15 to 12:25 AM, Jay was on Jimmy (who needs professional writers for these one-liners?):

Watch a clip on AOL.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Conan O'Brien Rocks

Jay Leno's decision to write his own monologues falls in a dark gray area of the WGA strike, but Conan O'Brien seems to go the lighter gray route by ad libbing in a quasi-reality show fashion:

That's right - Conan rocks! On last night's show, Conan sang a rockabilly song with the band. With these one-man show antics, I'm sure Conan can endure the rest of the strike without his writing staff.

As a reminder of what a great writer/writing staff can do, here's the next episode from the first season of Arrested Development (as we've been posting Hulu-approved entire episodes of shows for the couple of months):

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Ryan's List-Worthy from Last Year List: Computer Programs

Happy New Year!

Since it's that time of year where virtually everyone writes a list or two about their favorites from the year before, I think I'll join in with my insignificant opinions about random stuff. I've been creating more media than consuming it in 2007, so these lists will be rather short.

Anyhow, here are my Top 5 new computer programs, installed in 2007:

1. Upgrade to Pro Tools 7.3 - I wouldn't be able to properly score Elan Vital without the video function.

2. Digidesign Strike - I loves me my robot. Requires Pro Tools.

3. FXpansion VST to RTAS Adapter - RTAS plugins cost money. Lots and lots of money. Several VST plugins can be found on the Net for free, and some of them are pretty darn good. Only really useful to wrap VST plugins for use in Pro Tools.

4. Upgrade to BIAS Soundsoap Pro - Awesome. I tried it a little bit last year, but I'll really put this program to the test when I get back to dialogue editing for Elan Vital. Works in Pro Tools (RTAS), as well as other host programs (VST, etc.).

5. Upgrade to the latest iTunes ("iTunes Plus" with the DRM-free mp3s for sale) - Because I think I've run out of 2007 programs to praise. Anyhow, Amazon.com has a competing high-bitrate, DRM-free mp3 store.