Spaced on Region 1 DVD! I hope!

One of my favorite TV shows of all time is Spaced, a TV show by the people that later produced Hott Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead. I'm glad to hear reports that this excellent series may be finally get a Region 1 release. It's awesome, and I think it should have a greater exposure in the US.

Fairytale of New York

The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend have a Christmas Message to share with you.

Merry Christmas.

Playing the Piano

I wish I had thought of this solution for some of the more difficult chords back when I had piano lessons:

Adventures in Mating

We're coming to the end of 2006, and the Scrimshaw Brothers productions are mutating again. I've been a regular at their shows for several years, and have already made plans to go to the New Years Eve show -- and if previous experience is any indication, it'll certainly sell out.

One of the exciting things to see is that Joe's show Adventures in Mating is being produced in several locations around the world. It's being relaunched as a weekly production here in Minneapolis, but is also being produced in New York City and the United Kingdom. So if you find yourself in one of those locations...you have the chance to see it.

The show is interactive -- much like the Choose Your Own Adventure books of your youth. And as such is really never the same show twice. It could be sweet romantic tale or a cynical disaster -- and you know that really, there are times where either path could be the right one.

I'm looking forward to a chance to see it again.

Britain, Britain, Britain

I highly recommend Little Britain, an odd British sketch comedy show narrated by Tom Baker and starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams, with occasional appearances by Anthony "Giles on Buffy" Head. It's a hysterically funny series.

In the "how long does it take to get to America" curiousity file, I point out that this DVD originally came out in the UK in October of 2004, and will come out in August of 2005. It's aired on BBC America since 2004, and originally aired on the BBC in 2003. (There has since been a second series.)

The Minnesota Daily has an article about the Scrimshaw Brothers