In which I try to core dump ruminations of late.
Everyone who thought Fahrenheit 9/11 was going to drop off the face of the earth this past weekend was wrong. Not "it beat Spider-Man 2" wrong, but still remarkably wrong. Check out these three-day estimates: $16.4M gross, $9507 per screen (1725 total), 31% drop from last weekend. For those of you who don't look at Hollywood numbers as a hobby, those are very solid indicators of a film that is doing great at the box office. What's even more remarkable is that it's an independent documentary. Oh, did I mention it's actually a FOUR-day weekend? $21M, $12,173 per screen over that period -- and a mere 12% drop. Yes, 12%. White Girls, the #3 film, dropped 39%. No, it wasn't going to beat Spider-Man 2, but it'd take Star Wars: I'm Really Sorry About Losing Focus So I'm Killing Jar-Jar In The First Frame to beat it. It's now at $60M and a slightly better than 50/50 shot at $100M. $100M... for a documentary. It doesn't matter whether you agree with his politics or not, that's downright impressive.
I heard the Joseph Arthur song "Honey and the Moon" on KEXP today. I'd heard it before, but it was only this afternoon I finally had title and author. I went to iTunes to buy it tonight, and it turns out it's on the O.C. soundtrack. So is Jet, Turin Brakes, Doves, Finlay Quaye, Spoon... geez, it's the soundtrack to MY life, but it's meant for the 18-25 set who are into these beautiful people soaps.
By the by, you Midwestern not-cool sorts should listen to KEXP online.
Tim Eyman's property tax initiative failed to qualify for the ballot. This is now the third one of his Draconian tax cut initiatives that has failed to make the ballot. It's hard to say why he's suddenly failing to get support. Are the voters more educated? Is it that the Legislature and governor are finally working together and listening to the people? Or is it that there's finally an organized opposition to Eyman's tax slashing?
Local strawberries are a million times better than California ones. Problem is that even if they're only going 40 miles from field to door, they still don't travel all that well. We had a half-flat, and I ended up throwing out a half-pint within 24 hours of receipt due to furriness. That's gray furriness. Still, they made a fine sorbet.
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My radio cohort Tom listens to KEXP online religiously. FWIW.
Posted by: chris | July 19, 2004 05:14 PM
