1) Val Kilmer, dead at 65. Seems rather young, but knowing Kilmer’s health battles over the past decade, I guess it’s not totally unexpected. Still hits hard, as I liked him as an actor and he’s in one of my top 5 favorite movies (TOMBSTONE), and gives probably my favorite dramatic performance as Doc Holliday.
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1) David Chase, the creator of THE SOPRANOS, was a guest on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast a while back, and he was talking about the series finale and how/why he chose the Journey song “Don’t Stop Believing” to play during the final moments. He said he had it mind what the final episode would be and he knew he wanted one of three possible songs to be playing.
Chase asked some of his production people what they thought. He listed the three possible songs (and no, I don’t recall what the other two songs were and I’m not going to go back and relisten to the podcast interview again). Chase said the other two songs received positive responses, while “Don’t Stop Believing” received negative ones. Everyone was in agreement that the Journey song should not be the final one, and the it should be one of the other two.
That’s when Chase knew, without a doubt, he would use “Don’t Stop Believing.”
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1) Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Or as the rest of the country calls it:
Happy Another Excuse to Go Out and Drink Excessively Day!
(Yes, this counts as #1 on my Dispatch list this week. Deal with it.)
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