Where Credit is Due
According to our meteorological sources, the wet weather in Southern California will be hanging around until Monday so prepare for a damp weekend if you have to go out around town. The low temperatures and rain this week have allowed me plenty of time for DVD viewing and last night was devoted to 28 Weeks Later. A sequel to 2002’s chilling 28 Days Later, Weeks is a suspenseful and horrifying parable about the fictional Rage virus that has spread across Great Britain. Amidst the violent mayhem and carnage commonplace in this zombie-like story, the film manages to take aim at a number of timely targets as the US Military’s role and reaction to disease in the film simultaneously brings to mind their real-life response in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing occupation in Iraq. Writer/Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo finds the right balance of camera trickery, live action stunts, and computer effects as the scares come fast and furious right up until the end. One pleasant surprise came in the Bonus Features section where the graphic novel 28 Days Later: The Aftermath had been adapted into an animated short film and one of my former co-workers is credited as a digital artist. It’s always nice to see talented people getting the recognition they deserve because the piece is very well done. Here’s a look at one page from that graphic novel:
Super Bowl XLII is still a week away, so with no football this weekend Wear & Tear looks to the Lakers for a win or two to keep pace in the wild West. Tonight they play against the Dallas Mavericks, 28-13 on the season and 18-3 at home in what will inevitably be a difficult game before a return to Staples Center where they will face LeBron James and the 23-18 Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. A matinee marquee match-up of the two highest scoring players in the NBA, this one has been sold out since moment one but just today I noticed a few single seats pop up on Ticketmaster. Whether you watch it at home on ABC or are lucky enough to go to the arena, it’s likely to have more than a few SportsCenter highlight clips.
Saturday night’s plans are set and I’ll be at the Malibu Inn seeing Marc Ford’s Fuzz Machine who around 9 pm. Marc and his band are in Bakersfield tonight and as long as they can get through the snowy I-5 grapevine heading South after the show we should be in store for a classic performance tomorrow. If you don’t feel like traveling quite that far to see some music on Saturday, there’s a show at Temple Bar in Santa Monica with Hot Buttered Rum and The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band. It figures that on a rainy night when we have to drive twenty miles, there’s also a show in our hometown, but missing a Marc Ford concert is simply not an option. Wear & Tear wishes you and yours a great weekend. Come back and refresh with us on Monday!
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