tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-155276742011-04-21T15:38:58.517-07:00Welcome to the Treuk Stop, a pop culture review . Enjoy my snippy takes on music, movies, books, TV and more.lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-25773828681010899852007-07-16T20:27:00.001-07:002007-07-16T20:58:11.890-07:00

- Aaron Brooks was named the T-Mobile Rookie of the Month in the NBA. Are you serious? Man, he must be making a huge impact on the Houston Rockets! Oh, what? The season hasn't started yet? Oh, what? The regular season doesn't start until November? Thanks T-Mobile. Thanks NBA. Can't wait to find out who the next Rookie of the Month is.- Also in the NBA, a couple of tidbits that describe where my

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If you haven't seen Making the Band 4 yet, Diddy's new MTV show about 20 Boyz II Men hopefuls makes MTB 3's girls Danity Kane seem bland. Where else can you see Michael Bivens (separated at birth with Baron Davis?) play good cop to Diddy's bad cop? And how did that happen? Wasn't BBD plowing groupies before Diddy could shave?Where else can you watch adult men whip off their sideways baseball caps

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-29796017248793337382007-07-09T21:55:00.000-07:002007-07-15T11:36:33.537-07:00

There's been plenty written about the new Transformers live action movie by indie auteurs Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg. I was personally disappointed on the whole. But just so you know, Hollywood even kills the black Transformers first. Bumblebee loses a leg and gets the heroic war veteran treatment. Meanwhile, Jazz gets ripped in half and dies by the hand of Megatron. Jazz is voiced by

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There's this cool new trend in baseball these days where a player loses it in the dugout and starts fighting his teammates and then confesses his undying love to him. Who says there's no gay in baseball? HOT!Astros' Wheeler apologizes for blowup during Houston lossFROM ESPN: Sampson, who pitched seven strong innings, tried to console Wheeler when he came back to the dugout. Wheeler turned and

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No comments that haven't been made already, other than: "They wanna make me listen to Amy Winehouse, I say no, no, no."

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Linked to yesterday on Bill Simmons' ESPN blog. Words cannot do it justice.From "Undefeatable" starring Cynthia Rothrock

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-71759682388773461882007-06-02T00:07:00.001-07:002007-06-02T17:40:55.826-07:00

After reading all the praise for LeBron James' Game 5 performance, all the coronations of King James, LeBron makes the LeLeap storylines, I rewatched Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals on NBA TV last night. And I can't decide whether LeBron James' 48 point performance is one of the best in NBA History or worst...for Tayshaun Prince. Here's a case for the latter:- James has already scored 40

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-21959070095422714092007-05-24T22:17:00.000-07:002007-05-24T22:30:00.147-07:00

Your kid dies in a car accident slamming into a tow truck. A day later, you find out he was drunk driving, his blood alcohol level twice the legal limit. Your kid made a tragic mistake that cost him his life, right?Wrong.Hancock's father files suit against restaurant and tow truck companyYet another example of our the-people-you-know-are-never-wrong-so-blame-everyone-and-anyone-else society.

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REPORT: Devil Rays' Dukes threatens to kill wife"I'm just going to play ball, that's it," Dukes told the newspaper. "I've got to go. I've got a video game to finish."

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So last night, I'm watching Jeopardy and the Final Jeopardy Category is "Sports Legends" and the answer is:"From 1977 to 1980, he won a State High School Championship, an NCAA Championship and an NBA Championship."The three players are James Clark from Monroeville, PA, Cindy Ladensack of Harper Woods, MI, and the defending champion Vic Sawyer of Yellowstone National Park, NY (pictured here). They

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"I think this administration's foreign policy compared to President Nixon's was much worse," Carter said. But he said he did not mean to call it the worst in history. (Read what Jimmy said)Why equivocate Jimmy? Saying Bush is worse than Nixon is not that far from saying W2 is the worst ever. Are you saying he's infinitely better than Millard Fillmore, John Tyler, Herbert Hoover and all the other

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What's more disturbing? Three missing American soldiers possibly captured by Al Qaeda? Or the fact that the US Military has decided to open a safe, secure Yahoo email account to field tips? What if the strongest tip ends up in the Junk Mail folder?- Finally the White House backing of Wolfowitz is softening. This after yesterday's wish-wash-fest (of course, the White House wouldn't fire a employee

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- A Michael Vick illegal dog-fighting enthusiast blog and/or podcast. Because when you have a boring day job as a multi-millionaire NFL quarterback, you need to find your bliss. Price I would pay: $19.95 per year- A YouTube clip of a Stu Jackson town hall in Phoenix after this decision to enforce the letter of the NBA rule and suspend Amare Stoudamire and Boris Diaw for Game 5 of the Spurs/Suns

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-10148205306076825722007-05-08T14:44:00.000-07:002007-05-08T14:59:43.305-07:00

If black/white polls about refs and fouls don't kill you, the other side of ethnic politics will. Read this from the San Francisco Chronicle. Even when a guy shoots 32 people at a college, there's opportunity to do what's most important to the world in these situations: make some hay for the image of Asian-American males.- Which Asian-American Hottie is Going to Play Cho?I'll never read Asian

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- With the proliferation of MTV reality shows, ever notice how tough it is to follow the passage of time with some of these characters? Colie's yapping on The Inferno 3 while she's hooking up with three guys in Real World Denver. Susie's getting into a fight with Ace on The Inferno 3 while she's on Road Rules. Maybe there are parallel Susies and parallel Colie's in the 5th reality TV dimension?-

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-91439855576800822762007-05-02T09:46:00.000-07:002007-05-02T22:59:05.396-07:00

Paul Wolfowitz helped his girlfriend get a promotion and raise at the World Bank? How the hell does he have a girlfriend? Has she not seen Fahrenheit 9/11? How do you date someone who was caught on camera licking his comb before slicking back his hair?Oh, and by the way, President Bush gave him his rare, hard-won endorsement.- Watching Real Time with Bill Maher. He really should have righty

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-75942574752635979202007-04-28T22:25:00.000-07:002007-04-30T15:02:42.385-07:00

Has anyone at YouTube done a study on their web traffic? It sure as hell seems the Turks and the Japanese are posting more vids than Americans. Can that become a central issue in the 2008 presidential campaign? This is a serious threat to America's global competitiveness. That's what I want to see: McCain/Giuliani and Obama/Clinton debating on how to take YouTube back from the Turks and the

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-39769060529147346952007-04-25T22:46:00.000-07:002007-04-26T21:33:56.514-07:00

First of all, since it's always ages between blog posts for me, a few plugs for my recent reviews:- My latest review of Rick Moody's The Diviners on MostlyFiction - I've reviewed The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concert Experience and Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand for Punk Planet. Subscribe to Punk Planet y'alls.So here is my first edition of YES! and YEESH!:

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-89239871620376241742007-02-21T03:23:00.000-08:002007-02-21T03:33:41.110-08:00

I suspect I'll find more energy eventually to update this blog more often at some point during the year. Right now, I'm staying at the Courtyard Marriott in Secaucus, New Jersey on business. There is an Outback Steakhouse on the left and a strip club named Bazooka (pink lettering, bold "OO") on the right. I shudder.Anyway, I've been publishing book reviews recently on MostlyFiction.com. Thanks to

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It's been awhile since I blogged. But I couldn't resist after seeing the President deliver his State of the Union address. It made me wonder:If you took a reflex hammer and knocked W's knee, would it take seven years for his knee to kick?It only took seven years for him to devote a few lines of speech to the millions without healthcare.It only took seven years for him to discover that Americans

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1162116860511516212006-10-29T01:11:00.000-08:002006-10-29T02:21:04.216-08:00

A tragic television hardware malfunction has rendered us without cable. I feel like I've gone to live in a cave. A cave without reality t.v. However, in every tragedy, there is opportunity and I have been able to catch up on my films.1) Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane ArbusNicole Kidman plays the famous fringeophile photographer, known for her portraits of freaks, nudists and carnies. And she

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Am I the only one who thinks Aaron Sorkin is no big deal? He's certainly doesn't deserve enough incessant ego-stroking to drive him to do rails to "ease the pain."Conventional wisdom says The West Wing circled the crapper after Sorkin left the show but lots of watchers mistook style for substance. How do you give credit to a writer who makes every single character a mouthpiece for himself? I love

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93% of reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes gave The Departed Scorcese's Hollywood remake of Infernal Affairs positive marks. The usually tough Entertainment Weekly gave it an A-. Scorcese has finally done a good movie again, the critics say, not a failed masterpiece like The Aviator and Gangs of New York.And for an hour, it appears The Departed has a worthy destination. Leo is crying and twitching and

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- Listening to Lou Pinella on Fox baseball broadcasts is brutal. "Rickey Henderson was the best at reading pitchers I've ever seen...or managed." Lou, if you've managed the player, it's likely you've seen him too.- Maybe 1 out of 20 passengers wears blazers on the Muni in San Francisco. Socioeconomic statement?- Why is it that anyone who reads The Complete Henry Miller dresses and grooms like

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One of my favorite short stories of all time is Eurotrash by Irvine Welsh. And when I saw him at the Edinburgh Castle several years back and learned that he was moving to San Francisco to write his novel, I was thrilled. Irvine Welsh! With his gallows humor and Scottish dialect and black humor about young low-lifes, he brought new credibility to the stale San Francisco literary scene of the 826

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I've been reading like a fish if a fish could read since I started my Lesley University graduate MFA program. Here's a list of read fiction from the last three months with my quick take on each:September:Libra by Don DeLillo (like all of DeLillo, a tad cold, always fascinating)Atonement by Ian McEwan (Are McEwan and Kaz Ishiguro twins? And do we really need two? Can't we make one redundant?) The

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-------------------------------------Chapter 4: Won’t Get Fooled Againby Alex BehrA breeze came in through the back window, for the wretched Plymouth Valiant Lestat was lying in lacked that important part of its anatomy after its present owner smashed it in with a baseball bat and tossed in Lestat. He couldn’t see what had happened to Lucile, because that strangely familiar person—who smelled

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I have some very fine friends and I'm a pretty lucky guy (knock on wood). My girlfriend organized a few of my friends to write a book inspired by details in my life and in my friendships. All for my 30th b-day. I thought it turned out pretty darn hilarious, so I'm going to post it here:------------------------Chapter 1: The Destinyby Eric ChanHe looked at his watch again. 11:47 P.M. If he only

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More shorties in this final week of August:- Tom Arnold divorces from third wife. Whenever a husband divorces a wife who's far too good for him and has a track record like Tom Arnold, it all points in one direction. Here's a hint. The Medallin Cartel.- Katherine Harris calls separation of church and state "a lie" and says that failing to vote for Christians is essentially "legislating sin." Then

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- The rapper formerly known as Common on a Gap bus ad.- The rapper formerly known as Common on a Coke TV ad circa 2003- The local sushi place selling Natural Viagra for $20 on their lunch menu.It's not a euphemism. They feel strongly that there is a demand for Natural Viagra between the hours of 11am - 3pm on a weekday. Not only that, there is so much demand that the cost of Natural Viagra is

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I love sports and I think that developments in sports can be reflect a certain pattern in the zeitgeist. Floyd Landis, for instance, who won the Tour de France in a stunning comeback, then tested positive for synthetic hormone. This great column on ESPN.com by Marc Kriedler expresses shock and awe at Landis' continuing denials and excuses.Kriedler column on Floyd LandisIs there anything that

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I've started to use Hezbollah in various new grammatical ways. Because I want to and I can which makes me a goddamn true blue-blooded piece of walking Americana.Ways to use Hezbollah:- Mel Gibson went Hezbollah on those cops in Malibu and commenting with great geopolitical insight on the Israeli/Hezbollah conflict and prior related conflicts.- My boss was so Hezbollah the other day, all up in my

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1150224134175063182006-06-13T10:36:00.000-07:002006-06-13T13:12:57.243-07:00

Because I'm highly frivolous and secretly love to ROCK, I have to plug the transcendent new reality show on VH1: SUPERGROUPI'm assuming that all I'll have to do is utter the premise and people who also secretly love to ROCK will flock to it. Sebastian Bach, Ted Nugent, Jason Bonham, Evan Seinfeld, Scott Ian from Anthrax...in a house...to form a band...come on everybody, the show sells itself.

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Why do all Pulitzer Prize-winning novels suck? I got about 100 pages into Gilead and thought...an act of God couldn't make me finish this book. I should have known when the blurbs called it "grave" and said the author gets at "incandescence" in "her own time" that that usually means the book is plotless, slow and the writer is really old. Which I guess makes the writer a prime candidate for a

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/14/beauty.queen.death.ap/index.htmlAt the risk of sounding insensitive, I thought this had to be a bogus story. Beautiful Miss Deaf Texas turning her back to the oncoming train, skipping along the train tracks...sounds like a gag out a Naked Gun movie doesn't it?Perhaps I am a bad person. Rest in peace, Ms. Deaf Texas...may there be silent beauty up above that lone,

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1141762477292460362006-03-07T11:41:00.000-08:002006-03-07T16:17:06.720-08:00

As I age, it gets increasingly difficult to say certain things are the worst ever, especially for a jaded fucker like myself. So when the word "worst" pops in my head, it's pretty fucking bad. The converse, of course, is when something seems "best," it's gotta be pretty fucking good. So here goes, worst first:WORST: There and Back, MTVFormer O-Towner Ashley Parker Angel's reality show. Let's take

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So I finally saw Good Night, Good Luck to confirm that Capote is the indeed best picture of the year. Consider it confirmed. Here are my quick takes on this year's nominees:1. CapoteWhy is it the best? The filmmakers weave the moral complexity of Truman Capote's actions around In Cold Blood with a light touch, but it's there and even-handed enough to make you think.2. Brokeback MountainWhy is it

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The Von Bondies: The White Stripes without VitaligoSpoon: A spoonful is not enoughThe New Pornographers: Ziggy Stardust Is Not NewJames Blunt, Keith Urban, etc. For White Chicks Only

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When I heard that our Veep had accidentally shot his 78 year-old hunting buddy over the weekend, I had to ask:When does one become too old to hunt?I'm all for grandfathers and fathers and sons hunting together but is it time to hang up the flannels when you're talking about great-great-grandfathers hunting with great-grandfathers hunting with grandfathers and so on. Don't you want to intervene

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This is the best article I've read on this cartoon controversy thus far:Something is Rotten Outside the State of Denmarkhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/02/08/cstillwell.DTLI never thought I'd say this but: The West is cowering in fear of some (not all - but certainly enough to organize and riot) simple-minded Muslims, too frothy to realize that they are being manipulated by

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As if I'm not already Israel-and-Palestined out, my girlfriend and I saw Munich last night in our near-completed tour of this year's Academy Award Best Picture nods.Each of this year's Fab Five seems to have its own category. Capote and Brokeback Mountain are legit best pictures nominations in any contest, filmmaking and filmmakers at the crest of their creativity and complexity. Good Night, Good

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Can a movie titled Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World be more relevant and timely this week? If Al Brooks had added a question mark to the title, the answer would be no, can't do, and not likely.Perhaps the most insightful statement about the recent Danish cartoon controversy came from Tariq Ramadan, Europe's best-known Muslim intellectual (a label that means a whole lot less today as Europe

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Here are a few songs worth learning this week:1. Game of Pricks, Guided by VoicesBest Line: I've waited too long to have you hide in the back of me / I've cheated so long I wonder how you keep track of me2. Cocaine Blues, Johnny CashBest Line: Shot her down 'cause she made me sore / I thought I was her daddy but she had five more3. Get em High, Kanye WestThis track may be more inspired than

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The first weeks of 2006 bring some real deals and spokeless wheels to my pop radar...Real DealsIn books, there's Zanesville by Kris Saknussemm. Readers picking up this book looking for Ben Bova sci-fi will be in for a shock. Saknussemm is aiming higher, harder, louder, wider, farther, and deeper all at once. In a dystopic America controlled by the Vitessa Cultporation, an amnesiac named

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1135632383866008672005-12-26T13:25:00.000-08:002005-12-26T15:02:40.166-08:00

Here are some films that don't deserve a rip job:Brokeback MountainAng Lee's simple gay cowboy love story is just that. The screenplay stays unflinchingly true to Annie Proulx's short story and the ballad of Jack and Ennis is destined to sound a sad melody both because the stars are crossed and because our lovers have chosen so. Lee's only misstep (and it's a minor one) is to ring the bell harder

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1135581898143704742005-12-25T22:45:00.000-08:002005-12-25T23:24:58.173-08:00

Come the month of February, when the Oscar nominations are doled out, I'm thinking Vegas will post 3:2 odds on Peter Jackson winning another Best Director nod for King Kong.Should that happen, I'm thinking there are 3:2 odds that I will commit suicide and sign my note, Disillusioned Film Lover.I hear the critics hailing, however. Look at the marvelously recreated Depression-era New York City!

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1130543566852093592005-10-28T16:15:00.000-07:002005-10-28T16:52:46.886-07:00

Let's have a moment of false silence for Lewis "Scooter" Libby, our Veeps Chief of Staff, who was indicted today on 5 counts for his involvement in the CIA leak case.http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/28/leak.probe/index.htmlAs you can see, "Scooter" says it's a "sad day" for him. I'm curious as to what we're supposed to be sad for him about. Are we supposed to shed tears for him and his alleged

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1129008537389730692005-10-10T22:06:00.000-07:002005-12-26T13:24:40.483-08:00

How does one define the faux-auteur? A filmmaker who can paint his shit brown and pass it off as a worthy two hours of celluloid (John Waters)? A porn-lover who can cast teeny boppers so desperate to enhance their credibility they'll get naked and pretend to have underaged sex for two hours (Larry Clark)?Let me count the ways.Take David Cronenberg, whose filmic oeuvre repeatedly showcases his

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1126158883881397252005-09-07T22:35:00.000-07:002005-09-07T22:58:41.583-07:00

Why will America win the war on terror? Well, according to Wes Craven's new film Red Eye, America will win because their trained assassins can't beat the steely determination of a 5-foot-4 field-hockey-playing All-American girl who does all the right things. Thanks to its malnourished script, Red Eye scores most of its points by serving the audience repeated scenes of the demure and winsome

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1125950038805598252005-09-05T12:53:00.000-07:002005-09-05T12:53:58.806-07:00

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=12m3pewj.75naifaz&x=0&y=-yckjzv

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1125321014434725652005-08-29T06:08:00.000-07:002005-08-29T06:10:14.440-07:00

I'm in NYC and Gertrude has been delivered back to Steve. Gertrude and I have traveled 3,710 miles over 2 weeks!We're both showing signs of some wear and tear. Gertrude's front tires need some more air and I think the cigarette lighter is broken. I have not fared as well--lower back pain and driving ankle pain coupled with shoulder strain. I have new found respect for truck drivers, even

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1124987226892683262005-08-25T09:26:00.000-07:002005-08-25T09:27:06.896-07:00

It's been a great few days of traveling, resting and clean clothes! I am looking forward to seeing people I know soon--I have been in nun-like silence for most of the trip and am looking forward to talking non-stop for 20 or 30 hours straight.Carrie, Steve, Leland--I'll see you soon!From the kid with the porn request in Sioux Falls, I headed off for Madison.1) I stopped at the SPAM museum. It

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1124828064343112632005-08-23T13:07:00.000-07:002005-08-23T13:14:24.346-07:00

Don't know why I found this so sadly comic but at the cafe I frequent, I saw a middle-aged man with a double-chin doing a crossword puzzle in the Examiner (used to be a SF newspaper before it became a tabloid without the sensationalism - which makes it a deadwater journalism for junior-high level readers). The book he had been reading was entitled: Stepping Up to Supervisor, a guide for new

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Gertrude and I have traveled 2,073 miles since leaving San Francisco last Sunday. In the last few days we have passed through two time zones and the cities of Jackson, Cody, Rapid City and Sioux Falls.Thus far, things have gone smoothly for us, knock on the MDF desk I'm sitting at in the Sioux Falls Holiday Inn business center. We "bagged" a butterfly today. It played chicken with us and lost;

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1124514831157863142005-08-19T21:54:00.000-07:002005-08-19T22:16:00.696-07:00

Rarely is a movie everything the critics and the filmmakers promise it to be. One such film is City of God. An epic coming-of-age story that never overplays its hand, City of God is Boyz In The Hood with more breadth, scope and ambition than John Singleton could achieve in three lifetimes. Based on the gigantonormous bildungsroman by Paulo Lins, the adaptation follows a boy named Rocket over two

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1124344956209238752005-08-17T22:13:00.000-07:002005-08-19T15:25:54.123-07:00

For those of you who don't know Rip Torn just by his name, you would surely remember him by his face. With his antiquated magician's Van Dyck and generally comic-book haggard features, he is well-cast as a narcissistic rock-and-rock legend in the new independent film, Forty Shades of Blue, a Sundance Film Festival selection. He attacks the role with verve from the very first scenes, which portray

lcheukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618800546140760862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15527674.post-1124318119389944622005-08-17T15:21:00.000-07:002005-08-17T15:35:19.393-07:00

Welcome to the Treuk Stop, a pop culture review site penned by me and my girlfriend Jessi Tran. Tran Cheuk or Treuk. I hope you enjoy.

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