I've been telling everyone I can this evening to see Spirited Away. I didn't even know about it until Lisa saw it in the Onion and said we should go. It's by the same studio that did Princess Mononoke, which was another fabulous movie. I've never seen a movie that could pull off creepy and cute so successfully. It's pure joy.
Mary had mentioned something about this, which is a documentary on various laughing clubs all over India. Sounds like a good thing to me. I'd like to find this movie, which is probably not easy considering it's a 30 minute documentary from India. Someday.
I made a list of jam sessions listed in the Reader that I'll be checking out over the next couple of months. Fifteen in all, not including the Irish ones. The first late, late session I went to a couple weeks ago turned out to be mis-listed in every way: it wasn't really a jam session, it was not free, and it was 12:30 - 4:45am, not 1-4am. Other than that, it was great. Really. Still, I hope these other ones are a little more accurate. None of them takes place at such an insane hour, though, so I'll at least have that going for me.
That last Molly Ivins article I noted has been moved. This will keep happening, so you have to act fast to read the current material. She is pissed off. Her trademark humorous tone is basically gone in the recent columns, and I can't blame her. I'm glad there's someone with a strong voice sounding off about these things, and I hope even more that her words aren't falling on deaf ears.