Craig Davidson

Saturday, December 29th

New Driver

Hi All,

Hope everyone's Christmas went well, and everyone got whatever they asked for. I didn't have anything I wanted this year, but it was nice to get a new driver for my golf sack (I don't have a golf bag; I carry my clubs and balls around in a green garbage sack, which angers many golf 'purists,' but as I also fish with dynamite and brew my coffee in an old sweatsock, I'm not worried about angering purists of any stripe)

... so, the new driver for my golf sack. It's a floor-model Ping, 12 degree loft, rigid shaft. It's been pawed by potential owners so it probably's got a bit of duffer-stink I'll have to knock off it come spring.

Some people are surprised I'm into golf. I'm not really competitive about it---I have enough things I need to compete in in life; sometimes I think my existence is nothing more than one brutal prolonged competition that, sooner or later, I'll forfeit---so this is why I'm able to enjoy it so much.

If I hit a shitty shot or duck-hook one into the weeds, or the forest, or off a cliff or into the lake, well, I'm equitably disposed about it. Some of my golfing buddies and my father, who's a big golfer now he's retired, are psyched about it all: they're buying Medicus practice drivers and watching the Golf Channel and putting balls into overturned glasses in the "off season" and sleeping on dimpled pillows to "dream golf" and screaming "get in the hole!" at inappropriate times and erecting closet shrines to Fuzzy Zoeller and saying things like, "We've all got a little Tiger Woods in us."

Craig Davidson on 12.29.07 @ 05:13 PM EST [more..]

Craig Davidson's Blog

Hi All,

I made some mistake and the whole "WELCOME" portion got deleted somehow. I'm an computer moron, of that let there be no doubt. In any case, a quick revisiting of it: my name's Craig, welcome to my blog. I've written a few books. Please check out my website at:

www.craigdavidson.net

and my email address, in case anyone wants to rag on me, or for the spam-bots to stumble upon and fill my inbox with ads for cut-rate viagra and penile extensions and such:

craigdavidson11@gmail.com">craigdavidson11@gmail.com

for more information. And check around here. I post every so often, depending on the happenstance and random vagaries of my life.

All best, Craig.
Craig Davidson on 12.22.07 @ 12:16 PM EST [link]

Thursday, December 20th

Update from Yesterday

Hi All,

Just a quick thanks to those who emailed with where I could get that song from the Sunshine trailer. Here's the composer, Clint Mansell, who does lots of work for movies:

www.myspace.com/mansellclint

The song I dig is "Lex Aeterna."

And I had to include the next series in "THE LANDLORD" series starring Will Ferrell and Pearl McKay.

www.funnyordie.com/videos/33f2687080

... anyone needing some Christmas yukks, these provide it. My favorite lines from THE LANDLORD:

WILL FERRELL: Why do you need the money so fast?
PEARL: I need to get my drink on.

... and from GOOD COP, BAD BABY:

WILL FERRELL [ANGEL]: Who are you calling?
PEARL [on the phone]: Hi, hell. I got someone coming for you.

All best, Craig.
Craig Davidson on 12.20.07 @ 12:55 PM EST [link] [5 Comments]

Wednesday, December 19th

Nerve Viral Videos

Hi All,

Well, I've been touring around the ole cyberspace today and happened by Nerve.com, who I've done some work for (and have finished a piece for regarding the upcoming US elections which should run there in awhile; I'll link to it, of course) and they've got a great piece up there dealing with the top 20 viral videos of the past year. I can go on YouTube binges every so often but usually it's to either enhance a blog entry or often, weirdly, to check out movie previews. For example, I watched the NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN trailer, like, 20 times to work me up into a righteous lather before watching the movie itself. And SUNSHINE, I loved the trailer specifically for the music:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ2-xR54UDU&feature=related

I love that orchestral score. I've no idea what it's called; if anyone knows let me know so I can be a cheap screw and download it off Limewire.

Anyway, this is all to say that my YouTube-ing is fairly specific, which means I miss out on some of the big viral sensations to surge across the 'Net. Thanks to Nerve, you've got their Top 20.

www.nerve.com/dispatches/nerveeditors/viralvideos/index.asp?page=4

My faves are "Dramatic Squirrel" but the one I howled my ass off at was #1, THE LANDLORD. It's rare to see Will Ferrell upstaged, but in this one, yes, he is.

All best, Craig.
Craig Davidson on 12.19.07 @ 12:43 PM EST [link]

Sunday, December 2nd

2007 Movie Round Up

Hi All,

Well, I've watched a lot---a plethora, if you will---of movies this year and I thought I'd spare a post to talk about the ones I enjoyed most, why I did, some of those that let me down somewhat, and maybe one or two I thought were particularly, skull-crushingly bad. So, let's get going with my Top 11 (I tried to whittle it down to ten, but no go; instead I amalgamated two into one) movies of 2007, ranked in order of appreciation:
Craig Davidson on 12.02.07 @ 04:08 PM EST [more..]