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Filed under: Comedy, Casting, New Releases, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Interviews Above: Rainn Wilson lets his hair down for The Rocker. Fans of Rainn Wilson's offbeat, hilarious and strangely endearing performance as Dwight Schrute on NBC's The Office might expect him to transition into film work with straightforward comedy, and The Rocker confirms that suspicion. However, they might not realize the serious professional motives behind his choice. In the movie, directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Grown Monty), Wilson plays a grown-up dolt named Fish with a scary fixation on classic rock. Abandoned by the band Vesuvius in his teens -- before they became a commercial phenomenon -- Fish spends the next twenty years working deadbeat jobs and wishing things happened differently. Naturally, he gets a second chance: When the opportunity rolls around to drum for his nephew's high school, Fish goes for it. Ageism and slapstick humor ensue. While not exactly a classic, The Rocker proves Wilson has the charisma to carry a movie. The script could use some polishing, but Wilson manages to play a completely dysfunctional human being without ever becoming an annoyance. It's a testament to his skill as an actor with calculated timing. The humor emerges from the naturalism of his performances, which make you believe in the outlandish characters he portrays. In a conversation with Cinematical recently, Wilson elaborated on his particular strategies as his career advances, reminisced about his days as a New York theater actor, and shed some light on a few upcoming projects. Continue reading Interview: Rainn Wilson Permalink | Email this | Comments

iPod Fair Warning: This video is not safe for work! I ve been waiting for Bob Log III to make his return to St. Louis for years now. This mysterious one man band is always a crowd pleaser with his dirty raw blues and his great sense of humor. His identity is hidden behind the visor of a motorcycle helmet with a hole cut in it for a telephone microphone. This video features a couple of staples of his live act and it shows how much this performer enjoys audience participation. Production note: I m dropping all the format feeds except for the high quality MP4 since none of the others got much traffic. Sorry Windows Media users! Comments are open now! SORRY! ShareThis

iPod | Apple TV | Mobile This band is practically a St. Louis institution, except they might have a problem with being called a St. Louis band, since their official headquarters is in DeSoto Missouri. They ve probably had more success overseas than here, most recently touring Japan in 2006. I really dig their Ramones inspired sound, good fun raw punk rock and roll. I am posting 3 songs from this spring 2008 performance, partially because they re short songs, but also because I dig em. Check em out on their own Bug Page or on MySpace. ShareThis

iPod | Apple TV | Mobile | Windows Media This is the second time around on Lo-Fi Saint Louis for the Boss Martians. The first time was back in 2005 at the now defunct Little Nicky s Gearbox. That was when we captured an early performance of Hey Hey Yeah Yeah which is now famous as the soundtrack for an E-Trade commercial that ran during the Super Bowl. Things are going well for the band now. They are getting ready to release a new record (Pressure in the S.O.D.O.) and are touring extensively through the summer and in to next year behind it. They even co-wrote and performed a song with Iggy Pop.

A pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of blackmail and death threats and find that there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim's own family. Click here to download The Movies Store

Author: broadwaybullet Added: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:19:33 -0800 Duration: 140* Haylie Duff to star in MTV/Broadway Reality Show. * Legally Blonde, The Musical: The Search For Elle Woods. * Mark Nadler in Russian On The Side. Read more at http://www.BroadwayBulletin.com Haylie Duff will star in the MTV reality competition series Legally Blonde, The Musical: The Search For Elle Woods, which will premiere Monday, June 2. This eight-episode series is an inside look at what it takes to be a star in a Broadway musical. The winner of the show will ultimately replace the current Elle Woods (Laura Bell Bundy) in the musical based on the film. Russian On The Side is a one-man show conceived and performed by cabaret wunderkind Mark Nadler. The show takes audiences on a 90 minute musical journey from Stravinsky to Sondheim, celebrating American songwriters of the twentieth century, all the while dishing the dirt on some of the world's greatest Russian composers. Read more at http://www.BroadwayBulletin.com

Author: broadwaybullet Added: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:19:33 -0800 Duration: 140* Haylie Duff to star in MTV/Broadway Reality Show. * Legally Blonde, The Musical: The Search For Elle Woods. * Mark Nadler in Russian On The Side. Read more at http://www.BroadwayBulletin.com Haylie Duff will star in the MTV reality competition series Legally Blonde, The Musical: The Search For Elle Woods, which will premiere Monday, June 2. This eight-episode series is an inside look at what it takes to be a star in a Broadway musical. The winner of the show will ultimately replace the current Elle Woods (Laura Bell Bundy) in the musical based on the film. Russian On The Side is a one-man show conceived and performed by cabaret wunderkind Mark Nadler. The show takes audiences on a 90 minute musical journey from Stravinsky to Sondheim, celebrating American songwriters of the twentieth century, all the while dishing the dirt on some of the world's greatest Russian composers. Read more at http://www.BroadwayBulletin.com

* Haylie Duff to star in MTV/Broadway Reality Show. * Legally Blonde, The Musical: The Search For Elle Woods * Mark Nadler in Russian On The Side Read more at http://www.BroadwayBulletin.com

Robert Schneider’s revival of the much-acclaimed Dirt was surprisingly dusty in its efforts to portray the plight of an illegal immigrant from Iraq, desperately trying to make a go of it in the big city peddling roses. Sad, our solo character appears to wallow in self-pity and self-loathing while diminishing his last vestiges of self-respect through an unyielding envy for the culture, the literature and accomplishments of a country that rejects his very existence

iPod | Apple TV | Mobile | Windows Media If you own the Nuggets box set or are a big fan of 60s garage rock, you may already know about this band from Keokuk, Iowa, and their contribution to the set, Blackout of Gretely. If you don t know what Nuggets is, it s a collection of music recorded in the original punk era compiled by Lenny Kaye, guitarist for the Patti Smith Group. The first volumes were released in the early 70s and was released again in a box set form by Rhino Records in 1998. You can read more about it here. Gonn (who was included on the second release of Nuggets) formed and recorded a few songs and played a few gigs in the mid 60s, and they probably thought that was the end of their career as a band. Not an atypical garage-band story. Well, several years later nearly 20 in fact there was a resurgence of interest in mid 60s garage rock, and collectors snapped up almost any recording they could find of a lot of these mostly unknown acts from the 60s. Blackout of Gretely was considered a gem of the era and soon Craig Moore began getting people showing up at his house looking for copies of the record. I got the chance to catch up with Gonn at a reunion show that they played here in St. Louis.

iPod | Apple TV | Mobile | Windows Media This is the second time around on LO-FI STL for this band that hails from Louisville KY/Chattanooga TN/Port Arthur TX. Even though they re not from St. Louis they ve managed to develop a good following here so sometimes they seem like hometown boys. I love them because they are raw, dirty and bluesy. Also in this episode another preview of my new project LO-FI SESSIONS, and a preview of the next episode of LO-FI SAINT LOUIS. Black Diamond Heavies are on Alive Records.

Better than Failure to Launch with Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker, playwright and performer Carla Cantrelle’s Looking Up is giving romantics and the romance starved alike, a reason to smile with her lighthearted view of love from above. Currently playing at the Theater for the New City, Carla and co-star Bryant Mason her, love interest develops a bond with the audience through their trial and aerial relationship, beset by all the usual and some unusual circumstances that test budding affections.

That old adage, life is rarely what it seems to be, is the catalyst and driving premise for writer director Norman Beim’s new theatrical offering of A Marriage of Convenience, playing at the Turtle’s Shell Theater in the Times Square Arts Center. Allowing sex and politics to commingle without restriction during a period of American history when the pangs of intolerance were felt far more sharply than the present, Norman Beim presents this cute comedic tale of a self serving, self indulgent and thoroughly self absorbed gay writer considering a run for a Senate seat.

Catching up on some of the stuff I shot at the Show-Me Blowout. Here is Left Arm with No Time For Rock n'Roll from their new album which you can download for free here. Enjoy! Stay tuned for a big announcement coming soon!

Flash iPod Here is Brave Combo playing a Christmas tune. Have a great Christmas! And a Happy New year!

Here is Brave Combo playing a Christmas tune. Sorry there is no flash version, I ll get that up later Have a great Christmas! And a Happy New year!

I know that this is late because Hanukkah ended a week or so ago, but I thought I would share Brave Combo playing the Hanukkah Song anyway.