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Posted on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 06:47:54 PM EST
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I miss the Sopranos. It's Sunday night, the new television season is starting, and all I have to look forward to is Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters.

New seasons of 24 and Damages start this week. I'm looking forward to those. And Life on Mars which comes back at the end of January. In the reality department, the Bachelor and Biggest Loser are back this week but both look pretty dismal.

Will we ever again get shows as good as the Sopranos, the Wire, Six Feet Under or Sex and the City? I don't think so.

What shows do you miss? Which are you watching this week? If you aren't watching, what are you doing instead? All media-related topics welcome here.

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    battlestar galactica starts again (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by progrocks on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:27:26 PM EST
    great show.

    hmm.. I don't think it's been much of anything (none / 0) (#17)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:51:17 PM EST
    since New Caprica. It's been incoherent, rambling, lacking interest.
    I couldn't care less who the 12th cylon is, or whether they reach Earth.

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    I never cared for Olmos's method (none / 0) (#27)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:22:07 PM EST
    mumbling, anyway. Brando, at least, was a hunk when he got away with the same.

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    Damages (5.00 / 1) (#15)
    by MaryGM on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:43:10 PM EST
    Glad to have found SOMEONE who watches "Damages."  It's a superb show. I can't wait for Wednesday.

    Masterpiece Theater (5.00 / 1) (#16)
    by BarnBabe on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:43:36 PM EST
    I am a sucker for those old and new British shows. Their detectives are so reserve compared to Bruce and Mel. Friday and Sat nights are pretty lean pickings for shows but Sunday night pits good shows against each other. Like Cold Case too. Especially the ones from 30 years plus ago. Living in the past I guess. I liked that Life on Mars and am glad it is coming back. Biggest Loser this week. And I enjoy BigLove too. But, the Sopranos was like being part of their family. Loved the theme song. It always meant entering Tony's world.

    Prime Suspect.... (none / 0) (#32)
    by pmj6 on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:37:10 PM EST
    ...was one of my faves, speaking of Brit shows.

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    Me too (none / 0) (#54)
    by BarnBabe on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 10:06:36 PM EST
    I was sorry to see that show end also.

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    I've been revisiting the last two seasons of (5.00 / 1) (#21)
    by byteb on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:08:50 PM EST
    West Wing. Great writing, directing and acting. It's especially interesting watching the  WW candidacy and election of Matt Santos in light of Obama's real life win. The writers must have had a crystal ball of sorts when fashioning Santos and the primary and general.

    I bailed on WW when Aaron Sorkin did (none / 0) (#28)
    by andgarden on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:24:06 PM EST
    I enjoyed the fast pace and slightly obscurity that he used. Afterwards, it became very pedestrian. It was like ER set in the White House.

    For my part, I'll watch whichever Law & Order or CSI is on.

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    I've been re-watching (none / 0) (#66)
    by sarany on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 06:51:23 AM EST
    the entire WW series and I have ONE FINAL episode left (that I never saw) and I've been delaying watching.  I know I'm going into fictional character mourning once I'm done.

    However, I re-watched Finding Nemo last night and finally realized the starfish in the dental office fish tank is voiced by Allison Janney! Love her...

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    Leverage (5.00 / 1) (#26)
    by bestbett on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:21:22 PM EST
    If you haven't watched the new show "Leverage," then you really should.  It's one of the best new shows this season.  Give it a shot.  You won't be sorry.  That's what my TIVO is set to record, without fail!

    I've seen the ads and was wondering (none / 0) (#30)
    by ruffian on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:35:35 PM EST
    if it was good. I'll check it out.

    That new show coming up with Eric McCormack and the guy from 'Ed' looks like it might be good too.  I'll call it 'Will and Ed'.

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    The local PBS station started... (none / 0) (#1)
    by EL seattle on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 06:57:35 PM EST
    ....showing MI-5 (aka Spooks) last night.  Highly recommended.  It's been going for about 8 years now, and I think it's very comparable to The Sopranos in a lot of ways.  

    I was getting into (none / 0) (#2)
    by scribe on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 06:59:34 PM EST
    Mad Men, but AMC only shows it once (during the initial run - I know, they run them all in the run-up to the new season) and then only at 10 my time.  It was just a little late and I did not often get to see the whole episode through.

    And I do miss The Sopranos.  A lot.  But, if it comes to pass that they do revive the series, it will be just like the time we went like two years between episodes....

    For the time being, sports will predominate what watching I'll be doing.

    And, now that the football is over for today, I can sit down to the dinner that's just coming done.

    Recently watched (none / 0) (#3)
    by caseyOR on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:00:29 PM EST
    the first season DVDs for both "Damages" and "Saving Grace." I loved both shows. Glenn Close and Holly Hunter are both incredible talents.

    I read today a review of Glenn Close (none / 0) (#4)
    by scribe on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:10:57 PM EST
    in "Damages" which was just glowing, noting her range - sunlight on a wheat field (in The Natural) to scary bunny-boiler - and noted she had that range on display, subtly, in Damages.

    I'm usually not a big fan of lawyer shows if only because, being a lawyer, I see the unreality (and manifold and manifest ethical violations) masquerading as drama and want to gag.  But, I may have to give Damages a look.

    What I might go for would be a show which really addressed the practice of law - not in the shorthand, offhand, breezy way that shows like LA Law, Boston Legal or pretty much any other one you can name, do.  Most of those shows treat the practice of law as a convenient place from which to tell the same story as the doctor, cop or whatever shows - the loves and personal lives of the characters.  I'd like to see something that gets inside the head and heart of lawyers - almost the way that In Treatment (sort of) gets inside the head of Gabe Byrne.

    I'll likely hit the lotto first.

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    damages (none / 0) (#8)
    by progrocks on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:25:47 PM EST
    was the best modern suspense drama i have ever seen.

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    Damages was intense. (5.00 / 1) (#35)
    by caseyOR on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:56:21 PM EST
    I sat and watched all of season 1 in a single sitting. I was riveted. Glenn Close is fabulous. And Rose Byrne was such a surprise. I didn't know who she was before seeing her in "Damages." She is very powerful.

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    Have never watched it but I saw an item (none / 0) (#75)
    by andrys on Tue Jan 06, 2009 at 12:57:45 AM EST
    saying William Hurt is joining them.

      I think I got the name right.  Very good actor, if so.

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    Dexter! (none / 0) (#5)
    by nellre on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:12:55 PM EST
    Best TV series I have ever seen. I am encouraged that Showtime and HBO seem to actually be *gasp* interested in producing quality programming.
    agree (none / 0) (#9)
    by progrocks on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:26:56 PM EST
    it might be the best current show on tv. i would rate it way above 6 feet, equal to sopranos, and just a bit below the wire.

    showtime is the new HBO

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    The Wire ...really? (none / 0) (#68)
    by AscotMan on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 07:34:32 AM EST
    I'd heard so much about "The Wire" and decided to tackle it over the holidays. Season 1 was so good that I went through it in less than two days. However, I was bitterly let down by Seasons 2 and 3. Don't get me wrong, it was still good, but did not come anywhere near the first season. I feel Six feet is far more consistent. Just my 2p.

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    Big Love starts this month too (none / 0) (#6)
    by ruffian on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:22:33 PM EST
    Maybe tomorrow?  I have to look it up.

    I miss all the shows you named too Jeralyn. Hard to imagine anything will be as good as those. I'll add Deadwood to your list. That did not get near the attention I thought it deserved, and it was over way too soon, and in a sloppy way. Still waiting for the promised movie to really wrap it up, but it doesn't look like that will be happening.  Timothy Olyphant will be on Damages this year, so I will get a little bit of a fix that way.

    I loved Damages last year, and am very much looking forward to this seson. This year I'm going to record all the episodes so I can go back and watch when I get confused - which is often with that show.

    William Hurt, too. (none / 0) (#40)
    by caseyOR on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:10:49 PM EST
    i read that William Hurt is joining the cast of "Damages," too.

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    I'm so glad to hear it! (none / 0) (#46)
    by Radiowalla on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:47:05 PM EST
    I've been pining away for "Big Love" and wondering if it was ever going to return.  

    HBO has really gone downhill since The Sopranos and Big Love have been absent.

    Shows I miss:  "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Bob Newhart Show," "Upstairs, Downstairs."

    Now that I've dated myself, I will exit stage left.

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    Next week, I think? (none / 0) (#47)
    by Cream City on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:55:47 PM EST
    Big Love . . . and when oh when will Weeds be back?!

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    Missing TV shows... (none / 0) (#64)
    by landjjames on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 02:29:46 AM EST
    I also miss Weeds.  But at least there will be another season to look forward to.  Other shows that I miss when they're off the air are Brotherhood, Big Love, Life, Battlestar Gallactica.  Shows that are gone forever that I miss are Sopranos and The Wire.  I own DVDs for all 5 seasons of The Wire and love introducing friends who didn't get Showtime to it. Of all the people I've loaned the DVDs too, they all became hooked and are also pining away for some of the greatest characters to grace the little screen.  It's great seeing some of the actors pop up on new programs like Prison Break and The Fringe. Five friends got hooked on Dexter this summer when CBS ran edited episodes.  They rented the 2nd season and then invited themselves over to watch the 3rd season which just ended. We called the evenings Dinner with Dexter.  They provided the dinner and wine and and we provided the large screen TV and Showtime subscription.  We're hoping The Dollhouse might keep our dinner nights going.

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    Does no one watch (none / 0) (#7)
    by jtaylorr on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:23:55 PM EST
    Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters?
    New episodes are tonight!

    I'll be watching both (none / 0) (#23)
    by Jeralyn on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:12:26 PM EST
    but they aren't as good as in the past. Both seem to have run out of steam, like Grey's Anatomy.

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    At least (none / 0) (#24)
    by jtaylorr on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:19:33 PM EST
    with Balthazar Getty leaving, Brothers & Sisters could get interesting. He was definitely my least favorite member of the family.
    And it seems like Andrew will play a bigger role in DH which makes me happy.

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    Getty's leaving? (none / 0) (#38)
    by caseyOR on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:09:38 PM EST
    How are they getting rid of Tommy? Please tell me they don't kill him off.

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    they aren't killing him off (none / 0) (#61)
    by Jeralyn on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 01:16:52 AM EST
    They just didn't fully renew his contract. He'll still be around, just not often.

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    I loved the 9pm-11pm hour on Sundays (none / 0) (#76)
    by andrys on Tue Jan 06, 2009 at 01:03:08 AM EST
    but B&S has gotten on my nerves lately.  Am glad Tommy of the blank look will be there far less.  

      I will still watch it though.  There's a lot I do like about that show.

      But DH is so FUNNY.  I always get a good laugh out of SOMEthing, and that new villain is quite fantastic in his handling of good/bad aspects of all his emotions.  

      But how did they make Gale Harold, who was so riveting and sexy on QAF, such a bland thing on D&H?

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    no tv for me (none / 0) (#11)
    by jharp on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:30:33 PM EST
    I don't miss or watch any of it.

    As a matter of fact I couldn't name one television show currently running. (Though my son watches Family Guy)

    I spend my time tinkering with my fishing boat and fishing tackle, working in the yard, caring for my trees and plants, reading, and the internet.

    Oh, and crosswords too.

    Schedule schmedule! (none / 0) (#12)
    by denise k on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:30:47 PM EST
    I stopped watching most first-run tv shows after nearly every show I liked got cancelled mid-season.  It seems I have an uncanny ability to pick shows that are too outside the mainstream for Hollywood.  And I don't get HBO or other premium channels.  

    The only first-run dramas I watch are The Closer and Monk, but I rarely catch them at their scheduled times.  I make a lot of use On Demand because I am rarely home when they come on and I refuse to be tethered to the tv schedules.  

    My husband and I have been running the remote (none / 0) (#13)
    by mogal on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:33:29 PM EST
    and ended up by saying,"It's Sunday night and there is nothing on TV, not even a good movie." Our daughter thinks TCM has a new program director.

    Doll House coming (none / 0) (#14)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:41:16 PM EST
    Joss Whedon's latest. Probably have a 13 episode run and be cancelled.

    13 made (none / 0) (#36)
    by progrocks on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:03:34 PM EST
    and probably only 5 shown.

    currently watching angel season 1 in my house.

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    Look Forward To It (none / 0) (#37)
    by squeaky on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:06:48 PM EST
    And thanks for the tip. I watched the whole firefly season twice, streaming on the net... it was great. Probably will be able to watch it for a third time at some point.

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    yes! (none / 0) (#65)
    by sarany on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 06:46:46 AM EST
    Firefly is wonderful.  I've only seen it once, but a second time through is in order. And I've never seen Angel, nor have I watched Buffy all the way through, so those are coming.

    I wish cable would change it's business model and allow us to pick our channels to view a la carte.  Maybe then network execs and advertisers would figure out that we want to watch great creative writing & acting. Shows could hook people with teaser internet content and cross advertising on other cable channels.

    Be good for directors, writers, actors, the public, our brains, advertisers...everyone.  In my humble, ever hopeful opinion anyway.

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    I've been spending quality time... (none / 0) (#18)
    by Jerrymcl89 on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 07:55:01 PM EST
    ... with my Homicide:Life on the Streets DVDs. The best of all the shows I've ever watched.

    That was one show (none / 0) (#42)
    by scribe on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:20:31 PM EST
    I truly missed when it went off.

    One of my favorite vignettes, from early in the series:
    where they rig the photocopier to make it into a "lie detector", preloading the paper bin with paper that says "true" and "lie".

    That was one of the few shows hyped during the Super Bowl and premiering right after it that was ever any good.

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    Life on Mars (none / 0) (#20)
    by WillieB on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:07:28 PM EST
    If you like Life on Mars try to find the original BBC version somewhere. Much better than the ABC version.

    oh? did the House writers come up with (none / 0) (#22)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:12:00 PM EST
    a new plot arc? I love Hugh Laurie, but the gimmicky plots about the diseases were repetitive, IMO.

    I did enjoy the episode a while back (none / 0) (#33)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:39:53 PM EST
    with the health nut yoga girl who had scurvy.

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    LOL (none / 0) (#73)
    by sallywally on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 03:47:17 PM EST
    I just wish the patients didn't barf copious amounts of blood on a regular basis...

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    Ha! Shades of Heroes, I just realized (none / 0) (#25)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:21:06 PM EST
    that I had completely forgotten the 4400---- I mean, I didn't even remember its existence!
    Heroes, while slightly entertaining, is even more vacuous than 4400, IMO. I watched the 1st season, and tried to watch some 3rd season episodes, but I couldn't take 5 minutes of it.


    I'll be watching (none / 0) (#29)
    by lilburro on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:29:32 PM EST
    The Eagles in the playoffs!  Woo!

    Other than that, I've got my 30 Rock DVDs to carry me through to the next new episode.

    And since the Daily Show starts up again tomorrow, I"ll be curious to find out what side of the Blago/Burris/Reid debate they fall on.

    New PBS series on India starts (none / 0) (#34)
    by oculus on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 08:53:00 PM EST
    tomorrow night.  

    But today:  had to finish Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan, for this afternoon's book club.  Just made it.

    Now my goal is to finish Paul Theroux's latest nonfiction book, entitled Ghost Train to the Eastern Star.  Thirty years after his On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar, Theroux is retracing his steps.  496 pp., which I hope to read before the book is due Feb. 9!  

    Just got a good rec on India series (5.00 / 2) (#49)
    by Cream City on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 10:00:08 PM EST
    from friends, one in the Peace Corps there, one in military intelligence there 'way back.  Apparently it's not new but a repeat of a past series?

    And my spouse is in India now, blogging great stuff with great photos -- he went to Gandhi's ashram today (the one from 1915-1930, his most formative period) and is seeing so much more, it's all just marvelous.  So I'm going to DVR the India series for him.

    He also promises to bring home favorite recipes -- although he's eating so well that he'll have to go on a diet for a few weeks when back, he says. :-)

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    You wouldn't care to share (none / 0) (#57)
    by oculus on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 11:31:20 PM EST
    that blogging w/photos would you?  I'm leaving for India in a week.  

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    Delighted to do so (none / 0) (#63)
    by Cream City on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 01:26:55 AM EST
    but then I'd be sharing identities here.  Got an eaddress I can use to send it to you?  Another colleague also is blogging (they're over there teaching "backpack journalism" with such modern communication technology), and the students soon will be putting up their own websites, too -- students from India as well as the U.S., so there may be lots of fascinating and fun perspectives.

    Btw, if you want to stay in touch with family, coworkers, whatever back here, we've mastered Skype for free phone calls and even cool webcamming.  Yes, I now webcam!  Spouse's is part of his Mac, but I bought one for less than $50 to attach to my PC.  Amazing to be able to talk across the world, even see each other, all for free.  And as it seems that I'm going to have Australian grandchildren (it has been a very hectic holidays!), what a wonderful way to be able to see family grow up around the world.

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    I'm too paranoid to post my e-mail, (none / 0) (#69)
    by oculus on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 11:18:22 AM EST
    but thanks for the offer.  Yesterday a woman leaving soon for Tanzania on sabbatical told us about her first Skype trial run.  She's sold also.  

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    Because of your reminders here (none / 0) (#77)
    by andrys on Tue Jan 06, 2009 at 05:13:45 AM EST
    I'm DVD'g The Story of India right now (I'd forgotten).  What beautiful photography (though they didn't use the highest definition, strangely enough).  

      I was going to ask you for the blog URL too, and if you can send it to me (I'll keep it private) I'm at andrys1 [at] yahoo.com ... Thanks.  Am really into travel photos and reports.  What kind of webcam did you choose?  

      (Earlier - and in a couple of hours a repeat - they showed a Globe Trekker edition on Food in India.  I can't easily eat hot food (it starts the tears immediately) but it looked so delicious what they were making everywhere.)

     

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    Re: Hot food (none / 0) (#78)
    by vml68 on Tue Jan 06, 2009 at 08:08:42 AM EST
    Andrys, the majority of indian food is not "hot". Indians do use a lot of spices in their cooking but it is like using oregano,rosemary, etc in italian food. The spices add flavor not heat. There are a few parts of India primarily in the south that use a lot of chili peppers and pepppercorns. That's "hot".

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    I live in SF-Berkeley area (none / 0) (#79)
    by andrys on Wed Jan 07, 2009 at 03:08:58 AM EST
    and the place is filled with Indian restaurants, which my friends like, and I go along.

      But for me, whose membranes react against spicy food, almost all of it is at least somewhat 'hot' relative to other foods I eat, whether plain American, Italian, or Cantonese.

      Went to a special buffet the other day and asked for the least spicy dishes and wound up using a lot of kleenex even then.  Others agreed that everything was mildly hot.  Otherwise, I am not especially sensitive to food, loving most of it.  Hot (with a picture of a pepper next to it on the menu) Chinese food does the same to me (and I'm Chinese).

     

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    Oh, it maybe that (none / 0) (#80)
    by andrys on Wed Jan 07, 2009 at 03:10:01 AM EST
    the restaurants here tend to offer food from Southern India then!

      Nevertheless, it tends to very tasty, so there are compensations.

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    Awesome (none / 0) (#39)
    by andgarden on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:10:48 PM EST
    I love Paul Theroux. Mostly his negativity, I guess.

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    Me too. I call him a "curmudgeon." (none / 0) (#41)
    by oculus on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:14:39 PM EST
    Did you read his description of his fellow cruise ship passengers in "The Pillars of Hercules"?

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    Yup (none / 0) (#44)
    by andgarden on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:37:33 PM EST
    The couple on the river cruise in Asia who were tired all of the time. The Canadian guy with the special British tie. What was the boat called. . . "The Seaborne Spirit?"

    My favorite part was his description of Albania.  

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    Ghost Train is absorbing me (none / 0) (#70)
    by oculus on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 12:49:22 PM EST
    from the git-go.  First Theroux spends some time dissing his first wife.  Then travel writers in general.  Next cell phones and people who walk in public while eating.  And God-forbid one is wealthy--what is Theroux--chopped liver; look at the list of books he has had published.

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    He loves to diss other travel writers (none / 0) (#71)
    by andgarden on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 01:56:39 PM EST


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    This book is a great read. From (none / 0) (#72)
    by oculus on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 03:21:58 PM EST
    book to book I forget how much I enjoy his view of the world.  Read Elephanta Suites also.  Three novella.  

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    Wasn't he a protege of Naipaul, the (none / 0) (#45)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:38:45 PM EST
    most misanthropic great writer I have read.

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    Could be (none / 0) (#48)
    by andgarden on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:56:26 PM EST


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    Did you see New Yorker piece on him (none / 0) (#50)
    by Cream City on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 10:01:05 PM EST
    a while ago?  A good read, much between the lines as well.

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    Yes. (none / 0) (#51)
    by Radiowalla on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 10:04:00 PM EST
    And he wrote a "tell all" dissing Naipaul.

    Naipaul is a favorite of mine because of his unique perspective on India and the tension between east and west.  He's a very prickly human and  apparently not very nice human being.

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    He's obviously a huge pr1ck, (none / 0) (#52)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 10:05:31 PM EST
    but his capacity for human observation is astonishing.

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    That's what makes him a great writer (none / 0) (#55)
    by Radiowalla on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 10:58:58 PM EST
    Who cares if isn't someone you want to have a drink with?

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    Right, that's the criterion for (none / 0) (#56)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 11:00:08 PM EST
    the Presidency.

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    I've decided (none / 0) (#67)
    by sarany on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 06:56:35 AM EST
    it's risky to read / watch interviews of authors or actors I really like. I can handle eccentric or mildly weird, but obnoxious, cruel, bigoted or abusive, those can ruin things for me.

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    Theroux sent Naipaul a signed (none / 0) (#58)
    by oculus on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 11:32:42 PM EST
    copy of Theroux's book on Naipaul.  Theroux later discovered the book in a used book store.  Royally pissed him off.

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    That's pretty funny. (5.00 / 2) (#59)
    by ThatOneVoter on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 11:33:33 PM EST


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    24 starts back next week (none / 0) (#43)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Jan 04, 2009 at 09:21:25 PM EST
    So there is now one non sports or news program I will watch.,..

    Re: Big Brother (none / 0) (#60)
    by oculus on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 01:00:22 AM EST
    (which I've never seen).  Just googled a singer I had lost track of.  Turns out her son is Brian Hart from Big Brother.

    I watched Big Brother 10 (none / 0) (#62)
    by Jeralyn on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 01:19:01 AM EST
    It took me weeks to care about any of the characters, and I never had a preference for who won. They were all such flawed people. But, By the middle, I was hooked and watched till the end.

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    Jeralyn, have tried Sons of Anarchy? (none / 0) (#74)
    by 1980Ford on Mon Jan 05, 2009 at 04:54:07 PM EST
    link to FX

    While maybe not quite as good as the Sopranos, I think that's only because Kurt Sutter (The Shield) was trying too hard to impress and went too fast (tied up subplots too fast instead of letting them develop and linger). It is good, though.

    The episodes are online at the site and my bet is you'll be hooked and anticipating the next season. The bad news is they require their own viewer, which I refused to install, or at least they used to. Other sites have the season though.

    On the other hand, maybe you already tried it and didn't like it, but if that decision was based on the first few episodes, give it another chance. It got better.

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