Unpainted Huffhines
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
With Unpainted Huffhines open for business, there’s now a place for random observations made before, during and after Grandstand concerts. They don’t fit in a review, so here are some first-weekend tidbits.I’m always curious to hear what...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
Here’s my review of the Daughtry concert last night at the Illinois State Fair Grandstand. The show put the Grandstand attendance this year at just more than 25,000.
That itch to be a real rock singer - not just another Bo Bice - on “American ...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
Should lead roles or live gigs cease once “High School Musical” has run its course, Corbin Bleu could usher in a new aerobic-video dance craze.
Richard Simmons might boast a springier perm, but Bleu bests him in charm, presence and athleticism...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
If what Steven Spielberg told Mike Binder, writer-director of “The Upside of Anger” and “Reign Over Me,” is true, then yes.
According to Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere (where Binder joins the elbows-to-the-teeth comment fray ...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
Here’s my review of Gretchen Wilson’s concert last night (and yes, because it’s 12:08 a.m. Saturday, it was last night), which kicked off entertainmetn at the Illinois State Fair Grandstand.
Gretchen Wilson’s party-down music, like...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
Earlier today, shoo asked me who I thought would win the first-week sales sweepstakes between Kanye West and 50 Cent, both with new albums coming on Tuesday, Sept. 11. 50 has said he’d hang up his solo-artist shoes should he lose, something I don...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
So much for seeing “Shine a Light,” Martin Scorsese’s documentary-style take on the career of the Rolling Stones, any time soon. Just one day after the film was given an R-rating by the MPAA for language - a label that studio Paramount ...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
… tomorrow’s Friday link dump installment might be a bit smaller than usual. Apart from covering Gretchen Wilson’s opening-night Grandstand concert at the fair tomorrow, I’ve got stories to prep about Grand Funk Railroad and Sugarl...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
It doesn’t seem like it when “Transformers” is on seven screens or when a total of four movies is playing at the ShowPlace West 12. But as diverse movie offerings go, we’ve got it good in Springfield.
We’ve got two annual fil...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
Tonight, ABC begins burning off the remaining, unseen episodes of its canceled sitcom, “The Knights of Prosperity.” (For those who don’t remember, it was originally called “Let’s Rob Mick Jagger,” so named after a group...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
Will Ferrell in a sports comedy already is something dumber than what it mocks. Here’s the poster for his next movie, “Semi-Pro” - about a (get this!) afro’d white man playing in the ABA during the 1970s.Looking at the scraggly tuf...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
What’s the occupational term for someone whose journalistic work consists solely of generating ideas for lists, recalling specific examples, compiling YouTube videos for evidentiary support and snidely writing Top 5, 10 or 20 lists “Listmaker...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
Unpainted Huffhines is again taking inventory, gearing up for the Illinois State Fair (which, as detailed in the post below, I’m sure will happen). The store will re-open some time tomorrow afternoon. Thanks.
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
The cheesecake is cool, creamy and thick on the inside. The lightly breaded outside is warm and flaky with a coating of powdered sugar. If folks at the Fried What stand can balance dairy goodness with deep-fried presentation, I’m sure that Illinois...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
Here’s Margaret Boswell’s review of “Oklahoma!,” The Muni’s final production of the 2007 season, which opened last night.
I had an orange sherbet pushup at Friday’s opening night of “Oklahoma!” at The Muni. ...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
“The Bourne Ultimatum” opens tomorrow, and it’s easily the best film so far of this year. My full review runs in Heartland tomorrow, but believe me when I say it’s summer’s most exhilarating rush.
The thing is, if you didn...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
Over at BFS, Dan laments having to hear the Plain White T’s ubiquitous acoustic-guitar ballad “Hey There Delilah.” It got me thinking about a current popular band I can’t stand, as in “Turn that garbage off before I have an a...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
As I prepare to make my public-performance debut as a drummer this weekend, I can’t help but be humbled and awed by the skin-slapping display by someone who was one of the all-time greats …
… even if he had Jim Henson’s hand up his...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
See, when Conan O’Brien makes fun of people for starring in crappy movies in the past, he can get away with it. That’s because he’s never been the star of a truly crappy movie.
I never thought I’d hear of a replacement-host story w...
Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 1 year ago.
It’s not a production photo, but this poster offers a glimpse at Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd,” opening in December. (It’s in limited release first, and should hit Springfield in January ‘08.) Johnny Depp looks a bit lik...
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