Jack Kerouac, who finally drank himself to death on this day (October 21) in 1966, spent two months a decade earlier doing one of the most symbolism-stuffed job a writer could possibly do: fire-watching alone in a small cabin on Desolation Peak in Northern Cascades National Park in Washingon State, about 250 km from Vancouver.
Kerouac had already written On The Road, but it wasn’t published until the following year, 1957. He was looking for some time alone and a place to dry out a little and maybe get some writing done, and what better spot could there be but a rickety wooden shack perched on the top of a mountain with nothing but a two-way radio for company?
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Simply put, Megan Fox is hot property in Tinsel Town and for moviegoers around the world. Fox’s seeming overnight success, brought on by the worldwide success of the Transformers cinematic franchise — director Michael Bay’s live-action adaptations of the cartoon series about battling skyscraper-sized robots who can mutate into anything mechanical — has transformed the down-to-earth actress into a sizzling tabloid cover girl and international sensation. This success of this summer’s film phenomenon Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (or TR2) has reinforced the beauty’s star power. Fox chats with Earl Dittman after the jump. (Plus: this week in home video)
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Full disclosure: I’m no theatre reviewer. Further disclosure: Prior to attending a performance of Jersey Boys at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, I couldn’t name two songs by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. Now, I’m not about to say that I was dragged kicking and screaming to the performance by my very much better half, but musical theatre is far higher on her list of priorities than it is on mine. Now, I may have to reevaluate.
Right from the opening number, a French hip-hop mash-up of the group’s hit “December, 1963 (Oh What a Night),” the performance rolled along with incredible energy. In fact, for someone whose attention span has been whittled down to nothing by the Internet—I have a hard time maintaining interest in hour-long dramas on TV—this show was just the ticket.
First of all, I’m not sure what lead actor Jeff Madden (“Frankie Valli”) is on, but I want stock in the company. Throughout the entire performance, his level of energy had just two settings—10 and 11.
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