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There’s 2 more spots left in our (low-key, no $$) fantasy football league. Anyone curious should get in touch asap…

Recommended: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue. Nice interview with some tunes recently on NPR. http://foxyurl.com/t5X #fb

Adjusting office chair, aiming speakers. We are go for Monday. http://blip.fm/~clyfi

Saturday is within smelling distance. Ahh…breathe it in. Looking forward to hanging with Steve & talking about getting our shit together.

Whenever I start feeling a bit snooty about preferring/demanding the widescreen version of a film, it helps to watch a bit of “pan & scan” footage so I can get all uppity again.

Today Jason Kottke posted a link to the video below, in which some big name filmmakers school you on exactly what’s happening.

[This also brings to mind the Steven Soderbergh rant from a while back about how some networks (HBO, Showtime, AMC, etc) chop down the films they show:

“…it’s fucking lame to watch Jaws—a film that uses the 2.40 ratio as well as any ever produced—in the wrong format on HBO. Does Universal so badly need a few extra pennies that it’s willing to ruin a classic? And does HBO really think its viewers are so stupid as to forget movies currently come in two sizes?

The original link to the article seems to be unavailable, but a kind soul on the AVS Forums had reposted it here.]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMJhM3So4y8