Updates

Well, we lost our flag football game. It was a good match though, and not only did I make up a small bit of ground on ND 5th year in the 'Career Touchdowns' competition (score ND5Yr: 7 Hollywood: 5), but he got two penalties (on the same play!) and I had zero, so....tiebreaker goes to me.

Aside from that, the hearts & minds of the D10 now turn to the opening of the 2nd season of the East Village Hockey League (EVHL). The preseason poll just hit the AP wire a few minutes ago:

1. Those bastards from the first floor
2. Us (The Eskimos)

In other news, there's a big road trip planned to St. Louis from Feb 20 - 22 for Madri Gras, so any online stalkers reading this blog, this is your big opportunity to set up a "chance" run-in with the prestigious and handsome men of the Dirty 10.

And on that note, I think it's time to introduce this week's internet nugget of the week:


www.passiveagressivenotes.com


D10 Movie of the Week: Vampire's Kiss

Starring: Nicolas Cage

Trivia:

- The original script called for Cage's character to eat raw eggs. Not believing this to be shocking enough, Cage suggested cockroaches. He later felt sorry for them.

- Cage actually ate two cockroaches for the film, as the scene reportedly required two takes.

- Cage's strange, quasi-English accent seems to come and go through the film, and this was deliberate. According to the IMDB, Cage decided the character would affect an accent to seem more intelligent and refined. This was during a time when Cage was making a name for himself with performances that often featured strange voices, such as his raspy voice in Peggy Sue Got Married and his Elvis impression in Wild at Heart.

- There's a picture of Czech existentialist writer Franz Kafka at Loew's office. The movie certantly has kafkaesque undertones.
(Ed. note: this is the best wikipedia notes section in D10 history)

- Loew's fireplace, with a small clock placed on top, is reminiscent of the one in René Magritte's painting La Durée Poignardé or Time Transfixed.

-The band Say Hi To Your Mom referenced the movie in their song "Poor Pete is A Bit Self-Conscious" on the album Ferocious Mopes.

-In the opening scene, Nicolas Cage enters a nightclub. The exterior location shown in the film is a doorway on 7th Ave South, below Christopher Street. The interior location in the following scene was actually shot at Mondo Cane, which was on Sullivan Street just north of Bleecker Street.(Ed. note: possibly the worst contribution to wikipedia that I have yet seen)

-The band in the opening scene is ESG. All of the individual band members appear in the cast list as “Band Member”, except for Leroy Glover, who failed to sign a release form on the day of the shoot.