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If you own a TV...or know someone who does...chances are you might've seen those completely annoying ads for HeadOn...And you might know what to do with HeadOn...if you were paying attention...File under marketing genius.

King Leer -- Russ Meyer, a Re-Appreciation

Lately I've been reading "Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer". Anyone who's known me the past 15 years knows that I'm a big Russ Meyer fan. Or at least I was a big Russ Meyer fan. I'd believed I'd out-grown the man's work -- the last time I'd tried to watch any of his films, I thought they were pretty lame.
But reading the bio has whetted my appetite and sparked a re-appraisal -- my first since the great man's death a couple of years back. And it's especially timely seeing as the two-disc "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" DVD hit stores last month (stop what you're doing and go out and get it now). The book is understandably critical of a large part of Meyer's output -- taking him to task for his tedious series of "nudie cuties" from the early '60s as well as his later output such as 1976's hateful "Up!" -- a movie I've never been able to sit all the way through -- although I've always thought Meyer's last real film, 1979's "Beneath the Valley of the Ultravixens," was one of his best. Going through my collection, I've really enjoyed "Faster Pussycat, Kill, Kill," one of Russ's two masterpieces (The other being "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"), "Common Law Cabin" and "Mondo Topless," which might be Meyer's strangest work ever -- and that's saying a lot. "Vixen" starring the unforgetable Erica Gavin, is another favorite. A movie whose hero is a philandering, lesbian, incestual racist -- who also happens to be an All-American girl(I'm paraphrasing star Gavin here, who, btw, looks more like NPR's Terry Gross these days than the luscious ingenue of the late 60s). Now if only Russ's estate could be convinced to release remastered DVDs with extras here in America!

Addicted to Breathing

I have a confession to make. Although I was blessed with a big honker, it's frequently stopped up due to allergies and/or seasonal dryness. It makes sleeping a restless chore, as anyone who's had the sweet/sour opportunity to spend the night with me could attest. Of course the sinus problems would be bad enough, but now I'm coming out of the closet to admit that... I've become addicted to nasal spray. Yes, I know it's shameful. I feel like I'm letting each and every one of you down and I know this admission could possibly keep me out of the Hall of Fame. But maybe all it takes is for one brave voice to speak out. One fearless soul to stand up and say, "Stop the madness." Actually, that Nostrilla shit is pretty fuckin' good -- but NO! That's just an addict speaking!!! According to "experts" if you use the junk for over a week, you risk making sinus inflamation even worse that when you started...which makes you use more and more of the decongestant...and it works...only less and less effectively with each passing day until you're huffing it down every couple of hours. I'm trying to wean myself off that sweet, sweet stuff with saline nasal spray. Let me just say, it's a little like giving a smoker one of those fake smokeless cigarettes that existed for about two minutes in the '80s. Saline spray tastes like I'm putting finger paste up my nose and is probably just as effective. Now I sound like Jonathan Richman and feel all grumpy. Get out my way!

Netflix - So Many Movies, So Little Will

I've never had a problem with Netflix. Heck, I thought it was the best way to rent movies...especially after a nasty experience at a local Blockbusters in Brooklyn. But even though it's convenient...and they do have a nice selection...I dunno, something about having to watch three movies a week -- or more -- just to make it worth your while...just doesn't seem worth it. Especially now that I have Direct TV! I guess I'm a lot like these folks. (From Wall Street Journal.com)

KFC's New Famous Bowls -- "Like Throwing Up in Reverse"

I considered having one of these for lunch the other day but then thought better about it...Submitted for your approval. (From LA Times -- so registration is probably required...but worth it.)

New Look...New Attitude

Okay, I finally did it. I have officially jumped on the "blog" bandwagon. I admit that I never intended to turn Erichscholz.com into an ordinary blog...at least not initially. The problem with the old site -- although it looked great -- it was very difficult to update. I had to download the index file, edit it with some HTML application, save it and upload it again. Dealing with FTP issues, not always being able to modify or publish what I wanted, when I wanted or even where I wanted...it was all just a mess. On top of everything, I've been spending so much time on my new hobby, mountain biking, that I just never found the time to sit down in front of the old laptop and do everything I wanted on the site. With that in mind, I turned to free and easy-to-use Blogger software. It took me a while to get it up on my server but I hope to be updating it a whole lot more often so people can come and check it out. I will also get more music files on here to listen to and hopefully a few more fun things. So check in from time to time or better yet, subscribe to the RSS feed...icon coming soon! Yers.

Happy Day

This Saturday I ate dinner at Luby's. I don't think I've eaten at Luby's since college. It was actually pretty good. I got the typical -- filet of fried fish, mac and cheese, salad, turnip greens and even shared a slice of "cheese cake" with Tiffany. I couldn't help but think about the George Hennard massacre at that Luby's in Killeen back in 1991. They say that there's no such thing as bad publicity. I wonder if the execs at Luby's actually thought, "Hey, free advertising!" after that happened...