Andy Labis, Author at Entertainment Ave!

The Chicago Air & Water Show, “Tropic Thunder,” Mark Your Calendars, and The Olympics!

By:

The Dude on the Right
I’m
flying solo for this podcast, hoping that The W.G.N. doesn’t hate me now,
but I wanted to get it done early so that I could watch Michael Phelps, tonight,
win another gold medal, thus getting him one more gold medal closer to beating
Mark Spitz. I just wonder if Michael Phelps could win those gold medals
wearing the sleek and stylish, red white & blue, bathing suit of Mr. Spitz?

Now as much as this podcast has some talk about The Olympics, about my wondering
about the fakery of the Chinese, about being grossed out by a weightlifting
injury that I can’t find the video,

only some photos, for, and my dedication to the sport of fencing but not
women’s beach volleyball, I also give you some dates to mark on your calendar,
thanks to the return of "Entourage" and when "Harry Potter and The Half-Blood
Prince" will be in movie theaters.

More importantly, though,

for this podcast, I am stoked for seeing the Chicago Air and Water Show,
which happens this weekend, and even though it sort of signals the end of
summer, as an

Aerospace Engineer, and someone who would have seriously considered flight
school back in the day if I had 20/20 vision rather than 10/400, I just love the
sights and sounds of aircraft.

And, oh yea, even though we are planning a
"Stu & The Dude
Reviewin’ the Movies for You!" episode of "Tropic Thunder," I give you my
take on the movie during this podcast (Hint: Go and see it!), how anytime I hear
Flo Rida’s "Low" that a different image will enter my head, and if you don’t see
the movie, well, you must be a reta$#, umm, never mind,

I don’t want to get boycotted. Oh wait, maybe I do.

Anyway,

thanks for listening!

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

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What’s New? A Concert Review of “Scorpions.”

The
Dude on the Right got to see a lot of spiders at Charter One Pavilion in
Chicago, but they weren’t nearly as exciting as the band that the Scorpions was for this concert review.
Sure, the Scorpions’ dudes, some of whom have been around for over forty years,
and had their first concert in Chicago 29 years ago, might be a little older,
and some people might question the legitimacy of their new CD, but for The Dude,
who has never seen them before, he just felt that they rock. If you want
to see a band that rocks, and remember the song “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” you
will probably like seeing the Scorpions, well, rock.

What’s New? A Podcast of: “Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! RIP Chef, Calliope Music, and Stu Doesn’t See “The Scorpions” but Does Eat Tamales!” also A Movie Review of “Pineapple Express.”

A
long weekend leads to building blocks of newness, so for this Monday The Dude on
the Right posts his weekend review of

"Pineapple Express," noting that as much as he liked the stoner aspect of
the flick, once it turned into a gunfight, well, the movie turned just a little
too over the top for him. The funniness was in the stoners, and all of a
sudden they had guns? The Dude on the Right is so critical, sometimes.
But newness isn’t only about a movie review, since postings happen on a Monday
it’s also time for a

Stu & The Dude "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, and they’ve got a lot to talk
about. The boys have a different tribute to Isaac Hayes, The Dude one the Right,
again, reviews that "Pineapple" movie, Stu wishes his tamale wasn’t so spicy,
and The Dude will probably be struck down by lightning soon for his comments of
attending mass at Holy Name Cathedral (while it is under construction).

And
who knew Stu Gotz actually wanted to see The Scorpions? The Podcast lets
The Dude on the Right know that he doesn’t know Stu as well as he thought he
did.

Oh well.

Have fun reading and listening!

Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! RIP Chef, Calliope Music, and Stu Doesn’t See “The Scorpions” but Does Eat Tamales!

By:

The Dude on the Right
For this

"Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast with Stu Gotz, we do a different kind of tribute
than most folks did to Isaac Hayes, especially since we are bigger fans of
"South Park" than we are of "Shaft." R.I.P. Chef, we’ll miss your
"Chocolate Salty Balls." And other than tributing to dead people, we also
do some movie talk, namely my seeing

"Pineapple Express" with my BFF, and I might just get struck down my
lighting yet with my observations of attending church at what is right now the
church of Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.

I do explain to Stu that my BFF and
I also watched "Blazing Saddles" on DVD, but Stu has his own movie, and also TV
talk, with his Netflix queue (not really liking "Someone To Eat Cheese With"
yet) and cable TV viewing of shows like "In Plain Sight," "Psych," and "Burn
Notice."

Stu apologizes about his making fun of me about my
Twittering thanks
to Twissney, and renews
his loves for not-so-hot tamales, instead of the hot tamale girl he found, when
his normal tamale girl was missing.

I didn’t realize Stu was such a fan of The
Scorpions when I got clearance to cover their show, so sadly he wasn’t my +1 for
seeing the show (that review should be posted in a day or so), and what would
the end of this summer be without some talk about the 2008 Olympics.

Thanks for listening!

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

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What’s New? A Podcast of: The W.G.N. is Here, Football Talk, Paris Hilton Talk, Storms and The Olympics!

For this podcast The W.G.N. reunites with The Dude on the Right to talk
about many a thing. Sure, there’s football talk, with wonderings about
Brett Favre going the The New York Jets, The Chicago Bears lack of a quarterback
issue between Kyle Orton and Rex Grossman, and The W.G.N.’s continued love for
Cleveland teams. But they also talk about Paris Hilton’s political
aspirations, the desire to watch The Olympics, and stormage down in
Houston-town. There are a few more topics of conversation, but hey, why
give a synopsis if you are going to give all of the good stuff away. Just
go ahead and

listen to the podcast, they don’t talk too long.

The W.G.N. is Here, Football Talk, Paris Hilton Talk, Storms and The Olympics!

By:

The Dude on the Right

For this podcast The W.G.N. is back, and I’m really starting to like
spending podcast time with him because, well, he’s The W.G.N.! There are
many things we can talk about, but what the hell, let’s start things out with
some football talk, some Brett Favre now being a New York Jet talk, and the fact
Chicago doesn’t have a definite quarterback, at least not yet, in the likes of
Kyle Orton nor Rex Grossman talk (although I am partial to liking Mr. Orton).
We both agree that Aaron Rogers in Green Bay is going to have some huge shoes to
fill.

And speaking of shoes, Paris Hilton has nice ones on as
she
announces her energy policy, and even though The W.G.N. is tired of
politics, he might just check out Ms. Hilton’s plans for painting The White
House.

Neither of us seem to be that interested in The Olympics, The W.G.N.
thought the latest hurricane to hit Houston was kind of girly, and mostly the
roads just got puddly.

The W.G.N. does need to rant about some earbuds he
bought for his iPhone, and he lets it fly, and me, being his elder, gives him
some advice on the next step in his disagreement with the manufacturer.

And
this podcast also includes more, so…

Thanks for listening!

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

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The DVD Review Catch-Ups Have Begun!

By:

The Dude on the Right
As I work into the realm of getting more DVD review copies to, well, review, I
took it upon myself this week to work on catching up on some that I got sent to
me in the last month or so. So, without further ado, DVD reviews have been
posted recently of the made-for-TV version of

"The Andromeda Strain" (it’s so a TV movie, with lots of plot able to be
solved in the last few minutes of the DVD and "here would be a commercial break"
moments),

"The Lather Effect," (which in urban slang mode should have been called "The
Shampoo Effect," and has a whole lot of talking and doesn’t give you the
greatest song ever, though it works for the movie), and

"It’s A Boy Girl Thing," (a "trading bodies" movie with every cliché you can
imagine yet still gives some fun parts). I’ve got a couple of horror movie
DVD’s to finish up, one about traveling that I got out of the blue, and then
it’s to my Netflix queue and hopefully a return to reviewing all of the CD’s and
videos I have.

That’s it for this one!
I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

What’s New? A Podcast of: Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! Movie-ing, Salespeople-ing, Turtle-ing, Food-ing, but No Twittering (yet).

For this episode of

Stu & The Dude’s "Weekend Wrap-Up!" podcast, during the written synopsis The
Dude on the Right becomes obsessed about Twitter and twittering, but thankfully
for the actual podcast he just talks about his weekend – spending some time with
his BFF while she did some car shopping, they had dinner at Carnivale, and went
to see "Swing Vote." Stu Gotz’s weekend was kind of boring, although he
did have a turtling issue, solved with a trip to Starbucks, and tries to corrupt
The Dude with a visit to Stu’s local Apple Store and some lunch at Ricobene’s.
Stu can be a bad influence on The Dude, but Stu is thinking The Dude has found a
good influence in The Dude’s BFF.

Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up! Movie-ing, Salespeople-ing, Turtle-ing, Food-ing, but No Twittering (yet).

By:

The Dude on the Right

This podcast of Stu & The Dude’s "Weekend Wrap-Up!" begins with Stu Gotz’s
explanation of what

"turtling" is, which he had going on at a Starbucks, to which I incorrectly
reference it as something about a gopher when actually I meant

"prairie doggin" it, a term I was introduced to during the movie

"Rat Race." But enough about animals, my weekend, as has been
happening lately, included time with my BFF where car shopping was the order of
the day, I ordered a pork chop with some fufu when we went to dinner at
Carnivale, and
with no time to watch the "Blazing Saddles" DVD, we did go and see

"Swing Vote" together. Stu is becoming delighted with my BFF and her
influence on me.

Stu’s weekend wasn’t very exciting, just catching up on some
things around the Gotz house, but he tries to entice me to visit the Apple Store
near him for a total "why I should buy an Apple" class, and also temps me for
lunch at
Ricobene’s for a breaded steak dripping with red sauce, mozzarella, and for
me, sweet peppers, with of course, their fabulous fries. Do I cave in?
The podcast might answer those questions.

And finally, I try to explain to Stu
why I’ll be seeing

"Pineapple Express" this weekend, and hope an

old review of Melissa Etheridge doesn’t ruin my chances to cover one of her
shows this week in Chicago. I also tell Stu that maybe I should be
twittering, because, well, I ran into a dudette in the elevator who was
twittering and asked me if I twittered, and lately it seems likes blogs and
podcasts aren’t cool anymore, that the hip people twitter, and I so want to be
hip. If I were twittering, right now I could twitter that I’m writing my
podcast synopsis and it includes talk about twittering. Then later I could
twitter how I posted this podcast which included talk about twittering.
And then later than that, if the weather forecast holds, I could twitter that we
are getting deluged by a big thunderstorm. And then later still, I could
twitter that I survived our big thunderstorm. And then later than later
still, I could twitter that I am going to bed. And then during the night,
if I have a dream, I could wake up and twitter about it. Now I’m almost
wishing I was twittering because I would twitter about how I’m wondering how I
could incorporate my tweets (those are Twitter postings, as if you didn’t know)
instantly into Entertainment Ave! What the hell am I thinking? I
haven’t even finished building our virtual

"Entertainment Ave!" in Second Life yet, and now I’m thinking of twittering?
Although if I were twittering I could twitter about wondering if I should be
twittering instead of building our virtual bar in Second Life. Maybe I
should just concentrate on reviewing concerts again, although if I were
twittering I could twitter about how I should concentrate on reviewing concerts
again. Ugh!!!!

Please just listen to the podcast.! I promise I don’t talk nearly as much about twittering as I have written in this synopsis.

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!

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What’s New? A Movie Review of “Swing Vote.”

The Dude on the Right still hates people, but for

his review of "Swing Vote," he doesn’t explain why. His hating people
has nothing to do with the movie itself (though somewhat about people coming to
see a movie), has nothing to do about voting, and in his own twisted way, The
Dude almost wishes he could be the vote to decide the President of The United
States because, well, he would also want to see the "War Room" on Air Force One,
find out if
"The
President’s Secret Book" is real, if there is a secret treasure underneath
Wall St., and, if The President had any chance of wanting to get his vote, The
Dude would want full access to Area 51, because, well, who wouldn’t?

All that said, The Dude can state, right now, that

"Swing Vote" has the funniest/twisted/wrong fake "political commercial" he
has seen, that has made him laugh, is a long time, and even though he give it 4
stars out of 5, he still recommends that you just might want to save your money
and see it as a rental or on cable. The crazy thing is that the "political
commercials" from the movie will still be topical for years to come, as always,
in the wrong way.