Bullets

1. Everyone’s favorite temperamental sheriff (and current cinema cyber-genius), Timothy Olyphant, is, apparently, also a top notch sports reporter. Okay, maybe “top notch” is a bit of a stretch. Still, his daily sports broadcasts for Indie 103.1 FM are hilarious, as well as the perfect reminder that Olyphant is exactly as cool as he seems in the pictures. Click on this Entertainment Weekly link to catch the highlights, or go straight to the source (here), scroll down a bit and look to the right, and catch up on all the not so latest in sports (Olyphant always seems to be a day behind. I blame Bulgaria.).
2. Fellow MFA Taylor Antrim is hitting the big time. His novel, The Headmaster Ritual, hits stores this week, and, deservedly, the publishing world is taking notice. Taylor’s book has been mentioned as a potential summer breakout book by New York Magazine, as well as The New York Observer, who recently ran quite the flattering piece on the uber-handsome (seriously, click on the link and notice the wind-swept do) and, sadly, funny as well, Antrim. I encourage anyone who reads this to go out this week and pick up his book.
3. Speaking of friends, an old acquaintance of mine (from the old Family Entertainment days and my personal inspiration for the infamous "Body Farm Incident") has, for the last several years, been running the indie label El Deth records out of Knoxville, TN. In addition to recording and performing his own music, as well as the music of other local musicians, he also periodically engages in the art of screen writing. The man’s name is Arrison Kirby. Mr. Kirby is like a one-legged Moby, only he could eat the hell out of a cow (or any animal quite frankly) and has way more chicks under his belt. Oh, and he’s not annoying. Visit his record label site here (which is pretty nice I have to say), or visit his personal web page here and listen to some of his tracks.
4. Finally, if there was one name I would ask you to remember, it would be Ryan Kelly. Trust me. Dude is going to be huge.