Happy Birthday, Steven Spielberg

On this date in 1946.

So, what's your favorite Spielberg film? If I had to pick only one, it would be Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a breakthrough on so many levels. If I got two, I'd throw in Jaws, a pretty much perfect film. And, bluntly, I want Spielberg at the helm for the final Harry Potter flick.

Wired

My song about bodyhacking got noticed.

Joe Barbera Passes Away

End of an era. Joe Barbera has died at the age of 95.

What are your favorite Hanna-Barbera cartoons? I have great love for The Cat Concerto, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse, The Two Mousketeers (and its not-quite-a-sequel Touché, Pussycat!), Pecos Pest (with Jerry's uncle who kept breaking guitar strings)... any episode of Quickdraw McGraw with El Kabong... Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles... The Herculoids... Atom Ant... Secret Squirrel... The Perils of Penelope Pitstop... Jonny frickin Quest... the movies Hey There, It's Yogi Bear and The Man Called Flintstone... Space Ghost... the first, and I think best, animated Fantastic Four (the one with Paul Frees as Ben Grimm)... damn, the guy did a lot of good stuff.