PARROT JOKE

I am working on a few things in the way of posts which will appear sometime in the New Year. Until then only a few smalls posts will appear. A friend forwarded this joke and when I read it I could almost hear Bill laughing.


A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The parrot had a bad attitude and an even worse vocabulary. Every word out of the bird's mouth was rude, obnoxious and laced with profanity.

John tried and tried to change the bird's attitude by consistently saying only polite words, playing soft music and anything else he could think of to "clean up" the bird's vocabulary. Finally, John was fed up and he yelled at the parrot. The parrot yelled back.

John shook the parrot and the parrot got angrier and even ruder. John, in desperation, threw up his hands, grabbed the bird and put him in the freezer.

For a few minutes the parrot squawked and kicked and screamed. Then suddenly there was total quiet. Not a peep was heard for over a minute. Fearing that he'd hurt the parrot, John quickly opened the door to the freezer.

The parrot calmly stepped out onto John's outstretched arms and said "I believe I may have offended you with my rude language and actions. I'm sincerely remorseful for my inappropriate transgressions and I fully intend to do everything I can to correct my rude and unforgivable behavior."

John was stunned at the change in the bird's attitude. As he was about to ask the parrot what had made such a dramatic change in his behavior, the bird continued, "May I ask what the turkey did?"

KAYO AND MARY ON BIG 2

For those of you who are family members, you may want to visit The Big Bukowski II. Starting yesterday and running for 40 days I am featuring Kazimierz (Kayo) and Mary Urbanowicz (known as Dziadzi and Babci to my brother, sister, my nephews and I) - aka our grandparents. Here's a sample:

AEROSMITH IN 3D

As most of you probably know, Bill worked on an Aerosmith 3D concert film back in 1982 or 1983 (during a period when Joe Perry was not with the band). If I remember correctly, Bill told me that the film was shown in the Far East even though it never made it to the screen in America. So, while the U2 3D film may be the first to utilize the latest digital technology, the Aerosmith 3D film may have been the first rock concert shot in 3D. Take that Bono!

Here are a few photos from the Aerosmith shoot, including a couple of rare photos of Steven Tyler on drums. The originals are in the form of stereo slides. That's Bill behind the camera in the first photo.

U2 IN 3D

'U2 3D' On Screen in January.
from U2.com

'U2 3D', the first live action movie ever shot, produced, and exhibited in digital 3-D, is set to open worldwide in late January. National Geographic Cinema Ventures have confirmed the details and we've got the first photos.


Filmed during the band's Vertigo Tour dates in South America last year, the movie is directed by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington and will be released in both digital 3-D (REAL D and Dolby) and IMAX theaters from late January 2008.


"When the reviews came in after our screening at Cannes, we were thrilled," said Owens. "We wanted to use this technology to make viewers feel like they were actually at the concert and sometimes even onstage. The feedback from fans, critics and the industry was phenomenal."


Owens, a friend of the band since they were teenagers in Dublin, directs visual content when U2 are on tour and directed the 2005 video for Original of the Species. Pellington also goes way back with the band - at the helm for a version of 'One' back in 1992 (featuring artist David Wojnarowicz's buffalo imagery) and helping create to the unique visual vibe of ZOO TV.



Here's the trailor.