Archive for February 8th, 1998

NewsAskew.Com Construction Continues…

February 8th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • Usually when you see the name “Jason Lee” on the board, you probably just pass it by, assuming it’s another silly impostor, or maybe sometimes you just read it in the hopes that the guy finally made it to the site. Last night, that happened. Around midnight (just as newsaskew.com went online…coincidence?), Jason made the following post:
I was writing earlier, but I was abruplty cut off. AOL sometimes does that and I don’t know why. Anyway, hello to all on this crazy contraption called the internet. I finally have time to give my greetings. Carmen is in Vancouver doing a table reading with Malcom, his producer, and the casting director for Malcom and Matt’s new film, “Tail Lights Fnot, welcome to day 2 of NewsAskew.Com. Thanks to all of you who sent in your comments, suggestions, and bug reports. We’ve taken all your concerns into account, and hope to have a much more stable, user-friendly, and eye-appealing site with this update. Keep those suggestions & bugs (unless we got ’em all) coming!

We’re still waiting to see if Kevin gets to us first with the announcement of Dogma’s new “God”. We promise you the news will be here right before your eyes as soon as we know ANYTHING.

In the meantime, we’ve still got some news and a few surprises for you today, including this…

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February 8th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Craig Nathanson & Spork Girl

  • Word comes to us that “Clerks” will be showing in Canada tonight on the Showcase channel. Here’s the not-so-flattering write-up from “Broadcast Week” on the showing:
“Clerks (1994)…Kevin Smith made this for about $30,000 and it went on to make afew million. Thus it has been highly influential to hordes of indie American filmmakers. Smith just filmed a bunch of unknown actors doing his script – about a day in the life of a convenience store clerk and his pal from the video store next door. They josh, joke, and carry on foul mouthed routines about their boring existence. The film feels fresh and imaginative because these guys talk like real Generation X know-it-alls. Smith (/Mallrats, Chasing Amy/) hasn’t made a decent film since.”

What a bunch of hosers, ‘eh? But hey, it’s very rare we have Canadian News Askew, so we thought you’d like to hear it.

  • Looks like we overlooked a cruical “…Ate My Balls” page yesterday, so, if yesterday’s taste wasn’t enough for ya, here’s the encore: The “Olaf Ate My Balls Page”. Scary stuff, man.