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March 25th, 2005 @ 7:25 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Mike Runy, Josh, Brian Goodman, Christopher Collins, Robb Johnston, Michael Christian, GAKish, Jeff Trexler, Darren Crist, LHaddlaor

  • Lots of emails coming in on the IMDB’s trivia question today:
This actor, a former professional skateboarder, co-founded the company Stereo Skateboards out of California.

And as we all know, the answer is View Askew’s beloved Jason Lee.

  • Documentarian JM Kenny would like to send out props to all of the wonderful folks who came to the
    shows in Toronto and London. Kevin was on fire and the audience responded in kind. JM tells us that the Evening 2
    footage he shot is looking great, especially since it was shot in HD. His words:
“I can’t give enough praise to both cities for showing us Americans a really good time.

Thanks to all of you who helped with the shows. You have set the bar really high, and we aim to give you a great DVD.”

We’ll keep you informed of the progress with Evening 2. We’re sure it’ll be even more hilarious than the first.

  • Kevin gets a mention in this interview with DC’s
    Bob Schreck:
“I left Dark Horse because the company was changing and going in a direction that I was less and less comfortable with. It killed me to have to leave there, because I was really enjoying the creators I was working with. They were a great, great group of people and very talented. And I had pretty much free reign, but as a perfect example of some of my frustration, I couldn’t work with Kevin Smith.

“Kevin approached me while I was working on DARK HORSE PRESENTS, the perfect place to do some Jay and Silent Bob material, and Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson just didn’t get it. I think his quote to me was, ‘I have three young daughters and Kevin Smith promotes drug abuse.’ To which I responded, ‘No, life promotes drug abuse, Kevin just talks about it’.

“But that was his prerogative, it was his company. After Joe Nozemack and I started Oni Press, Joe spent the first three months kicking me under the table, going, ‘Call Kevin, Call Kevin’. Little did I know Kevin was in New Jersey wondering, where the hell did that Schreck guy go? So that worked out great, we ended up making a real big noise with that.”

  • The beautiful and talented Aimee Mann’s official site has posted a pre-order for her new concept
    album, “The Forgotten Arm.” The CD is about a boxer in the early 1970s who gets sent to Vietnam and has to leave his
    girlfriend.” It contains the tune “That’s How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart” from ‘Jersey Girl.’
  • And finally today, okay okay…We know you’re tired of the Easter Bunny attack stories (though isn’t
    it disconcerting how many happen across the country?) but check out the bunny’s name in this
    story. Oh, the irony.

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