• The great Liz Phair has revealed, in an interview at the Mesmerizing fan site, that she indeed has composed and recorded a new song (while on tour, no less), for the Jersey Girl film and soundtrack! The song, called “You”, will be featured in the film. If you’ve yet to check out Liz’s new self-titled CD, do so immediately. It’s appeal is infectious. It’ll even make a great stocking stuffer. We’re very pleased to hear that Liz enjoyed the film so much that she’s recorded a tune just for it. Hopefully we’ll have a little taste of the tune for ya here soon.

• Mallrats inaction figures are now shipping from the Stash — If you’ve yet to get your set, watch for it soon, things are getting caught up after a huge demand. Watch your mailboxes and doorsteps!
• Say it ain’t so, Matt! In an interview appearing at Dark Horizons today, Matt Damon reveals that Project Greenlight has been dropped by HBO, and that the series is currently being shopped around to A&E and Bravo. With their reality TV taking off, Bravo’s a good bet (note that Affleck appears in their Celebrity Poker show starting on Tuesday the 2nd, by the way). Still, with censoring happening on the show, it’ll never be the same. Let’s hope that HBO reconsiders, as the show was incredibly addictive and a highlight of the TV week.
• Clerks yet again comes up on a Something Awful page in a reference — See if you can spot it. Hint, it’s toward the bottom. There’s a Clerks: TAS reference on this page as well.
• Just a quick mention: Photos and details on the Dave Mandel (he of Seinfeld and the Clerks cartoon fame) flick “Euro Trip” are starting to make the rounds at AICN and Dark Horizons. Fans of Buffy’s little sister Dawn will particularly dig the AICN story. Mandel co-writes and co-directs the film.
• Comicon PULSE has some snaps of Jay Mewes singing in the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund’s karaoke fundraiser. Check them out HERE and HERE. About $6000 was raised for the charity at the event. Way to go, Jay!

• According to the Arclight, there still are a FEW single seats left for the Chasing Amy screening and Q&A coming up on December 14th. So, if you’re local, you may wanna swing by their box office to see if you can snag ‘em up. It’s also a possibility that the event will move into a larger theater which would open up a ton more seats. We’ll keep you informed. So, if ya missed out, there’s still hope!
  As for the upcoming NuArt Dogma screening and Q&A, still PLENTY of tickets and seats available for that — Don’t miss this event, you’re always in for a treat when Kev does a Q&A — Who knows, with Mewes back in LA, he might even show up! Make sure you get to all of these Kevin-centric events while he’s around, when things get busy again, you may not have a chance to catch him live for a while. If you’re local, ya got no excuse! The NuArt screening of Dogma, followed by a Kevin Q&A, is THIS FRIDAY, the 28th.

• They’ve been tough to come by with the studio trying to hold onto as many as they can, but grab these stills of Liv Tyler in Jersey Girl from the Lovely Liv Tyler website while ya can!
• Will Kevin be finishing up a highly anticipated comic mini-series? Comics Continuum reports (as part of their Joe Quesada panel coverage from Wiz Texas):

• And speaking of WizardWorld Texas, here’s a fan report from the event which spends a bit of time with Kev’s Q&A among other stuff. A nice quick read for those of you wondering what the “con experience” is like.
  
• “British Magazine” names Brodie Bruce from Mallrats as number 18 in the 50 coolest movie characters in movie history, citing the stinkplam as his defining cool moment.
• Kevin will be featured in the “Guy and His Stuff” column in the March issue of Stuff Magazine. The interview was conducted about a month ago, and it’s chock full o’ tid bits about Jay, Harley, Harvey Weinstein, Affleck, Atkins and Fubu. Watch your newsstands and we’ll also have it here.

• Howdy folks, checking in with a mid-weekend update here, hope you’re all having an enjoyable one. We’re having another “heat wave” here in Central PA — Well, a heat wave for the middle of November, anyway — Some very warm temperatures which means a last taste of Fall to enjoy before the inevitable snow and ice that plague us annually.

We had a bunch of interesting little tidbits come our way over the weekend, so we figured we’d pass them on to ya. As the Thanksgiving holiday and then the following madness of the December Christmas rush, things tend to slow up a bit at this time of year, but we’ve got some things planned to keep ya busy through the coming weeks. So, hopefully you’ll check in often, and we’ll keep ya informed with the latest and coolest. Alright then, that being said, let’s see what we got for ya today…

• The second half of Kevin’s appearance on Jay Leno (from last Friday) where he presented the second half of the New Jersey “Roadside Attractions” segment is now available at the View Askew site in both Quicktime and Windows Media formats. This is the one that spends a great deal of time at the Stash, so if you were there, download it and check yourself out! That’s you on TV! See Kevin talk to Walt! See props from the films in living color! See the Quick Stop! And see Kevin visit an area attraction that’s been here as long as we can remember, the safari at Six Flags Great Adventure. Enjoy.

• Fans in Texas were lucky enough to be the first to see that animated test footage that was done for the upcoming Clerks cartoon movie — In it, Jay has a a light saber battle with Darth Vader…or is it? The clip was shown during Kev’s Q&A today and ran about 3 minutes. It’s done by Powerhouse Animation (they of that excellent “Heroes” Clerks spoof), who will be handling the animation duties for the Clerks cartoon film totally in Flash (a first for a motion picture). No new details from Kev’s Q&A today (at least, nothing we heard so far), though this seems to be a good indication that the animated movie is still on the slate, though no release date is planned at this point.

• The Arclight Chasing Amy screening and Q&A sold out very quickly after our mention a few days ago — Congrats to all who got tickets, hopefully we helped you out with that. If you didn’t act fast enough, hey, what can we say? We warned ya! Have a great time, it’s certain to be an excellent event, and certainly one we wish we could attend ourselves were we not coastally challenged.

• A chat transcript with DVD producer JM Kenny appeared at the excellent Digital Bits website this weekend — In it, JM speaks a bit about his projects with Kevin (he worked on the awesome Mallrats, Dogma, and Evening With discs and will hopefully be back for more). Not to mention, he’s a very nice guy who gave us a tour of his way cool facility the last time we were on the west coast. A very interesting read where JM gives a lot of props to working with Kevin.

• And speaking of chats, Liv Tyler recently did a chat/Q&A with her fans at the Lovely Liv Tyler site. Jersey Girl comes up a couple of times, particularly in this bit here:

• If you’re into the Yahoo Groups thing, a Kevin Smith Yahoo Group exists — In the group, folks chat, set up in-person meetups, share photos, and the like.

• A popular web comic called Cinerama features a blurred image of the Clerks cartoon in its third panel today.

• Clerks appears in the IMDB’s “Truly Trivial” section again today (though we believe they’ve used this one before as well):

• Aint It Cool News reports that a Director’s Cut of Daredevil is scheduled for this April on DVD.

• Here’s a scan of that Jason Mewes tattoo that appeared in the mag of the same name.

• It’s been one of the most sought-after, asked about items in View Askew history, and now, after years of inquries, AbbyShot Clothiers, through the cooperation of View Askew, have made an exact replica of the famous Silent Bob trenchcoat available for purchase. Here’s their official announcement:

Snoogans, LunchBox… whatever you call him, Silent Bob is short on words and big on style. His trademark overcoat, previously unavailable, is NOW ready to order from AbbyShot!
Licensed by Kevin Smith himself, Silent Bob’s Coat is just like the coat used in Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Kevin loaned AbbyShot his original coat, so the design is 100% accurate!!
Made from Green & Black Melton Wool and lined with Black Kasha. The coat features an oversized lapel, welt pockets, an inside breast pocket and your very own Silent Bob Pin of your choice!
Available in sizes Medium, Large, X Large, and XX Large.

You read it right — AbbyShot had the original coat to work from, so this coat is a perfect replica. And just in time for the holidays, no less — The perfect gift for your favorite View Askew fan, or…yourself. It looks cool, and, not to mention, warm and toasty.
The current plan is for the Bob coat to be on display at WizardWorld texas (so you can see one in person), and will also be featured (worn by the host) for a day on the Space Channel program, Hypaspace. Please note, first of all, this is an AbbyShot item, not a Stash item, and thus must be ordered directly through the manufacturer. They will need measurements from you as the coat will come custom-tailored for an absolutely perfect fit. This coat is based directly on the item worn by Kevin in Dogma and J&SBSB.
Get tons more details, photos, and order your custom-tailored Silent Bob coat at tbe AbbyShot Clothiers site today! Stay warm for the holidays and be one of the only folks in the world to own the officially licensed Silent Bob trenchcoat.

• Wowee folks, you want Jersey Girl stills, you got ‘em! Thanks to Empire Movies, we’ve got THIRTY new stills from Jersey Girl! Some look like actual film photos, others are press/publicity stills. Through the thirty stills, you can get a look at pretty much every major character in the film, and quite a few scenes. We’ve got a few choice shots above here, but you can surf over to Empire to view their gallery OR check them out as part of our ever-expanding selection of Jersey Girl photos and info over at Exit 37.
  Just a word of warning: By virtue of looking at some of these, you may see some minor spoilers for the film. Then again, without having seen the film, they likely won’t make much sense out of context. So we’d call it a pretty safe bet if you’d just like to get a look at all of the characters (and even a couple of Kevin directing or working behind the scenes). Happy browsing!