LISTENER LINK for October 4, 2004 [note from Barb: I am now going to be doing a spot every Friday morning at [good frickin’ grief!] 8am CT. Here’s the promo piece:] New Weekly Feature Friday Mornings on Morning Air™ There’s no business like show business! Morning Air™ now includes a weekly entertainment report every Friday morning by Barbara Nicolosi, a Hollywood screenwriter, film and television consultant and media maven. Tune in to Morning Air™ on Friday mornings to get Barbara’s... Read more

ROCK ON, DAUGHTER OF GOD! Has anybody noticed some of the cool things showing up on Joan of Arcadia so far this season? For example, the season opener introduced an ex-nun character who agrees to instruct Joan’s mother in religion, using a literature based catechesis! So, in the second episode, there is Joan’s mother talking about how great Graham Greene is! Barbara Hall told me that the fan websites for the show have all been buzzing about who Graham Greene... Read more

[FROM THE LOTUS POSITION] “HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM…..” Red Sox One Win Away From Advancing Past Angels Martinez Pitches Seven Strong Innings in Boston’s 8-3 Win By JOHN NADEL, AP Sports ANAHEIM, Calif. (Oct. 6) — Pedro Martinez did his part, the bullpen did theirs and now the Boston Red Sox are heading home with a big lead in the AL playoffs. Martinez rebounded from a wretched September by pitching seven effective innings and Manny Ramirez hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly that sent... Read more

BEAUTY AND THE CHURCH, PT II Here’s the second part of my series for the National Catholic Register about Beauty and the Church/Liturgy/Priesthood. I must say, it was an inestimable honor to have my article appear on the same page of the Register as His Serene Ineffablensss, Mark Shea, Magnate of St. Blog’s parish. (“Now, O Lord, let your servant go in peace…”) Because The Register has a way of removing articles after I link to them, I am going... Read more

WHO CARES ABOUT DEBATES? [PANT, PANT, PANT…] ANAHEIM, Calif. (Oct. 5) — Curt Schilling and the Boston Red Sox got the jump on Anaheim in the AL playoffs. Perhaps that’s how the Angels prefer it. Schilling pitched 6 2/3 effective innings, Manny Ramirez and Kevin Millar homered during a seven-run burst, and the Red Sox beat the Angels 9-3 Tuesday in Game 1…. Read more

EMILY MONDAY…A DAY LATE 579 I had been hungry, all the Years — My Noon had Come — to dine — I trembling drew the Table near — And touched the Curious Wine — ‘Twas this on Tables I had seen — When turning, hungry, Home I looked in Windows, for the Wealth I could not hope — for Mine — I did not know the ample Bread — ‘Twas so unlike the Crumb The Birds and I, had often... Read more

“Starting”? “Cinema, the world’s youngest muse, is starting to show distinct signs of dimentia… The world has a fever. Societies are ill and frightened. The cinema feels it and – not knowing how to deal with the disease – pretends there is no fever and so continues to play the waltz on the modern day Titanic.” (Polish director, Agnieszka Holland, speaking at the Dutch Film Fest, 9/26/04) Read more

“JESUS,… HOLLYWOOD” (Got the above method of prayer from my fav spiritual writer, Caryll Houselander. She says, when you don’t know what to ask for, don’t even try. Just bring “whatever it is” into God’s presence.) It’s 6:53am and I’m already up and running. Just did a half hour on Relevant Radio in our new weekly “Hollywood Update” spot, and now I’m out the door to the first annual National Media Prayer Breakfast, happening in about 90 minutes in Beverly... Read more

DISASTROUS QUIBBLING? I admit to being sadly remiss in the study of plate-techtonics and geological, uh, stuff. Undoubetedly, this is why I never heard the word “fore-shock” before this weeek. Yet, in the last two days I’ve heard it at least five times from the TV weather and news guys. We’re having our CA paradise version of FL hurricanes and mid-west tornados these days – earthquakes have been rumbling the left-coast lately. Nice big rumbly ones that can be felt... Read more

TWO STORIES ABOUT NOT GETTING IT It’s “Starting Out in Hollywood 101” class. Here are two questions for the final exam based on real events that have happened to me in the last month. A) Scenario: A moderately wealthy Christian from some homey place in flyover, decides enough is enough. Without even waiting to buy a white horse and shining armor, he swings into Los Angeles and starts taking meetings with anybody who will listen to him. “It’s time for... Read more