My most sincere apologies to anyone who has been coming to this site in the past week hoping to find interesting content – for me, last week was characterized mainly by alternating between being rather busy and incredibly lazy.

Anyway, I’ve been listening to Woody Allen’s Standup Comic record, which has been bringing me a great deal of pleasure. It’s a shame Allen abandoned standup in 1968…he’s certainly one of the best standup comedians that I’ve ever heard, a real master of the form. Picking up this record was mainly inspired by a chance viewing of Annie Hall on cable last weekend, and remembering how much I enjoy Woody’s comedic work. It occured to me that an old friend of mine always spoke very highly of Woody’s standup, so I splurged and bought a used cd…

I feel a great need to see more of the man’s films, as I’ve only seen a small handful. Actually, I think that I need to see more films in general – I feel as though I’ve been neglected the cinema for far too long; like I should be a film buff by now, but I’ve been sidetracked. Anyone with good Woody Allen filmography advice, or film recommendation advice in general terms should be made aware of the fact that this blog now has a silly little guestbook in which you can feel free to leave me messages…