Week 1 (March 8-11): Your Vegas and David Sides
Week 2 (March 22-25): Beasts of Eden and Paul Dateh & DJ inka one
It's going to be AWESOME.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
SPRING BREEEEAAAAAK!!!
Playboy Spring Break is going to be in Cabo once again. We got our shirts in today and Charlie and I tested them out. First, we did the classic Spring Break pose... then we actually put them on. Apparently, Charlie looks great in a women's small. We can tell you who our bands are for Cabo now (booking the rest of their flights next week):
Week 1 (March 8-11): Your Vegas and David Sides
Week 2 (March 22-25): Beasts of Eden and Paul Dateh & DJ inka one
It's going to be AWESOME.
Sunrise in Cabo. A good time to go to sleep.
Week 1 (March 8-11): Your Vegas and David Sides
Week 2 (March 22-25): Beasts of Eden and Paul Dateh & DJ inka one
It's going to be AWESOME.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Fucked Up on Google Juice
I'm riding high after checking out Google Analytics earlier. On Thursday, I got one of the most important Google hits in the short history of this site. You can see on the image below that somebody searched for Chris Duncan of the Cardinals and got to my page. That's one baby step forward. You people stay on my site for an average of 4:53. That's humongous. Upcoming plans: work on the Official Chris Duncan MySpace page. Friend me.
UPDATE ON BUCKET LIST POST: I SORT OF KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT... NOW LET'S SEE IF IT ACTUALLY TANKS AFTER A MONTH... GOD I HOPE SO (Veggietales is only on about 1000 screens, so that prediction will be completely wrong. The Bucket List opens on 2919 screens... I'm gonna guess Juno is #1 with $17.7 million)
Per Hollywood Reporter 1/11 - "Warner Bros. had good success in limited release with "The Bucket List," starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as terminal cancer patients trying to life their remaining days to the fullest, which it broadens into wide release today with 2,919 engagements. Even a weekend performance of about $15 million likely would capture the frame, and that could give Warners an incredible four films in the boxoffice top 10."
Per Reuters 1/11 - "Box office prognosticators believe "The Bucket List" could earn upwards of $15 million, a little ahead of "First Sunday" and "Juno." Nicolas Cage's "National Treasure" sequel logged a third round at the top last weekend with $20 million, a 49 percent drop in sales."
Per BoxOfficeGuru (Gitesh Pandya) 1/10 - "Hurting Bucket's chances are the mixed reviews it's been getting from critics. The target audience for this particular movie will definitely be affected by what reviewers have to say. Also, the picture has come up almost empty-handed during awards seasons so it has less marketing tools in its arsenal than the handful of acclaimed adult dramas touting their awards and nominations. In limited release, Bucket scored muscular per-theater numbers over the last two frames averaging $20,989 and $20,424 from only 16 locations. Co-star drawing power will not shoot this film up to the opening weekend levels of recent Jack flicks like The Departed or Anger Management. But even his less flashy films generate solid debut numbers due to his loyal fan following. Kicking its way into 2,911 theaters, The Bucket List could debut with about $15M."
UPDATE ON BUCKET LIST POST: I SORT OF KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT... NOW LET'S SEE IF IT ACTUALLY TANKS AFTER A MONTH... GOD I HOPE SO (Veggietales is only on about 1000 screens, so that prediction will be completely wrong. The Bucket List opens on 2919 screens... I'm gonna guess Juno is #1 with $17.7 million)
Per Hollywood Reporter 1/11 - "Warner Bros. had good success in limited release with "The Bucket List," starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as terminal cancer patients trying to life their remaining days to the fullest, which it broadens into wide release today with 2,919 engagements. Even a weekend performance of about $15 million likely would capture the frame, and that could give Warners an incredible four films in the boxoffice top 10."
Per Reuters 1/11 - "Box office prognosticators believe "The Bucket List" could earn upwards of $15 million, a little ahead of "First Sunday" and "Juno." Nicolas Cage's "National Treasure" sequel logged a third round at the top last weekend with $20 million, a 49 percent drop in sales."
Per BoxOfficeGuru (Gitesh Pandya) 1/10 - "Hurting Bucket's chances are the mixed reviews it's been getting from critics. The target audience for this particular movie will definitely be affected by what reviewers have to say. Also, the picture has come up almost empty-handed during awards seasons so it has less marketing tools in its arsenal than the handful of acclaimed adult dramas touting their awards and nominations. In limited release, Bucket scored muscular per-theater numbers over the last two frames averaging $20,989 and $20,424 from only 16 locations. Co-star drawing power will not shoot this film up to the opening weekend levels of recent Jack flicks like The Departed or Anger Management. But even his less flashy films generate solid debut numbers due to his loyal fan following. Kicking its way into 2,911 theaters, The Bucket List could debut with about $15M."
Mobile Post: My New Haircut
they deal with. You're judged, poked, prodded, and sometimes worse --
and you have to eat that shit and smile. I guess that's the trade off
for a $1000+ day rate and free, awesome clothes.
I pass the poster of the above image nearly every day before I enter
the 53rd street E, F, V station. I always think to myself "if I get
more cut and stop wearing a shirt, girls will be hanging off of
me" ... that's the point, right? I noticed something that turned me
off to this ad though. The guy and the girl have the EXACT same
haircut. The question is: who had it first?
P.S. I will be that jacked before spring break... that's another post
for another time (next week)
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Bucket Fanny
The Bucket List opens tomorrow. Is anybody going to see it? I was walking through the subway yesterday and saw the poster for it and Jack Nicholson's teeth are scary. You can check that out on the official site here. Maybe you want to add The Bucket List's facebook application! Sweet viral marketing.
I actually think The Bucket List will do well this weekend. Why? Two big time stars. There's nothing opening that's going after the same audience (First Sunday, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggietales Movie... longest titles ever?). They could be hurt by parents taking their kids to Veggietales. TBL opens on 2800 screens tomorrow (per Hollywood Reporter) and it killed in its opening weekend (limited release, 16 screens) with a per screen of $20,989. For comparison, I Am Legend did $21,411 in its opening weekend (but on 3000+ screens).
I see The Bucket List taking in about $14-16 million this weekend. I feel like Veggietales will pull in around the same amount but more -- but that's a complete guess. This weekend will be a lot like last weekend with a handful of movies bringing in similar revenue. But after the first week, TBL will not have staying power. You can look at the daily chart and see that it's averages have dropped dramatically in its 3rd week of limited release. This drop will be magnified when it's in 2800 screens and I would be surprised if it made it past 6 weeks. I think the domestic gross will be close the $45 million production budget, making it a profitable movie (don't think it'll crack $60 mn domestically). But you'd expect more out of this duo. Another thing: it's written by a 36 year old writer. That's probably why a handful of reviews called it "manipulative".
It's borderline insane to think this much about The Bucket List in this depth. It's probably because I'm really against this movie. I just think it's going to be crap -- maybe I'll be wrong. However, this is from the same guy who had high expectations for Wild Hogs.... and I enjoyed the hell out of that movie.
UPDATE: Veggietales is only on about 1000 screens, so that prediction will be completely wrong. The Bucket List opens on 2919 screens.
I actually think The Bucket List will do well this weekend. Why? Two big time stars. There's nothing opening that's going after the same audience (First Sunday, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A Veggietales Movie... longest titles ever?). They could be hurt by parents taking their kids to Veggietales. TBL opens on 2800 screens tomorrow (per Hollywood Reporter) and it killed in its opening weekend (limited release, 16 screens) with a per screen of $20,989. For comparison, I Am Legend did $21,411 in its opening weekend (but on 3000+ screens).
I see The Bucket List taking in about $14-16 million this weekend. I feel like Veggietales will pull in around the same amount but more -- but that's a complete guess. This weekend will be a lot like last weekend with a handful of movies bringing in similar revenue. But after the first week, TBL will not have staying power. You can look at the daily chart and see that it's averages have dropped dramatically in its 3rd week of limited release. This drop will be magnified when it's in 2800 screens and I would be surprised if it made it past 6 weeks. I think the domestic gross will be close the $45 million production budget, making it a profitable movie (don't think it'll crack $60 mn domestically). But you'd expect more out of this duo. Another thing: it's written by a 36 year old writer. That's probably why a handful of reviews called it "manipulative".
It's borderline insane to think this much about The Bucket List in this depth. It's probably because I'm really against this movie. I just think it's going to be crap -- maybe I'll be wrong. However, this is from the same guy who had high expectations for Wild Hogs.... and I enjoyed the hell out of that movie.
UPDATE: Veggietales is only on about 1000 screens, so that prediction will be completely wrong. The Bucket List opens on 2919 screens.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Mobile Post: Shitty Pisser
Playboy. But I can tell you what it's REALLY like. I will go into more
detail on the company as I develop this blog.
However, there's one aspect of working here that literally pisses me
off. Our bathroom is HORRIBLE. In the picture, it doesn't look so bad.
But take a look at two details you may not have noticed:
The Floor: It is beautiful granite or marble but the problem is that
its black. The floor is effectively a mirror. I love being able to SEE
my stall neighbor if I happen to look down.
The Tile Splashguard: Look at the waist-high wall separating the sinks
and urinals. Again, it's a beautiful setup ... but it barely covers
my junk. If there are two tall people next to each other, there is
definitely the threat of peripheral penis. I always wash my hands on
the middle sink and use the right-side urinal.
Maybe my follow up post will have a candid cell phone picture of
somebody while they're brown-berrying (also known as dingle-
berrying... which is what I call using the blackberry while on the
toilet). I'm taking credit for both terms unless somebody can prove
they came up with them!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Hitting up the BK to Rock the Rabbit
The meeting was in typical Brooklyn style. We went to a spot where the main draws were coffee/tea and cheese plates. We had to grab extra candles from other tables because it was so dark and we couldn't see our papers. I ordered a mate and it came in a giant teabag. The homemade teabag looks like something a drug mule would put in an orifice. The servers had exposed tattoos and facial piercings. We got shit done though. It was a good meeting.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Mission Statement
The Official Chris Duncan blog launches in January 2008 with the many goals. The first of these goals is to distinguish Christopher Daniel Duncan born in New York City from the thousands of other Chris Duncans in the world. This will not be an easy task with competition such as Chris Duncan of the St Louis Cardinals, Chris Duncan the UMass faculty member, and Chris Duncan the Scottish Fiddler. Other notable Chris Duncans include the Chris Duncan of ChrisDuncan.com and Chris Duncan the BMX biker. There is even a Chris Duncan who was an Eminem impersonator turned murderer.
Notable Chris Duncans
Starting with Chris It all started years ago when my parents decided to pick the name Christopher. I actually like the name a lot -- that's not the problem. The problem is that in my birth year (1984), Christopher was the 2nd most popular name given to babies (source: Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names. In fact, Christopher was in the top 5 baby names from 1972 until 2001. Michael was really the only name more common during Christopher during that time. Christopher ranked #7 in 2006.
"Chris Duncan" While Duncan isn't the one of the most common last names, "Chris Duncan" is a popular combo. There are 226,000 web results for "Chris Duncan" on Google. That's around 1/2-1/3 of what you'll find when you search for a much more "common" combination like "James Smith" & "Jim Smith" or "James Johnson" & "Jim Johnson". Now this is getting boring though...
Who the fuck cares? Are you insane? Nobody and yes. But ever since Chris Duncan (Cardinals) gained notoriety for his pictures with the World Series trophy, I've felt inadequate. I was just one Chris Duncan out of thousands. I had spent my whole life as a Chris Duncan and all of these other Chris Duncans were passing me by. My web history included a (dry, somewhat entertaining) blogpost I made as a marketing intern and also UrinalPuck.com (it peaked at about 3-5K people per day and about 50K unique people during that peak month but I blew it up because too many crazy conservative people were frequenting the forums).
Chris Duncan of the Cardinals really rubs it in
You've given me no reason to ever read this site. True. But I can offer friendship and a glimpse into the life of a semi-professional buffoon. And inside information about Playboy. There may also be Chris Duncan naked cell phone pictures in the pipeline. Stay tuned.
Starting with Chris It all started years ago when my parents decided to pick the name Christopher. I actually like the name a lot -- that's not the problem. The problem is that in my birth year (1984), Christopher was the 2nd most popular name given to babies (source: Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names. In fact, Christopher was in the top 5 baby names from 1972 until 2001. Michael was really the only name more common during Christopher during that time. Christopher ranked #7 in 2006.
"Chris Duncan" While Duncan isn't the one of the most common last names, "Chris Duncan" is a popular combo. There are 226,000 web results for "Chris Duncan" on Google. That's around 1/2-1/3 of what you'll find when you search for a much more "common" combination like "James Smith" & "Jim Smith" or "James Johnson" & "Jim Johnson". Now this is getting boring though...
Who the fuck cares? Are you insane? Nobody and yes. But ever since Chris Duncan (Cardinals) gained notoriety for his pictures with the World Series trophy, I've felt inadequate. I was just one Chris Duncan out of thousands. I had spent my whole life as a Chris Duncan and all of these other Chris Duncans were passing me by. My web history included a (dry, somewhat entertaining) blogpost I made as a marketing intern and also UrinalPuck.com (it peaked at about 3-5K people per day and about 50K unique people during that peak month but I blew it up because too many crazy conservative people were frequenting the forums).
Chris Duncan of the Cardinals really rubs it in
You've given me no reason to ever read this site. True. But I can offer friendship and a glimpse into the life of a semi-professional buffoon. And inside information about Playboy. There may also be Chris Duncan naked cell phone pictures in the pipeline. Stay tuned.
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