"Don't You Talk Ugly to Me!" » Twitter http://alexisgentry.net/blog Alexis Gentry's Blog Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:56:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Smooth Criminal goes classical http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/31/smooth-criminal-goes-classical/ http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/31/smooth-criminal-goes-classical/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:39:40 +0000 Alexis http://alexisgentry.net/blog/?p=976 My friend Allen Klosowski knows how much I love Michael Jackson, so he tweeted me a link to this video this morning and now I feel the need to share it through every possible social media channel. These two dudes, Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic, play Smooth Criminal in a epic cello battle. Definitely check this out!

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Tonight marked the US premiere of An Idiot Abroad, the travel show featuring The Great Orange-Headed One, Karl Pilkington. The series already aired in the U.K. and I was filled with jealous rage when I saw all the tweets and blog posts about how funny it was… but alas, it wasn’t available in the U.S.. I was reaching the point of ordering a PAL DVD player on Amazon just to be able to watch the series in its entirety. Thankfully, Science Channel solved my problems and announced that they would air the show right here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. The first episode, which featured Karl visiting China, aired just a few hours ago. I watched, tweeted like a mad man and wrote up a review of the show within a couple hours of the original air time.

Here’s a little slice of my review:

Before Ricky Gervais was pissing people off at the Golden Globes or writing the original version of The Office with friend and writing partner Stephen Merchant, he was marveling at the brain of Karl Pilkington, a radio producer assigned to the duo for their program. In fact, anyone who has listened to the widely popular Ricky Gervais Show podcasts or watched The Ricky Gervais Show on HBO is familiar with the musings of this “little, round-headed, bald, missing link, chimp-like buffoon”, as Gervais has so sweetly labeled him.

In the new series An Idiot Abroad, airing here in the U.S. on Science Channel, Gervais and Merchant send Pilkington on a trip around the globe to see various wonders of the world. Pilkington, who barely adjusts to the social protocol of his own culture, tries to wrap his little round head around foreign food, art and customs…..

You can read the whole thing on Trashwire.com.

To my pure delight, Science Channel actually tweeted out a link to my review to all their followers. They were all over Twitter during the show, posting replies and RTs to all the Pilkie fans out there. They did a kick ass job with social media and I couldn’t be happier that they distributed the link to Trashwire.

Check out a clip from An Idiot Abroad after the jump…

]]> http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/23/my-review-of-an-idiot-abroad-on-trashwire-now/feed/ 0 Seven Nation Army http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/09/seven-nation-army/ http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2011/01/09/seven-nation-army/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:48:57 +0000 Alexis http://alexisgentry.net/blog/?p=863 I just saw this amazing White Stripes cover from Ben L’Oncle Soul. It’s definitely worth checking out. Sadly, embedding is disabled, but you can watch it on YouTube by clicking the picture or going here.

Ben L'Oncle Soul's White Stripes Seven Nation Army cover

Thanks @datingdad for posting this on Twitter.

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StarWarsShop.com - More Product. More Exclusives.

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]]> http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2009/11/22/creepy-singing-bust-of-elvis/feed/ 0 My interview with TheNoLookPass http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2009/09/24/my-interview-with-thenolookpass/ http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2009/09/24/my-interview-with-thenolookpass/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:43:16 +0000 Alexis http://alexisgentry.net/blog/?p=411 I did another interview about the NBA and social media. This one was with Rey-Rey from TheNoLookPass.com. We started this interview way back in April and didn’t officially finish it until last week. Check it out!

tnlp-interviewI recently talked to Alexis Gentry, the daughter of Phoenix Suns’ head coach, Alvin Gentry. I thought she’d be a good person to talk to when it comes to NBA-related stuff. I mean, being an NBA coach’s daughter, I thought she could provide a view on what it’s like to be in that position. Alexis also runsTrashwire.Com, a very good entertainment news site that has TV, movie, and concert reviews among other things. Also, if you’re into Big Brother, check that out as well.

Ms. Gentry was kind enough to answer all the questions I had in the E-Mails we exchanged and was quite candid in this conversation. I’m in purple and Alexis is in orange. It’s no secret what team she roots for. Duh.

Read the rest at TheNoLookPass.com http://www.thenolookpass.com/2009/09/24/tnlp-talks-to-alexis-gentry/

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safe_image.phpWhen Suns head coach @AlvinGentry first started tweeting, he credited his daughter for getting him to join Twitter.

So who better to go to for the second part of ValleyoftheSuns’ in-depth look at social media and the NBA than Alexis Gentry herself?

OK, so the head coach has only sent out a happy Fourth of July tweet since the draft lottery, but he provided some insightful commentary on the Suns’ season last year and promises to do so again this season.

Alexis answered a couple of my questions via e-mail about how her dad got on Twitter, what grade she’d give him as a tweeter and what she’s doing with her entertainment Web site, Trashwire.com.

Read the rest at ValleyoftheSuns.com http://valleyofthesuns.com/2009/09/15/talking-twitter-with-the-coachs-daughter/

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I'm totally snug life! (shout out to @paigeiam) on Twitpic

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Read the rest of this article on Trashwire.com

]]> http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2009/03/30/facebook-on-the-rise-as-myspace-goes-extinct/feed/ 0 Basketball Diaries from Planet Orange http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2009/03/22/basketball-diaries-from-planet-orange/ http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2009/03/22/basketball-diaries-from-planet-orange/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:27:22 +0000 Alexis http://alexisgentry.net/blog/index.php/2009/03/22/basketball-diaries-from-planet-orange/ Alexis Gentry documents her time with the Phoenix SunsOccasionally, it dawns on me that a lot of people I know aren’t on Twitter and haven’t seen my frequent (and some might say incessant) updates from the last week. As a result, I’m writing this blog as a continuation of my first “Basketball Diaries” post–which has nothing to do with Jim Carroll, Leonardo DiCaprio, or heroin–to detail the action, intrigue and adventure during my most recent trip out to the desert to spend some time with the Phoenix Suns….

Read the rest of this entry at TRASHWIRE.COM

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