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Matthew's Movie Choice: Flirting with Disaster
Zane's Movie Choice: Ninja Assassin

Well, Jose + underscore + Jose, howse about this derring-do (I must apologize for the sound in this video. I was at my father-in-law's house and his microphone selection is shockingly abysmal):

Matthew from McSweeney's Stained Teeth Wine Column helps someone remember that wine he had once that he thinks he liked.

To ask a Real-Life Internet Wine Columnist your own question about wine and have it brought to life in digital video form, you may either:

1. call and leave a message in the YWNB voicemail (click the Call Me widget in the right column)
2. post it to @mattlatmatt on Twitter

OH ALSO: here's what Jose + underscore + Jose was probably drinking: Lindemans Bin 50 Shiraz

To ask a question, you may either call YWNB by clicking the "Call Me" widget in the right column of this publication; or by posting your question to @mattlatmatt.

Our first question comes from @theguru42 from Twitter:

Well @theguru42, I'm about to save your life.

Matthew from McSweeney's Stained Teeth Column About Wine answers your wine questions.

Smokin' Aces

We agree that the movie is bad, but enjoyable. And we discuss how violence affects us differently We rate this movie 2 GREEN as indicated below.

A Serious Man

While this led to a pretty good post-movie discussion, we both agreed that it's impact on us was minimal. In a reverse, Zane says this movie is good, but not enjoyable. We talk a bit about what boring movies mean. This movie gets a SINGLE GREEN.

We are still working out the kinks before we put this up on iTunes. For now, you can stream the show using the player below; or download the file by right clicking the file link below.

As before, feedback, ideas, movie suggestions welcome.

Google now has a phone service. This phone service gives you one number that you can forward to lots of different numbers simultaneously (your mobile; your home; your car from the late 1980s).

"OK - that is cool," you say. "I like the idea of having one number instead of 4." And so you should. But that is not the best part of Google Voice.

The best part of Google Voice is that it turns your voicemail into email. When someone calls you and leaves a voicemail, Google's super computers transcribe that voicemail and email it to you. For me, someone who has pretty much stopped listening to voicemail because of how long it takes to do so, this is a great thing.

OK BUT: the google transcription is done by machines. And those machines are terrible at speaking english. The transcriptions are understandable, but far from coherent. Read aloud, these transcriptions sound like the ramblings of someone who has read a few descriptions of Allen Ginsberg's poetry.

AND SO: I present to you my dramatic readings of my Voicemail, as transcribed by Google Voice:

I spoke about the possibility (and difficulty) of writing about wine from an experiential stand point. It is in conjunction with an upcoming web project whose name shall simply be PROJECT DRUNKARD.

This is just the test-run. Normally we will discuss two movies in each show - one of Zane's choosing and one of mine. These first shows are just us figuring out what works and what doesn't, but we are open to feedback - as well as suggestions for movies. After a few shows are under the belt, we'll be putting them on iTunes.