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Remember when Rivington Street was painted all sorts of colors for a musical being filmed? Well, it looks like the movie won't be in in theaters until September, but the trailer is already floating around out there. Check it out:

We don't see any shots of the colorful LES in there, but we're pretty sure we caught a glimpse of Bono (who apparently has a role). The love story is set in the 1960s during the times of anti-war protests, the struggle for free speech and civil rights...and of course sex, drugs and rock & roll.

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It's a weird, weird moment when you walk out of your apartment and see Joe Cocker there, and he looks sorta better than he really should.

On a random-trivia note, though, I did fall on their darkened set one night (yes, I did miss the forklift sitting in front of me), and broke my glasses. They grudgingly bought me brand new spiffy ones from Sol Moscot the next day.

So, now, I have had the moment of realization that my old glasses were sacrificed for this? What were they thinking, naming the lead character freakin' "Jude"?!

OK, baby boomers, we get it: the 60s were the greatest decade in the history of history, and every important and monumental that will ever matter happened then and nothing can ever compare. Now please go away and leave the rest of the planet alone and stop mythologizing your youth. Thanks.

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have they learned nothing from the Bee gees version of "Sgt. pepper..."? Christ! Eddie Izzard plays "Mr. Kite". It's like the ingenue in Sgt. Pepper being (awkwardly) named "Strawberry Fields" and Oliver reed playing "Mean Mr. Mustard". People, write your own fucking movie. Beatles song titles thrown together does not a movie make.

And, now on to the lazy, hacky fucktards at "Law & order"...

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