Subject: Eliot Ness

• "I Do Solemnly Swear": Five Best Swearing-In Scenes

  Our 44th (and first African-American) President will be sworn into office today, and we at Hair Balls felt the best way to honor such a solemn and historical occasion would be to show some examples of other great Americans swearing similar oaths.5. Jimmy Malone and Eliot Ness (The Untouchables) It's convenient that Ness' "blood oath" results in the death of nearly everyone around him while he went on to a later career as Whitney Houston's bodyguard, though I may have that last part wrong.

  January 20, 2009

• The Hotel Six Joker Turns Wild

  April 9, 1998

• Mr. Brooks

  Lame psych thriller another low point for Mr. Costner

  May 31, 2007

• Distant Early Warning: AC/DC, Alice In Chains, Insect Warfare, Jackson Browne, Puscifer, Son Volt, etc.

  ​12 Stones, Wake The Light, Saturate, Dine Alone: Wed., Sept. 30. Scout Bar Clear Lake. Aaron Neville Quintet's Christmas Show: Fri., Dec. 4. House of Blues. The Accused, Krum Bums, Owl Witch, H.R.A.: Sun., Oct. 11. Walter's on Washington. AC/DC: Sun., Nov. 8. Toyota Center. Baroness, Iron Age, Dark Castle: Tue., Dec. 8. Warehouse Live. Billy Joe Shaver: Fri., Dec. 18. The Firehouse Saloon & Eatery. Birds Of Avalon, Hell City Kings, Fired For Walking: Fri., Sept. 25. Rudyard's. Bob Saget:

  September 8, 2009