January 2010
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Music Listography
I got this last night at Urban Outfitters, it is book composed of around 75 music related lists for you to fill out, ranging from “Top 20 Bands” to “Top Music Moments is Movies” & “Favorite Motivational Self-Help Anthems”. This book is a blast to fill out & will awesome to read when I am older! From time to time, I will be posting some of the more...
WatchThe debut music video from James Mercer of The Shins fame, & visionary music producer Danger Mouse’s collaboration, Broken Bells. I gleefully give you, “The High Road”
Political rant.
The current state of American Politics is stomach churning, it is literally like two children fighting over a remote control car. They don’t really want it, they just don’t want the other one to have it. I am a full fledged Democrat, however, President Obama, who I would have previously followed through the gates of Hell, has recently shown a staunching inability to stand up to the GOP...
A Conversation with my dear friend Kristopher!
You will surely have no idea what we are talking about, if you don't first listen to "Swedish Sin" by Billie The Vision & the Dancers.
blindxbrigadier: (3:57:04 PM) Kris
blindxbrigadier: (3:57:09 PM) London took my virginity
blindxbrigadier: (3:57:16 PM) I want it back
cocoapelican: (3:57:23 PM) did it take anything else?
blindxbrigadier: (3:57:33 PM) yes as a matter of fact
blindxbrigadier: (3:57:40 PM) London took my breath away
blindxbrigadier: (3:57:54 PM) although, I have pretty severe asthma, so that could be contributory
cocoapelican: (3:58:15 PM) true
cocoapelican: (3:58:24 PM) and you're sure it didn't take anything else?
blindxbrigadier: (3:58:35 PM) No! There's more!
blindxbrigadier: (3:58:41 PM) They took my past!
blindxbrigadier: (3:58:54 PM) and all I got was this stupid Swedish Sin
cocoapelican: (3:59:11 PM) god damn
blindxbrigadier: (3:59:15 PM) it was horrible
blindxbrigadier: (3:59:22 PM) Now I can't muster an errection
cocoapelican: (3:59:56 PM) damn. at least you've got your Washburn guitar and a bag of women's clothes
blindxbrigadier: (4:01:00 PM) I'll probly buy a stand-by ticket to the airport in Stansted
blindxbrigadier: (4:01:19 PM) not sure where that is, but I am going there
blindxbrigadier: (4:01:30 PM) probably should have done a little research
cocoapelican: (4:01:48 PM) that usually will help
blindxbrigadier: (4:01:58 PM) Yes, especially in this economy
blindxbrigadier: (4:02:08 PM) no guarantee for a job
blindxbrigadier: (4:02:43 PM) Plus side is, I have this here bag of Women's clothes, so I can apply for a job traditionally performed by either gender
cocoapelican: (4:02:55 PM) haha absolutely
blindxbrigadier: (4:02:58 PM) hahaha
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Motion City Soundtrack's "My Dinosaur Life"
Motion City Soundtracks’ “My Dinosaur Life” is a flip flopping & exhausting listen, there is a fistful of songs that will please day one fans of MCS, but the remaining tracks are piercing & childish emo-pop duds that aim to please the synth-dizzy & colorful teens of 2010. Although the album indeed has it’s moments, it’s downfall lies within it’s...
My Tuesday! (January 19th 2010)
I will be spending my Tuesday Afternoon watching the brilliant Criterion Blu-Ray Edition of Steven Soderbergh’s “CHE”! The stunningly shot biopic of the Cuban Socialist-Guerilla, Che Guavara is brilliantly brought to life by the pitch-perfect Benicio Del Toro, & crafted into a four & a half hour masterwork by the visionary, Soderbergh. The saga will be ever enhanced by...
My "Golden Globes" Predictions!
It is finally Awards Season!! & Below are my predictions for the 67th Annual “Golden Globes” on tonight at 8pm!
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
“Up In The Air”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)
Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side” (She will win here because she...
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Peter Jackson's "The Lovely Bones"
Long story short, this movie was exactly what I expected, having never read the novel. Saoirse Ronan was brilliant as Susie Salmon, a 14 year old girl who was murdered by her neighbor George Harvey (a hauntingly menacing & an Oscar-bound Stanley Tucci). Susie must watch from the “in-between” or, the space between Earth & Heaven, as her parents (Mark Wahlberg & Rachel...
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Miguel Arteta's "Youth In Revolt"
Miguel Arteta’s adaptation of C.D. Payne’s coming of age novel, was a surprisingly funny & weighty film. I have always been a big fan of Michael Cera’s brand of awkward & shy humor, but always knew that his effectiveness would expire with age. However, if I took one thing away from “Youth In Revolt”, it is that Cera is far more versatile than anyone cares to...
"When your money's gone, & you're drunk as hell"
Why couldn’t I be this man?
Justin Vernon, or better known by his stage name, Bon Iver.
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"Uncharted 2: Among Thieves"
“Uncharted 2: Among Thieves” is the most cinematic & immersive video game I have ever played in my life. I usually find it very hard to get excited over a video game, & have certainly never reviewed one, but “Uncharted 2” is, short, perfection. The voiceover cast is hilarious, the graphics & grand attention to detail are stunning, & the lengthy,...
“Midnight, and my bride treads in distant water now, Mine are sinning hands &...”
– Sam Beam (Iron & Wine)