15 May 2009 • 7:43 am 3
We’ve finished the music up for Urban Hymnal 4. It is good, but honestly, when Matthew Whitney attended rehearsal and sketched up this evil empire, we all felt like another sail was raised on the ship. Very excited to see this thing come together.
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8 May 2009 • 8:04 am 1
7 May 2009 • 5:03 pm 2
You hope for things, perhaps children, they don’t marry and you’re not happy, they marry and their spouse is crap, or their spouse is good and their kids are crap, you’re not happy, you’re bored, you’re not happy, you want something, you want a job, you want peace of mind, it doesn’t happen. I’ve heard that your 30s are meant to be a time of less insecurity, well I have learned to be ok with what I have and that has indeed lowered my insecurity. Who really cares what happens in the grand scheme of things–happiness is elusive, and best left to chance. I truly look forward to one thing, and it is death; the day I leave this mortal coil.
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5 May 2009 • 1:59 pm 0
The news reported that the CDC and others are encouraging the news to not call it “swine flu” but rather “H1N1 virus”. And then, the next story: “Swine flu hits Canada!” Brilliant.
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• 1:57 pm 0
27 Apr 2009 • 7:25 am 0
Nearly all the brilliant improvements that “Casino Royale” brought to this flaggingly goofy franchise are undone by the last reel: vaguely compelling super-villains, female objects attempting vitality, fancy set pieces that are mere dressing this go around, worthless chase scenes that are laughably cut (I imagine the stunt men came back to see their work on the monitor with dropped jaws–you cannot tell what is happening, they should have used stop motion stick figures). Bring Martin Campbell back, he gave us “Golden Eye” and “Casino Royale”, don’t mess with success.
21 Apr 2009 • 7:23 am 1
14 Apr 2009 • 10:06 am 0
Jeff Bezos was on The Daily Show a few weeks back pitching the new Kindle® and touting the brilliance of their AmazonPrime™ program, which apparently provides you “free” two-day shipping for only $79.95 a year. Stewart’s hasty appraisal: “except it costs $79.95 a year”. When I see the “33% more free!” label or 10/$10 special that is really 1/$1, a part of me dies inside. I suppose there are marketing professionals sitting around boardroom tables loathing the reality that putting such spurious claims on their product actually improves sales, but I imagine that the majority are mostly dead inside too. So, I’ll parcel out my grief with the Consumers© too.
Sometimes our prophets have cable television programs and earn a wage mastering sarcasm.
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• 9:19 am 1
Eastwood ends his acting career as a bad-ass racist neighborhood grump. As a director he often prints the first take, which can work well if you’re shooting veterans. I wonder if he should have given his younger bloods a few more takes though, some of the scenes are wince inducing.
9 Apr 2009 • 7:50 pm 3
I really do not know what to think of this film. I peeked at the critics for some explanation and they were all markedly divided. I don’t think anyone thought it was just “ok”. It is either brilliant satire/criticism of the torture film genre or another of the sort. To Haneke’s credit, he doesn’t show the gore on screen like we all expect, but the menace is still there nonetheless. Nor does he deliver the justice we would hope for–not even close. So if you like this film, I am very curious what you liked about it. Haneke even drops the forth wall on occasion and has an alternate scene in the middle of the film–well, sorta, I don’t know how else to describe it. Whether these jarring narrative cock-ups are all part of the titular “game” or the director taking the piss, you can’t walk away from this one unruffled. I’ve been asking people if they’d rather create something that was good, or something loved and hated–most have said loved and hated. I’ll give this thing 3 stars (a “good” rating) for being so loved and hated, for taking a risk, and for screwing with the medium in a passionate and compelling manner. And, yet another minimalistic score that did the trick just fine.
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