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Non-Music Shit / Re: Movies I've been watching

« on: September 15, 2016, 02:11:14 PM »

Yeah, I was disappointed. I thought the premise of The Lobster was great, so I ignored numerous negative reviews that harped on its annoying stylistic quirks. The impassiveness and awkward action worked well in some scenes (especially the ones with the fuck-maids!), but mostly it just seemed like a conceit. It was like the director'd seen a few Robert Bresson films and said "Hey, I like this actors-not-acting shit!" and decided to appropriate it without bothering to figure out what Bresson was doing, or why. Maybe there's no link whatsoever, but ya know, some people have to blame Henry James or Gert Stein for every run-on sentence they see, and I might be one of those people. True, the sex/romance industrial complex isn't a far cry, but there's probably a movie out there that says it better. The last four minutes were pretty good, though.

The Ear is on Hulu right now with English subtitles. (I've upped my movie-watching quota recently 'cause I read somewhere that Criterion's launching their own subscription streaming site in the near future.)

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Movies I've been watching

« on: September 14, 2016, 03:55:35 PM »

Watched The Ear (Karel Kachyna) a few weeks ago, and I loved it. Paranoia almost replaces gravity as the force that keeps feet on the ground. The tension kicks in almost immediately and doesn't let up, except for one brief reprieve that's almost terrible; a sudden comic rupture of the movie's tense skin. It's impossible to decide whether to take the incident at face value, though, and ditto for the ending. Incredible film.

I also saw The Lobster. Thought it was terrible.

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: CRAIG BELL LP RELEASE SHOW//Sept.9//Alphaville, BK w/ R.Papiercuts/S.Christensen

« on: September 10, 2016, 07:19:52 AM »

Dickie Papercuts: Shadow Ring edition was excellent. Well played, friends.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Dick-ticklers

« on: November 09, 2015, 03:03:32 PM »

Scanners

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Non-Music Shit / Re: Dick-ticklers

« on: November 08, 2015, 07:48:19 AM »

Crumpet cleaners

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: November 05, 2015, 07:43:36 AM »

Love this one, and haven't listened in a while. I think it's an album often slept on from their catalog, with some of the best guitar sounds they've ever gotten.

Agreed; I think Will Sergeant's such an underrated guitarist. Those riffs aren't Guitar Center Playable (tm) because he's playing off the rest of the band most of the time, adding precision vamp or needle or clang where it's needed. (He's kinda like Andy Gill that way, or the dude from Dog Faced Hermans - fitting his playing around the song, diving in/out in fits/starts.) Seriously, in all my Guitar Center years, I've never heard a single yutz try to play "The Cutter", and I think that's a good reason why. And speaking of "Cutter", maybe it's all the garbage I inject directly into my tympanic membranes on a daily basis, but the synth ride at the end of that song makes it sound like the theme to the 1984 Trenchcoat Olympics, the thought of which gave me a moment's vacillation as to whether that was a good thing or not. (Don't worry, it is.)

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: November 04, 2015, 04:59:49 AM »

this morning...

No Sweat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D0Kr8ClF8Y
raging power pop from Ireland

This song loves to pop into my head unannounced:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXD-vufkeRM

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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI

« on: November 03, 2015, 03:20:18 PM »

Uncertain, but Heaven Up Here might be replacing (as I speak! right now!) Crocodiles as my favorite Echo/Bunnymen rec. Ramped-up atmospherics, Carpenter-esque synth stabs, DeFreitas is still pocket as fuck. Will Sergeant's really good at not showing off. Is there a drum machine on some of these? I can't even tell. A "big"-sounding record that also doesn't sound like it was recorded in a grain silo, which is nice, as much as I like Disintegration. "Over The Wall" is a perfect song.

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Non-Music Shit / Re: best real names

« on: September 17, 2015, 07:45:34 AM »

http://www.petertickler.co.uk/

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Music Shit / Re: RIP Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon)

« on: September 15, 2015, 08:14:52 AM »

Always erred on the side of liking their radio singles (though "Can't Fight This Feeling" is still a load of crap). That first clip is Deep Purple-esque.

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Music Shit / Re: BRUNCH ROCK

« on: September 13, 2015, 06:16:39 AM »

Hyphenated last name: check
Weed job: check
Easily hidden shoulder tattoo: check
Tiny plugs: check
Easy target for projection: double check

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Non-Music Shit / Re: What tv show are you watching and what do you have to say about it ..pt 2

« on: September 09, 2015, 05:53:28 PM »

Season 10 of Law & Order: SVU is really knocking my dick in the dirt

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Non-Music Shit / Re: WTF is iheartradio?

« on: September 08, 2015, 11:28:35 AM »

Have we reached singularity?

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Re: BALLROOM 2015: Midwest & South, Aug. & Sept.

« on: September 05, 2015, 04:34:04 AM »

CLIPPED AGAIN, MY FRIENDS

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Re: MB006: AIRSHIP - Get Out Take Your Mother With You 7" (reissue) OUT THIS FALL

« on: August 06, 2015, 12:52:53 PM »

Good one!