Happy New Year!
But before I depart, I have to share the strangest movie trailer I've seen in a very long time.
It looks like a buddy-cop movie staring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Yeah, I just said those two names together.
Makes no sense, right?
And I didn't even get to Travolta's bizzare bald/beard combo and bazooka-shooting penchant.
Seriously, what the hell was that? Probably really awful. Possibly totally awesome.
Again, happy new year.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Man, I want to see this movie. I'm such a sucker for underdog "man with a dream" tales. We all know how I feel about "Hustle and Flow." I'm sure if it's playing around New Years in Ithaca that A. would go see it with me.
Also, that Springsteen song playing over the trailer? Damn.
"Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more?"
I know that if you dissect Springsteen songs up, they're mostly very simple, repeating melodies with easy rhyme schemes. But that's always been the key to Springsteen. I like to think of them as lean, instead of simple. It's like there's nothing superfluous or showy tacked on that doesn't belong there. It also helps that Springsteen's got such a full voice that it ebbs and flows and fills in any gaps. Man, I love that voice.
Proof? I downloaded a goddamn Christmas song the other day because of Bruce.
I even managed to find a single youtube video featuring the version I downloaded. My favorite part is when he can't stop laughing at the member of his band doing the "ho, ho, ho" bits.
One of these days, you'll get an entry without youtube videos. Probably not soon, though.
Also, that Springsteen song playing over the trailer? Damn.
"Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more?"
I know that if you dissect Springsteen songs up, they're mostly very simple, repeating melodies with easy rhyme schemes. But that's always been the key to Springsteen. I like to think of them as lean, instead of simple. It's like there's nothing superfluous or showy tacked on that doesn't belong there. It also helps that Springsteen's got such a full voice that it ebbs and flows and fills in any gaps. Man, I love that voice.
Proof? I downloaded a goddamn Christmas song the other day because of Bruce.
I even managed to find a single youtube video featuring the version I downloaded. My favorite part is when he can't stop laughing at the member of his band doing the "ho, ho, ho" bits.
One of these days, you'll get an entry without youtube videos. Probably not soon, though.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Doh!
So, we're at the dinner table tonight and I said yes to something and the boys erupted into a fit of "yes, yes, yes!" and "no, no, no!" I couldn't place the reference and Blue-Eyes' only response to my question of "where's that from?" was "you" so that wasn't very helpful.
Much googling finally presented by elusive prey.
Yeah, I pretty much have that entire movie memorized. I am such a dumbass sometimes.
And Blue-Eyes was right, he's never seen "Singin' In The Rain," so he got the reference from me.
So, we're at the dinner table tonight and I said yes to something and the boys erupted into a fit of "yes, yes, yes!" and "no, no, no!" I couldn't place the reference and Blue-Eyes' only response to my question of "where's that from?" was "you" so that wasn't very helpful.
Much googling finally presented by elusive prey.
Yeah, I pretty much have that entire movie memorized. I am such a dumbass sometimes.
And Blue-Eyes was right, he's never seen "Singin' In The Rain," so he got the reference from me.
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