Best of the year...
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Best of the year...
Not a great year for good music if you ask me, or maybe I just haven't been paying attention. Here are the things I enjoyed this year (I had a lot more to talk about last year):
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (Best of the Year IMHO - his best album in ages - first disc is power blues with a gospel choir, second is softer, more acoustic)
Bjork - Medulla (not quite as good as Vespertine, but damn good)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (real down and dirty stuff - makes you want to go take a shower)
EC - The Delivery Man (have to admit that I haven't exactly been wearing this one out - might grow on me - though I love "Country Darkness")
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (a real shot of energy - fun album of the year)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets (most underrated songwriter out there today)
And a few notes on reissues:
So happy to have most of the Dylan catalogue cleaned up - Blood on the Tracks never sounded better
Enjoying the Pixies' "Wave of Mutilation" compilation - lots of great stuff I hadn't listened to in years
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (Best of the Year IMHO - his best album in ages - first disc is power blues with a gospel choir, second is softer, more acoustic)
Bjork - Medulla (not quite as good as Vespertine, but damn good)
Tom Waits - Real Gone (real down and dirty stuff - makes you want to go take a shower)
EC - The Delivery Man (have to admit that I haven't exactly been wearing this one out - might grow on me - though I love "Country Darkness")
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (a real shot of energy - fun album of the year)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets (most underrated songwriter out there today)
And a few notes on reissues:
So happy to have most of the Dylan catalogue cleaned up - Blood on the Tracks never sounded better
Enjoying the Pixies' "Wave of Mutilation" compilation - lots of great stuff I hadn't listened to in years
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A Boot and a Shoe - Sam Phillips
It Still Moves - My Morning Jacket (although I think it was a 2003 release)
Muswell Hillbillies - Kinks (although I think it was a 1973 release)
TDM - EC
Okay I know there were others but I'm at work and can't see my collection ... I've been buying music like a fiend lately too...
It Still Moves - My Morning Jacket (although I think it was a 2003 release)
Muswell Hillbillies - Kinks (although I think it was a 1973 release)
TDM - EC
Okay I know there were others but I'm at work and can't see my collection ... I've been buying music like a fiend lately too...
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Wonderful:
Decadence - Head Automatica
Straylight Run - Straylight Run
From a Basement On The Hill - Elliott Smith
Ups & Downs: Rarities and B-Sides - Saves the Day
The Delivery Man - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets
Cleopatra - Peter Toh
Various - Garden State Soundtrack
Disappointing:
On My Way - Ben Kweller
Et Cetera - Little Yellow Box
All Ears, All Eyes, All The Time - Piebald
Where You Want To Be - Taking Back Sunday
Guilt Show - The Get Up Kids
This Pen Is A Weapon - The Ghost
I think it's been an okay year for music.
Decadence - Head Automatica
Straylight Run - Straylight Run
From a Basement On The Hill - Elliott Smith
Ups & Downs: Rarities and B-Sides - Saves the Day
The Delivery Man - Elvis Costello & The Imposters
A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets
Cleopatra - Peter Toh
Various - Garden State Soundtrack
Disappointing:
On My Way - Ben Kweller
Et Cetera - Little Yellow Box
All Ears, All Eyes, All The Time - Piebald
Where You Want To Be - Taking Back Sunday
Guilt Show - The Get Up Kids
This Pen Is A Weapon - The Ghost
I think it's been an okay year for music.
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Haven't seen Garden State yet, wehit.
Yeah, a lot of good films are coming out towards the end of the year. I went to see a press screening of Wes Anderson's newest yesterday, The LIfe Aquatic with Steve Zissou starring Bill Murray.
I hear Closer is supposed to be very good as well.
Yeah, a lot of good films are coming out towards the end of the year. I went to see a press screening of Wes Anderson's newest yesterday, The LIfe Aquatic with Steve Zissou starring Bill Murray.
I hear Closer is supposed to be very good as well.
This morning you've got time for a hot, home-cooked breakfast! Delicious and piping hot in only 3 microwave minutes.
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blue, tell me more about The Life Aquatic - i have a friend who wants to see that xmas day (for xmas day i have dim sum and go to the movies) but i know Finding Neverland would be a good xmas day movie. would The Life Aquatic be better?
i still haven't seen Lost in Translation. i need to go tweak my Netflix queue.
i still haven't seen Lost in Translation. i need to go tweak my Netflix queue.
... name the stars and constellations,
count the cars and watch the seasons....
count the cars and watch the seasons....
I missed Garden State, sadly. Can't wait for Life Aquatic!
I saw and enjoyed CLOSER. I could write a coherent critique saying lots of things about it that don't work, but who cares, it's hugely enjoyable anyway, and a real thinker. Short version is: women are liars and men are possessive bastards. But starring four gorgeous actors and two equally gorgeous Damien Rice songs.
I saw and enjoyed CLOSER. I could write a coherent critique saying lots of things about it that don't work, but who cares, it's hugely enjoyable anyway, and a real thinker. Short version is: women are liars and men are possessive bastards. But starring four gorgeous actors and two equally gorgeous Damien Rice songs.
I will try to sum up my feelings of Life Aquatic without giving too much away:
The music:
- The soundtrack is great. One of Steve Zissou's crew members is this Brazilian guy named Pele who plays guitar and sings David Bowie songs translated into Portugese.
The acting:
- Bill Murray is always great in a Wes Anderson film
- Cate Blanchett is REALLY good under Wes Anderson's direction.
- Willem Defoe is funnier than I have ever seen him.
Stylistically it's very comparable to The Royal Tenenbaums. I wouldn't say it's as good a film as Rushmore or Tenenbaums, but it's still great, and after a slow start it grows on you. I'm convinced it's a film that I'll enjoy more and more each time I see it, like Tenenbaums and The Big Lebowski.
The music:
- The soundtrack is great. One of Steve Zissou's crew members is this Brazilian guy named Pele who plays guitar and sings David Bowie songs translated into Portugese.
The acting:
- Bill Murray is always great in a Wes Anderson film
- Cate Blanchett is REALLY good under Wes Anderson's direction.
- Willem Defoe is funnier than I have ever seen him.
Stylistically it's very comparable to The Royal Tenenbaums. I wouldn't say it's as good a film as Rushmore or Tenenbaums, but it's still great, and after a slow start it grows on you. I'm convinced it's a film that I'll enjoy more and more each time I see it, like Tenenbaums and The Big Lebowski.
This morning you've got time for a hot, home-cooked breakfast! Delicious and piping hot in only 3 microwave minutes.
Can't wait to hear more of this-- I was hooked from just the snippet of STAR MAN in the trailer. Also New Order's CEREMONY is in the trailer. Surely this'll be a soundtrack for Otis.BlueChair wrote: One of Steve Zissou's crew members is this Brazilian guy named Pele who plays guitar and sings David Bowie songs translated into Portugese.
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