Busy day.
MUSIC:
Two great songs over on Pitchfork. "Anchors Dropped" by Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band has a fun riff, a nice loud/soft thing going on, and is a nice, simple track. Then, "Young Hearts Spark Fire" by Japandroids sounds kind of like what the Cure would sound like if they were still good. This is to say, the vocals plead and careen, the guitars soar, and the drums don't let up.
And via Pitchfork, the new Office album is free, and Pitchfork says they broke up but their blog doesn't give that impression. I hope Pitchfork is wrong because the album is hella fun; it's got all the earmarks of a grower.
Led Zeppelin is no more. The news came a tragic 29 years late.
FILM:
Watchmen out-of-court settlement suddenly appears on the horizon... YES.
Lil' Kim disapproves of Notorious. This is not a surprise, but it does raise some issues worth considering.
First six minutes of Valkyrie available.
Personal note: a shitty-looking film features a plot device strikingly similar to one I use in a screenplay I've been working on for quite some time now. Please, please don't let this movie get big.
WEIRD:
Your cake wants to kill you.
WORLD:
As the death toll in Gaza rises, relief organizations are pulling out due to allegations that Israeli forces are firing upon them. The UN Security Council is calling for a ceasefire; the one vote that wasn't for was an abstaining vote from the U.S.
The murder of unarmed father Oscar Grant by Oakland police started out a small-scale atrocity but has exploded into violent protests and arrests.
PERSONAL:
I spent the day at my mother's work; she teaches freshmen at a Dallas public high school. It was a bit of a Twilight Zone experience as far as being back in a high school, but it was cool to see my mother's teaching style.
We also went to Spiral Diner, a vegan diner here in Dallas with an incarnation in Fort Worth. Delicious vegan food, an enthusiastic waiter on a skateboard, and a music selection that ranged from Radiohead to the Smiths to... Erasure?
The way I said that, it sounds like I don't love Erasure.
2009 FILMS SEEN: 0
2009 SONGS ON MY ITUNES: 21
Current Computer Situation: MacBook Pro, on my lap in the guest room in Dallas.
Friday, January 9, 2009
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