February 13th, 2009

MUSIC:

Yep, DiS is dating Emmy.

Good day on Pitchfork! I've been repeating the Japandroids MP3 on a loop for a while now, so it's really, really good to hear that their debut album is coming soon. Here We Go Magic has a rad little video to fit their rad little song. There's a fun Papercuts MP3. (Feel free to ignore the vaguely interesting discussion tacked on) There's a Titus Andronicus mini-doc of sorts, and Jesus, this band is watchable as hell, so give the doc at least a few minutes. Cymbals Eat Guitars have a compellingly good MP3... maybe I will purchase their album? Oh, and the Extra Golden track is ace.

February is Dilla Month. I'm cool with that if you guys are too.

I'm not posting this in the Weird section because it oughtn't be taken humorously: Chris Brown is, according to his Facebook, super innocent because we'll "start to see her true colors." ...You hospitalized your girlfriend, dude. No excuses.

RCRD LBL interviewed Hegarty! What a great excuse to listen to the album again...

There were a few more goodies on RCRD LBL. The Fitz track is ace, very neo-soul in a good way. Oh, and for anybody who loves The Very Best as much as I do, seeing a Radioclit mix of anything (in this case, Architecture in Helsinki) is very important.

FILM:

The Tales of the Black Freighter trailer is out. (Tales of the Black Freighter = Watchmen's comic-within-a-comic) As I predicted, it looks like shit. Notice the ominous MTV-exclusivity. For some reason, Harry Knowles likes it.

But I'm not full of hate for AICN, because although Capone likes The Pig (the Academy-nominated short I detested) he's pretty much dead-on in his rundown of the program. And he's dead-on about seeing it - if the Academy-nominated shorts program is running in your city (Austinites: That's you!) then you owe it to yourself to see it. It's so rare to see shorts screened these days; with shorts of this spectacular calibur, it's a no-brainer.

Anyway, if you need to wash that Black Freighter taste from your mouth, there's new Watchmen material. And yeah, unmasked Rorschach is pitch-perfect.

Michael Bay is at it again. New handycam-style Transformers trailer; get it while it exists.

Yeah... and... well, there's no way to say this that's funnier than the story itself: They're making a Stretch Armstrong movie.

Jesus? Jesus, if you're real, please, use your magic powers and let Schwartzmann be in Scott Pilgrim!

Speaking of films I am desperate to see, doesn't Gomorrah just kick ass?

WEIRD:

Man... I got nothin'. I guess Charles Hamilton's got me covered?

WORLD:

The New York times reports that the stimulus package will rein in Wall Street pay.

PERSONAL:

A lot of mixtapes to listen to. Jada's new stuff, Chamillionaire's mixtape finally arrived, and Hamilton's just dropped. So far they're all pretty rad.

I saw The International this evening! Definitely worth the long bus ride; I won't spoil Sunday's review, but all I need to say is that (despite cosmetic differences) this fits snugly in Tykwer's ouvre.

2009 FILMS SEEN: 2.5
2009 SONGS ON MY ITUNES: 359
Current Computer Situation: MacBook Pro, pooped out.