Albums for listening
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (self titled)
Talking Heads warpaint is spattered across the body of this band especially through the voice of lead singer Alec Ounsworth. Some might use this is a criticism, but Modest Mouse takes cues from the Heads and I bet you like them too.
My Morning Jacket "Z"
Outstanding voice, outstanding sound, and touches every genre of music you can imagine....even country. Don't compare them to anyone because you can't. Jim James' voice can reduce you to rubble, but there is hope there. His haunting pipes call for songs about misery but if you listen closely he isn't sad at all.
Kanye West "Late Registration"
They claim you never know what you got 'til it's GONE
I know I got it, I don't know what y'all on
I'ma open up a store for aspiring MC's
Won't sell 'em no dream, but the inspiration is free
But if they ever flip sides like Anakin
You'll sell everything includin the mannequin
They got a new bitch now you Jennifer Aniston
While listening to these lyrics in my car I immediately drove into a ditch. There is honesty in his contradictions not to mention some ludicrous beats here. I don't see Kanye's fire burning out anytime soon.
BLOC PARTY "Silent Alarm"
An electric album that doesn't step into the dreaded EMO realm, but sometimes teeters along the "jaded kid who is never going to find love" vibe. Like My Morning Jacket's album you will be deceived by the content in the songs when you listen to or read the lyrics. LUNO (off the album) will have you thinking about the friend we all have that has been lost in the shuffle.
Quote of the Year:50 Cent has praised President Bush saying he wants to meet him.
The views contradict those of the likes of Kanye West who accused Bush of not caring about black people in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Fifty said:
"He's incredible... A gangster. I wanna meet George Bush, just shake his hand and tell him how much of me I see in him."
Film for viewing:
Capote
We all know what a beast Philip Seymour Hoffman is, but Clifton Collins Jr. ,as convicted murderer Perry Smith, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004286/ reminded me of one of the Lost Boy's from Peter Pan who strayed to far from the island. Hoffman is pretty much guaranteed an Oscar nomination for his portrayl of Capote, and will most likely win. He has been nominated for the Golden Globes' "Best Actor in a Drama" category. Collins hasn't garnered a golden globe nomination, but maybe the Oscars will look a little closer at his portrayl of a death row inmate who is painfully manipulated by Capote. The film details the lengths that Capote went through to write his classic "In Cold Blood", which was based on true events.
Collins' description of why he killed a family is eerily reminiscent of River Phoenix's description of how people perceived him when he was accused of stealing the milk money at his elementary school in the beautiful STAND BY ME. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092005/ Phoenix's character in that film (CHRIS) talks about how he is labeled as a bad seed because of his social and familial status. He was the first one they looked to when the money was stolen from the school and they way people looked at him as a thief ripped his self confidence to shreds.
Chris: I just wish I could go someplace where nobody knows me. [He starts crying]
This is the famous quote from the film where Phoenix opens up to Wil Wheaton's character, Gordie, when all the other kids are sleeping. Collins' character, like Chris, is considered to be classed with the crumbs of society. In the film he admits that he didn't want to kill the people, while he was trying to rob them until he looked into the eyes of the father of the family.
Perry Smith: I thought that Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment that I cut his throat.
He looked at him like he was nothing but a mere scrub...a stain who adds nothing to society.
Moments like these make movies ooze through your bones, and that moment is why films like Capote and Stand By Me will stay with the viewer for a while. If Capote is still showing near you check it out, and go rent or buy STAND BY ME.
COCK OF THE YEAR:
Matt Lienhart :http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper410/stills/ysp91880.jpg
Maybe the best college quarterback in the history of time. He explained in an interview that women are knocking on his door at all hours of the night. This dude could wear an eye patch, black jeans, a Cosby sweater with a turtleneck, rub a hoagie all over his body (inducing a horrible B.O. stench) and would still have no trouble with females. Without a doubt his cock is the cock of the year.
2 comments:
WORD UP UMU
has anyone ever noticed that lion-hart has elf ears and didn't shave for the heismann. Whatever, when nick laShea is your roommate. He needs to pound the longhorns or his legendary cock will shrivel like his draft status. But I suppose that IS 2006.
On a completely other note, is Brian Billick the worst combination of terrible football coach and asshole rolled into one. Squim Edwards is a close second. Actually, Squirm would not run up the score and blitz Flutie on a 3 win pats squad with you hall-of -famer being pulled. I watched 10 minutes of that game last night and saw enough. "Here comes Rodgers, lets throw the kitchen sink at him." I can't believe this guy won an SB being a complete fraud of a coach (riding denny effing greens coattails as some kind of zen like offensive guru) with no class. Dude's squad has 4-5 wins and he's lumpin' it up on the pear-shaped bastard and Brett Favre. I guess he assumed people were watching. I look at this self-touting ass and think of coaching genious like Huggins and John Cooper. Y'all suck. Merry Christkawanakuh.
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