Radio Radio

Oh yeah, forgot – Lake Holiday now has an MP3.com site. Most of the songs on there right now, I’ve never heard before tonight. Should probably learn em though.

Lake Holiday @ MP3.com

Buggin’

Encountered the most bizzare person on the streetcar home from rehearsal tonight. Crazy chatty woman, black fright wig, nutty stockings, from Hamilton (she was telling us everything about herself). Brad and Seventeen got a good laugh when she got off at Dundas Station with myself. Words cannot do justice to the absolute nuttiness of this broad. Just trust me.

We are going to try and record, super quick, a Christmas album. Well, winter-themed anyway. Some covers (I must learn Fairytale Of New York and Hazy Shade Of Winter for Thursday) and each of us is supposed to write a Christmas/Winter song. I am going to go against the grain and write a song celebrating Kwanzaa. As soon as I figure out what Kwanzaa is.

np – The Flaming Lips / The Soft Bulletin

Words

Main Entry: nu·bile
Pronunciation: ‘nü-“bIl, ‘nyü-, -b&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: French, from Latin nubilis, from nubere to marry
Date: circa 1642
1 : of marriageable condition or age
2 : sexually attractive — used of a young woman
– nu·bil·i·ty /nü-‘bi-l&-tE, nyü-/ noun

It came up at work, honest.

The Smartest Monkeys

Monkey Monkey

np – The Stone Roses / The Stone Roses

Minority Report

Before seeing this movie, everyone warned me that the first two hours were great – the last 20 minutes were, like last Summer’s ‘A.I.’, a big kick in the groin to intelligent audiences.

Well, yeah.

Not as upsetting on as many levels as A.I.’s denoument was, I still walked out of Minority Report shaking my head. If Spielberg weren’t Jewish, I’d probably say something like ‘Christmas presents at the Spielberg house must be wrapped up really tidily!’ cause that seems to be how Stevie likes his films. No loose end is left untied, regardless of how ridiculous or insulting a scenario he has to create to reach that end. It’s like Spielberg finished the film and realized he had all these plot threads left over, but also had dinner reservations, so he finished the film as quickly and with as little thought or care as possible.

But besides that sour taste in the mouth, the first bit of the movie was a terrific chase film, impressive effects and some fine plot twists. Some may complain that the philosophical ramifications of the ‘Pre-Crime’ concept aren’t investigated nearly enough, and I’d agree but come on – it’s Spielberg. Deep introspection is something he does only very rarely, and never in lieu of action and FX.

Anyway. First two hours of Minority Report – 4/5. Last 20 minutes – 1.5/5. What’s the average? I dunno, do the math yourself.

I saw a man on the street wearing a gas mask with a fedora. Does he know something I don’t?

np – Velvet Crush / In The Presence Of Greatness