This is my set from Little Joy last night. I've decided to keep track of what I play from now on as a way to keep from repeating myself too often and to also give those who weren't able to make it an idea of what they missed. I think this was the order, though I may have lost the order they were in via a lot of random shuffling of LPs and 45s throughout the night.
Calypso King and the Soul Investigators - Investigators Groove
Budos Band - Ghost Walk
Black Merda - Cynthy Ruth
Magic Sam - I Just Want A Little Bit
Bo Diddley - You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover
Slim Harpo - Shake Your Hips
Freddie King - Lowdown In Lodi
Howlin' Wolf - Moving
Muddy Waters - Just To Be With You
Butterfield Blues Band - Double Trouble
Little Walter - Key To the Highway
Fleetwood Mac - Rattlesnake Shake
Black Keys - Brooklyn Bound
Mr. Airplane Man - Commit A Crime
The Makers - Spoonful
Downbeat 5 - Radiates That Charm
Gore Gore Girls - Where Evil Grows
Ludella Black - I've Just Seen A Face
Deadly Snakes - Oh My Bride
Reigning Sound - Stormy Weather
Jail Weddings - The Honeymoon Loop
American Death Ray - Push and Pull
Oblivians - Do the Milkshake
Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Elvis Presley - So High
Also, next Wednesday is another DJ night at Little Joy! I'll be there spinning country records between 10pm and 2am, trading off on the turntables with Elana R throughout the evening.
I saw this movie the other night at a midnight screening. Words cannot truly capture the experience, and in fact the following trailer doesn't even begin to convey what it's like to watch a film in which gymnast action hero John Stamos avenges his secret agent father's death at the hands of hermaphrodite villain Gene Simmons with the help of Vanity. This trailer doesn't include Simmons' many Rocky Horror ripoff moments, nor does it include a scene where Stamos attempts to stop himself from having sex with the all-too-willing Vanity by consuming approximately half a dozen apples, nor does it show the moment where Stamos puts one over on a couple of wrestler bullies by doing the old "Hey there's something on your shirt" trick.
In Back to the Future, when Marty McFly returns to 1985 and sees another 1985 version of himself jumping into the De Lorean and time-traveling back to 1955, what happens to the Marty that he sees? This Marty wasn't plagued with the same problems as the Marty we know (lame parents, no truck, Biff still bullying his dad, etc), and in fact had cool yuppie parents who played tennis, an awesome truck, and Biff was an emasculated beta male.
Someone brought this up and I'm now pondering the paradoxes of time travel.
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale - directed by Uwe Boll
Words fail me. I have waited a long time to see this film, long in this context being the several months between In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale's truncated, sad theatrical run and its appearance on DVD. Simon and I attempted TWICE to see this at the Highland 3 Theater on Figueroa, and both times we were turned away due to technical issues with the sound. So we were forced to wait. Until now.
It boils down to some bullshit about Jason Statham as a simple farmer in some Middle Earth-type land, one whose name happens to be Farmer. Whether or not his name is actually Farmer or it was a descriptive given to him based on his trade (like Kevin Costner in The Postman) I was never clear on.
The land is being overrun with Krugs (or the Krug), who are a ripoff of those orcs running around in Lord of the Rings. The Krugs are controlled by an evil wizard played by Ray Liotta, who I guess wants to take over the kingdom, which is controlled by a bored-looking Burt Reynolds. Matthew Lillard is Reynolds' deceitful nephew. I'd give you names for these characters, but I've forgotten them and don't want to look them up. The Krugs kill Farmer's son and kidnap his wife (Claire Forlani) and then it's off to the races as Farmer has to save his wife and, yes, save the whole kingdom in one fell swoop.
The movie is almost wall-to-wall with action scenes ripped off from any number of fantasy films, most obviously the aforementioned Lord of the Rings, right down to the swooping helicopter shots off intrepid heroes running across mountain ridges, battles fought in heavy rainstorms, mysterious and ambiguous blonde tribes controlling a forest (except instead of elves they're tree lesbians), and the final crowning of a rough-hewn dude who finds out he's the heir to a throne (guess who!!!).
Ron Perlman appears in this film as Farmer's neighbor, also a farmer. Kristanna Loken is the leader of the tree lesbians. John Rhys-Davies is another wizard who I guess occupies the Obi-Wan role here, to Liotta's Darth Vader. Leelee Sobieski is also in the film playing someone boring. It should be noted that the last 3 films she's made that I'm aware of are this one, The Wicker Man remake, and 88 Minutes. Keep it up, Leelee.
Uwe Boll directed this film and compared to what I've seen from him, this is his worst. And this is the man who's made House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, and Bloodrayne. Uwe Boll is a bad, terrible, awful filmmaker. And yet, I cannot lie. I will see his next film.
There is a new collaborative blog that I'm taking part in, started by Evan K. It involves myself and others (so far Evan, Simon B, and Elana R) going around to various bars--together or separately--and having some beer. Then we make our way home and write about our experiences.
Go there now and read about our take on The Redwood, El Chavo, and the wine bar at the Landmark!
I was just reminded about this stupid proposition which is going to be on the ballot in the June primary, Prop. 98, which is attempting to sneak in a measure which would prohibit rent control in California.
This is why special interest groups are for assholes. I don’t expect it to pass, because I imagine people will catch wind of it and vote this down, but then again after the past eight years I’m used to people voting against their own interests.
The American military-industrial establishment has lost some of its edge, in my opinion. As a side note, this arms dealer doesn’t have many friends on MySpace:
"for the moment im basically just working and chilling with my boyz when im not, im looking for some hobbies like i keep saying im gonna go to the gym and i started playing football again which is definately my favorite sport. im one of those guys who needs to be entertained and having lots of fun all the time so if your also an undiagnosed case of ADD look me up. i like to eat good food and i dont know how to cook so i eat out alot!!!! ilike to travel whenever posssible sometimes for business , and of course i like going clubbing or going to a movie, oh and ive really taken a liking towards fine scotch whisky recently dont ask me why...."
St. Patrick’s Day is great for everything except for what most people end up doing: going out to bars to drink. I can’t remember the last time I went out to a bar on this holiday. Maybe ’02? The Cat and Fiddle? The only tolerable places to go this evening are probably not Irish and not places where people will drink heavily, i.e. a wine bar, but that sort of defeats the intended purpose. So I’ll probably just stay in with some Guinness and watch a DVD.
In the spirit of the Irish, here are ten Irish movies that don’t suck (or have some kind of entertainment value).
The Snapper
Bloody Sunday
The Boxer
In the Name of the Father
The General
The Secret of Roan Inish
The Quiet Man
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Long Good Friday
The Butcher Boy
Actually, the best "Irish" movie might be one which is Irish only in certain characters: Miller’s Crossing. No film has ever used "Danny Boy" in a better manner.
I’ve mentioned it before ad infinitum but it bears repeating: the worst Irish movie is clearly Boondock Saints, which is pretty much an insult to the Irish and an insult to anyone who thinks it’s any good at all.
The Leprechaun movies are all kind of weak but Leprechaun: Back 2 Da Hood is totally worth seeing if only to see the Leprechaun himself get stoned.
Currently
listening
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Agony
By
The Tossers
Release date: 06 March, 2007
