Josey Wales: There comes a time in a man's life when it's time to get busy living or get busy dying. Get busy living, by studying this blog. Cos67, on the Steppes
Sherlock: "I say, Watson, old chap, is that American-aping, Guy Ritchie rubbish that I see before me?" Watson: "No sh*t, sir. He hasn't had a good idea since he put his wife in a movie. Mojo's gone." Sherlock: "AAAah. Very astute."
It's elementary my dear Tyson, I mean Watson. Here's a classic Sherlock move. He's cornered the bad guy and that can mean only one thing: it's time for ultimate fighting. No pipes allowed.
I don't know or care if anybody wants the Sherlock of old, but it was always about a mystery to be solved, not an arse to be kicked. This is a movie where Hollywood's Guy Ritchie morphed one of the few bankable British characters and turned him into another Jean-Claude Van Damme rip-off.
-Cos67 ¬(%^D>
from Empire mag checkitout: http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=135722 1 the Score-3/5 2 the gay subplot, and, 3 the farty comedy dog "There is, undoubtedly, much to love in the Redford/Newman dynamic so lovingly, endearingly aped by Downey Jr and Law as Holmes and Watson respectively. Their incessant bickering, their clear love for one another, their escapades with various ladyfolk (who sometimes appear to exist to make it clear to the Middle-American masses that they’re not, y’know, gay or anything) and the numerous scrapes and scuffles they seem inherently predisposed to… It’s a relationship that’s both massively entertainingand convincing, and even survives the occasional bits featuring a farty comedy dog." "A fun, action-packed reintroduction to Conan Doyle's classic characters. Part Two should provide more in the way of scope." ---end What every Sherlock Holmes fan wants from a movie, a gassy dog. 10-year-old boys, perhaps.
I wonder did the dog fart on cue, or did somebody follow it around with a microphone? Just curious. I've always wanted to be a director.
Next week:
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[copyright- Guardian. the London show MMX] [copyright- Getty. the backing singers]
This is an excellent story of punk and redemption.
Quote from the concert: "When we were young, everybody said we were sh*t. Now we're old and we're gonna die! But we finally played the ^%&*(* albums" Iggy
Brief: The Stooges of Ann Arbour, influenced by MC5 of Detroit, released a few albums and flailed about between 1968 and about 1975. Whether intentionally, or by accident, they created a new genre of music which was later called PUNK. While they were struggling young lads, the critics were crapping on them, because critics like what they like, making them useless when they come face to mug with an astounding new genre of music that's kick-ass and life-affirming (a tough double). Now, the Stooges're doing triumphal tours of the world, to mid-size, but delirious audiences. Critics of our day are tripping over themselves for the right to drool on these now sixty-year old guys. [see stories below] Luckily for us, their show is not another Rolling Stones/Eagles/Status Quo world-wide sleep-a-thon:
The show The show in London's Hammersmith Apollo was a wild punk and hard-rock show. It had a stunning punk ethic. Iggy Pop was continuously stage-diving; I jest not. He invited folks on stage and actually talked to them. As always, he was shirt-less and losing weight during the show, as his wrinkled butt-crack was showing. Gotta admit it. I was moshing for the first time in over two decades. It wasn't like jazzer-size either. It was full contact. The tunes were frenetic and my neighbours instigated the mele. The band had two guitarists. The one in video below died last year. The guitarist on tour this year came out of retirement, and quit his job at Sony, for the tour.
A more recent rendition of 1969 (2004). still fresh: BEWARE, it's LOUD!!!
Personal revelation I gotta tell you, I had totally missed the boat on the Stooges as a youngster. I was only a babe when they released their first album, but that's besides the point.
1 from late 70s I slowly discovered Iggy in my teen years, due to this video, for his song I'm Bored from the Chairman of the Bored himself:
-Wild song. Unique. Iggy shows he's willing to go a bit further to entertain. Also, he was the antithesis of the pop star sucking up to people by being nice and pretty. Iggy is not. Who else would sing:
"I'm sick of all my kicks. I'm sick of all the stiffs, I'm sick of all the dips."
2 mid 70s I thought that Iggy's song, the Passenger, was written by Sixioushie (whatever)& Banshees Shusixishi's version was comparatively weak, but still not bad. Here's the real thing:
-Wild version with great bass line. The band is not the Stooges, but some pale tall guys. Shot in Manchester, 1977. The concept of a person being a passenger in his own life is also very heavy, man! xD
3 mid 80s I was interested in Iggy's hard rock rebirth, with songs like Cold Metal, but in the end it was a bit empty, and I got sick of it. It was his biggest sell-out. If you insist, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVzcs9Ygb5Q&feature=PlayList&p=6E836792F7B2A363&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=36
4 late 80s He released a wild song, called Homeboy which was about him wanting to have a roof, and not sleep on the street:
-Lively song, even though this version is a bit slow. The official video is very good as well, but EMI won't let me embed it. Jerks. Anyway, check that out, too.
5 early 90s Trainspotting came out and I heard Lust for Life and I thought 'he's sold out again and covered some Motown song'. How was I supposed to know that he wrote it with Bowie in the 70s? However, the song does grow on you. It's so counter-culture! xD Here, though, is a kick-ass version filmed in Manchester, again, in 1977. For the anoracks amongst us, the band members are listed at the beginning.
-10 times louder and 10 times faster than the movie version. He mixes it up with the audience. His quote at the end says how music is like an illusion. Well anyway, I did begin to see how much he threw himself into his work. Classic lines:
"Don't wanna beat my brains, with liquor and drugs."
6 mid 90s while he was being cool in the Coffee and Ciggies movies, he also did a totally bizarre version of a Goran Bregovic song. Mind-expanding:
-his rap and his cat, Poodles, or something. xD
7 Back to the past, Iggy! Around 2005, I begin understanding what the Stooges were. I was pissed off that I had missed this boat. I was a big fan of the Ramones in university, and punk in general and, as far as I knew, everything had 'started with the Ramones'. Back to the real start, in Ann Arbour, Michigan, 1968. Check out the BBC4 documentary on Motown (forgot the name). It starts off with Barry Gordie and ends with Iggy and the White Stripes, and opens the gates of Hell in the process. Riots and Punk. What a combo. It seems that the only white folks left in Detroit were the MC5, the Stooges and an assorted bunch of thrill-seeking druggies. There was an arrest of a local 'guru' to try to kill off the scene, but the people rose up. Wild stuff. Here's some of my favourite Stooges songs. Note how these sounds influenced later punk, how they're not just rock, and how many people and genres have ripped these guys off. You can pick up some of their influences, like Motown and the Doors. But THESE GUYS ARE WILD:
Album 1 Eponymous (1969) Tune: 1969. 'Last year, I was 21...' and he was
I wanna be your dog 'wuff..' a nihilistic pup
check the bass line. MAGIC
no fun . I beg to differ
Album 2: Fun House (1970)
Tune- 1970. not just a theme, but another nutso song
Wild bass line again.
Album 3: Raw Power (1973). the swan songs. sqwawk! Tune- shake appeal
gimme danger
Reminiscent of the Doors
search and destroy
It reminds me a bit of the Ramones.
"Hands full of Napalm. A runaway son of a Nuclear A-bomb" Vietnam and Hiroshima, in one tune. How's that for nihilism?
This, as you can tell, is my band of the month, maybe longer. Try it at home. Play safe. Don't stage dive over the couch.
Do you want to go further back? Check the Sonics from Seattle. They're acknowledged as the nutty lads who gave 60s garage and garage punk a start. Wildest song: the Witch.
Epilogue: The Stooges started up at about the same time as Black Sabbath, the fathers of Heavy Metal. They even had some similarities in the way they used guitar and bass to weave a web of nihilistic feelings and dejection with reality, not to mention the psychotically-tinged lyrics from the edge of the cliff. I wish I could perambulate!
Compare them with all the flatulent, introspective 1970s wankery that we were raised to adore:
the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Clapton.
[retrospective on CNN] March 2010: These boys were inducted into the R&R Hall of Fame in Cleveland, the mistake by the lake.
Here's 'I wanna be your dog', at the ceremony. I could show you the speeches, but they're weird. Iggy is full of circumstance. Billie Joe Idiot of Green Day is so sycophantic, it's ill! When he mentioned Iggy's nice smile, Iggy spat on the floor in a ballroom! In front of the camera! Now, all you'll get to see is Billie Joe dry humping Iggy.
Iggy has seen every drug known to mankind, and has been a dog, has cut himself, has sold out so many times, but the look he gives Billie is priceless, like: "That boy is f^&*ked up."
There must be some sense of justice for the Stooge boys that, after so many years, their music has been classed as 'classic', 'genre-breaking' and some of the best albums in the History of Rok (not to mention some of Iggy's gems, above). For that reason, they're probably not grumpy oldmen.
You've probably heard how our feces could be classified as toxic waste, we're so full of chemicals. But, did you know that your urine hides a secret weapon? Yup, phosphorus. Some 3 centuries ago, some wingnut was trying to make the philosopher's stone, the thing that would turn stuff into gold. Alchemy, for short. Instead, he discovered something that glowed like a UFO.
So, when Israel rained phosphorus on Gaza, they weren't only breaking international law, they were pissing on their captive Arab neighbours.
our garbage is floating around the world in the oceans. Popular destinations:
Hawaii Midway atoll The stomachs of birds, fish, etc.
If you have ever thrown a plastic bag into an open-top garbage can, onto the street, or into a landfill, it has probably long-since flown away and into an ocean near you. If only they had cameras strapped to them. stats: 1 million bags used per minute. the % of recycling for plastic bags: 0.0 "diddley point squat"
See if you can list the types of plastic crap that they show below. You'll need lots of paper.
In the end, it goes up the food chain, and back to us!
What a trip, man!
I'm a fierce recycler and re-user and non-consumer, and still, I hung my head when I saw this suicidal behaviour we're engaged in. If you're not doing everything you can (short of going nuts) to limit your participation, then I wish you sweet dreams; those of the ignorant.
For what it's worth, I've stopped buying plastic bottles because the chemicals leech into the body and mimic female hormones, giving you man-boobs. The thing that bottled water taught us is not that the water in the bottle is better, but the convenience of the bottle. The water is crap, from a tap (some of it). Just use glass and re-fill it.
Look at this video on consumption and how we're being played for fools:
We are consuming and polluting. Out of sight, into the Pacific.
[pic - stylestattoo] What's the difference between having one tattoo, and covering a whole section of your body?
It's almost quaint today to see someone moved to put an indellible image on their bodies. How many times have you said 'Aw shucks' when you saw a pretty design in the small of a young woman's back? Others have poked holes in their faces and tongues. It's all okay now, within reason. I have a problem with guys who cover whole sections of their bodies.
a whole arm the whole back both tits an entire forearm a calf a whole noggin
What would you think of a person who plans out something artistic for months and says, "I gotta do this and that. I gotta cover the whole thing""I just gotta". I'd say, "get over yourself". They turn into busy-body perfectionists, like the employed people that they make fun of. Tattooed types always fancy themselves as counter-culture and oh-so-cool. I think their self-image doesn't match with the perfectionism of their actions. Those types are as anal as a middle manager in the government. That kind of internal conflict can make them a bit touchy. Keep your distance.
case in point: Metro News - May the fourth be with him: "Star Wars fan Luke Kaye would really love to live on Tatooine. After all, with 14 tattoos covering his body, he'd fit right in. Mr. Kaye, 42, got his first in of Yoda five years ago- and hasn't looked back since. 'I will not stop until I am happy - I am nowhere near finished yet,'...'I want to add more characters to for a sleeve on my arm and move on to getting full-size spaceships down my sides'...Girlfriend Debbie...is very understanding." ----end [Looks more like Pizza the Hut, or for spy fans, Fot Bosturd.]
That's what makes me laugh about Sandra Bullock. She married one of those boys. He f$^&^ked around on her. She looked surprised! She's always struck me as anal, anyway.
You know that film-makers are in trouble when they reach for the 3D schtick. It means their movies stink, and they have no imagination left. Things were great when Arnold and Clint ruled. All they needed were explosions and guns. Folks seem to be sick of that, and film-makers actually hate telling proper stories.
So, here we are with Avatar. The BBC 5Live critic just crapped on it as being mostly about the technology and not the story. She said that 3D was better in the '50s. I beg to differ. The '80's were a seminal period, in more ways than one, for the third dimension.
The center of the 3D world was Second City Television
and YouCatso Home Video:
The DoctorTonguequadrilogy
swinging at ya: stewardess hump-humps
on your suit: wax
hopping your way: IHOP*
food poisoning projectile vomit: Beef stake
-Cos67 ¬(%^D> * International House of Pancakes (US)
I sense a conspiracy here. Firstly, art is art, but movies now cost 50-150 million clams. Therefore, producers have to scare up a lot of money. Interestingly, Steven Speilberg lost money to Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme. His colleagues've probably gone begging to Wall Street bankers and other plutocrats. They all (producers, too) likely view health care, education and pensions as a waste of money, even though they don't pay taxes. However, they're not trying to save money for the government by encouraging people to kill themselves. A dead person can't sue Wall Street for fraud. If you're broke and nobody will do pro bono work for you, Wall Street gets away with the crime of the century (I think that was a movie) and you starve to death. Anyway, the financiers seem to have affected film-makers' choice of topics. If anybody wants to research this, I think he'll find a perponderance of recent
spirit, ghost & afterlife movies.
[pic- the Spirit] [pic- Ghost town ] [pic- Have a nice afterlife] [pic- Extinction] [pic- uberduzi.com Ghost Writer] [pic- Smells like ...the Spirit of Scarlett] Caramba!
Let's rock. Going to a party where noone's still alive!
Leave your body and soles at the door. No shoes, please.
[pic from the film, movietrailertrash.com] I recently saw Apocalypto (by Mel Gibson) on tv, though it's been around for years.
It was colourful and brought the ancient Mayan culture to life. In using the Mayan language, it seemed to be respectful of the indigenous people. Mel Gibson even employed university experts to make sure he got it right.
However, I immediately began to see a kind of sub-text to the show. The written comment at the very start of the movie was begging to be interpreted: It said essentially that a people are destroyed from the inside before they fall to an outside power. So, could it mean the Mayans fell to the Spaniards because the Mayans were rotten and corrupt?
According to Wikipedia, the film showed the Mayans are wasteful of natural resources, and of human life in sacrifices. It also was said to be a parable for modern, wasteful societies.
I don't think that message got out.
These two worlds are too different for the average person to see that. You'd need to make a documentary and spell it out. So, that's not the message.
So, more interpretation: Gibson is a strong personality and not afraid to express his 'radical' version of Catholicism and its interest in suffering and pain (see his other film, The Passion of the Christ, blood and guts on a stick). Apparently, Gibson said his film was about visceral fear and much like the Christ film, he hit the spot. The violence was more realistic and thus scarier.
But, that's not the point. I suppose he actually wants to say that
'Here are some primitive, violent people' in order to say that, no matter how many thousands of the Mayans (and others) that were enslaved or killed by Europeans, they were savages who would have suffered one way or another because that is the fate of savages.
So, he is trying to excuse the inexcuseable.
The European Invasion and Occupation.
One of the leaders in the worst of European activities is the Catholic Church which enslaved and killed so many, in many parts of the Americas. In fact one of their saints, recently beatified, (I'll get his name) is responsible for (because the f^%&*ker admitted it in his writings) the enslavement and murder of thousands.
He's a motherf*^^&king saint! with blood on his hands
So, I make the Catholic link in this film. Therefore, it's an amazing film on many levels, but it's probably not respectful, in the final analysis.
tricked ya! this is about a play at the National Theatre in London. [pic- the guy in brown is playing the director David Hare] [pics- one of the 'pontificating bankers'] [pic- Economics tutor explaining the acronym SLUMP] Here are some points about how the play went:
-small quick vignettes. It was necessary, due to the disparate 'actors' of the crisis. Things lacked alot of continuity, but vignettes were used well, causing an audience reaction; often laughter.
-characters. Lots of them. Changing of suits by some actors gave them a new 'persona.'
Shakespearean aspect: bankers don’t listen to critics, nor do theatre directors, as was discovered by the person playing the director (David Hare) in the play. (Talk about your self-importance)
The message here:
Both types of people are headstrong, yet different.
However much a director pulls his own peter,
he cannot do one millionth of the damage of a banker.
[I wanted to show Ventura in a wrestling photo, but WWF is too homoerotic] On your idiot boxes, NOW! The crazy who-dunn-it with the wrestling governor, or governing wrestler. Jesse the Body Ventura.
A WWF wrestler becomes a WTF journalist
Ventura almost trumps Arnold the Governator for that special
WTF factor. and now he's an investigative journalist (quote-unquote).
Show 1 "Hey, hey, we're the Bildeburghs"
We meet plutocrats, rule countries, alienate people.
I discovered some stuff I didn't know, but the fake tension was complete bullsh*t. So, there's the maudlin crusader action going on and re-enactments of car chases, and endless flight scenes as Jesse's boys close in on the plutocrats. As for the quality of the journalism, I recognised one of Ventura's 'journalists' from the UK and she is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. As for Ventura, is he just a bad actor? even when he's not supposed to be acting. Or, is he doing more obfuscating than revealing, because he doesn't know much, and yet he's selling us the Moon. Maybe he thinks we're idiots looking for suspense with our docu-spiracy. AAAAnyway. Here you go: the really big SHOW:
Top lines: Ventura: "They're after MEEEE?!" xD
His spy: "it's the bildeburgs. They're chasing us" xD
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Sherlock: "I say, Watson, old chap, is that
It's elementary my dear Tyson, I mean Watson.
Here's a classic Sherlock move. He's cornered the bad guy and that can mean only one thing:
