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I
Hate Technology!
We
just got a new computer! Woo! Tonight will be a joyous night filled
with formatting hard drives and re-installing programs! But it all
gets me thinking... in like 2 months the damn thing will be obsolete,
6 weeks of happiness 6 years of misery... sometimes i hate technology.
At least i'm a console gamer and not a pc-gamer, i only have to
shell out bucks for new consoles every five years instead of for
upgrades every six months.
Wandering
soul...
Sometimes
i just feel like a wandering soul ya know? Like my life really bears
little consequence to anyone else... I just wander from place to
place, do my best to get into the groove, and move on... I'm not
troubled by it or anything at the moment, it's more of a curious
feeling than anything else... almost like being adrift on a calm
sea or something. These feelings are probably a direct result of
my other half deciding to hit the Caribbean sometime in the very
near future with her mother and our daughter... (i'll remain at
home... the Caribbean is pretty damn expensive ya'know!) I gave
her my full blessing, it's not like it's a vacation, her sis lives
down there and all, so it's a family trip, but i can't help but
feel a little left out... And tonight she and her mother get to
check out The Passion of the Christ while i work... a film
i was pretty hyped about seeing until about a week ago, so again
i feel a little "outside the loop". But then i get my
bud Kev telling me i'm "like a brother" to him, which
means a lot, and probably balances everything out, even though he
was loaded at the time and probably menat not a word... then again...
I think the cure is to just get out with the guys... and damn the
consequences, it's not like my relationship at the moment is really
firing on all cylinders (more like firing on 1.5 out of 8 at the
moment...just barely there.) I'm not complaining or anything, i'm
content and all, but i'm just kind of on auto-pilot at the moment.
Anyway, enough about all of that, on to what i'm sure those precious
few of you come here for, illiterate ramblings on what's been entertaining
me for the last week or so.
A
Lot Can Happen in the Middle of Nowhere...
Caught
FARGO this past week, one of the films which introduced me to the
wonderful world of the Brothers Coen. These quirky filmmakers have
been responsible for some of my fave films from the last number
of years, among them the utterly brilliant Miller's Crossing. FARGO
takes us to the wonderfully wacky world of the midwestern U.S.,
particularly Brainerd and Minneapolis. The story commences with
a hairbrained scheme hatched by a Car salesman, involving hiting
someone to kidnap his wife in the hopes that her rich father will
pay out a handsome ransom and get him out of the hole. What follows
is about as offbeat as it gets, striding between crime thriller
and comedy, both genres the Coens are masters of. The cast of the
film is top notch, with incredible performances from Frances McDormand
as Marge Gunderson, 7 months pregnant police chief, responsible
for investigating three deaths on a stretch of highway in her turf,
and William H. Macy, as the afore-mentioned car salesman, Jerry
Lundergaard, as quirky and unique a character as any who's appeared
in a Coen film. While it's not Miller's Crossing, Fargo is definitely
one of the better films of the Coen library, and it's combination
of dark humor, quirky characters, and dark storyline make it quintessential
Coen, and a good introduction to the Coen brother school of filmmaking.
This
Movie Sucks! PT. II
 Jack
Black can be a pretty funny guy at times, and this sure as hell
isn't one of em! Jackie-boy stars as Rock N Roll loser Dewy something
or other, a showman guitariste who's just been kicked out of his
own band and owes his nebbish of a roommate and his bitchy girlfriend
2200 dollars in back rent. What's a guy to do? Take his rommate's
phone call, and steal a job as a substitute teacher at a prominent
prep school of course! He discovers the latent musical talent in
this gang of children being reared to become the next wave of social
elite, and decides to teach them all there is to know about Rock
n Roll, and put together a band the likes of which to win the big
"battle of the bands!"
Well
those of you who aren't asleep can rest assured, this flick follows
EVERY SINGLE ELEMENT of the typical adolescent comedy, the whole
"gain appreciation" angle, "be discovered a fraud"
and then the ever popular "Redeem thyself through the supporting
cast" climax! And while that isn't the real problem, it doesn't
help any. No, the real problem my friends, is this steaming pile
is just no fun whatsoever. The whole film lacks life in a big way,
with the first 45 minutes crawling at a snail's pace, inching along
to the next big plot revolution that you just know is coming. I'm
sure Jack is really trying to grab the 12-16 year old crowd with
this one, and he probably succeeds pretty much, but i just can't
help but feel that the guy is wasting himself in these family friendly
formula pieces... he could use his smarmy sarcastic characteristics
to really entertain the 18-25 year old crowd, who i know would latch
onto him easily based on the sales of his "Tenacious D"
stuff. And Richard Linklater, after the pretentious mental masturbation
of Waking Life and now this??? Well buddy you my friend are most
definitely a one-trick pony (that one trick being Dazed and Confused)
and you can rot in hell... that's THREE fucking hours of my life
you've wasted now - fucker.
Wow!
Radio Rock N' Roll LIVES!
Two
new bands grabbing a heap of play in my CD player lately, the first
up
Jet
- Hailing from Australia, these rockers seemed to really come out
of nowhere. I first heard a track called "Get What you Need"
on NHL 2004 back in September, before their first CD was actually
released, and they promptly vanished... Well this past month a new
single popped up on the local radio stations called "Be my
Girl" and upon hearing it, my two-song rule was satisfied,
and this CD would have to be mine. Part AC/DC, part Stooges or Iggy
Pop, and part Guns N' Roses, these guys wail like nobodys buisness!
The
Trews - Another band discovered via the Radio! What the fuck is
the radio doing playing REAL Rock music again! I love this! These
guys are Canadian, hailing from Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland,
and man do they ever rock the house! "I'm Not Ready to Go!"
is the tune grabbing airtime on the FM stations, and man does it
ever kick ass! It's just got that instantaneous hook that grabs
you from the first note and keeps you going right to the end, and
the whole CD holds up extremely well... This one should rightly
be on my 2003 best of list, probably around #4 (push everything
else down one... sorry Metallica) If you get the opportunity, then
by all means check these guys out! I wouldn't be completely off
base when i compare these guys to either Sloan or Oasis, they've
got that jangly vibe, though they are a bit more distinct.
Tango
down!
I've
finally dug into SOCOM II's single player game, and it is a good
thing indeed! Very nicely structured missions with plenty to keep
you busy. It took me 55 minutes to clear the first mission alone...
Also
still into Champions of Norrath, which just plain kicks super fucking
ass with 4 players on the go. Myself, The Music-man Jeff G., Kev
of Notanywhereland, and Andy the electric gremlin took a night and
blew about 4 hours in what felt like a half hour, and didn't even
finish the first act! This is by far one of the single coolest games
i've played! The blessings of 2003 have continued into 2004 for
us PS2 owners it seems... oh and the new James Bond title, Everything
or Nothing, is hella cool as well!
Just
to spread the love a little, i've given Deus Ex: Invisible war a
try on the Xbox, and came away very impressed, it's the firts person
shooter cyberpunk equivalent of Morrowwind without the added sucktitude...
very nice... i see myself adding to the ole Xbox library sometime
soon (i won't be waiting until Doom 3 / Halo 2 / Fable / whichever
comes first after all!)
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