36: Strange Things...

I've been drained out after the weird double shot of movie auteurs passing into the great beyond (Antonini and Bergman).  Just a while ago, while I was listening to a Joy Division tune of all things ("Atmosphere"), I had read online that their former manager Tony Wilson died recently of a heart atack.

For those who don't know who he is, he was one of the chief architects of the burgeoning pop scene in Manchester, England during the 1980s with Factory Records and the Hacienda nightclub, managing such bands as Joy Division and briefly, New Order.  He wrote a book on this time which was made into the very good movie "24 Hour Party People" a few years back.  He was even canny enough to appear in the film as a TV director directing...well, Tony Wilson.  Must pull that flick out of my DVD storage bin tonight, it's got "good music to chill out to."

  

"(This) may not be true, but I believe in what John Ford used to say...when deciding if to print the truth or the legend...Print the legend."    

35: Other Avenues

Well, seeing as how I post also on MySpace as well (where do I get the time to do this without taking some kind of over-the-counter narcotics?), I thought it would be nice to pull some posts from my blog there to here ("cross-pollination" I believe its called). I should have my regular Friday post called Friday Night Movie posted to my avstimuli.blogspot.com blog as well as previous installments later this week.

Also, in case I didn't bring it up, I am also posting my own little podcast of whatever brain droppings I have at the time. You can download these small files at no charge at: www.geocities.com/rsmon77. My next one should be coming shortly, so I'll let you know when to visit.

Can't wait to hear from you...

34: stimuli for August 1, 2007

DVD: "300": The action was great, but jeez, what a way to make me feel sad about my personal appearance by having a bunch of musclar, greased up dudes running around in loincloths. I do need to get a workout however...

"Hot Fuzz": My favorite comedy of this year to date. Sight gags aplenty.

"Hard Boiled": One of the best action films EVER. See why Chow Yun Fat was underused in the last "Pirates of the Carribean" film.

MUSIC: Fair to Midland, Tales of a Mayfly: I'm not sure this is metal, but it sounds fine to me.

Garbage, Absolute Garbage: A simple compilation of songs I already got, but then again, I'm probably a sucker for redheaded Scottish women.

Smashing Pumpkins, Zeitgeist: I wasn't really missing them, but it's glad to see them back (half of them anyway)

COMICS: "World War Hulk": The Hulk comes back from space (long story there) and decides to have a sit down and hug with the heores who sent there in the first place. And by "sit down and hug", I mean HULK SMASH!! Really SMASH!!!

"Yarf! Narf?"