Monthly Archives: October 2006

Is every artist on earth going to put out a new album this Fall?

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Albums I Bought Last Week:
Scissor Sisters “Ta-Dah”
Submarines “Declare a New State!”

Albums I Did Not Buy Last Week:
Indigo Girls “Despite Our Differences”

Albums I Bought Yesterday:
Decemberists “The Crane Wife”
Hold Steady “Boys & Girls in America”
Jet “Shine On”
Beck “The Information”

Albums I Did NOT Buy Yesterday But Considered and May Potentially Buy Anyway in the Future, I Make No Promises:
The Killers “Sam’s Town”
Kasey Chambers new one
Evanescence new one
Lupe Fiasco debut
TV on the Radio

Albums I Meant to Buy But Forgot:
The Long Winters latest

Albums I Do Not Plan to Buy At All:
New Albums by John Mayer, Maroon 5, John Legend, Fergie solo album.

Big Screen: The Illusionist.

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Dreamy and nostalgic. You have to give in to the magic. But if you do, it’s quite enjoyable. Edward Norton is great. Magnetic. Paul Giamatti is also good.

The one false note for me in the movie was really the Crown Prince’s moustache. Perhaps it was real? But it was crooked, and I wanted to leap up there and rip it off for him!

Big Screen: Last Kiss

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It’s taken me awhile to get around to talking about this one. I really can’t recommend it.

I heard it described today as Garden State 2. I assure you, THAT it is NOT. Garden State being actually a pretty great movie. This being… well… Not.

Well acted, for what it was. The problems lie in the script/the plot/the actions.

Four “grown up” boys. Making bad decisions.

I certainly do not recommend seeing this on a date — I’d hate to witness the arguments afterward as to who made what mistakes and which ones were worse.