And some have said that true love is something we are sure of.
But my only hope lies in your being confused.
-“Vote” from the Submarines “Declare a New State”
Jen recommended this album to me ages ago; I bought it, liked it, but (for who knows what reason) didn’t wind up listening to it that much at the time. I am really digging it these days.
Daily Archives: January 14, 2007
Paste Culture Club 12/19 Edition.
This is a great introduction to Joseph Arthur, if you’re not already on his bandwagon (I am). Really good live performances of a bunch of songs, including a new one not even on the most recent album. Pretty funny guy and does not seem nearly as religious as some of his lyrics make you wonder. (As opposed to say, Josh Ritter, who talked a LOT about “spirituality” when he appeared on the show.)
Also a pretty interesting conversation with the guy/girl that make up the Weepies. But oddly no performance / just a song (or maybe two? can’t remember?) played off the last album. So interesting, but not as satisfying as the Arthur segment.
Big Screen: Children of Men.
Freaky. Frightening.
Has the same feel as other post-apocalyptic London movies like “V for Vendetta” and “28 Days Later.”
Very scary, and with just enough toeholds in reality that you have to think that if things got really (even more) fucked up, something like this COULD happen…
Thought they copped out a little on the ending though.
Clive Owen is great. Julianne Moore looks oddly clean, compared to the rest of the movie. A beacon of porcelain whiteness. Weird.
Cable: In Her Shoes
Wow, I must have been really tired because this not-great chick flick totally made me cry!! Convoluted, messed up family relationships just get to ya sometimes I guess.
Really liked the sweet way the romance between Rose and Simon (played by one of those actors you’ve seen in a million things) evolved.
Cameron Diaz seemed to have a lot more going on up top than normal. Is it just me or was she considerably more boobalicious in this movie than in any of the, say, 5000 pictures of her in bikinis they’ve shown in US Weekly, People, etc.? Temporary implants? Creative use of masking tape?