Mostly discussing the LaBute one-man show “Wrecks”. If I was in New York, I would so be going to that. If it isn’t already gone, of course. I only listened to this podcast several months ago.
Love Ed Harris, and this was a great conversation. Really made the piece sound intriguing.
And if you are so inclined you can go read what was my favorite music of 2006. I actually almost copped out of making a list this year…until I obsessively began reading everyone else’s and then it was a lost cause/three-day project going through my iTunes monthly playlists and really figuring out what I actually listened to versus what I bought. Fun, fun. Feel free to email me and recommend stuff I apparently didn’t listen to (or maybe I did and didn’t like it, and then I’ll tell you that); when it comes to music, I can (apparently) never get enough…
Despite its absence on the list, I must point out Sufjan’s Christmas box set has been by far the most listened to music this month… But considering that much of it is rerelease and not fresh, it didn’t really seem to have a place in the overall scheme of the list.
If you’re like me, and what you want are Christmas CAROLS as opposed to Christmas SONGS (Rudolph, Frosty, etc.) then this set is for you. Love it.
I haven’t really thought about this yet, but LargeHearted Boy has an amazingly comprehensive set of links to various lists if you feel like perusing.
I can tell you one album I see on a lot of lists that will not be on mine: TV on the Radio “Return to Cookie Mountain”. It was darkroom-tested and rejected. Not a cohesive album. No songs that jumped out and said “PLAY ME AGAIN!” which is really the ultimate test.
I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness – 5-song eponymous EP. Bonus points for great band name.
They put out a full album in March, but this is a good way to try them out. Price is right! 🙂
I saw them recommended for people who like Bloc Party – so you’ve got to wonder why I bought it
(I found Bloc Party fun at first, but monotonous after a few listens). Think it’s a bit quieter/darker/more sensitive than BP. Try it.
Must Buy: The Shins “Wincing the Night Away” – Extra points for sassy album name.
Under Consideration: Of Montreal “Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?” – Points off for ridiculous album name.
I am always reluctant to post to the TV blog as it seems no one else posts lately so every post on a show will be by me (how boring), so then I wait a while to see if anyone else wants to post on it, and then by the time it’s clear that no one else is going to, it’s been so many days past the episode that it seems silly to bother. So lately I’m just posting on shows no one else watches anyway, so it’s not like I’m stepping on anyone’s toes. But then again, since no one else watches them, why am I posting as none of them will be interested in reading it?
Ah well.
Here’s where I posted this week on The Closer, Friday Night Lights, and The OC.
I bought the tickets because their Christmas album is one of my all-time faves. They were even quirkier in person than I could have imagined. But the music was lovely. And some of the songs I hadn’t heard before were lots of fun, particularly “Jesus Shaves” which I must now buy a copy of.
This came wrapped around my copy of “A Good Day Sailing” and I love it:
This record is a five-track EP by a group called Memphis. But they aren’t really a group, more of an idea or a thought you might have when you’re at work watching the rain fall and wondering what you might have been. No forget that. That’s not Memphis; Memphis is a place, a kind of haze, a southern place maybe but not the city itself, somewhere further south where you are a stranger and the evenings are endless. No, that’s romance. That’s a lie. Memphis is music to fall asleep to and to wake up to and to break up to. Memphis is music for the masses though you’re one of the few who will ever read this. Memphis is me and my friend Chris who I love and it’s an attempt to reflect beauty back into the world, and it’s a pop song. Memphis is a pop song…or two.
A little convoluted at the beginning, but when you get to the end you figure it out and the whole movie makes sense.
Basically four (or five/six?/can’t remember exactly) other people were shot (but not killed, according to the post script, although it seemed like one character was definitely pretty close to dead!) when Bobby Kennedy was shot / it was in a crowd. So the movie follows those characters throughout their entire day until the shooting. So at first, I GUESS I can see why people are confused because it doesn’t come clear why you are following those specific characters until they get shot at the end.
But why does it have to be clear? Whatever, I didn’t have a problem with that myself.
So what is the point of that set-up? The point is that each of those people had hopes and dreams about the future, and Bobby Kennedy represented at least one little part of their hopes & dreams. That so many people lost something that day / not just the OBVIOUS. That an event like that can turn your life upside down whether or not you’re political and whether or not you agreed with his stance. And that, overall, in the big scheme of things, it was a huge moment. Arguably huger than his brother’s shooting, because his brother’s shooting is part of the history. Because it was the SECOND time. Because it closely followed MLK’s shooting. Because these things don’t just happen to one person / they happen to all of us / and there is/was a cumulative effect flowing through those years.
Because sometimes what someone stands for is so much bigger than who they were.
Double/cross posted to the TV blog as well….
Favorites
Friday Night Lights. Love the stories, love the acting. And football is really just the backdrop. Completely obsessed with this show. Am completely torn between marrying Matt Saracen and just having a drunken crazy sex fling with Tim Riggins.
Grey’s Anatomy. Has not missed a beat. Every episode gives me something to hang on to. Bailey is rocking out even moreso this year. Carolyn is happy.
Standoff. “VM for adults.” Haven’t erased a single one off the DVR. Like the filler characters a lot as well.
Bones. A forensic procedural with more humor, more chemistry, and more goofy than the others. “CSI for happ(ier) people.”