The Guillotine is going down for awhile...

I am taking the guillotine down for awhile while I figure out how to transfer this all over to wordpress and stuff. I am going to get a real domain sometime in the next month and all that rot.

[VIDEO] Pretty fucked up vid....

Ummmm, this would be funny if it weren't real...

[FILM & TELEVISION] Monty Python will never re-unite...

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds38031.html

Eric Idle says he will not be reuniting with his Monty Python co-stars any time soon.

Despite attempts by Michael Palin, the Spamalot star is not interested in getting together again to record new Python material.

According to BreakingNews.ie, Idle said: "All this talk about, 'You guys should get back together,' is a complete load of b**locks. And let's not forget, when we were together, there were lots of people who f**king hated us."

Oh well, enjoy this video of South Park ripping off Monty Python...

[VIDEOS] 3 videos I thought were funny...

[TV]New TV Shows Round Up.

4 new TV shows caught my interest. If I didn't have a Tivo I wouldn't be able to find the time since I have a job that often requires me to work evenings and I just don't have the bandwidth to download a buncha stuff I don't even know if I like.

Strangely, 3 of the shows are on NBC. Studio 60, 30 Rock and 20 Good Years. Also strangely, The shows all have numbers in the names. Kind of reminds me of a time in the late 90's when every band had numbers in the name, Blink 182, SR71, and Project 86 come to mind. So, with out further adieu...

Freak Show. David Cross shares writing credits with a guy who has acted in the movie "New york minute". The show is pretty funny for a first episode and will offend the PC. It has some potty humor but also has some smart jokes so it all kind of evens out. David Cross does several voices and I think a guy who the voice for Coach Mcgirk from home movies does as a well. All in all worth checking out.

I couldn't find a video for freak show.

Studio 60. It's made by Aaron Sorkin who was responsible for "The West Wing". It is a drama about producing a comedy show. The writers have been spot on with some good plot twists in the first 30 episodes and I think the moments seem well scripted and believable. It gets better every episode so this one also gets my recomendation.

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30 Rock. Is Tina Fey's new show about a sketch comedy show as well, this one is more about being funny. I have only seen the pilot and was a lil disappointed. It's not that is wasn't funny, it just could have had way more funnies. I do see alot of potential in it. I'll wait for a few more episodes with this one.

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20 Good Years. Features John Lithgow(No references needed) and Jeffery Tambor(Arrested Development) and was also a little bit disappointing. The writers are basically unheard of the jokes were ok. 1 particularly funny moment featured John Lithgow in a tiny bathing suit. I dunno, maybe I just hate situation comedies. I will say that it's better than 90 of what's on television so I'll give it a chance.

[FILM]Halle Berry Is White. (video is NSFW)

Halle Berry is going to play a white girl and it's stirring up controversy. She is going to be in soe movie that comes out in 2008 called "class act". It's about a teacher in reno who runs for office at the urging of her 6th grade students on the condition that the kids run her campaign.

And now... Halle Berry's Boobs...

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[EDITORIAL] Sad Sad Day In Film...

It's a sad sad day when Jet Li's final film gets less box office than open season...

Also, why isn't the illusionist not getting any box office? Oh, because I am mixing it up with the prestige...

1. The Departed, $27 million.

2. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, $19.15 million.

3. Open Season, $16 million.

4. Employee of the Month, $11.8 million.

5. The Guardian, $9.6 million.

6. Jackass Number Two, $6.4 million.

7. School for Scoundrels, $3.4 million.

8. Gridiron Gang, $2.3 million.

9. Jet Li's Fearless, $2.2 million.

10. The Illusionist, $1.8 million.

[MUSIC]Slayer's New Album Banned In India

http://www.punknews.org/article/20195

Slayer banned in India

Slayer's new album, Christ Illusion continues to cause controversy worldwide. The album was recently banned in India. The ban is particularly interesting since Christians are a minority in India, which is largely made up of Hindus, Muslims and Buddhist.

Early this week, Joseph Dias, general secretary of the Mumbai-based Catholic Secular Forum (CSF), issued a statement taking "strong exception" to the album's cover artwork, which he said depicts "Christ with a missing eye and amputated arms." He added, "we also condemn the track, 'Skeleton Christ' as the lyrics are an insult to Christianity." The CSF also sent a memorandum to Mumbai's police commissioner, adding that the album "will affect the sensibilities of the Muslims on the track 'Jihad' and secular Indians who have respect for all faiths."

Kaveri Khullar, marketing manager, EMI India said in an interview, "We met with the CSF and were apologetic while assuring them that all copies of the album would be pulled out. We have no plans of re-issuing it in any way."

The CSF had earlier protested against the Indian release of "The Da Vinci Code" which led the Censor Board to instruct the India distributor, Mumbai-based Sony Pictures Releasing India, to include a notice to accompany the film to explain that it was a work of fiction.

The band's previous album, God Hates Us All was released in the United States with an altered cover, and Christ Illusion appears on Amazon with the cover art obscured.



I personally think this whole thing is quite funny.

Here is the video for slayer's "war ensemble"...

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[FUNNY]Holy LOL... just a funny from a BB I'm on...

One of the funnier conversations with tech support...

Analine (29977): Hi, my name is Analine (29977). How may I help you?
Ender: Analine, how are you?
Analine (29977): I'm okay. About you?
Ender: I am not doing so great right now
Analine (29977): I see. What is the problem you are experiencing with your Linksys product?
Ender: I am having a bit of a problem with a Linksys product
Analine (29977): Can you give me a brief description of the problem that you're experiencing with your Linksys product?
Ender: How brief are we talking here Analine man?
Ender: I'll make this as brief as possible
Ender: There is smoke
Ender: SMOKE
Ender: Smoke in my motherfucking LInksys product
Analine (29977): I see. Can you please confirm the model and version number of your Linksys product?
Ender: It's tricky to see the model and version number of the product because of all the smoke!
Ender: Is this smoke a bad thing?
Ender: Analine i need help here
Analine (29977): Yes, I am willing to help you but first let me know the problem that you have on your Linksys product.
Ender: There is smoke coming from it
Ender: This smoke is getting pretty thick, the cat is choking on it
Ender: The Cat Analine!
Analine (29977): I see. Before chatting with Linksys, have you taken any steps to try to resolve the problem yourself?
Ender: Well
Ender: I tried throwing water on it
Ender: But it made it worse
Ender: Things are escalating Analine
Ender: I can see fire
Ender: Im sure I can see fire
Analine (29977): I see. I apologize but I am not able to help you if you are not giving me the correct information about your Linksys product.
Ender: What information do you need!?
Ender: I need help quickly Analine! Linksys products are serious business!
Analine (29977): Yes, I know.
Analine (29977): I need to know if you're computer can get online when connected to the router and the model and version number of your router.
Ender: WRTSL54GS, V1
Ender: Im online on a different computer
Ender: Oh Jesus!
Ender: it's on fire Analine!
Ender: My Linksys product has caught fire!
Ender: There is nothing in the troubleshooter about this Analine!
Analine (29977): How did the router get on fire?
Ender: You're the Linksys expert here!
Ender: Surely you know the most common reasons why Linksys products catch fire!?
Ender: Oh dear God! Analine my curtains have caught the fire!
Ender: My curtains have fire on them Analine!
Ender: Fire frmo my Linksys product!
Analine (29977): Im sorry but if you continue to talk about non Linksys products I will have to stop this chat

[FILM] Not Starring...

I stumbled upon this neat lil website called not starring. It talks about people who were considered or auditioned for roles in films but didn't make it....

http://www.notstarring.com/

A good example is... Did you know Ridley Scott was supposed to direct dune first?

[VIDEO]WEIRD ASS VIDEO!@!!!!!

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[MUSIC] The Coup's video for "Me and Jesus The Pimp"

Not to be nitpicky or anything but shouldn't it be "Jesus the Pimp and I"? Anyways, what an awesome vid. I don't like performance vids and this one is not. Just check it.

[MUSIC] Champion too release a dvd of their final show.

Champion was a really awesome hardcore band from seattle. Very traditional sounding and super damn good and very positive. While hardcore may not be very technical compared to metal, I find that metal is often very negative with their lyrics and it's nice to hear uplifting music with high energy.

Apparently they have a dvd of their last show coming out, you know I'll be copping it.

[MUSIC] The Dischord of a Forgotten Sketch

I heard about this Canadian band called "the discord of a forgotten sketch" from punknews.org. Normally I don't normally look into new new bands so this was an anomaly for me. I decided to give them a try and wen to their record labels myspace page and gave them a listen and was pleasantly surprised to heard some good noisy math rock. If you like good noisy math rock I strongly suggest you check them.

http://www.thediscordofaforgottensketch.com is their trippy ass website, it's kinda hard finding the links but I guess that is half the fun.

[MUSIC] Raekwon Signs to Aftermath, Nas and Jay-Z goto Africa.

2 strange things in the world of hip-hop today, first raekwon signs to aftermath records and half of the album is being produced by dre. Weird. RZA is also doing production duties as well but this really threw me for a loop.

But the thing that really threw me for a loop is this whole Nas Jay-Z thing. I thought they hated eachother???

[MUSIC]Converge Previews!!!!

Converge has posted a highlights track from their new album "no heroes". I saw them about a week or 2 ago and they played 3 new songs from the new album and they sounded like a mix between Jane doe and You fail me. Jake Bannon looks amazing in person. After the show was over there was a guy handing out converge stickers and he actually gave one to the bassist. Twas funny to see.

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[FILM] Hayao Miyazaki and Jackass 2

In hopes that you get excited thinking there may be some sort of connection between the Japanese director and Knoxville and company, sorry there isn't, I just didn't wanna make 2 seperate posts if I don't have to. So on with the news.

Miyazaki is at it again. I hope for the return of the catbus.

In other news, some theater owner in Iowa decided to censor the marquee for the movie jackass.

[MUSIC]Weezer files a lawsuit against Miller Brewing company.

I used to looooooove weezer when I was in middle school. The Blue album and Pinkerton rocked my world and loved them for it. OF course we all know what happened and how much they began to suck like no other. I blame television and video games.

Well it appears that weezer is pissed off at miller brewing because they used them in some ads and associated them with some bands they don't like. Oh yeah, did I mention it caused millions in damages? Yeah, sure.

Here is a copy of the lawsuit in pdf format. It's really boring. To make up for that, here is a fan video don in mspaint...

UPDATE!!!!!:I found out some of the bands they don't wosh to be associated with...

Audioslave (who also sued), Velvet Revolver, Puddle of Mudd, Trapt and Bon Jovi. I guess I don't blame them

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[SOCIAL]The Blog of Francis Bean(Kurt Cobains Daughter)

Well I heard on a message board that Francis Bean had a blog so after a lil bot of cyber-sleuthing I found it at francis-bean.com. She writes about normal teenager stuff and says she wouldn't want to get into music but would love to direct a movie. 14 years old, god I feel old. Here is a photo of her now.

[GEEK]Holy Crap, 250 hrs of free courses from UC Berkley on Google Video

http://video.google.com/ucberkeley.html

What more do you need to know? Embrace you inner autodidactic.

[MUSIC]I'll take selling out for 500 Alex.

It's hard to define selling out. It means different things for different people. Some peoples definition of selling out is whoring out products. If that is you definition of selling out and you listen to: The Thermals, Band of Horses, The Rakes or The Adored, then you will disappointed to know that Microsofts new "Ipod killer" named the zune, will have music from them preloaded on to the new units.

I personally don't think it's selling out unless your art suffers as a result of coddling from major corporations.

[MUSIC]Wu-Tang Updates, ODB Album.

Billboard is reporting that there is a new Ol' Dirty Bastard album due out on Nov 7 entitled "A Son Unique". It has already been leaked. Expect an advance review from me soon enough. Expect Missy Elliot, Pharrel, Ghostface, RZA and Lil Frame from M.O.P. to be guesting.

A small blurb in the billboard article also mentions work is beginning on a new Wu-Tang album.

[MUSIC]New Siouxe Sioux Album In The Works.

Yep, ain't she really old?

Cover songs are rarely funny.

I think this one is ok. German country band "The Boss Hoss" covers outkast's "hey ya". Pretty standard with a funny stripperesque video to match. While it isn't something I'd listen to every day I figured I would share.

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Oh yeah, credit goes to ytcracker cause he found it.

File under uber nerd.

Star Trek: Fanpic featuring George Takei.

You can make this shit up...

Edit, I couldn't find anything on the site about Takei anywhere, but get a load of the cast and crew page .

Shit like this makes feel old.

I guess Sublime's self titled record is 10 years old. :(

R.I.P. Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower

Plot is breaking up. They are on there last tour and will release an ep after the break-up. Plot was a pretty good good band and I had the pleasure of seeing them open for the locust a lil over a year ago. The singer fellated the microphone and made me a lil uncomfortable. I really enjoyed the jazz references in their music. I hope they go on to do some crazy stuff in new bands.

One sign of sucess is...

Getting your music redone into childrens music. Nirvana has an upcoming remake album from the record label baby rock . Sadly, the track "rape me" will not be included.

Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Nirvana will be available on October 31.

War Sucks.

I don't know who to credit for this but my friend Nate posted this as a myspace bulliten. Don't let that downplay the seriousness of this post. I won't come out and say what kind of politics I subscribe to, that isn't the purpose of my blog. I feel more people should hear this voice.

Words from the 172nd Stryker Brigade.

Right now we are living in big warehouses, sleeping about 150-200 guys in each warehouse. We have one trailer with 8 showers, 5 toilets, and 5 urinals. That's for the 150-200 guys living in your building. Not to mention we are living on the other side of the FOB -- away from any other living human being, phone center or internet café.

Did they mean to keep us away from everyone for a reason?

We don't bite, although some might think so. The females on this FOB were all given whistles before we arrived on this FOB. Bet that's something they didn't want us to find out, yet we were approached by the same females you gave them to.

We were called on to come here and take care of business. We were called on to come here and take of what I read on the internet as the most important mission of this war, the mission that will make or break this war, but we seem more like the black eye that no one wants around.

So be it, we will be the black eye of this FOB as long as they want to look at us like that, but with our backs against the wall we will never quit. We will fight tooth and nail as hard as we have to, to get home to what we deserve.

As our brothers in arms fall in Baghdad to save this city for a people we will most likely never see again, we will grit our teeth and do the job we were asked without any armchair quarterbacks losing sleep at night.

As everyone knows we were extended with some of us already home in Alaska, some in Kuwait and some of us living out of our bags with a matter of days to go before we were to fly home. It was about the biggest low blow we could have got. The morale of this unit was definitely 6 feet underground after that, yet we were being called on for the big game.

One of the arm chair quarterbacks at the top fell asleep playing his game of chess and now we have to pay the price and pick up the slack. We were in Mosul when Baghdad took its turn for the worst after the February bombing of the shrine that sent the country into a downward spiral.

Like it or not this country is in the middle of a civil war. When there are more civilian casualties from each other than there are deaths of soldiers involved in this war, what do you call that? When the morgue in Baghdad alone reports of 1800 plus bodies in the month of July alone. We may have been put in the middle of this civil war but theres only one way to referee it and thats to take care of every kidnapper, death squad and terrorist until only the deserving walk the streets of Baghdad.

When that bomb went off at the Golden Mosque they knew then that the units here in Baghdad didnt have the mobility of the Strykers but they sat on their hands hoping the problem would go away on its own. Well it didnt. It got worse and worse as the months went by and we watched it all over the news from our northern FOB. Why not call on us 3 or 4 months ago and move us to Baghdad and move another unit up to Mosul, a city that we made a hell of a lot safer.

We could have come to Baghdad for the last 3 to 4 months of our year long tour and still been able to go back stateside like we deserve after our performance over here. I know many of us had vacations planned and paid for, many of us had flown our families up to Alaska already and now are having to fly them right back home. Whos dishing out that refund? Wheres the money going to come from for my trip to the white sand beaches of Hawaii? Right out of our pockets.

Some had paid first and last months rent on a new apartment or starting buying new vehicles. They knew before they extended us that it was going to happen. Maybe a little heads up could have saved a lot of HARD EARNED money. We made that with blood, sweat and tears.

One other thing that people might not have thought about was our leave situation. We got 15 days of leave back to the states for being over here and well Ill just put it like this we went on leave 2 months after being here. Do the math and you will figure out that time was no where close to the middle of our tour and many of us will be here for over a year straight.

Now I know at the start of this war that happened to many veterans and I have to give it to you for that but how many years are we into this war now. We went on leave early and were held from leave in other months so this country could hold elections with all of us here.

Where did those so called 4 day passes go that we were told we would get since we went on leave so early? Ill tell you where they went, to non-combat MOSs that never left the wire. Do you have any idea what its like to hear someone talk about how they hated going to Qatar when they got there 15 days of leave also yet never left the wire. They went to Qatar and had a two beer limit, got to drop their flak vest that they never wore and had some free time in a green zone.

We worked our knuckles to the bone and held one of the safest elections in Iraq working 27 to 35 hours straight. Sometimes all we did was come back in to refuel and go back out in hostile territory. We had been promised those over and over again and have yet to see a single soldier in our unit go on a 4 day pass.

We have done everything from tower guard, gate guard, and chow hall guard. Not where the infantry should be used but our so-called down days were spent pulling 8 to 10 hour guard shifts on the FOB. When the non combat MOSs were talking about how they had days off. Thats ok we will continue to pull our weight and others' weight as long as the sky remains blue.

When we go back home each of us will know what we did over here. When we see you with your dirty M16 in the chow hall and hear you complain about how hard your day was, just remember standing right behind you is the man you keeps you safe while you sleep. Take a look around at the men that surround you before you decide to open your mouth about a job you had to do on the FOB.

Whens the last time the PX took small arms fire or had an RPG fired at it while you were pulling guard with no flak vest on. When you hear that firefight going on outside the FOB just remember who is out there fighting for their next meal, fighting for the next time the get to hear a loved ones voice on the phone. We go to the chow hall and they tell us we have to have a magazine full of ammo to get into the chow hall.

Ill tell you nothing makes me more nervous than being around a bunch of people who probably havent fired their weapon the entire time we have been over here and I can already see plenty of ammo laying around if something were to break out inside the wire.

I love my job as an Infantryman and I wouldnt trade it for any other MOS. I will do the dirty work that others pray to never see, I will be the red headed stepchild of the army, I will be the chosen one, just remember who we are cause the FOB you walk on has been secured with blood, sweat and tears.

One last thing I would like to put out is the next time some big wig wants to come to Camp Taji you make sure to show your face around the guys you called on for the fight of all fights, cause every time a V.I.P. showed up at our FOB for our year long tour we were always mysteriously out on patrols. We are like guard dogs at a rich mans house, whenever company comes over they put us in the garage and tell us not to bark, but when its dark outside they let us out to hunt and kill what goes bump in the night.

Make sure Mr. Rumsfeild the next time you serve dinner up at a chow hall like you did in Mosul a few months back you make sure your serving it to the men who are fighting the good fight as their time is due. Also I wont forget about you Mrs. Rice who has made many trips to the Middle East and yet to pay dues to the Artic Warriors. Its not the higher ups who search house after house and fight day and night in the streets that need to hear from you. Its not the higher ups who risk everything they have out there trying to track down the next suicide bomber who need you to pat them on the back.

Its the men who fight and die for a cause only some of us may understand. We have been told we are not the main effort of this mission down here we are simply the muscle behind this operation, but every thing I have been told and everything posted on the news and internet puts us front and center to turn Baghdad on its head. Maybe all these Generals and armchair quarterbacks should show their face to the men they signed off on with only days, hours and minutes to go.

We stood up a Police and Army that were decimated in 2004 in Mosul and we will do it again here if we have to. As we sit here talking of children and wives that we may never see again we will push on with our backs against the wall. We may be the black eye now but we will have our time in this life or the next. We will not go quietly, we will accomplish this mission. We may be a unit once forgotten after the Vietnam War, we may be a unit you have never heard of until they extended us, but we will be a unit you will never forget. Mark my word!

[Music] Smashing Pumpkins in the the studio.

That's right, looks like Billy Corgan is broke or god knows what cause punknews is reporting that smashing pumpkins is back in the studio. No word on the line-upcept that Jimmy Chamberlain is in.

Gangster Rap may make you money, but it won't get you into the Hip-Hop meuseum in the Bronx

Swiped from Hip-Hopdx .

1.5 mil has been allocated for a new meusuem in The Bronx, but they are trying to keep gangsta rap out of it. While I don't support those kind of lyrics, I do see Hip-Hop as a reflection of real life. That said, I think they should be included. We will see how this is played out.

[music] Jhonny Marr is playing on the new modest mouse album...

I swiped this from punknews . Yes you read the title right, Jhonny Marr from the smith is playing alongside Modest Mouse and even share songwriting credits on the new album. I was done with modest mouse after their newest album, but now I have to check them out cause of this debacle. Lets hope for an ultra tremloed song a la "how soon is now"...

[movies] Secret Tarentino movie???

Apparently there is a movie on the festival circuit called "Ten Till Noon" that people are speculating is from the mind of Quentin Tarentino. According to the IMDB it's not true but I'm willing to bet 5 bucks he could have used a psuedonym. I haven't seen it but I am hoping it will hit some theaters in oregon. Keep your eyes open for this one.

[movie] Philip K Dick Biopic!!!

Bill Pulman is going to play PKD in the big screen. Not to many deatails except this one: Musician Matthew Wilder, best known for his 1983 hit "Break My Stride," will direct starting next month.

In case you don't know, PKD wrote a few lil books that became small movies such as "Blade Runner", "Minority Report" and "A scanner Darkly".

I for one am excited.

swiped from...
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060801d.php

[movie] The departed trailer is up.

Ever heard the song by King Missle called "Martin Scorsece"? When I first heard it I thought to myself, who is this guy? Why does he he make the best fuckin films? I must have been 11 at the time. After a few years, I finally figured out who he was. Well I wouldn't place him in top 5 directors or anything, I will say he is pretty damn good.

It's now 2006 and I am 24, and M.S. has a new movie, "The Departed".

From the IMDB:
Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Boston State Police department and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities.

Pretty exciting huh??? Check out the cast. Most notable is Jack Nicolson and Martin Sheen.

And now... the trailer...

THE INCONSISTANCIES OF WATCHING PORN FILMS

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According to Kevin Smith's Blog...

He is going to be guesting on Ebert and Roper since Ebert is having complications from his recent surgery. This ought to be interesting cause they might review the movie "world trade center".

[movie] Little Miss Sunshines

I often don't find out about too many movies before they come out but I just watched the trailer for this movie before scanner darkly and it looks superb.

Steve Carrell is one of my favorites right now, he is on fire as of late.

The Rough Guide To Fiction

Any person that enjoys reading and has the time for it should buy "The rough guide to Cult Fiction". It has profiles on a bazillion authors complete with recomendations and it tells what works are the best to start with.

This American Life

http://thislife.org/

A man plays a prank in the office, a person gets up in a dinner party to use the restroom, ordinary even mundane things become suddenly interesting on the NPR show "This American Life". A show broadcasted out of Chicago, it has been on for 10 years and shows no sign of stopping anything soon.

The show can be described as interviews set to music but there is so much more to it. The editing is done in such a way that usually the interviewer cannot be heard and it sounds like the subject is just telling a story. I read a small zine/comic book where Ira Glass shows how to do it and it is not a simple task.

Of course it isn't all interviews as several writers have also read short stories on the show as well. David Sedaris and Nick Hornby come to mind off the top of my head. In fact, Davis Sedaris sounds nothing like I expected.

Streams of all the shows are available on the site.

Recent Books I have finished.

Hey it's rare when I finish a book. I dunno why but it just is. I always start on really huge books and then give up. My worst offences are religous material. You would not belive how many books I have half finished. Dune, Peoples History of the united states, Soledad Brother, The Koran.

So you can see why finishing a few books is a big deal to me. As you can see from my listal account, I have a ton of books that I haven't read yet.

1. Sirens Of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Excelent piece of satire, I was laughing out loud quite often. This is my first Kurt Vonnegut book and I know for sure I will be reading more of his work in the near future.

2. Guns, Germs and Steel: The fates of human societies by Jared Diamond
Quite informative, I learned several things from this book and I often find myself quoting it in conversation. Of course it's sometimes hard to find people to chat about history and evoloution with. Some things are repeated several times and alot of people had that to complain about. I thought it really helped with my retension of the knowlege. I would read it again.

3. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Extremely well written piece of literature. It took me about 6 months to read it. Of course I am always reading a few things at a time so some things just take a long time. Alot of people don't like this book or Ayn Rand in particular. I found it to be quite entertaining and I often find myself comparing real life people to characters in "The Fountainhead". Of course I see myself as Howard Roark. I would probablly read it again.

I am currently reading: The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond, Me Talk Pretty One Day by Davis Sedaris and Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keilor.

Locust Show Review

Feb 21st, 2005
Loveland, Pdx

The first band(can't remember there name) sounded just like don cab.thats a good thing.The plot to blowup the eiffel tower was ok,I really didn't like how the singer was licking the mike stand and his onstage antics were a little,too much for me.the music was great cept for the sound at the meow meow is TERRIBLE.The ex-models can fuck off and die,that shit was terrible.SixSeisRoku will own all in that style.it was sooooo repetive and lame and so boring.

The locust played for 15 mins,the pit was great,I got to push p[eople,it was quite empowering.They sounded good.but they really need to truly be appreciated on a good soundsystem with a good sound guy who knows what he's doin.Props to the dreaded girl in the pit.no props to the girl er um guy who looked like he was having a seizure(you know who you are)

All my old myspace movie reviews...

Thursday, March 17, 2005 "Ong Bak:Muay Thai Warrior" Ong Bak....such a crazy movie....Its in thai which is such a cool language to listen to.This Action movie was very good.Very little use of guns which I like..... Cinematography:The shots were really throughout the whole feature...Sometimes showing the fighting from 3 different angles. Direction:This movie has no stuntmen,no ropes, and no CGI.People are jumping over cars and jumping off high things and all sorts of crazy shit...The fighting is VERY realistic.... Acting:I can never tell good acting in foriegn films cause its in a different language....Its your standard action movie schlock... Dialouge:So much is lost in translation in foriegn films that I can't judge the dialouge cause they could be saying the most beautifull compliment but for all you know see in the subtitles is"you look pretty". Sound:The soundtrack was you basic techno and faux metal,the sound effects were all right and didn't sound fake. Plot:Its an action movie....who cares..... In summation...this movie fucking ruled....4/5 stars

Monday, February 21, 2005 "donnie dorko directors cut""i heart the hukabees"double movie review!!!! I kinda think of these 2 movies being the exact same movie.Both contain conversations about philosophical things,but "I heart" did way better.both had some cool effects.Jason S was awesome and I can't belive I'm saying this but so was mark wahlberg for that matter.I will I heart but not darko. I heart hukbees 5/5 stars donnie darko 3/5 stars

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 "appleseed(2005)" "dagger of kamui" double movie review "appleseed" Beautifull,saw this one on the big screen.was totally awesome.plot was substandard.but.....the mix of cell shading and CGI was done really well.the water looked so real.water is the hardest computer animation to do(so I hear) so I give major props to that. 4/5 stars cause the plot was sub-par "dagger of kamui" This movie is from 1985, one of the first anime movies I have seen.Its a good movie to watch to show how much the genre has changed.the plot is a little hard to follow but the action is good.you will see how tv shows like dragon ball z are completely unoriginal in the animation dept. 5/5 stars cause its 20 yrs old

"Raging bull" movie review Scorcese's(sp?)best that I have seen so far.Deniro's best?Maybe....The tension during that lovers spats actually made me feel uncomfortable.I can see the influence of how boxing movies are filmed.I also liked that it was in black and white. 4/5 stars cause it seemed like it was missing something.I dunno what.

"ronin" movie review Yet another case of a bad movie with robert deniro,the dialouge ....terrible.the action scenes have way too many cuts.the score was sub-standard.Nothing more should be said....

Thursday, October 07, 2004 "spinal tap" movie review I expected soooo fucking much from this movie.I found it to be terrible.It had some good moments,and it never seems like a fake documenterystill,I was very dissapointed.But I must tell you best song lyrics from the movie."the bigger the waistband the deeper the quicksand....."

"buffalo soldiers" movie review A very good makes this a great movie,I tend to like movies about drugs.and this one is a good one.its also about the army,and dating the bosses daughter and stuff.very good movie,not much I can say.....

Saturday, October 02, 2004 Double movie review"royal tenambaums and good fellas" Great fuckin movies,both of em.I think scorcese or however you spell it won this match.wes anderson is good though,I had never seen a wes anderson movie b4.the colors and stuff was all so beautifull,and the story,OMG it was crazy,makes me with I had an adopted sister so I could get it on with her.Goodfella's I had 3 gripes with it.1.they shot a guy who just did 6 years in the prison for them,2.they killed samuel l jackson3.I smoke too much weed to remember the other one.The music in good fellas is great.And wes anderson's choice of music was excelent too,I am sooooo stoked for Life Aquatic.

Sunday, September 26, 2004 "star wars episode I the phantom menace" Another "older" movie...Acting------terrible-------Plot-----forgetable-------Cinematics-----fake looking and not in that good way like sky captain.I love that Darth maul has 5 lines of dialouge in the whole god damn movie.Did you notice that the aliens working for the trade federation have a kind of chinese accent?I think george lucas has some fucking race issues...big time

"eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" I just watched this movie and all I can is whoa...It "reminded me of requiem for a dream",it also reminded me of "the shape of things".Its really fun to count the seconds between cuts cause you will almost never get past 8 seconds.Its like the god damn rodeo.Warning...it is a love story....but a different kind.

Love and Death Movie Review

Love and Death(1975) movie review Current mood: still shitty Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities http://imdb.com/title/tt0073312/ Director: Woody Alllen A Russian couple plots to assasinate Napoleon. Cinematography: Nothing special... good framing and all that jazz, nothing orson wellish or anything... Direction: Nothing thats mindfuck amazing..... Acting: Woody Allen and Diane Keaton are great with eachother. Sight gags are well played in the woody allen style. Its hard to judge acting in comedies. Dialouge: Discussions about life and death and philosophy, very funny, way better than I heart hukabees IMHO. Funny stuff this movie Plot: Once again nothing mindfuck amazing... but fresh even for today.... In summation... This movie is hilarious, they just don't make comedies like they used too, no toilet humor or anything of the sort in this film. Simply a good movie. 4/5 stars....

Capote "2005"
Directed by Bennet Miller

"Until one morning in mid-November of 1959, few Americans - in fact, few Kansans - had ever heard of Holcomb. Like the waters of river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there." (from In Cold Blood)

Capote is a movie set in the late 1950's in mostly rural Kansas and a town that has just had a brutal murder of a family. Capote is a move about Truman Capote , author of "In Cold Blood" and "Breakfast at Tiffinays" It details Truman Capote's life as his investigates and studies the killers and actually befriends one.

To begin this review I feel it entirely necessary to start with Phillip Seymor Hoffman . He lost 40 lbs for this movie and while he usually doesn't look like he has 40 to lose(maybe 20), he doesn't look deathly skinny. His normal voice is usually low but you won't hear any of that in this movie as Hoffman portrays a gay intellectual. His voice is a little high pitched and it took a little bit getting used to. His performance is excellent. Truman Capote was known as the life of the party and Hoffman does these scenes perfectly. Not a single part of his performance was flawed.

The direction of this movie was very minimal with lots of still shots of the country side. Not a whole lot of eye candy but well done nonetheless. It was shot in 36 days which is a short amount of time for a movie to be shot, especially a mopvie with 5 academy award nominations. I definently applaud the fact that Miller was able to get non-actors to work well as some of the prison guards in the movie were actual life prison guards. The story flows perfect and there is never a dull moment.

In conclusion I belive that Capote is woth a visit to the theaters and a must rent and one of the best movies for the last quarter of 2005.

Heartbreak Party review

HeartBreak
2/11/06
Loveland, PDX
1001 Untouchable Styles

1001 U.S. has been throwing parties since the summer of 2003. There a fairly large crew with 8 Djs. The Event was at the Loveland, a medium sized venue in southeast Portland. There was appromatly 400 people. That made the place a little packed. Nothing I couldn't handle. The crowd was pretty good mix of people. The rest rooms stayed intact. There weren't too many people obviouslly rolling and not too much drama that I saw.

There were 3 stages. Downstairs was mostly 4/4 beats the whole night. I didn't spend too much time down there. That is where some of the cluber type people were. I really hate to stereotype but there really just not my crowd.

The upstairs indoor room was mostly jungle/dnb and was pack and rocking the entire night. Dj Owns played a really good set complete with a few scratch routines. Grey Matter played some good trax as well. Quickster threw killer wax down as well. The vibe was definently in the upstairs.

The outdoor area was mostly psytrance and gabber. It was a thick cloud of smoke and I tried not to go out there much.

All in all it was an awesome night and 1001us knows how to throw a party.

The first post.

Portland is a great city. Great Public transportation system. Tons of good cheap restraunts. A ton of nice unique bars that don't have 10 TVs with ESPN and beer posters all over the place. Can walk alot of places. Tons of strange people.


So much creative energy in this city, its strange. There is so much going on here at any given moment. I don't think I would want to live anywhere else.

Might as well throw up a picture.



How can not love this little guy....