The best thing about moving home after a long stay abroad are all the boxes with things you’d forgotten you’d missed. Among a bunch of dusty CD’s, I found the following gems, all dated 1991-93: (more…)
Lay it on us!
Commenter Jennifer requested a Halloween soundtrack thread. The radio.blog has her contributions:
Some Days it Might Be Dark
Spongebob Scaredy Pants
Everyday is Halloween
Plus a couple of mine:
Bollocks Brothers – Horror Movies
Agents of Oblivion – Wither
Don’t know if this has been shown in the US, but this is the new advert for Cadbury’s chocolate. Don’t know what it has to do with chocolate, but I love it!
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It’s been two weeks since the concert, and I still smile when I think about it. A dynamic, fun-loving group, The Go! Team combines hip-hop, sampling and old-fashioned beats with cheerleading. It’s a great band for dancing, and their shows are famous for their energy and drive.
1. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (The ultimate in lo-fi horror. Note to lame re-makers: it’s a pretty subtle film)
2. Psycho (Because in 1960, Mrs Bates would have given you nightmares for weeks)
3. The Vanishing (Belgian version. The banality of evil, Low Countries style. Painful, horrible ending)
4. Dark Water (Japanese version. So, if I just saw my daughter come out of the apartment, who the hell is this girl with me in the elevator?)
5. Alien (Claustrophobia and HR Giger = perfect)
6. Halloween (Michael Myers)
7. Sixth Sense (Very creepy)
8. Ringu (Either version)
9. Freaks (Real 1930’s circus freaks out for revenge. Disturbing)
10. Last House on the Left (Do not watch this film. You have been warned)
Close but no machete: The Exorcist, Blair Witch Project, Candyman, The Wicker Man (not the rubbish Nic Cage version), plus many more.
Your regular, high-quality writeups will return next week. Hopefully this will be accompanied by a high-quality episode, unlike tonight’s.
Sorry, folks, it’s looking grim. (more…)
I don’t know how many users here are Mac users. But arguably one of the bigger cultural events of the year – arguably more significant than the iPhone – happened Friday. What was it? The much delayed and anticipated arrival of Leopard.
I saw a commercial on MTV for MTV’s website that featured them. I also saw their video on AOL’s Music on Demand tv channel. (I went there specifically hoping to find it.) Are they getting popular?
Their latest album is just so good.
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Sean Cassity is a movie producer and writer living in New York City. He agreed to write a piece about his experiences in the film industry.
In writing this I’m torn between advancing a project I’m actually quite proud of and admitting that it was probably a bad idea to do it. For some reason, I went off and produced a feature film. The film is called IN THE BLOOD and it premieres this Sunday night on LOGO. (more…)
Battlestar Galactica’s last season now starts in APRIL. Read more here.
1) Paul’s Boutique
2) Licensed To Ill
3) Check Your Head
4) Hello Nasty
5) Ill Communication
Is tonight’s episode Supergenius’ last recap for Heroes? You tell me, in the comments. (more…)
It’s the best Radiohead album since OK Computer. (more…)
I’m so sad Mad Men finished its season, I started reading the blogs about it (did same with Lost). Spoilers after jump.
So you’d think I’d love it, right? No. I had to turn it off halfway through.
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Donut holes are a beautiful snack food: small, pop-able, fried. Like all pastries, donut holes are best fresh, but they’re a pretty robust food product—eating donut holes is always a positive experience. Sure, they’re not always melt-in-your-mouth scrumptious like fresh-off-the-assembly-line Krispy Kreme glazed donut holes, but even those boxes of preservative-packed, dense donut holes that you buy at convenience stores are a treat, especially when washed down with convenience store chocolate milk. (more…)
“This next song is about curling…”
Lesson one in how to detect that the band is Canadian. (more…)
Supergenius has better things to do tonight. The recap thus falls on me.
The show begins promptly a 7:58 Arizona time. Do ya think network execs know a lot of us record their shows on DVR these days? Recap of mostly boring crap ensues.
Cut to horn rim glasses guy looking at a cartoon of himself doing an impression of Moe Greene. Daddy wants to know who the boy in Claire’s life is — mama is oblivious. Cut to annoying Molly screaming with another bad dream. (Please let Sauron finish her off…) Whiny Matt and Mohinder are playing two men and an annoying baby. Cut to Grizzly Nathan stalking his sons at their school. Teacher is creeped out by him. Cut to grating Latino wonder twins escaping in prominently featured Nissan with El Americano. They almost run over Sylar who is sprawled out on the dirt road they happen to be traveling on. Curse those perfectly functioning Nissan anti-lock brakes! (Opening credits and commercials)
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OK, it’s about the fourth week of the new season. I know we’ve been discussing things off and on for a while now. I’m just curious as to where everyone stands. Here are my thoughts and the shows I’ve cast off.
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I only went to this show because my son wanted to go, and he only wanted to go because Bang Camaro have a song he really likes on Guitar Hero (one of the bonus tracks).
I’m really glad we went, even if the opening bands were pure torture.
Bang Camaro are great, feel-good, party-on heavy rock, with three guitarists, a bassist and a drummer. Before they came out, there was some build up music playing, with stage lights flashing, other lights circling the crowd—all this at the little Troubadour. I thought, there’s no way they’ll live up to this sort of build up. Boy was I wrong.
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Editor’s Note: the following is a submission by avid KB reader Eric Russell.
As I sat contemplating the awesomeness of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and how I could reveal its awesomeness to the world, I recollected the little known fact that Kulturblog was “big time” and that surely it is the gateway to convincing the world of the awesomeness of The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. It is to this end that I submit to the following special guest post. (more…)
I entered a screening of The Darjeeling Limited with a certain amount of trepidation. I loved Wes Anderson’s first two movies, Bottle Rocket and Rushmore. The latter, in particular, established Anderson as one of the most promising young auteur filmmakers. I thought Anderson’s third movie, The Royal Tenenbaums, was good, but not great, and was bitterly disappointed in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which was perhaps an overreaction, but one borne out of my belief that Anderson is capable of much better. In fact, Wes Anderson seemed capable
of making a masterpiece.
Is The Darjeeling Limited that masterpiece? No, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction, and his most enjoyable film since Rushmore.
Based on the book by Ian McEwan, Atonement is the story of a girl who misunderstands what she sees and consequently sends a man to jail for a crime he didn’t commit. She spends the rest of her life trying to atone for the mistake she made that tore her family apart.
Briony Tallis is a 13 year old who uses her active imagination to write stories and plays. She reads a sexually explicit letter meant for her sister Cecilia from Robbie, the son of the housekeeper. She thinks he’s a maniac, which is confirmed for her when she catches Cecilia and Robbie having sex. Not understanding, she thinks her sister is being attacked and wants to protect her. Later than night when her cousin is raped, Briony, through the dark sees the attacker and swears it was Robbie.
The events that follow change irrevocably the course of an emerging romance and the relationship between two sisters. (more…)
Up until recently, I would’ve listed the top four thusly:
1. The Monkees
2. The Patridge Family
3. The band on Happy Days with Leather Tuscadero
4. The Brady Bunch
But all that’s changed.
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