Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Did Dick Cheney used to play for the Cubs?
Kill Bill: over-hyped or actually good? I saw it this weekend and liked it, gore, spurting blood and all. Surpsingly, even though the movie was chopped in half, the ending was satisfying to me as well despite some negative crtical comments about it.
Clearly this is a movie where style and feel trumps substance but there is actually a story that is unfolding nicely and it's a lot of fun to watch. The fight scenes are really well-choregraphed and it's a shame that this film didn't come out before the Matrix Relaoded because the Wachowski Bros. could have taken some lessons on how to stage their Neo vs. multiple-Agent Smiths rooftop fight scene from the Tokyo restaurant battle scene here. Tarantino could also show them how to divide one long movie into a credible two-parter the right way. I predict a lot of the visual imagery will eventually find its way into other films in the next couple of years. Me, I'm looking forward to Vol. II next February.
Smile of the day: I hate to evoke the old cliche that "what-goes-around-comes-around" (or as I prefer to say it: "Karma is a muh'") but I wasn't too surprised or upset to read this article ("The Cheney Curse" by Daniel Gross) on Slate.com about Halliburton, the oil-services and construction company formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney and their current financial performance. You get questionable sweetheart, multi-billion no-bid contracts from your former boss and you still can't get your profits up? Did Cheney used to play for the Cubs or something?
Speaking of the Cubs, is this the most hated man in Chicago? He better hope that the Cubs win tonight.
Here's a cool site with album cover art and the original albums that inspired them.
Some good music I copped last week on wax (click the song title links to hear audio samples):
Playgroup -- "Make It Happen" 12" (Output) includes a hot Zongamin remix of title track and bonus cuts "Number One (Chicken Lips Remix)" and the Optimo remix of "Overflow"
Rolling Stones -- "Sympathy for the Devil" Remixes (Decca UK). Cool remixes by the Neptunes and Fatboy Slim
Cookie Monster -- "C is for Cookie" (Ninja Tune Import) re-release of this great track from the Sesame Street Fever disco knock-off album from back when we were all a lot younger. This remix (the first ever done by Larry Levan) shows why he really was as talented as his legend suggests.
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Clearly this is a movie where style and feel trumps substance but there is actually a story that is unfolding nicely and it's a lot of fun to watch. The fight scenes are really well-choregraphed and it's a shame that this film didn't come out before the Matrix Relaoded because the Wachowski Bros. could have taken some lessons on how to stage their Neo vs. multiple-Agent Smiths rooftop fight scene from the Tokyo restaurant battle scene here. Tarantino could also show them how to divide one long movie into a credible two-parter the right way. I predict a lot of the visual imagery will eventually find its way into other films in the next couple of years. Me, I'm looking forward to Vol. II next February.
Smile of the day: I hate to evoke the old cliche that "what-goes-around-comes-around" (or as I prefer to say it: "Karma is a muh'") but I wasn't too surprised or upset to read this article ("The Cheney Curse" by Daniel Gross) on Slate.com about Halliburton, the oil-services and construction company formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney and their current financial performance. You get questionable sweetheart, multi-billion no-bid contracts from your former boss and you still can't get your profits up? Did Cheney used to play for the Cubs or something?
Speaking of the Cubs, is this the most hated man in Chicago? He better hope that the Cubs win tonight.
Here's a cool site with album cover art and the original albums that inspired them.
Some good music I copped last week on wax (click the song title links to hear audio samples):
Playgroup -- "Make It Happen" 12" (Output) includes a hot Zongamin remix of title track and bonus cuts "Number One (Chicken Lips Remix)" and the Optimo remix of "Overflow"
Rolling Stones -- "Sympathy for the Devil" Remixes (Decca UK). Cool remixes by the Neptunes and Fatboy Slim
Cookie Monster -- "C is for Cookie" (Ninja Tune Import) re-release of this great track from the Sesame Street Fever disco knock-off album from back when we were all a lot younger. This remix (the first ever done by Larry Levan) shows why he really was as talented as his legend suggests.
