enframed wrote: Wed May 01, 2024 12:42 am Smoking anything is bad.

From my cold, dead hands.

*clutches haddock*

Spring has sprung. Spent the day in the park with the dog. Read, listened to Curtis Mayfield, noname, Sir Richard Bishop, and The Abyssinians. Bought the lad a puppacino. Fine day.

caga tio wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:36 am ...I have seen Ex Machina, and that was dumb enough to convince me to ignore Alex Garland indefinitely.

If I ever throw a party, you're getting the first invite.

seby wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2024 12:04 am

boilermaker wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:46 am Bad Moon Rising, EVOL, Sister > Daydream Nation

Wait, are you tipping Daydream Nation here, or tipping the claim that the other three albums are better than Daydream Nation?

I would have known this was your post without any personal details, seby.

Here's the Dick Slessig Combo show at Zebulon Cafe in Los Angeles last Friday. Dick Slessig Combo is Mark Lightcap of Acetone, and two other guys. Lightcap's son was also on guitar this time. They only do covers of songs they enjoy, and they make them long and drawn out, and slow them down. Compute...

dontfeartheringo wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:09 am I'm concerned that Paul Giamatti is in this one, too.

American Splendor is a fine film, and he is brilliant in it.

Just finished watching Come and See (1985), which narrates nazi atrocities in Belarus during WW2. It has the most beautiful cinematography I have ever seen, all in service of terribly violent imagery. The pacing is purposefully slow, gradually luring you into the finale, which is a sudden and vicio...