Being that the Coen brothers are by-far my favorite contemporary film makers, this opinion is just a bit biased: their new film "A Serious Man" looks awesome.
Here's the trailer:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/check-out-the-trailer-for-the-coens-a-serious-man,31054/
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Walmart week, pt. 1
According to the AP, Christina Aguilera has become the latest musician to release an album exclusively through one retailer.
The AP reports:
"The multiplatinum singer announced Wednesday that her greatest hits CD "Keeps Gettin' Better — A Decade of Hits" will be released only at Target. The CD, out Nov. 11, will feature two new songs as well as rerecorded versions of two other hits, "Genie in a Bottle" and "Beautiful."
Aguilera is following a growing list of acts who have struck exclusive deals with retailers. Wal-Mart has had huge success with similar deals with The Eagles, Journey, and Garth Brooks; AC/DC's October release of "Black Ice" will be available only at Wal-Mart, its affiliated Sam's Club and the band's Web site. The Eagles comeback album, "Long Road Out of Eden," was the third-best selling CD of 2007 with 2.6 million copies sold.
Target exclusively released John Legend's "Live from Philadelphia" in January and has had other exclusive releases of special edition albums by the likes of Alicia Keys and Carrie Underwood."
At first I was worried I wouldn't be able to find all the albums I read about in Tiger Beat for sale at the Disney Store.
But, if all pop albums and saggy-skinned classic-rock comebacks can be consolidated at Walmart and Target, my most favorite places to buy music, I like won't have to shop anywhere else ever again!
But how will I ever choose between the Eagle's newest dick-shrinking cringe fest and Christina's new versions of "Genie in a Bottle" and "Beautiful?" I won't have to. I'll buy both ... at convenient locations!
But seriously folks, this is the first thing the music industry has done right in about 25 years. Quarantining all the music no one should ever hear in one sterile and safe shopping environment can only be good for the rest of us on this side of the cultural divide. I can pretend it doesn't even exist.
Nearly every CD sold at Walmart (The Eagles, Bon Jovi, Jessica Simpson) is the same bastardization of whatever the hell "country" means now — a grating pop song with a with a hint of twang ... about "down home stuff"... without an urban beat — I guess.
So, all the music sounds and looks the same and it's all sold in same giant store where all the customers smell and taste the same. Like chicken.
In related news, Darius Rucker is releasing a solo country album — that's Hootie, from Hootie and the Blow Fish, the black one in that really white band. You know, that guy they only recently let onto golf courses without having to pretend he's carrying the drummer's clubs.
AP reports, "His timing is good for crossing over. Country radio seems wide-open with Jewel, the Eagles and Bon Jovi all finding success. Besides Rucker, this week's Billboard country Top 10 also includes Kid Rock's "All Summer Long."
OMG OMG OMG, I bet I can find it all at Walmart!
Post Script: If anyone can come up with a catchy genre name for the "country" music recorded by pop and rock acts and sold at Walmart I'll give you a big, platonic yet sensual hug. I can't come up with anything good, here are a few half-hearted attempts:
"Fauxntry"
"Fauxntry Western"
"County Walmartstern"
"Crap"
The AP reports:
"The multiplatinum singer announced Wednesday that her greatest hits CD "Keeps Gettin' Better — A Decade of Hits" will be released only at Target. The CD, out Nov. 11, will feature two new songs as well as rerecorded versions of two other hits, "Genie in a Bottle" and "Beautiful."
Aguilera is following a growing list of acts who have struck exclusive deals with retailers. Wal-Mart has had huge success with similar deals with The Eagles, Journey, and Garth Brooks; AC/DC's October release of "Black Ice" will be available only at Wal-Mart, its affiliated Sam's Club and the band's Web site. The Eagles comeback album, "Long Road Out of Eden," was the third-best selling CD of 2007 with 2.6 million copies sold.
Target exclusively released John Legend's "Live from Philadelphia" in January and has had other exclusive releases of special edition albums by the likes of Alicia Keys and Carrie Underwood."
At first I was worried I wouldn't be able to find all the albums I read about in Tiger Beat for sale at the Disney Store.
But, if all pop albums and saggy-skinned classic-rock comebacks can be consolidated at Walmart and Target, my most favorite places to buy music, I like won't have to shop anywhere else ever again!
But how will I ever choose between the Eagle's newest dick-shrinking cringe fest and Christina's new versions of "Genie in a Bottle" and "Beautiful?" I won't have to. I'll buy both ... at convenient locations!
But seriously folks, this is the first thing the music industry has done right in about 25 years. Quarantining all the music no one should ever hear in one sterile and safe shopping environment can only be good for the rest of us on this side of the cultural divide. I can pretend it doesn't even exist.
Nearly every CD sold at Walmart (The Eagles, Bon Jovi, Jessica Simpson) is the same bastardization of whatever the hell "country" means now — a grating pop song with a with a hint of twang ... about "down home stuff"... without an urban beat — I guess.
So, all the music sounds and looks the same and it's all sold in same giant store where all the customers smell and taste the same. Like chicken.
In related news, Darius Rucker is releasing a solo country album — that's Hootie, from Hootie and the Blow Fish, the black one in that really white band. You know, that guy they only recently let onto golf courses without having to pretend he's carrying the drummer's clubs.
AP reports, "His timing is good for crossing over. Country radio seems wide-open with Jewel, the Eagles and Bon Jovi all finding success. Besides Rucker, this week's Billboard country Top 10 also includes Kid Rock's "All Summer Long."
OMG OMG OMG, I bet I can find it all at Walmart!
Post Script: If anyone can come up with a catchy genre name for the "country" music recorded by pop and rock acts and sold at Walmart I'll give you a big, platonic yet sensual hug. I can't come up with anything good, here are a few half-hearted attempts:
"Fauxntry"
"Fauxntry Western"
"County Walmartstern"
"Crap"
Saturday, July 26, 2008
A film (or more) for every year
I can't help myself, I had to do a list for movies also. I'll probably keep updating it as my mind changes, or remember things I forgot. The first listed under each year is my favorite, and then the others are runner ups.
1985 Back to the Future
Classics often ignored - Better off Dead, Brazil
1986 Ferris Bueler's Day Off
Stand By Me
Aliens
Platoon
Classic often ignored - Blue Velvet
1987 Full Metal Jacket
The Princes Bride
Raising Arizona
The Untouchables
Robocop
Spaceballs
Lethal Weapon
1988 Die Hard
Big
1989 Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Major League
Batman
1990 Goodfellas
Miller's Crossing
Total Recall
Home Alone
Edward Scissorhands
Classic often ignored - Wild at Heart
1991 Terminator 2
Barton Fink
Slience of the Lambs
Cape Fear
1992 Reservoir Dogs
Wayne's World
Alladin
1993 Nightmare Before Christmas
Jurassic Park
Groundhog Day
Classic often ignored - True Romance
1994 Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
The Professional
Classic often ignored - Ed Wood
1995 Se7en
The Usual Suspects
Get Shorty
Toy Story
1996 Fargo
Trainspotting
1997 L.A. Confidential
Jackie Brown
Boogie Nights
Austin Powers
Goodwill Hunting
Lost Highway
1998 The Big Lebowski
Saving Private Ryan
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Dark City
American History X
1999 The Matrix
Office Space
Fight Club
Being John Malkovich
Magnolia
American Beauty
Classics often ignored - Eyes Wide Shut, Election
2000 O brother, Where Art Thou?
High Fidelity
Reqium for a Dream
Classic often ignored - American Psycho
2001 Memento
Mulholland Drive
Donnie Darko
Royal Tenenbaums
Classic often ignored - Ghost World
2002 The Pianist
Adaptation
City of God
2003 American Splendor
21 Grams
2004 Oldboy
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Incredibles
Mean Girls
2005 A History of Violence
Capote
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
2006 Pans Labyrinth
The Prestige
Little Miss Sunshine
V for vendetta
Borat
Classic often ignored - Children of Men
2007 No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Ratatouille
Superbad
2008 The Dark Knight
In Bruges
1985 Back to the Future
Classics often ignored - Better off Dead, Brazil
1986 Ferris Bueler's Day Off
Stand By Me
Aliens
Platoon
Classic often ignored - Blue Velvet
1987 Full Metal Jacket
The Princes Bride
Raising Arizona
The Untouchables
Robocop
Spaceballs
Lethal Weapon
1988 Die Hard
Big
1989 Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Major League
Batman
1990 Goodfellas
Miller's Crossing
Total Recall
Home Alone
Edward Scissorhands
Classic often ignored - Wild at Heart
1991 Terminator 2
Barton Fink
Slience of the Lambs
Cape Fear
1992 Reservoir Dogs
Wayne's World
Alladin
1993 Nightmare Before Christmas
Jurassic Park
Groundhog Day
Classic often ignored - True Romance
1994 Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
The Professional
Classic often ignored - Ed Wood
1995 Se7en
The Usual Suspects
Get Shorty
Toy Story
1996 Fargo
Trainspotting
1997 L.A. Confidential
Jackie Brown
Boogie Nights
Austin Powers
Goodwill Hunting
Lost Highway
1998 The Big Lebowski
Saving Private Ryan
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Dark City
American History X
1999 The Matrix
Office Space
Fight Club
Being John Malkovich
Magnolia
American Beauty
Classics often ignored - Eyes Wide Shut, Election
2000 O brother, Where Art Thou?
High Fidelity
Reqium for a Dream
Classic often ignored - American Psycho
2001 Memento
Mulholland Drive
Donnie Darko
Royal Tenenbaums
Classic often ignored - Ghost World
2002 The Pianist
Adaptation
City of God
2003 American Splendor
21 Grams
2004 Oldboy
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Incredibles
Mean Girls
2005 A History of Violence
Capote
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
2006 Pans Labyrinth
The Prestige
Little Miss Sunshine
V for vendetta
Borat
Classic often ignored - Children of Men
2007 No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Zodiac
Ratatouille
Superbad
2008 The Dark Knight
In Bruges
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