Morrisey

Yeah I went to morrisey last night... you got a problem with it. Actually the show was pretty good. Morrisey has this fat Elvis thing going on (without the fat... he's still taking off his shirt on a regular basis) he's wearing shiny colored shirts, and sweating clear through them. Most importantly he ripped off 5 Smiths tunes with a really impressive How Soon is Now? which ended with some wicked gong hits. All in all the old man still has it.

A few flicks

So I saw 30 days of night. It took itself way to seriously and was therefore fucking hilarious. Sorry to everyone in the theater for my uncontrollable laughter. So lets see here... Vampires after 1000s of years of existence have just figured out that at the arctic circle it's night for a month, they haven't quite figured out the language, so taunting their prey is kind of ridiculous, our heroes are saved repeatedly by the editor and the subtitle guy, as the editor makes a cut and the subtitled guy fast forwards time by placing "day 7 of night" or "day 14 of night" on the bottom of the screen. But the most amusing piece of the film is the head vampire... who for the entire movie looks like he's surprised and confused about any and all things that he's doing.

"Where am I? Why am I here? What am I doing? What does it all mean!?"

Another piece I saw was Bug a movie by William Friedkin. It is a fantastic trip down psychosis. Very disturbing picture. Stars Ashley Judd, made up to look pretty sad, Harry Conick Jr. as an abusive husband, and a relative unknown, Michael Shannon, playing an incredible character. Taken from a stage play... watch it, but be prepared for an unconventional story.

Game 3 notes

bot 2nd inn, ARZ 2 CHC 0, runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out: Why the hell is hill in the game bunting... get marquis up and ready, and pitch hit in the second. Hill is clearly freaked, get him out.

bot 3rd inn, ARZ 2 CHC 0, runners on 1st and 2nd, 1 out: what the hell is Ramirez doing... he's clearly freaked.

top 4th inn, ARZ 2 CHC 0, runners on 1st and 2nd, 0 out: See. hill only lasts one more inning, and he gives up a hit to the pitcher.

top 4th inn, ARZ 3 CHC 0, runners on 1st and 3rd, 2 out: I've seen beer league softball double plays turned with more grace. Sweet Lou should have thrown that base into the stands, and Big Z should punch someone. (Byrnes was safe BTW) I've begun reading an old Watchmen script to distract myself from this misery.

top 5th, ARZ 3 CHC 1, 3 out: evil... evil hope.... I'm out of beer... now drinking whiskey.

bot 5th, ARZ 3 CHC 1, 3 out: Out of Whiskey... now drinking Vodka. How to you swing @ ball four with the bases loaded?

bot 6th, ARZ 4 CHC 1, 3 out: Out of Vodka... now drinking Clorox® Bleach.

top 9th: Is Kerry Wood throwing 98? Oh there we go... 5 to 1.

top 9th, ARZ 5 CHC 1, runner on 3rd, 1 out: Out of Clorox® Bleach... turned off pilot light, turned up gas... at the end of the game i will have my first cigarette in months.

All right so now it's 0 - 2

But I'm a cub fan.... so I won't give up... but.... sniffle, sniffle, it doesn't look good.

Cubs lose game one

But then again I told my brother that I thought they'd lose game one then win the next three... we'll see. ask me tonight @ 1:30 AM how I feel.

A lot of people are going at sweet lou for pulling Zambrano.. a move I agreed with. What I don't agree with is having Big Z swing away with a runner on second and no one out.

The Mountain Goats

Like a gigantic spokesperson for emotional, nerdy guys everywhere, John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats, absolutely tore the roof off the Bowery on Monday. No he didn't play Cubs in Five... the little bitch... but he was fantastic.

Looking like Bill Gates in ripped clothes, John ripped through a set including a lot of old tunes... and a few new ones. Going to Queens was one I hadn't heard in the 5 or so times I'd seen the band, have to admit it got me choked up a bit. A lot of the angrier songs sounded particularly good, songs like Up With Wolves where bass player Peter Hughes got to show off a little. His banter is unparalleled, telling meandering stories to the crowd, giving them relationship advise that he is aware the crowd will not take. But where the show struck me most was in the quieter songs, in particular one of the new ones, and Your Belgian Things. It was so quiet in the Bowery that he walked away from the mike and sang to the crowd without it. The only sound you could here was the floorboards creaking. There was no clanking of beer bottles, talking, or even whispering, just a audience in rapt attention. I have never seen such a respectful crowd, not even at a mountain goats show. So if you were at the show give yourself a round of applause for being the best show crowd I've ever been to.

Again Mountain Goats crowd participation is unbelievable, unprecedented, and unequaled... to get a crowd to scream out "HAIL SATAN!" and "I HOPE WE ALL DIE." is just a beautiful thing. I just love when a band has fans that you don't have to beg them... or tell them what to do... the fans just love being able to belt out the tune.

For Hail Satan!

start here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3102357758562420061&q=mountain+goats+death+metal&total=12&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=9


Next here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3030187779508224990&q=mountain+goats+death+metal&total=12&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3


then we all die:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3030187779508224990&q=mountain+goats+death+metal&total=12&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3

why we should not give the partnership for a drug free america any money

http://download2-cm.edgesuite.net/federal/aspen/ondcp100606_jenny.mov?sauth=1191398093_8b141092d52ed789ba6c584ef10dd0d4&ext=.mov&ct=video/quicktime


apparently indie rock is evil kids... and only robotic drug addicted teens would listen.