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post #1 of 188
1/25/08 at 7:35pm
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An Intro of sorts:
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/11/De...rman-Fell.html

My thoughts on Heath Ledger's passing:
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/16/De...th-Ledger.html

My favorite list of the year:
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/24/De...--of-2007.html

I do birthdays parties and play requests, and since this is embryonic, any thoughts, advice and fuck off's are appreciated, though won't necessarily be heeded.
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post #2 of 188
1/25/08 at 7:40pm
I expected you to look mod or something.
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post #3 of 188
1/25/08 at 7:47pm
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Yeah, I'm halfway between mod and rocker.
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post #4 of 188
1/25/08 at 7:50pm
That pic looks more "top half of Danny Elfman's head" than "top half of PSH's head".
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post #5 of 188
1/25/08 at 8:03pm
A very good, balanced Ledger eulogy.

I'm disappointed that knife lost out to spoon. Spoons are almost useless outside of the soup/cereal world. Knives are very important when it comes to self defense in Australia.

The picture helps me to realize which one of the people you were that I couldn't get to courage to talk to at The Wright Stuff.
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post #6 of 188
1/25/08 at 8:49pm
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Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte View Post
Yeah, I'm halfway between mod and rocker.

You're a mocker.


(10 points to anyone who knows where that line is from)
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post #7 of 188
1/25/08 at 9:00pm
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I'm disappointed that knife lost out to spoon. Spoons are almost useless outside of the soup/cereal world. Knives are very important when it comes to self defense in Australia.
I see you've played knifey-spoony before.
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post #8 of 188
1/25/08 at 10:43pm
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You're a mocker.
(10 points to anyone who knows where that line is from)
The Beatles (Ringo specifically) on their first tour of America answering journalist's questions.
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post #9 of 188
1/25/08 at 10:44pm
I liked the Ledger thing.
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post #10 of 188
1/25/08 at 11:09pm
Wire coathanger has already locked up 2008, what with all the s'more revivals.
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post #11 of 188
1/25/08 at 11:19pm
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Beware the pre-release hype. All I'm sayin.
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post #12 of 188
1/25/08 at 11:41pm
Anything that brings the return of Wiskerando can't be a bad thing.
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post #13 of 188
1/26/08 at 1:37am
I've been around, I've just been quietly judging everyone.
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post #14 of 188
1/26/08 at 4:43am
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The Beatles (Ringo specifically) on their first tour of America answering journalist's questions.
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT would have done nicely.
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post #15 of 188
1/27/08 at 12:37pm
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A HARD DAY'S NIGHT would have done nicely.
It's weird. The title slipped my mind. All I could think was Help! and I knew that wasn't it.
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post #16 of 188
1/28/08 at 2:22am
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Heath, Diablo and God:

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/37/De...They-Want.html
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post #17 of 188
1/28/08 at 1:39pm
You really need to call your blog "Here's The Thing..."
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post #18 of 188
1/30/08 at 4:57am
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Well, here's the thing:

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/47/De...-IS-RAMBO.html
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post #19 of 188
1/30/08 at 5:04am
Yeah, I'll agree with you about "God Only Knows." And "Surrender," too. Although I have a lot of love -- a lot of love -- for "Be My Baby." (Although my personal pick for greatest pop song of all time is probably "Love Will Tear Us Apart," even though it's not really a pop song.)
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post #20 of 188
1/30/08 at 5:13am
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"I may not always love you, but as long as there are stars above you, you never need to doubt it, I'll make you so sure about it."

I have to stop what I'm doing when I hear that, it's so perfect. I mean the music, the construction of that opening verse, it's breathtaking.

For some reason, Joy Division's "Transmission," with it's echoes of VU's "Rock n' Roll," is their song, right now, that gets into my blood stream. Maybe it's the chanting of "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio." Leaving out the perfection of something like a "Popcorn" or "Sex Machine" or "Got to Give it Up" or "Superstition" or a "Little Red Corvette" etc. etc. It could all be the best.
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post #21 of 188
1/30/08 at 5:15am
Oh, you men...
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post #22 of 188
1/30/08 at 5:22am
I always forget about "Little Red Corvette." I know you're not a big Almost Famous fan, Andre, but the monologue Crudup has about the one "woo" in the Gaye song making the entire song sums up a lot of reasons why I love rock music. The point here is that the "Right to the, right to the gr-o-und" is "Corvette's" single woo.
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post #23 of 188
1/30/08 at 5:25am
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Speaking of opening a song brilliantly, "I guess I should have known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last" is also up there.
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post #24 of 188
1/30/08 at 5:29am
But both of them pale in comparison to "The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling way down in the valley tonight."
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post #25 of 188
1/30/08 at 5:35am
If we're going by that album, the best opening is "On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?"
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post #26 of 188
1/30/08 at 7:14pm
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On Wilder and taste:

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/52/De...-Crumbles.html
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post #27 of 188
1/30/08 at 7:22pm
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Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte View Post
For some reason, Joy Division's "Transmission," with it's echoes of VU's "Rock n' Roll," is their song, right now, that gets into my blood stream. Maybe it's the chanting of "Dance, dance, dance, dance, dance to the radio."
God. For MONTHS now.
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post #28 of 188
1/30/08 at 7:27pm
My dad loves "One, Two, Three." There's actually going to be a restored print of it at Film Forum for their massive United Artists retrospective in April.

Good thoughts, too.
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post #29 of 188
1/30/08 at 7:32pm
Transmission is a dangerous song for me, because anytime I hear it I end up doing my Ian Curtis dance, usually to disastrous effect.
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post #30 of 188
1/30/08 at 7:33pm
That means you're doing it right.
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post #31 of 188
1/30/08 at 7:34pm
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Do you have a Thom Yorke dance with the shaky head as well?
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post #32 of 188
1/30/08 at 7:36pm
My Thom Yorke dance is fully cribbed from his performance of Idioteque on SNL. So yes.
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post #33 of 188
1/30/08 at 7:44pm
I would have thought Billy Wilder a little overrated too, but I saw ACE IN THE HOLE recently and that movie thoroughly kicked my ass.
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post #34 of 188
1/30/08 at 7:53pm
The only Wilder film I've seen recently was Double Indemnity, which I enjoyed even more the second time through.

Do you take issue with both his comedies & dramas, or more one or the other?
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post #35 of 188
1/30/08 at 8:02pm
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I don't think Some Like it Hot is a masterpiece. I think it's funny, but I can't stand the resolution of Sugar's character - it's Lemmon's movie. I can't stand Seven Year Itch. One Two Three does nothing for me. Kiss me Stupid made me not want to watch any of his later films, and even fans would note it's a declining period. I'm not a fan of Sunset Boulevard, but I think most black comedies are problematic. The film feels aware of being "dark" and making fun of Hollywood, the whole deal, it never did much for me. I'm too aware of the rim shot. So I've skipped some of the minor films from his good period, like Love in the Afternoon and Sabrina. I would rather watch Man's Favorite Sport again. Though I did see the Spirit of St. Louis and couldn't care less.

But, that said, his script for Ball of Fire, all his work for Lubitsch and as a director:
The Apartment
The Lost Weekend
Ace in the Hole
Stalag 17
Double Indemnity

That's a pretty great slate.
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post #36 of 188
2/1/08 at 10:16am
I'm such a whore for The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes.
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post #37 of 188
2/1/08 at 12:05pm
The fact that you like Transmission almost makes up for the fact that you don't like Sunset Boulevard.

Your stature in my eyes takes a small hit over all. I know a great club we should hit next time I'm in Hollywood. You can dance dance dance all night long.

And where the fuck has Donald Wiskerando been? His love for Ian Curtis does explain every picture I've ever seen of him though.
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post #38 of 188
2/1/08 at 10:40pm
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Let's Dance:

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/60/DD...the-Blues.html
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post #39 of 188
2/2/08 at 12:16am
So are you saying that great filmmakers have an innate sense of rhythm and pacing? That's pretty intriguing.
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post #40 of 188
2/2/08 at 12:27am
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Name a great director, name a great sequence. It's all about pacing. Whether that translates to a physical side, dunno.
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post #41 of 188
2/2/08 at 7:55am
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http://chud.com/articles/blogs/70/DD...st-review.html
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post #42 of 188
2/2/08 at 9:16pm
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I am giving this away for free, that's how awesome I am:

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/74/DD...iscussion.html
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post #43 of 188
2/2/08 at 10:06pm
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Perhaps that's why Juno succeeds whilst Lars fails. Lars is more fantasy in the sense that the entire town and everyone around is waiting for Lars to figure it out. This might have been more appealing if Lars was dealing with a real emotional pain other than not being able to accept becoming an uncle. It becomes about indulgence. Dealing with grief through fantasy is acceptable. If you have to transition your real pain through a surrogate, everyone understands that. If you have to transfer fake or unrealistic pain through fantasy, you're just a loony. And not in the "we're all nuts" sense, you need, you need to have your bullshit beaten out of you (not in the literal curb-job sense, but in a curbing sense).
I really like that take. I've defended Lars before, but I definitely need to see it on DVD again before I really, really make up my mind about it. I have a feeling it won't hold up.
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post #44 of 188
2/2/08 at 10:07pm
If you started to charge, I'd just find a torrent for it anyway.
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post #45 of 188
2/3/08 at 7:58pm
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Who's got crab legs? Dre's Got Crab Legs:

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/79/DD...ed-Anyone.html
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post #46 of 188
2/3/08 at 8:14pm
Still gotta see Used Cars. Gotta see Used Cars.
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post #47 of 188
2/4/08 at 2:32am
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Still gotta see Used Cars. Gotta see Used Cars.
Same here.
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post #48 of 188
2/4/08 at 12:46pm
I've been championing Used Cars (and the quite awesome commentary) for years. The difference? People might listen to you. Why, I have no idea. I'm prettier and I bet I smell fantastically better (not a knock on you, Dre; I just smell really fucking good).

Anyway, just wanted to drop a "preach it!" on you for spreading the word on Zemeckis' best movie, Gerrit Graham's second best movie ("That price...is too high."), and Kurt Russell's fourth or fifth best movie.
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post #49 of 188
2/4/08 at 1:58pm
I haven't seen "Used Cars" since the 80's, but as I recall, I liked it. Was it better than Darren McGavin's epic "Zero to Sixty"? I don't know, but that is beside the point. I came into this thread to say that I doubt that Phil smells that good. That is all.
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post #50 of 188
2/4/08 at 2:02pm
You're out of your element, Tom.
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